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Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound is a large glacial embayment of the Gulf of Alaska in south-central Alaska, near Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier, known for its tidewater glaciers, the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, and the Barry Arm landslide-tsunami hazard.

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), second surviving son of George II, British captain-general who crushed the Jacobites at Culloden in 1746, earning the nickname 'the Butcher', and briefly brokered the 1765 Rockingham ministry.

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (William Henry, 1689-1700), only surviving child of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark; his death aged 11 triggered the 1701 Act of Settlement and the Hanoverian succession.

Prince Yadav

Prince Yadav (born 2001) is an Indian right-arm fast bowler from Delhi playing for Lucknow Super Giants; IPL 2026 leading LSG wicket-taker with 16 wickets, India ODI and T20I debutant June 2026, once served a two-year BCCI age-fraud ban.

Prince Yahshua

Prince Yahshua is a Chicago-born American adult film performer and producer known as the "Black Assassin," active in Los Angeles since about 2004 with more than 2,000 scenes.

Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (朝香宮鳩彦王)

Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (朝香宮鳩彦王, 1887–1981), son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and founder of the Asaka-no-miya house, was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded the Shanghai Expeditionary Army during the Nanjing Massacre of December 1937; he was interrogated but never prosecuted.

Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen

The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (Erzbistum Bremen) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the archbishop of Bremen from 1180 until its secularization in 1648.

Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg

The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (Fürsterzbistum Salzburg, also Erzstift Salzburg) was a semi-independent ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by its archbishops as princes from the late 1300s until its secularization in 1803.

Prince-bishop

A prince-bishop (Fürstbischof) was a bishop who also held temporal authority, governing a civil territory as a prince of the Holy Roman Empire until abolition in 1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg

The Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg (Hochstift Augsburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the bishop of Augsburg and secularized in 1802/03.

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Franconia, founded by King Henry II in 1007 and annexed by Bavaria in 1802–1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Basel

The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (Fürstbistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the bishop of Basel, distinct from his diocese, secularized in 1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Constance

The Prince-Bishopric of Constance (Hochstift Konstanz) was the small, fragmented principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the bishop of Constance, whose diocese was the largest north of the Alps; it was secularized in 1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Münster

The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (Fürstbistum Münster) was an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire in Westphalia, the largest by area, existing from the late twelfth century until its secularization in 1802–1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück

The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück (Hochstift Osnabrück) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Westphalia, ruled by the bishop of Osnabrück until 1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn

The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn was a Hochstift of the Holy Roman Empire in Westphalia where the bishop of Paderborn ruled a small principality until Prussian occupation and secularization in 1802–1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Trent

The Prince-Bishopric of Trent (Principato Vescovile di Trento) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Adige valley, existing from 1027 to 1803.

Prince-Bishopric of Warmia

The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia (Polish: biskupstwo warmińskie, German: Ermland) was an ecclesiastical principality in Prussia, ruled by the bishops of Warmia from 1243 until 1772.

Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (Hochstift Würzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Franconia, ruled by the bishop of Würzburg until its secularization in 1802–1803.

Prince-elector

Prince-elector (Kurfürst): one of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire holding the sole right to elect the King of the Romans, fixed at seven by the Golden Bull of 1356 and lasting until 1806.

Prince: Once Upon a Time in Dhaka

Prince: Once Upon a Time in Dhaka (প্রিন্স: ওয়ান্স আপন এ টাইম ইন ঢাকা) is a 2026 Bangladeshi Bengali action thriller, Abu Hayat Mahmud's directorial debut, starring Shakib Khan as a 1990s Dhaka gangster; released Eid-ul-Fitr 2026, its certification was suspended and reinstated within weeks.

Prince's Palace of Monaco

The Prince's Palace of Monaco (Palais Princier) is the official residence of Monaco's sovereign prince, a Genoese fortress built from 1215 on the Rock of Monaco.

PRINCE2

PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) is a process-based project management method built on seven principles, seven practices, and seven processes, begun as a UK government standard in 1989 and now owned by PeopleCert.

Princely congresses of Kievan Rus'

The princely congresses of Kievan Rus' (снем князей) were meetings of Rurikid princes that settled inheritance disputes, distributed lands, and coordinated joint action against the Polovtsy.

Princely court

The princely court (княжеский суд) was the judicial system of Kievan Rus', where the prince and his officials administered justice, at first under customary law and later the Russkaia Pravda.

Princely court (Kievan Rus')

The princely court (княжеский двор) was the household, administrative staff, and residence through which a prince of Kievan Rus' governed, combining a state chancellery with the ruler's private residence.

Princely garrison system (zongwang chuzhen)

The princely garrison system (zongwang chuzhen, 宗王出镇) appointed imperial princes as commanders-general over key provinces, first recorded under Western Jin in 289 and later run by child princes under the Southern dynasties.

Princely state

A princely state was a territory in colonial South Asia ruled by an Indian prince under British suzerainty, covering nearly six hundred states before most acceded to India in 1947.

Princely State of Mysore

The Princely State of Mysore was a princely state in southern India ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty from 1799 until it acceded to India in 1947.

Princes Highway

The Princes Highway is a major arterial road in southeastern Australia running from Sydney through the NSW South Coast and Gippsland to Melbourne, opened in 1920 and named for the Prince of Wales.