Princess Royal

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This article is about British Royal title. For the class of steam locomotive, see Princess Royal Class. For Royal Navy ships, see HMS Princess Royal.
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HRH The Princess Anne, the current Princess Royal
Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter. The style is held for life, so a princess cannot be given the style during the lifetime of another Princess Royal (in particular, Queen Elizabeth II never held the title). There have been seven Princesses Royal in total. [1] Currently Princess Anne is the Princess Royal.

This title came into existence when Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), daughter of Henry IV, King of France, and royal consort of King Charles I (1600-1649), wanted to imitate the way the eldest daughter of the King of France was styled "Madame Royale." The style is granted by Royal Warrant not created by Letters Patent. It is not automatically given to the eldest daughter, but is conferred at the discretion of the reigning sovereign.

Princess Mary (later Queen Mary II of England) (1662-1694), eldest daughter of King James II and wife of William III, Prince of Orange and King of England (1650-1702), and Princess Sophia Dorothea (1687-1757), only daughter of King George I and wife of Frederick William I, King in Prussia (1688-1740) were eligible for this honor but did not receive it.

List of Princesses Royal

The following is a complete list of women officially styled as "Princess Royal":
  1. 1642-1660 − Princess Mary (1631 - 1660): eldest daughter of King Charles I; wife of William II, Prince of Orange (1626 - 1650)
  2. 1727-1759 − Princess Anne (1709 - 1759): eldest daughter of King George II; wife of William IV, Prince of Orange (1711 - 1751)
  3. 1789-1828 − Princess Charlotte (1766 - 1828): eldest daughter of King George III; wife of Frederick I, King of Württemberg (1754 - 1816)
  4. 1841-1901 − Princess Victoria (1840 - 1901): eldest daughter of Queen Victoria; wife of Frederick III, King of Prussia and German Emperor (1831 - 1888) and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  5. 1905-1931 − Princess Louise (1867 - 1931): eldest daughter of King Edward VII; wife of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849 - 1912)
  6. 1932-1965 − Princess Mary (1897 - 1965): only daughter of King George V; wife of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882 - 1947)
  7. 1987-present − Princess Anne (born 1950): only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II; wife firstly of Mark Phillips (born 1948) and secondly of Timothy Laurence (born 1955)


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steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller.
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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Princess Royal Class is a class of an express passenger steam locomotive designed by William Stanier. They were pacifics (i.e. had a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement).
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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess Royal.
  • The first Princess Royal was a 24-gun storeship in use from 1739 to 1750.
  • The second Princess Royal was a 90-gun second-rate in service from 1773 to 1807.

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A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. An honorific can also be awarded to an individual in a personal capacity.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary;<ref name="sur" /> born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies.
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The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the
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Henrietta Maria (25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669), was Princess of France and Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (13 June 1625 – 30 January 1649) through her marriage to Charles I.
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Henry IV
King of France and Navarre, co-Prince of Andorra, Lord of Béarn, and Donezan; Count of Provence, Forcalquier and the lands adjacent (more...)

Reign 2 August 1589 – 14 May 1610
Coronation 27 February 1594, Chartres

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Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England.
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Madame Royale (Royal Lady) was a style customarily used for the eldest living daughter of a reigning French monarch. It was similar to the style Monsieur, which was typically used by the King's second son.
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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from 13 February 1689, and as Queen of Scots (as Mary II of Scotland) from 11 April 1689 until her death.
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James II (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701)[1] became King of England, King of Scots,[2] and King of Ireland on 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
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King William III

William III, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht and Overijssel, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Reign 12 February 1689–8 March 1702
(with Mary II until 28 December 1694)
Born
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Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (16 March 1687 – 28 June 1757) was a member of the British Royal Family, only daughter of George I. She was, between 1713 and 1740, Queen consort in Prussia.
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George I (George Louis; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)<ref name="dates" /> was King of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1 August 1714 until his death. He was also a Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I) (August 14, 1688 – May 31, 1740) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia from 1713 until his death. He is popularly known as "the Soldier-King" (der Soldatenkönig).
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Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, Princess of Orange, and Countess of Nassau (4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660) was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria.
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Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England.
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William II, Prince of Orange (May 27, 1626 – November 6, 1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from March 14, 1647 until his death.

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Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November 1709 - 12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands.
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George II (George Augustus; 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.
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