Prince of the Blood (France)

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Prince of the Blood (France) was a high-ranking dynastic title in the French monarchy reserved for legitimate male-line descendants of the royal family, conferring significant prestige, privileges, and proximity to the throne.

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Label Occurrences
Prince of the Blood (France) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble title
dynastic title
royal style
appliesTo agnatic descendants of the House of Bourbon
agnatic descendants of the House of Capet
agnatic descendants of the House of Valois
legitimate male-line descendants of the French royal family
associatedWith House of Bourbon-Penthièvre
House of Bourbon-Soissons
House of Condé
House of Conti
House of Orléans
confers high social precedence at the French court
prestige
privileges at court
proximity to the French throne
country Kingdom of France
courtPrecedence immediately below the royal family
declinedAfter French Revolution
denotes member of the royal family not immediately in the line of succession
eligibilityCriterion Catholic faith (under the ancien régime)
legitimate birth
male-line descent from a French king
excluded female-line descendants of French kings
illegitimate royal offspring
formalizedUnder House of Bourbon
FrenchName prince du sang
governedBy Salic law
surface form: Salic law principles
grantedBy King of France
language French
legalStatus recognized in French royal law
notableBearer Henri II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé
surface form: Henri II, Prince of Condé

Louis I, Prince of Condé
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
rankedAbove peers of France
rankedBelow Dauphin of France
Monsieur, the King’s brother
surface form: Monsieur (eldest brother of the king)

brothers of the reigning king of France
sons of the reigning king of France
relatedConcept line of succession to the French throne
princes of the blood (England)
royal prince
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
Ancien Régime
usedIn Ancien Régime
surface form: French monarchy

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse nobleTitle Prince of the Blood (France)
Duke of Maine title Prince of the Blood (France)
subject surface form: Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre rank Prince of the Blood (France)