This article is about the royal title. For the recording artist, see Prince (musician). For other meanings, see Prince (disambiguation).

The term prince (the female form is princess), from the Latin root princeps, when used for a member of the highest aristocracy, has several fundamentally different meanings - one generic, and several types of titles.

Historical background and the two main notions of princehood

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The Latin word Princeps, kin to "primus" and "first among equals", was established as the title of the more or less informal leader of the senate some centuries BC. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in country or attending religious rituals, and for that task, granted the title Princeps.

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