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Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, 1838–1894), Orléanist claimant to the French throne and head of the House of Orléans 1850–1894; served on McClellan's Union staff, failed Frohsdorf fusion with Chambord, died in English exile.
Prince Randian
Prince Randian (1871–1934), also billed as the Human Torso, Human Caterpillar, or Pillow Man, was a limbless Guyanese-born sideshow performer who rolled and lit cigarettes with his mouth and appeared in Freaks (1932).
Prince regent
Prince regent: a prince governing a monarchy in the sovereign's name during minority or incapacity. Best known as George, Prince of Wales, Prince Regent for George III, 6 February 1811 to 29 January 1820, under the Regency Act 1811; modern UK regency governed by the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953.
Prince Richard of Hesse
Prince Richard of Hesse (Richard Prinz von Hessen, 1901–1969), Hesse-Kassel prince, twin of Christoph, NSKK-Obergruppenführer leading Motorgruppe Hessen, Wehrmacht veteran discharged under the Prinzenerlass, and first president of the Bundesverkehrswacht.
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), British royal, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, youngest grandchild of George V; former architect who became the 2nd Duke of Gloucester in 1974 after his brother's death.
Prince Rirk, Krom Phraya Pavares Variyalongkorn (สมเด็จพระมหาสมณเจ้า กรมพระยาปวเรศวริยาลงกรณ์)
Prince Rirk, Krom Phraya Pavares Variyalongkorn (สมเด็จพระมหาสมณเจ้า กรมพระยาปวเรศวริยาลงกรณ์), was a Thai royal prince and monk, the 8th Supreme Patriarch and first formal head of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya.
Prince Royce
Prince Royce (Geoffrey Royce Rojas, b. 1989), Bronx-born Dominican American bachata singer. 2010 debut, 22 #1 radio hits, Guinness 29-week Tropical Airplay record, albums Alter Ego, Eterno, Better Late Than Never with Romeo Santos.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (Ruprecht, 1619–1682), Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria, nephew of Charles I, commanded Royalist cavalry in the English Civil War (Powick Bridge, Edgehill, Marston Moor, Naseby), later an admiral, Royal Society founder, mezzotint pioneer, and Hudson's Bay Company governor.
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is a port city on Kaien Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, incorporated in 1910 as the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Prince Rupert's drop
Prince Rupert's drop, also called a Batavian tear or Rupert's ball, is a tadpole-shaped glass object whose head survives hammer blows yet shatters when its tail is snapped.
Prince Sabahaddin
Prince Sabahaddin (صباح الدين), fully Sultanzade Mehmed Sabahaddin, was an Ottoman prince and sociologist, a nephew of Sultan Abdulhamid II who convened the First Young Turk Congress in Paris in 1902.
Prince Sawara
Prince Sawara (早良親王) was a Japanese imperial prince, brother of Emperor Kanmu, who served as crown prince from 781 until his deposition and death in 785.
Prince Serebrenni
Prince Serebrenni (Knyaz Serebryany, Князь Серебряный) is a historical novel by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, first published in 1862, set during the oprichnina of Ivan the Terrible.
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子)
Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, Shōtoku Taishi, also Prince Umayado) was a Japanese imperial prince who served as regent for Empress Suiko from 593 and is credited with establishing Buddhism in Japan.
Prince singles discography
Prince singles discography: commercially released and promotional singles by Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson), 1978–2016, from "Soft and Wet" to "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World", with US and UK chart peaks and posthumous Estate digital singles.
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, born 2005 in Oslo, is the second child of King Haakon and Queen Mette-Marit, second in line to the throne after Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, styled His Highness, educated at Elvebakken and Forward College Lisbon.
Prince Takaoka
Prince Takaoka (高岳親王, 799–865) was a Japanese prince, son of Emperor Heizei, who was crown prince in 809 and later became the Buddhist monk Shinnyo.
Prince Takechi
Prince Takechi (高市皇子, c. 654 – 696) was a Japanese prince, eldest son of Emperor Tenmu, who commanded forces in the Jinshin War of 672.
Prince Tamehira
Prince Tamehira (為平親王) was a mid-Heian Japanese imperial prince, fourth son of Emperor Murakami, passed over as crown prince in 967 for his younger brother, the future Emperor En'yū.
Prince Thammathibet
Prince Thammathibet (เจ้าฟ้าธรรมธิเบศร, 1715–1755) was a Siamese prince who served as Viceroy of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and is remembered as its leading late-period poet.
Prince Timo of Saxony
Prince Timo of Saxony (Georg Timo, 1923–1982), Albertine Wettin prince, second son of Prince Ernst Heinrich and grandson of King Frederick Augustus III; three morganatic marriages; father of Rüdiger, whose line's dynastic status was disputed.
Prince Tomohira
Prince Tomohira (具平親王, 964–1009) was a mid-Heian Japanese imperial prince, the seventh son of Emperor Murakami, celebrated as a poet, calligrapher, and man of letters, and ancestor of the Murakami-Genji court line.
Prince Tsunesada
Prince Tsunesada (恒貞親王; 825–884) was a Japanese imperial prince, son of Emperor Junna and crown prince until the Jōwa Incident of 842, after which he took Buddhist vows.
Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant is Hal Foster's Sunday-only King Features adventure comic strip, debuting February 13, 1937, about an exiled prince of Thule who becomes a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, told in captions without word balloons.
Prince Vasukri, Krom Phra Paramanuchitchinorot (สมเด็จพระมหาสมณเจ้า กรมพระปรมานุชิตชิโนรส)
Prince Vasukri, Krom Phra Paramanuchitchinorot (สมเด็จพระปรมานุชิตชิโนรส), 1790 to 1853, was a son of King Rama I, abbot of Wat Pho, Supreme Patriarch, and a prolific Thai author.
Prince Vincent of Denmark
Prince Vincent of Denmark (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander), Count of Monpezat, born 2011 at Rigshospitalet, is the third child of King Frederik X and Queen Mary, twin brother of Princess Josephine, and third in line to the Danish throne.
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940), eldest son of Crown Prince Wilhelm and Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; married Dorothea von Salviati morganatically in 1933, renounced succession, died as Oberleutnant in France 1940; his 50,000-strong Potsdam funeral triggered Hitler's Prinzenerlass.
Prince William County, Virginia
Prince William County, Virginia: Northern Virginia county formed 1731 from Stafford and King George counties, named for King George II's son; second-largest Virginia county, seat Manassas, population about 503,000 in 2025, major data center hub.
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), British prince, nephew of George III, field marshal, Cambridge chancellor, abolitionist, husband of Princess Mary; died childless at Bagshot Park.
Prince William of Gloucester
Prince William of Gloucester (William Henry Andrew Frederick, 1941–1972) was a grandson of King George V who served as a British diplomat and died in an air crash at 30.