Talk:Serene Highness
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Shouldnt this be called "His/Her Serene Highness" then afterwards referring to HSH?
[edit] etimology
So why "serene"? Had them any royal ancestor who was specially serene? --euyyn 15:09, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- It was probably just an exalting quality picked out because it sounds nice to say. From the German Durchlaucht, it is literally "Your Transparency"... I'd rather be called serene than basically told that people can see right through me ;-) Charles 16:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Is the style of serene highness considered to a royal style or is a noble style ? From reading the site it would appear the royal highess relates to being part of royal family and imperial highness relates to being a member of imperial family. The highess without any modifier relates to junior of imperial or royal houses. I am correct in this assumption.
- royal highness is also used by reigning Grand Dukes. highness was used by reigning dukes, usually. Serene Highness is used for reigning princes and their families. As such, it is somewhere between a royal and a noble style. john k 15:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Would a reigning duke outranked a reigning prince ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.8 (talk • contribs) .
- In some systems, yes. In others, no. In the system of the Holy Roman Empire and of Germany princes ranked below dukes. In other systems, this may have been the opposite. A very rough order of rank (or exaltation) in descending order is Emperor, King, Grand Duke, Duke, Prince, Margrave, Count, Baron. Charles 02:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thailand?
It appears that this term is also used in Thailand. Some of the Crown Prince's children from his common law marriage are given this title. I don't have the knowledge to expand on that, but it would be nice if someone added something to this effect to this article. TransNique 10:38, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
