King

For other uses, see King (disambiguation).

A crown and sceptre, the symbol of the power of a king

King Louis XIV of France

King George VI of the United Kingdom

A king is a male monarch, or a head of state, who may or may not, depending on the style of government of a nation, exercise monarchal powers over a territory, usually called a kingdom or a realm. A crown is the traditional Symbolic form of Headgear worn by a Monarch or by a Deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling Monarch, a prominent item of royal Regalia. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state A realm (rɛlm is the dominion of a monarch king queen emperor empress or other sovereign ruler A king is the second highest noble title, surpassed only by emperor. An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of A female monarch is a queen regnant; the term "queen" may refer to one ruling in her own right, or the wife of the king. List of current queens regnant A queen regnant (plural "queens regnant" is qualifying reference to a female Monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchal The husband of a queen regnant is a prince consort or a king consort. A prince consort, generally speaking is a common term for the husband of a Queen regnant, unless he himself also is a king in his own right King consort is a title given in some Monarchies to the husband of a Queen regnant. A king or queen may wear a crown or carry other regalia (symbols of office). A crown is the traditional Symbolic form of Headgear worn by a Monarch or by a Deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power Regalia is Latin Plurale tantum for the privileges and the insignia characteristic of a Sovereign. Note that historically the term "king" has been used for the rulers of very small peoples and territories, such as Maquinna, king of perhaps 2000 Nootka people in the early 19th century. Maquinna (also transliterated Muquinna Macuina Maquilla was the chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, during the heyday of the Maritime

Examples of kings

For examples of kings see the following lists:

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Crown of the Polish Kingdom

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List of Kings of Iraq
List of High Kings of Ireland
King of Italy
List of Irish Kings
List of Kings of India

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List of Kings of Judea

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Monarchs of Laos
List of kings of Lesotho
List of Kings of Lydia

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List of kings of Macedon
King of Mann
List of Kings of Mauretania
List of Meitei kings

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List of kings of Norway
List of Kings of Numidia

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List of Paionian kings
List of Kings of Persia
List of Kings of Pontus
List of Kings of Poland
List of Kings of Portugal

Stanisław August, by the grace of God and the will of the people King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podolia, Podlachia, Livonia, Smolensk, Severia and Chernihiv

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List of kings of Rwanda

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List of kings of Saudi Arabia
List of Kings of Strathclyde
List of kings of Swaziland
List of kings of Sweden

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List of Kings of Thailand
List of Tripuri Kings
List of kings of Tyre

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List of Kings of Urartu

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List of Kings of the Visigoths

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List of Zulu kings

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This is a list of Swedish Monarchs, that is the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden, with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union Kingdom of Sukhothai (1238-1368 Phraruang Dynasty (1238-1368 Pho Khun Si Intharathit พ่อขุนศรีอินทราทิตย์ The chronicle of Kings of Twipra Kingdom are given below as per the Rajmala, the Chronicle of the Kings in Bengal, written by court pandits 15 century The traditional king-list of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon, is derived from Josephus, Against Apion This page lists the kings of Urartu an Iron Age kingdom in what is now eastern Turkey and Armenia. The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East This List of Zulu kings gives a list of Zulu chieftains and kings from their earliest known history up to the current monarch Mnguni

Dictionary

-noun

A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.
(idiomatic) A powerful or influential person.
(chess) The principal playing piece in chess which moves only once square per move (except in castling), but in all eight directions, but cannot move into check (threat of attack).
A playing card with the image of a king on it.

-verb

(transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards.

King

-proper noun

An English and Scottish surname.

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