Can a prince become a knight?

Answer 1

Becoming a Knight:

There were only a few ways in which a person could become a knight. The first way was the normal course of action for the son of a noble:

When a boy was eight years old, he was sent to the neighboring castle where he was trained as a page. The boy was usually the son of a knight or of a member of the aristocracy. He spent most of his time strengthening his body, Wrestling and riding horses. He also learned how to fight with a spear and a sword. He practiced against a wooden dummie called a quintain. It was essentially a heavy sack or dummie in the form of a human. It was hung on a wooden pole along with a shield. The young page had to hit the shield in its center. When hit, the whole structure would spin around and around. The page had to maneuver away quickly without getting hit. The young man was also taught more civilized topics. He would be taught to read and write by a schoolmaster. He could also be taught some Latin and French. The lady of the castle taught the page to sing and dance and how to behave in the king's court.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, a boy became a squire in service to a knight. His duties included dressing the knight in the morning, serving all of the knight's meals, caring for the knight's horse, and cleaning the knight's armor and weapons. He followed the knight to tournaments and assisted his lord on the battlefield. A squire also prepared himself by learning how to handle a sword and lance while wearing forty pounds of armor and riding a horse. When he was about twenty, a squire could become a knight after proving himself worthy. A lord would agree to knight him in a dubbing ceremony. The night before the ceremony, the squire would dress in a white tunic and red robes. He would then fast and pray all night for the purification of his soul. The chaplain would bless the future knight's sword and then lay it on the chapel or church's altar. Before dawn, he took a bath to show that he was pure, and he dressed in his best clothes. When dawn came, the priest would hear the young man's confession, a Catholic contrition rite. The squire would then eat breakfast. Soon the dubbing ceremony began. The outdoor ceremony took place in front of family, friends, and nobility. The squire knelt in front of the lord, who tapped the squire lightly on each shoulder with his sword and proclaimed him a knight. This was symbolic of what occurred in earlier times. In the earlier middle ages, the person doing the dubbing would actually hit the squire forcefully, knocking him over. After the dubbing, a great feast followed with music and dancing.

A young man could also become a knight for valor in combat after a battle or sometimes before a battle to help him gain courage.

but other wise is really boring

lolz

(i am really joking!!)

Answer 2

Yes, a prince can become a knight if they are bestowed with the title by a king or queen. Being a knight typically requires displaying qualities such as courage, loyalty, and service to the monarch or realm.

Answer 3

Yes however his title as "Prince" overrules the "Sir"

So the title would be "Prince Charming, Knight Bachelor" rather then "Prince Sir Henry Charming"

Many Princes became knights and it was considered part of their "coming to manhood"

Answer 4

Boys who were the sons of noblemen were sent off to their lord's castle when they were seven years old. For seven years they served as a page, who ran messages for their various masters, ran errands, served at tables, and even played fighting games with other boys, such as wooden swordfights and playing fighting with dolls. When a page turned fourteen, he became a knight apprentice, a.k.a a squire. He was apprentice to a knight, and helped him dress, waited on his table, fought alongside him in battle, trained in horsemanship, wore armor, learned chivalry and gallantry, etc. When a squire turned eighteen to twenty-one, and his master deemed him worthy, he became a knight, with a dubbing ceremony. This ceremony began with the knight bathing to cleanse his sins away, praying in sackcloth, laying his weapons on the altar overnight so that they may be blessed, and being tapped on the shoulder by his lord and becoming a knight.

Answer 5

You were to have to born from a rich family to become a knight and train..

it wasn't your choice to become a knight or not.

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To become a knight one had to be son of a knight.

Answer 6

There was at least one, Jeanne d' Arc who was proclaimed Saint by the Catholic Church after her death on fire at the age of 19.

Answer 7

No they become Dames when the Queen decides to do so

Answer 8

People are normally made Knights or Dames if they undertake notable charity work or have a notable career in business, the military, politics or art (actors, rock stars etc).