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    [edit] Comment 1

    What About Titania? From The Mid-Summer's Night Dream? Isn't she a queen/princess?

    Her title was queen, as consort to a king. And if she was referred to by Shakespeare (or anyone else) as a princess at all, it was in the generic sense of being "royal" rather than because this was her actual title or rank.Lethiere 06:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] Disputed

    Deriving "princess" from "prince's" sounds like folk etymology to me. "Princess" is cognate to "principessa" in Italian, which can't be heard as a possessive of "principe"--moreover the "essa" ending in Italian", "esse" in French, and "ess" in English, are used for lots of other words, and none of them sound like possessives in the Romance languages. --Trovatore 04:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

    [edit] Historical Princesses

    Is the said section really necesarry? I mean, there have been many more Princesses (and many of them much, much more famous) then are listed.

    [edit] Source?

    do dey eat. i love princessess and drama queen.

    Why are there no references to back any of this up? Without them, this entire article is suspect.

    [edit] "Princess" in French

    In French, Princess is Princesse (PREEN-say). However, the "S" is normally silent in French, such as "Francais (fron-SAY)", which means "French language". --PJ Pete princess is pretty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.103.4.66 (talk) 05:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] Princess Rinnell Gillis

    Who exactly is this "Princess Rinnell Gillis"? There's no Wikipage on her, and a Google search only comes back with two hits, both of which are clones of this entry. If this is a real person (and if there's a legitimate reason to include her on an encyclopedic list of princesses), is there a source that can be cited? Benscripps 02:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

    Looks like a vanity/hoax entry to me. Unless someone can provide a verifiable source for "Princess Rinnell," I'm going to keep deleting her from the article. PubliusFL 05:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Fictional Princesses

    This list is starting to overwhelm the actual article. And the insertion with entries like Mulan, on the basis that "according to Disney she's a princess," it's even starting to have fictional characters who are fictionally princesses (i.e. not even princesses in their fictional context). I suggest that the fictional princesses section either be deleted or spun off into its own list article. PubliusFL 23:35, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

    Well just because certain people do not like the fact Mulan is considered a fictional princess it should not be deleted, if anything it could be spun of into it's own article.--Sugarcubez 01:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
    I really don't think that was what Publius was getting at. I deleted the section, simply because it's irrelevant. It's more useful as a seperate article, and the section was being dominated by "favorites". The princesses listed were simply fan favorites, not composed of entirely notable and influential fictional princesses. If that's even possible. Flutterby Lullaby (talk) 21:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

    what do princessess do.

    Attend social events a lot and go around shaking people's hands, as well as charitable stuff, I'll bet. And try to keep away from the media, if you're in some tabloid-crazy culture such as Britain, I'll also bet. 204.52.215.107 14:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Poor quality

    The first part of this article is of rather poor quality. It simply consists of a series of contentious assertions with no evidence to back them up. I think this taints the article's presentation on the topic and gives it a charged tone. The first part of the article portrays princesses as nothing more than some pitiable piece of property. I don't believe that this portrayal is consistent with any common perception of what a princess is or was. Unless people can step forward and provide real evidence supportive of that narrative, I propose that all of the sentences labeled with 'original research' and 'citation needed' be deleted from the first part of the article. I further propose that the first part of the article be rewritten to give a simple and non-contentious overview of what a princess is. Any objections?71.115.24.62 (talk) 14:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] Princess Mridula?

    Princess Mridula of India is a redlink. I can't find anything on Google about this person. Can anyone back this entry up, or should it be removed? PubliusFL (talk) 16:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)