Keene speculates that in her tale of the " shining prince ", Murasaki may have created for herself an idealistic escape from court life, which she found less than savory.

Another theory is that it was built for another native, Sallustius Lucullus, a Roman governor of Britain of the late 1st century who may have been the son of the British prince Adminius.

The heir to the grand duke of Luxembourg may be titled prince-lieutenant (' prince deputy ') during a period in which the incumbent remains formally on the grand ducal throne, but ( progressively, most ) functions of the crown are performed by the ' monarch apprentice ', as prince Jean ( still alive ) did 4 May 1961-12 November 1964 in the last years of his mother Charlotte's reign ( she lived until 1985 ), and Jean's own son prince Henri 3 March 1998-7 October 2000 until his father abdicated and he succeeded.

Be aware that the absence of a separate title for a prince of the blood may not always mean no such title exists ; alternatively, the existence of a word does not imply there is also a reality in the linguistic territory concerned ; it may very well be used exclusively to render titles in other languages, regardless whether there is a historical link with any ( which often means that linguistic tradition is adopted )

He may also be acting in support of Mandubracius, exiled prince of the Trinovantes, whose father Imanuentius was overthrown and killed by his rival Cassivellaunus around this time.

Richard Barber suggests that the name's origins may have lain in pageantry, in that a tradition may have grown up in the 15th century of representing the prince in black armour.

Princess Alexandra ( Grace Kelly ) is the princess, her cousin the crown prince, Albert, is played by Alec Guinness, and her brothers ' tutor, a commoner for whom she thinks she may feel more affection than she does for the prince, is played by Louis Jourdan.

Also, a prince may be perceived to be merciful, faithful, humane, frank, and religious, but most important is only to seem to have these qualities.

One such example is when a prince of Persia had melancholia and suffered from the delusion that he is a cow, and who would moo like a cow crying " Kill me so that a good stew may be made of my flesh " and would never eat anything.

When Avicenna approached the prince with a knife in his hand, he asked " where is the cow so I may kill it.

The opinion of historians is not unanimous on this point: Simon Keynes has suggested that the ealdorman is unlikely to be the same person as the prince, and that Cynehelm therefore may well have survived to the end of his father's reign.

Such styles are particularly associated with monarchies, where they may be used by a wife of an office holder or of a prince of the blood, for the duration of their marriage.

Philip may have survived his deposition: a Seleucid prince Philip is mentioned as a prospective bridegroom to queen Berenice IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra VII in 56 BC.

On the whole, it may be said that the prince adhered to the school of Guibert, and a full discussion will be found in Max Jahns ' Gesch.

* Bhawal case, concerning a " resurrected " Indian prince who may have been genuinely who he was claimed to be.

Another way in which the royal house of a given country may change is when a foreign prince is invited to fill a vacant throne or a next-of-king from a foreign house succeeds.

Claude Bernard, known as the " prince of vivisectors " and the father of physiology — whose wife, Marie Françoise Martin, founded the first anti-vivisection society in France in 1883 — famously wrote in 1865 that " the science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen ".

The Roman historian Tacitus mentions that Agricola, while governor of Roman Britain ( AD 78-84 ), entertained an exiled Irish prince ( may be Túathal ), thinking to use him as a pretext for a possible conquest of Ireland.

In recognition of his status, a prince consort may be given a formal title, such as Prince, Prince Consort ( see below ) or King consort, with Prince being the most common.

However, most monarchies do not have formal rules on the styling of princes consort, and a prince consort may have no royal title.

`` I have to see the facts '', is the way the prince puts it.

His last work on a large scale appears to have been the unfinished serenata for the marriage of the prince of Stigliano in 1723.

The operas composed for Ferdinando de ' Medici are lost ; they might have given a more favourable idea of his style as his correspondence with the prince shows that they were composed with a very sincere sense of inspiration.

Although the Umayyads did not have a historical presence in the region ( no member of the Umayyad family was known to have ever set foot in al-Andalus before ) and there were grave concerns about young Abd al-Rahman's inexperience, several of the lower-ranking Yemenite commanders felt they had little to lose and much to gain, and agreed to support the prince.

