His Serene Highness

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His Serene Highness is a formal style of address traditionally used for certain princes and high-ranking nobles in various European monarchies.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
His Serene Highness canonical 10
Serene Highness 7
Durchlaucht 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific
royal style
style of address
appliesTo male holder of the style Serene Highness
associatedWith mediatized princes
sovereign princes
belongsToCategory forms of address
honorific styles
monarchical titles
contrastsWith His Excellency
His Grace
correspondsTo Serene Highness
etymology derived from the adjective serene meaning calm or exalted
genderedFormOf Her Serene Highness
hasAbbreviation HSH
hasFemaleForm Her Serene Highness
hasFormalityLevel very high
hasProtocolStatus regulated by court and diplomatic precedence rules
higherThan His Highness
isTranslationOf His Serene Highness self-linksurface differs
surface form: Durchlaucht
languageOfOrigin English
lowerThan His Royal Highness
requiresFollowingName title holder’s personal name
title holder’s territorial designation
timePeriod early modern period
modern era
usedBy members of princely houses
non-reigning princes
reigning princes
usedFor high-ranking nobles
princes
usedIn Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

European monarchies
German principalities
Holy Roman Empire
Italian principalities
Liechtenstein
Monaco-Ville
surface form: Monaco (historically)

Russian Empire
various German princely families
usedInContext court etiquette
formal diplomatic protocol
usedInSpokenForm ceremonial occasions
usedInWrittenForm formal correspondence

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Referenced by (19)

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

Prince Menshikov hasHonorificTitle His Serene Highness
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg style His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel title His Serene Highness
subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Charles-François Lebrun honorificTitle His Serene Highness
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen houseStyle His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Prince of Waldeck styleOfAddress His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Albert I of Monaco honorificPrefix His Serene Highness
Elector of Baden hasStyle His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Duke of Piacenza titleStyle His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
House of Schaumburg-Lippe usedStyle His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Durchlaucht (Serene Highness)
Noailles, Adrien Maurice de honorificTitle His Serene Highness
subject surface form: Adrien Maurice de Noailles
His Serene Highness isTranslationOf His Serene Highness self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Durchlaucht
Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld houseStyle His Serene Highness
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Louis VI, Elector Palatine styleOfAddress His Serene Highness
Grimaldi usesStyle His Serene Highness
Charles III of Monaco style His Serene Highness
Louis II, Prince of Monaco style His Serene Highness
Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco style His Serene Highness