Most Serene Highness

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honorific style

Most Serene Highness is a formal honorific style historically used for certain high-ranking sovereigns and princes in European monarchies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Serene Highness 9
Serene Highness (for mediatized branch heads) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific style ⓘ
addressForm Your Most Serene Highness ⓘ
associatedWith Most Serene Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Most Serene Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Monarchy ⓘ
Styles of address ⓘ
Titles of nobility ⓘ
correspondsTo French: Altesse Sérénissime NERFINISHED ⓘ
German: Durchlauchtigste Hoheit ⓘ
Italian: Altezza Serenissima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin: Serenissima Celsitudo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin: Serenissimus ⓘ
denotesRank high-ranking prince ⓘ
sovereign ruler ⓘ
etymology derived from the adjective serene meaning calm or exalted ⓘ
formality very formal ⓘ
higherThan Serene Highness ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lowerThan Imperial Highness ⓘ
Royal Highness NERFINISHED ⓘ
status historical usage predominates ⓘ
thirdPersonForm Her Most Serene Highness ⓘ
His Most Serene Highness ⓘ
Their Most Serene Highnesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
modern period ⓘ
usedBy Doge of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doge of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
certain German princes ⓘ
princes of Liechtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
princes of Monaco NERFINISHED ⓘ
princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
princes of the House of Thurn and Taxis NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor dukes ⓘ
non‑reigning princes ⓘ
princes ⓘ
reigning princes ⓘ
sovereigns ⓘ
usedIn European monarchies ⓘ
usedInDocuments diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ
treaties ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Louis XVII of France → style → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
Louis d'Orléans → style → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Grigory Potemkin → nobleTitle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Prince of Grubenhagen → style → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Grimaldi → usesStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
House of Grimaldi → usesStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
House of Bentheim → titleStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness (for mediatized branch heads)
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel → titleHolderStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst → style → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
House of Saxe-Eisenach → usedStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness
Liechtenstein nobility → usesStyle → Most Serene Highness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serene Highness