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A principality (or sometimes princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch with the title of prince and/or princess, or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under the generic meaning of the term prince.
A kingdom is ruled by a king (except when they aren't). A king is someone who rules a kingdom. A principality is ruled by a prince (except when they aren't).
A principality’s head of state and government is a prince. For a kingdom, it is a king. Superficially, they run pretty much the same. Each regent exercises the same power under the principles of feudalism. The difference arises in how these different systems come into place.
The difference between an empire, kingdom, principality, caliphate, sultanate, and duchy is primarily the title of the monarch; emperor (or empress), king (queen), prince (ess), caliph, sultan, or duke (duchess).
Principalities can be divided into hereditary principalities and new principalities. New principalities are either completely new or new appendages to existing states. By fortune or strength, a prince can acquire a new principality with his own army or with the arms of others.
What's the difference between a principality and a kingdom, or even a duchy? It's simply a matter of who the ruler is. A kingdom has a king (or a queen), a principality has a prince, and a duchy has a duke.
Closely related to the kingdom was the principality. The principality was a territorial political community ruled not by a king, but by a “prince” – that is, a great magnate, typically a count or duke, though sometimes an actual prince, who was the “first magistrate” of the political community.
