In 1403, a prince from Sumatra, Parameswara, founded Malacca.

According to Cambodian annals an exiled prince of Indraprastha founded the kingdom of Cambodia.

A surviving Umayyad prince, Abd-ar-rahman I, escaped to Spain and founded a new Umayyad dynasty in the Emirate of Cordoba, (756).

The subtle prince, backed by the crusading zeal of his people, and favoured by the rapid spontaneous spread of the faith in all lands, conquered the whole world, and founded the Universal Church of Harmony.

The princes later founded kingdoms named after themselves.

Towns were profitable and princes founded them and tried to attract inhabitants to them.

Vladimirian princes captured and destroyed Obran Osh in 1221 and founded Nizhny Novgorod on the site.

This younger prince, Arutu Oluokun, founded Ila-Magbon.

When he saw a lion, the prince took this as an auspicious sign and founded a settlement called Singapura, which means "Lion City" in Malay.

The first two princes, Aja and Ijale were siblings and founded Okeriwo Quarters.