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Crown Prince

A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....

Timeline of Events

1776

10.7.1776

Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

1810

8.21.1810

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.

1814

5.17.1814

The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.

1940

6.7.1940

King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.

1990

11.12.1990

Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

1998

8.10.1998

HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

1999

2.7.1999

Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.