Prince Henry

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Throughout history, many people have been known as Prince Henry, at least during some part of their lives. Hal or Harry is sometimes used as a nickname for some of them. Some are more likely to be referred to as "Prince Henry" as Prince was the highest title they received in their lifetime (as opposed to those who later became King). (That criterion applies to all those listed below except Prince Hal/Henry V.)

Among those widely known as Prince Henry are:

• Prince Harry, (born 1984) whose real name is Prince Henry of Wales, current holder of the title as second son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and currently third in line to the throne of United Kingdom
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester- the third son of George V of the United Kingdom
• Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394 - 1460)
• Henry Frederick Stuart, (1593/4 - 1612) son of James I of England
• Henry (1511), son of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon, who died in infancy
• Prince Henry of the Netherlands (also nicknamed "the Navigator"), third son of King William II of the Netherlands
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802), son of King Frederick William I of Prussia
• Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), son of Frederick III, German Emperor
• Prince Hal, a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2, based on King Henry V of England
• Henry the Young King, Son of Henry II of England. Though crowned king, he predeceased his father, so was not given the title of Henry III

Nearly all the men who have ever held the title King Henry at some point prior held the title Prince Henry (a notable exception is Henry Tudor, later Henry VII of England, who held the title of Earl of Richmond before seizing the throne from Richard III).

See also: Henry, Prince of Wales