Editing Excellency (section)

== Monarchy ==
=== Royalty ===
In some monarchies the [[husband]]s, [[wife|wives]], or children of a [[royal prince]] or princess, who do not possess a princely title themselves, may be entitled to the style. For example, in [[Spain]] spouses or children of a born ''[[infante]]'' or ''[[infanta]]'' are addressed as ''Excellency'', if not accorded a higher style.

Former members of a royal house or family, who have forfeited a royal title, may be awarded the style afterwards. Examples are former husbands or wives of a royal prince or princess, including [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg]], following her divorce from [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]]. Likewise, [[Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg]], who lost his succession rights to the [[Monarch of Sweden|Swedish throne]] and discontinued use of his royal titles in 1946 when he married the commoner Elin Kerstin Margaretha Wijkmark, was accorded the style.

In some [[emirate]]s, such as [[Kuwait]] and [[Qatar]], the Emir, heir apparent and prime minister are called ''His Highness''. Their children are styled with ''His/Her Excellency'' unless they possess a higher honorific.

=== Nobility ===
In Spain members of the high nobility, holding the dignity of [[grandee]], are referred to as ''The Most Excellent Lord/Lady''.

In Denmark, some [[count]]s (''lensgrever''), historically those related by blood or marriage to the [[Monarchy of Denmark|Danish monarch]], who have entered a [[morganatic marriage]] or otherwise left the [[Danish royal family|Royal Family]] have the right to be styled as ''Your Excellency'', e.g., the Counts of [[Danneskiold-Samsøe]], some of the [[Count of Rosenborg|counts of Rosenborg]] and the [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg|Countess of Frederiksborg]] (''[[ad personam]]'').

In the subnational monarchy [[Sultanate of Sulu]], senior nobility and holders of royal offices that are granted the title of [[Datu Sadja]] are referred to as ''His/Her Excellency.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobility of Sulu |url=https://sultanateofsulu.ecseachamber.org/nobility-of-sulu/index-1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419084633/http://orderofthepearl.org/nobility-of-sulu/ |archive-date=19 April 2019 |access-date=19 April 2019 |website=ROYAL AND HASHEMITE ORDER OF THE PEARL |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Knights ===
''Excellency'' can also attach to a prestigious quality, notably in an order of knighthood. For example, in the [[Empire of Brazil]], it was attached to the highest classes, each time called ''[[Grand Cross]]'', of all three imperial orders: [[Order of Pedro I|Imperial Order of Pedro I]], [[Order of the Southern Cross|Imperial Order of the Southern Cross]] with the military honours of a [[Lieutenant general]] and [[Order of the Rose]].

Knights of the Collar and Knights Grand Cross of the Spanish Orders of Chivalry, such as the [[Order of Charles III]], [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]], [[Order of Civil Merit]], [[Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise|Order of Alfonso X the Wise]], [[Royal Order of Sports Merit]], [[Civil Order of Health]], as well as recipients of the Grand Cross of [[Crosses of Military Merit (Spain)|Military]], [[Crosses of Naval Merit (Spain)|Naval]], and [[Crosses of Aeronautical Merit (Spain)|Aeronautical Merit]] are addressed as such. Furthermore, Knights Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem]], [[Order of Saint Gregory the Great]], and the [[Order of St. Sylvester]] of the [[Holy See]], and Grand Cross of The Lion, Crested Crane, Crown, and The Drum of Rwanda, and Knights of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]], and Knights Grand Cross of several other orders of high prestige, are often addressed as ''Excellency''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetodiplomati00satouoft |title=Satow, Ernest Mason, Sir - A Guide to Diplomatic Practice |date=10 March 2001 |access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>