Noble Styles in France
- Dauphin de France used the style très haut, très puissant et excellent prince.
- Princes of the Blood used the style très haut et très puissant prince or His Serene Highness.
- Foreign princes used the title of haut et puissant prince and claimed the right to use His Highness.
- Dukes and Peers used the style of très-haut et très-puissant seigneur. In the 18th century, that style was used by lesser-ranked nobles.
- Other titled nobility used the style très haut et puissant seigneur or haut et puissant seigneur.
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