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sprotect2otherusesUnreferenced|date=October 2007Ranks of Nobility Princess is the feminine form of prince (from Latin princeps , meaning :wikt:principal|principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince.
For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who might simply be called "Lady" or a non-English equivalent. Old English language|Old English had no female equivalent of "prince", "earl", or any royal or noble title aside from queen . Royal women, or women of the nobility, were simply addressed or referred to as "Lady" or "The Lady Firstname" for a particularly highborn woman.
As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in History of Europe|European history , the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince.Fact|date=October 2007 A princess may be a hereditary, sovereign, head of state in her own right.
The traditional meaning still applies in Europe in the sense that an untitled or at least non-royal woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess with the possibility of eventually becoming Queen Consort , in nations where that title exists; but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince, unless his wife is expected to inherit the higher title of Queen regnant . If that is the case, then on her inheritance of that sovereign title, he will remain a prince.
In many of Europe's Royal family|royal families , a monarch|king would grant his heirs actual or theoretical principalities to train them for future kingship or to give them social class . This practice has led over time to many people thinking that "prince" and "princess" are titles reserved for the immediate family of a king or queen. In fact, most princesses in history were not immediate members of a royal family but rather women who married into it.
