Meanings
noungrand prince (plural grand princes)
plural grand princes
- An unusual ruler's title, sometimes incorrectly rendered as grand duke, mainly used in Lithuania and some parts of Russia (Muscovy would ultimately unite most Russian principalities and rise to imperial rank) and the Holy Roman Empire.
Origin
Translations
Czech velkokníže
- velkoknížeruler's title
Danish storfyrste
- storfyrsteruler's title
Dutch grootvorst
- grootvorstruler's title
Esperanto grandprinco
- grandprincoruler's title
Finnish suuriruhtinas
- suuriruhtinasruler's title
French grand-prince
- grand-princeruler's title
German Großfürst
- Großfürstruler's title
Polish wielki książę
- wielki książęruler's title
Portuguese grão-príncipe
- grão-prínciperuler's title
Swedish storfurste
- storfursteruler's title
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