royal titles
Monarch's formal addresses
Royal titles are formal designations of rank within a monarchy—king, queen, prince, princess, duke, duchess, and the like.
They indicate both status and relationship to the throne: His Royal Highness, Her Majesty.
The system varies by country, with British, European, and Asian monarchies each maintaining distinct hierarchies and forms of address.
- grand dukeRuler below king
- BaronHereditary nobility prefix
- TsarRussian imperial title
- ViceroyCrown's territorial deputy
- MaharajaIndian princely ruler title
Shah · Sultan · Crown Prince · heir apparent · Pharaoh · King · Dauphin · Lord · heir · line of succession · throne · sire · sovereign · regent · prince consort · queen mother · blue blood · crown
- royal heritagebirthright, bloodline, crown jewels, heir apparent, primogeniture
- titlesMr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Miss
- hieroglyphicshieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, hieroglyph, glyph, glyphs
- royal recordsthrone succession, birth records, death records, marriage records, succession laws
- Burmese Royaltycrown prince, court officials, regalia, min
- Medieval ArmeniaLori, illuminated manuscripts
social hierarchy
royal titlescommon names
Frequently occurring given names
slave names · baseborn · lowborn · untitled · the masses