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A
prince du sang
(prince of the blood) was a member of the extended French Royal Family. This meant that all people except females that were princes of the blood would be entitled to inherit the
throne
only if every male member of the immediate royal family had died. The main princes of the blood were known as the
Prince of Conti
and the
Prince of Conde
as well as the more significant
Duke of Orleans
. The prince of the blood was entitled to be styled
Serene Highness
(
French
:
altesse serenissime
) but it was used in writing only. A majority of the princes of the blood had their own apartments at the
Palace of Versailles
as well as their own townhouses in
Paris
- The King.
- The Queen.
- The
Dauphin of France
(title of the heir to the throne)
- The wife of the Dauphin. (called the
Dauphine
.)
- The children of the reigning monarch.
- The children of the previous monarch
- The
Princes of the blood
. (The
Duke of Orleans
followed by the
Prince of Conde
then the
Prince of Conti
.
- The
nobility
. For example, Dukes (
duc)
, then Counts (
comte
), other titles such as
baron
&
Chevalier
.