His Imperial Highness
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His Imperial Highness is a formal style used to address or refer to certain members of an imperial family, denoting high rank and dignity within the imperial hierarchy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| His Imperial Highness canonical | 15 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
honorific
ⓘ
imperial style ⓘ style of address ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
male grandchildren of an emperor in some systems
ⓘ
male members of an imperial family ⓘ princes of an empire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
court protocol
ⓘ
imperial hierarchy ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Highness
ⓘ
Royal Highness ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
French style "Son Altesse Impériale"
ⓘ
German style "Seine Kaiserliche Hoheit" ⓘ Russian style "Yego Imperatorskoye Vysochestvo" ⓘ |
| denotes |
dignity
ⓘ
high rank ⓘ |
| domain |
monarchy
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | H.I.H. ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
adjective "Imperial"
ⓘ
possessive pronoun "His" ⓘ substantive "Highness" ⓘ |
| hasFemaleEquivalent | Her Imperial Highness ⓘ |
| hasFormalityLevel | very high ⓘ |
| hasGenderForm | His Imperial Highness ⓘ |
| hasOppositeGenderForm | Her Imperial Highness ⓘ |
| higherThan |
His Highness
ⓘ
His Serene Highness ⓘ |
| implies | membership in a reigning or formerly reigning imperial house ⓘ |
| languageRegister | formal ⓘ |
| lowerThan | His Imperial and Royal Highness ⓘ |
| notUsedFor |
commoners
ⓘ
non-imperial nobility ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | system of imperial titles and styles ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | house laws of imperial dynasties ⓘ |
| requires | recognition of imperial status ⓘ |
| typeOfRank | style rather than substantive title ⓘ |
| usedBy | imperial courts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
addressing members of an imperial family
ⓘ
referring to members of an imperial family ⓘ |
| usedHistoricallyIn |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine-influenced courts ⓘ Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
German Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| usedIn | monarchies with an emperor or empress ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
formal spoken address
ⓘ
formal written address ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
subject surface form:
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
subject surface form:
Prince Hisahito of Akishino
subject surface form:
Masahito, Prince Hitachi