Fürst
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- Fürst in comparison with Prince
- Use of the title in German
- Other uses in German
- Derived titles
- Origins and cognates
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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''''' (, female form , plural ''; from Old High German ', "the first", a translation of the Latin ') is a German word for a ruler as well as a princely title. ' were, starting in the Middle Ages, members of the highest nobility who ruled over states of the Holy Roman Empire and later its former territories, below the ruling ' (emperor) or ' (king).