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[M.Sjostrom]

about princes:

It seems to be a fact that in 1500s, in France, heads
of cadet branches of the Capetian Royal House were
called princes.
Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome, is mentioned as
"Prince of the Blood", premier prince du sang.
And so was his son, the later king Henry IV.

Rene de Rohan, or at least some de Rohan, was premier
prince du sang de Navarre, a tad later.

In 1600s, real counts and substantive titleholders
above that level, were Noble and Puissant princes,
Count of this or that, or whatnot (Marquess, Duke)
And their wives as a general class were Noble and
Puissant princesses.

A tad later (1700s), Holy Roman Emperors went around
to explicitly grant the rights to be "gefürstete Graf"





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