Princess

A Princess is a female heir to the throne. She is usually a daughter of a King and/or Queen and is in a position where she legitimately could inherit her country's throne.

Overview
A Princess is in line for the throne if she is the oldest heir, although if she is approximately the same age as a male heir, he may have the preference. If the King dies or retires without having a male heir, the princess will become the ruler and take over as Queen.

In One Piece
Currently, seven known princesses have made their debut.

The most notable princess is Nefertari Vivi of Alabasta who traveled with the Straw Hat Pirates during the Alabasta Saga, to the point of considering her their own crewmate. Vivi does not follow the real world tradition of a princess in many ways, in the sense she can be more like a commoner at times than royalty.

The second prominent princess is Shirahoshi of Ryugu Kingdom, who is also considered to be the Mermaid Princess, a legendary figure who can summon Sea Kings.

Mansherry is the princess of Tontatta Kingdom, and accordingly, she is spoiled, cruel and selfish, though still a comrade for her people to want to save her. In truth, she is kind, caring and loyal to everyone, her negative attitude being directed only to Leo out of a tsundere-love.

Rebecca is the lost princess of the Riku royal family of Dressrosa that was overthrown by Doflamingo and is now forced to be a gladiator; her mother and aunt were the first and second crown princesses of the country before Doflamingo overthrew them. Though Doflamingo remains standing, when his tyranny was revealed, Rebecca, Scarlett and Viola's names were all cleared from their negative reputations.

Hatchan met the Goldfish Princess in his seafloor stroll.

Current Princesses

 * Nefertari Vivi is the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom.
 * Goldfish Princess is the princess of the Goldfish Kingdom.
 * Shirahoshi is the princess of the Ryugu Kingdom.
 * Mansherry is the princess of the Tontatta Kingdom.
 * Viola is the second daughter of King Riku Dold III and a princess of the Dressrosa Kingdom.

Former Princesses

 * The previous Poseidon, who was the first known "Mermaid Princess" of Ryugu Kingdom.
 * Scarlett was the first daughter of King Riku Dold III and the crown princess of Dressrosa before faking her death to be with Kyros and later killed by Diamante.
 * Rebecca is the granddaughter of King Riku Dold III through her mother and the crown princess of the Dressrosa Kingdom before renouncing her title to be with her father.

Princess as an Epithet

 * Perona: Ghost Princess (ゴーストプリンセス)
 * Boa Hancock: Snake Princess (蛇姫)
 * Shirahoshi: Mermaid Princess (人魚姫)
 * Rebecca: Phantom Princess (幻の王女)

Translation and Dub Issues
While "princess" in Japanese is sometimes written as 王女 (Ōjo), it is more commonly written by as 姫 (Hime).