crown princess
Throne's female successor
A crown princess is the female heir apparent to a throne, or the wife of a crown prince.
The title indicates she is next in line to become queen or is married to the man who will become king.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden will succeed her father.
The term appears in fairy tales and royal coverage alike.
Unassailable next in line
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- ascensionMovement to higher position
inheritance · birthright · primogeniture · successor · predecessor · bloodline · ancestry · hereditary
Monarch's ruled territory
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
majesty · sovereign · queen · empress · regent · royal family · constitution · statecraft
Rule by hereditary elite
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
- countessFeminine noble rank
- ladyCourteous term for woman
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
baroness · viscountess · marchioness · highborn · blueblood · gentry · patrician · titled
Ornamental feminine headband
- diademJeweled band of royalty
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- gownLong formal garment
- jewelsOrnamental precious stones
robes · vestments · finery · train · ermine · ceremonial dress · insignia · orb
Ceremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- galaFestive formal occasion
- state banquetCeremonial government-hosted feast
curtsy · presentation · audience · royal tour · ribbon cutting · christening · wedding · formal reception
heir apparent
Unassailable next in line
ascension · inheritance · birthright · primogeniture · successor · predecessor · bloodline · ancestry · hereditary · entitlement
kingdom
Monarch's ruled territory
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- palaceMonarch's official residence
court · majesty · sovereign · queen · empress · regent · royal family · constitution · statecraft · monarchy
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
peerage · baroness · viscountess · marchioness · highborn · blueblood · gentry · patrician · titled · rank
tiara
Ornamental feminine headband
jewels · robes · vestments · finery · train · ermine · ceremonial dress · insignia · orb · mantle
investiture
Ceremony conferring rank
- processionFormal moving line
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- galaFestive formal occasion
state banquet · curtsy · presentation · audience · royal tour · ribbon cutting · christening · wedding · formal reception · protocol
- heirsheir apparent, heir presumptive, heiress, heirs, inheritor
- Japanese Royaltyemperor, empress, imperial family, imperial household, imperial throne
- Pacific RoyaltyKing Kamehameha, Queen Liliuokalani, royal lineage, royal families, royal titles
- royaltyking, queen, kings, queens, throne
- nobilityking, queen, duke, duchess, baron
- Royal Womenempress, queens, queen consort, queen mother, queen regent