" I have warned you that you are dealing with an enterprising young prince ," wrote Louis XIV to his commander, " he does not tie himself down to the rules of war.

Since that law was repealed in the aftermath of World War II, the present Emperor Akihito became the first crown prince for over a thousand years to have an empress outside the previously eligible circle.

In subsequent dynasties, when the distinction between wife and concubine became more accentuated, the crown prince would have chosen an empress-designate before his reign.

Following his death, Fujiwara Yoshifusa maneuvered to have Montoku, rather than the crown prince Tsunesada, put on the throne ; Junna's death set the stage for the Fujiwara clan's ascendancy.

Considered by most to have been the first mercenary company in Western Europe, the Catalan Company proceeded to occupy the Duchy of Athens, which they placed under the protection of a prince of the House of Aragon and ruled until 1379.

Hengist — here Geoffrey notes whose " years and wisdom entitled him to precedence "— responds for the company, stating that they have come from their homeland of Saxony, and that they had come to offer their services to Vortigern or some other prince.

called י ִ ש ְׂ ר ָ א ֵ ל, Israel ( Yisra ` el, meaning " one that struggled with the divine angel " ( Josephus ), " one who has prevailed with God " ( Rashi ), " a man seeing God " ( Whiston ), " he will rule as God " ( Strong ), or " a prince with God " ( Morris ), from, " prevail ", " have power as a prince ").

There was no greater prince of peace and apostle of non-violence than Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, whom we have lost, but yet, he said it was better to take the sword than to surrender, fail or run away.

Whatever his religion, however, he was still intensely loyal to the Queen, though he seems to have had something of a grudge against her for her remark that he, Dowland, " was a man to serve any prince in the world, but was an obstinate Papist.

Monarchs have various titles — king or queen, prince or princess ( e. g., Sovereign Prince of Monaco ), Malik or Malikah ( e. g., Maliks of Middle eastern Mamlakahs ), emperor or empress ( e. g., Emperor of Japan, Emperor of India ), Shah of Iran, archduke, duke or grand duke ( e. g., Grand Duke of Luxembourg ).

He is said to have arranged his daughter Charumati's marriage with a local young prince named Devapala.

Concerning the differences and similarities in Machiavelli's advice to ruthless and tyrannical princes in The Prince and his more republican exhortations in Discourses on Livy, many have concluded that The Prince although written in the form of advice for a monarchical prince, contains arguments for the superiority of republican regimes, similar to those found in the Discourses.

Since the 19th century, there have been attempts to identify him with the Viking prince Rurik of Russian chronicles.

But if that be entirely intrusted to the magistracy ,-- a select body of men, and those generally selected, by the prince, of such as enjoy the highest offices of the state ,-- these decisions, in spite of their own natural integrity, will have frequently an involuntary bias towards those of their own rank and dignity.

The Bavarian prince would have been the lawful heir to the Spanish throne under Philip IV's will, and remained a far less threatening candidate than those directly in the Bourbon or Habsburg lines, despite the willingness of both Leopold I and Louis XIV to defer their claims onto a junior branch of their Houses: Leopold to his younger son, the Archduke Charles, and Louis to the Dauphin's younger son, Philip, the Duke of Anjou.

The 11th Century Belarusian Prince Usiaslau of Polatsk was considered to have been a Werewolf, capable of moving at superhuman speeds, as recounted in The Tale of Igor's Campaign: " Vseslav the prince judged men ; as prince, he ruled towns ; but at night he prowled in the guise of a wolf.

She was the unwilling object of affection to a Troyjan ( an alien race whose people have no noses ) prince named Trauma.

You must have the patience of a saint, the smile of a cherub, the generosity of an Indian prince, and the back of a camel ," and the Earl of Dufferin stated that the governor general is " A representative of all that is august, stable, and sedate in the government, the history, and the traditions of the country ; incapable of partizanship, and lifted far above the atmosphere of faction ; without adherents to reward or opponents to oust from office ; docile to the suggestions of his Ministers, and yet securing to the people the certainty of being able to get rid of an Administration or Parliament the moment either had forfeited their confidence.