His Highness

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His Highness is a formal honorific style traditionally used to address or refer to princes, senior royals, and other high-ranking dignitaries in various monarchies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
His Highness canonical 4
His Highness the Bey 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of address
honorific style
appliesTo heads of certain princely states
non-reigning members of royal families
contrastedWith Her Majesty
His Majesty
Royal Highness
Serene Highness
correspondsTo Arabic honorific "سموّه" (samuwwuh)
hasAbbreviation H.H.
linked to: H.
hasComponent title "Highness"
hasFeminineForm Her Highness
hasFormalityLevel formal
hasGenderForm masculine
hasHigherRankThan Excellency
Honourable
hasLanguage English
hasPluralForm Their Highnesses
hasUsageNote typically preceded by a personal name or title
isPartOf system of royal and noble styles
usedFor addressing high-ranking dignitaries
addressing princes
addressing senior royals
usedForRank duke
emir
grand duke
other non-reigning royals
prince
princess
sheikh
some sovereign princes
usedIn monarchies
usedInContext diplomatic protocol
formal correspondence
royal courts
treaties and official documents
usedInCountry Bahrain
Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

India
Jordan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Morocco
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhammad VIII al-Amin title His Highness the Bey
linked to: His Highness
Duke of Anjou traditionalStyle His Highness
Your Royal Highness contrastedWith His Highness