All royal and noble titles work like this, coming as they do from a time of male domination. A wife gets the corresponding title from her husband, but a husband doesn't get any title from his wife.
In the same way, anyone who marries a Prince becomes a Princess, but any man who marries a Princess keeps his own name unless he accepts a title from the Queen.
Also Princess can not change her rank in duchess, or any lower rank.

I'll explain one more time so there not to be more confusion about it:

1.King/Queen: This title outranks all other positions in the royal family hierarchy.

2.Prince/Princess: The prince and princess are usually referred to as the son and daughter of the kings and queens.

3.Duke/Duchess: A duke or duchess holds a high rank below the monarch and can rule over another lower member of the nobility. They were essentially the rulers of the provinces.

4.Marquess/Marchioness: The Marquess/ Marchioness ranks higher than a count. The title is ranked below Duke.

5.Earl/Countess: Earl is also a member of the nobility. Countless is used as the feminine form of the title.

6.Viscount/Viscountess: A viscount is said to hold a viscounty or an area of jurisdiction. Viscountess is the female version of the title.

7.Baron/Baroness: Baron was originally used to denote a chief of the King. The female version of Baron is called as Baroness.

The list above is from higher to lower, so Princess can have rank as Queen, but not Duchess  because that is lower rank. And Duchess can become Princess or Queen, but not Countess since that is lower rank, so if she marries Earl she would stay Duchess and her husband would stay Earl.

Do please follow it especially historical characters.

so i cant change my rank from princess if i was to wed?

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] if you marry better than your rank you become their equal rank so if you marry a king you'll be queen. But if you marry lower you will keep your rank so if you marry a knight or lord you will stay a princess

juana gave me yesterday otherwise  according to wikipedia i was governess for mary queen of scots.

Janet Stuart wrote:juana gave me yesterday otherwise  according to wikipedia i was governess for mary queen of scots.

It was a suggestion as she was asking of her character, only one I could think of was the lady Fleming who was a governess. It was just me throwing ideas out there in case she wanted to do a more historical based character especially since she had no clue on this one.

Otherwise Janet, they're correct you only change your title in marriage unless you're doing a character change yourself for a fresh start I'm sure

i didnt mean to take it literally , sorry.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] you are free to stay as a princess but unless you are willing to go with the old writer's stories it's best you can start from scratch and make up your own

on that, are there any princes looking for a wife?