This article is about the dynastic use. For the song by Envy & Other Sins, see Highness (song). For the song by Simon Townshend, see Animal Soup. For the album by Medicine, see Her Highness (album).
For other uses, see High (disambiguation).
Part of the Politics series
Monarchy
Central concepts
Monarch
Monarchism
Divine right of kings
Mandate of Heaven
Royal prerogative
Types
Abdication system
Absolute
Chinese Legalist
Composite
Constitutional
Crowned republic
Diarchy
Dual
Duchy
Grand
Dynastic union
Elective
Emirate
Ethnarch
Federal
Hereditary
Khanate
Non-sovereign
Pentarchy
Personal union
Popular
Principality
Real union
Regency
Coregency
Self-proclaimed
Signoria
Tetrarch
Triarchy
Universal
Philosophy
Philosophers
Aquinas
Dante
Bodin
Bellarmine
Filmer
Hobbes
Bossuet
Maistre
Bonald
Chateaubriand
Novalis
Balzac
Crétineau-Joly
Gogol
Cortés
Balmes
Kierkegaard
Dostoevsky
Youwei
Maurras
Bainville
Seca
Evola
Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Bogdanor
Scruton
Hoppe
Works
Monarchia(1313)
Les Six livres de la République(1576)
Leviathan(1651)
Patriarcha(1680)
Considerations on France(1796)
Democracy: The God That Failed(2001)
Politicians
Mazarin
Pius VI
Ruffo
Consalvi
Plessis
Metternich
Villèle
Polignac
Decazes
Disraeli
Cortés
Castillo
Bismarck
Mella
Maurras
Metaxas
Churchill
Renouvin
Zhirinovsky
Popescu-Tăriceanu
Zourabichvili
History
Birth of the Roman Empire
Magna Carta
Foundation of the Ottoman Empire
Tsarist autocracy
Birth of the Dutch Republic
Glorious Revolution
French Revolution
Establishment of the Dutch monarchy
Trienio Liberal
First French Empire
Liberal Wars
Second French Empire
Unification of Italy
Meiji Restoration
Austro-Hungarian Compromise
German unification
5 October 1910 Revolution
Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil
Chinese Revolution
Russian Revolution
Siamese revolution of 1932
Birth of the Italian Republic
Spanish transition to democracy
Iranian Revolution
Modern Cambodia
Nepalese Civil War
Polity
Aristocracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Administration
Court
Appointment
Great Officers
Household
Retinue
Camarilla
Courtier
Favourite
Royal guard
Privy council
Crown Council
Makhzen
Riksråd
Related ideologies
Conservatism
Authoritarian
Traditionalist
Despotism
Enlightened absolutism
Legitimism
Orangism
Belgium
Luxembourg
Orléanism
Royalism
Ultra
Toryism
High
Related topics
Criticism
Dynasty
Lists
Family
Descent
Family trees
Illegitimate
Emperor system of Japan
Figurehead
Heir
apparent
presumptive
Kingmaker
List of monarchies
Current
Former
Non-sovereign
Nobility
Peerage
Realm
Philosopher king
Pretender
List
Rank
Realm
Empire
Reich
Regicide
Regnal list
Regnal number
Sovereign
Style
Succession
Anti-king
Crisis
Interregnum
Rebellion
War
Usurper
list
Politics portal
v
t
e
Highness (abbreviation HH, oral address Your Highness) is a formal style used to address (in second person) or refer to (in third person) certain members of a reigning or formerly reigning dynasty. It is typically used with a possessive adjective: "His Highness", "Her Highness" (HH), "Their Highnesses", etc. Although often combined with other adjectives of honour indicating rank, such as "Imperial", "Royal" or "Serene", it may be used alone.
Highness is, both literally and figuratively, the quality of being lofty or above. It is used as a term to evoke dignity or honour, and to acknowledge the exalted rank of the person so described.
Highness (abbreviation HH, oral address Your Highness) is a formal style used to address (in second person) or refer to (in third person) certain members...
Royal Highness is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses. Kings and their female consorts, as...
Your Highness is a 2011 American stoner comic fantasy film directed by David Gordon Green. It stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey...
His/Her Serene Highness (abbreviation: HSH, second person address: Your Serene Highness) is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein...
His or Her Grand Ducal Highness (abbreviation: HGDH) is a style of address used by the non-reigning members of some German ruling families headed by a...
His/Her Illustrious Highness (abbreviation: H.Ill.H.) is the usual English-language translation of the German word Erlaucht, a style historically attributed...
His/Her Ducal Serene Highness (abbreviation: HDSH) was a style used by members of certain ducal families, such as those of Nassau, Braganza, and the Ernestine...
Retrieved 22 April 2012. "His Highness the Aga Khan". the.Ismaili. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2019. "His Highness Aga Khan: Biography". AKDN. Weisinger...
His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote imperial – as opposed to royal – status to show...
180–181. ISBN 978-1-84887-009-3. "His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; early Life". His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum...
– present: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan. "His Royal Highness The Gyalsey is born"....
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from...
Royal Highness (abbreviation HI&RH) is a style possessed by someone who either through birth or marriage holds two individual styles, Imperial Highness and...
Mulia Paduka Seri (His Royal Highness); The sons of the Pengiran Muda Mahkota are styled Yang Teramat Mulia (His Royal Highness); Pengiran Anak Puteri is...
His Sultanic Highness (HSH) (French: Son Altesse Sultanica (SAS)) was an honorific of the Sultan of Egypt. In 1914, as a result of the declaration of war...
champion of jihad (to strive and to struggle in the name of Allah). Sultanic Highness – a rare, hybrid western-Islamic honorific style exclusively used by the...
His Highness Abdullah is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language musical thriller drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars...
male-line grandchild of the sovereign, Eugenie was known as "Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York", with the territorial designation coming from...
who were accorded the lower rank of Serene Highness, Victoria Eugenie was born with the rank of Highness due to a Royal Warrant issued in 1886 by Queen...
of Windsor, but was not allowed to share her husband's style of "Royal Highness". Before, during, and after the Second World War, Wallis and Edward were...
Royal Highness Prince Devan Udayawongse, The Prince Devawongse Varopakar, Son of Rama IV Krom Phraya Bhanubandhu Vongsevoradej: His Royal Highness Prince...
Imperial Highness Younger sons: Prince (Shâhpūr, or King's Son), followed by first name and surname (Pahlavi), and style His Imperial Highness. Daughters:...
– 21 September 1957: His Royal Highness Prince Harald of Norway 21 September 1957 – 17 January 1991: His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Norway Since...
Global Information
Politics portal