Spain
In 1807 Manuel de Godoy, Prince de la Paz, was accorded the style of Most Serene Highness, a treatment unique in that country.
The honorific (Spanish: El Serenísimo Señor) is one of the styles of the infantes.
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Aunt Rose”
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