Monsieur

This article is about title. For other uses, see M (disambiguation).

Monsieur (plural: [Messieurs] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) meant "my lord" ([Mon seigneur] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) in Middle French, and is now generally used in French as an honorific for all men (not possessing a knighthood or some higher rank), the equivalent to the English titles "Mister" and (in some senses) "Sir". Written [Monsieur Dupont] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), M.; the plural is [Messieurs] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (abbreviation: MM.).

This plural is also used as the plural for Mister in English, (written Messrs. Jones, Smith and Davis). This title may commonly be also prefixed to a first name (e.g. Monsieur Jean), unlike Standard English "mister".

Under the French monarchy, [Monsieur] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) was an informal honorific like [Madame Royale] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help). It was given to the second son of the reigning King. If the King did not have a second son, the title was given to his eldest living younger brother. Those who have been known by this title include:

• Charles, duc d'Orléans (1559–1560)
• Henri, duc d'Anjou (1560–1574)
• François, duc d'Anjou (1574–1584)
• Gaston, duc d'Orléans (1610–1643)
• Philippe I, duc d'Orléans (1643–1701)
• Louis-Stanislas, comte de Provence (1774–1793)
• Charles-Philippe, comte d'Artois (1795–1824)

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See also

• Dauphin
• Madame Royale
• Madame
• Fils de France
• Petit-Fils de France
• Prince du Sang
• First Prince of the Blood
• Prince of the Blood