King of Kings

This article is about the monarchic or divine title. For other uses, see King of Kings (disambiguation).

Tamar of Georgia, Tamar Mepe, 1184 – 1213

King of Kings is a lofty title that has been used by several monarchies (usually empires in the informal sense of great powers) throughout history, and in many cases the literal title meaning "King of Kings", i. Tamar (თამარი also transliterated as T'amar Thamar or Tamara ( c Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between e. Monarch elevated above other royal rulers in a vassal, tributary or protectorate position, especially in the case of Semitic languages, is conventionally (usually inaccurately) rendered as Emperor. The Semitic languages are a Language family whose living representatives are spoken by more than 467 million people across much of the Middle East, An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of

The first written record of its consistent use dates to Iranian Kings of the Persian Empire (pronounced Shahanshah) with an implicit notion of relation to a deity, and later with an overt spiritual connotation in the latter Persian empire of the Priest-Kings of the Sassanian Persian Empire. The Iranian people are a collection of Ethnic groups defined along linguistic lines as speaking Iranian languages. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire The well known story of the Iranian Magi that traveled to Holy Lands to hail the heralded new King of Kings further establishes the Royal Priest connotations of the title, King of Kings. The Magi (singular Magus, from Latin via Greek μάγος; Old English: Mage; from Persian maguš and Kurdish A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities

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3 Popular culture
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Historical

In pharaonic Ancient Egypt, an inscription on the base of one of Ramesses II's commemorative statues, according to Greek Historian Diodorus Siculus, referred to him as "King of Kings". Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now This was paraphrased in Percy Bysshe Shelley's famous sonnet, Ozymandias: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: / Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" ^[1]
Titles of this relative type have been in use from the most ancient times in Aryan. Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among Aryan is an English word derived from the Sanskrit " Ārya " meaning "noble" or "honorable"
The rulers of Persia, at various times (under Zoroastrian as well as Muslim dynasties), have been titled Shâhanshâh, the commonly used informal shortening Shah being the standard Persian term for King. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages
The Byzantine Emperor Heraclius adopted the Persian title after the Battle of Nineveh. Heraclius, or Herakleios (Flavius Heraclius Augustus;) (c 575 - February 11, 641) was a Byzantine Emperor, who ruled the East
Whereas the most literal Sanskrit equivalent is Rajadhiraja, this is not of equal 'imperial' rank (compare Samraj) because of current use on the subcontinent of other lofty titles ranking above Raja, such as Maharaja (literally Great King, also greatly devaluated by title inflation) and Maharajadhiraja (Bahadur) 'Great King of kings'. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. For other uses see Raja (disambiguation and Rajah (disambiguation. Great King and the equivalent in many languages is a semantic model for historical titles of Monarchs suggesting an elevated status among the host of Kings and minor The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or " High king " (a Karmadharaya from mahānt The titles Maharajadhiraja and Rajadhiraja were also assumed by some great Kushan kings in the 1st and 2nd centuries, as was Devaputra or 'Son of God'. The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or " High king " (a Karmadharaya from mahānt King of Kings is a lofty title that has been used by several monarchies (usually empires in the informal sense of great powers throughout history and in many cases the literal title The Kushan Empire (c 1st &ndash 3rd centuries) was a Bactrian state that at its cultural zenith Circa 105 &ndash 250 The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Son of God is a phrase found in the Hebrew Bible, various other Jewish texts and the New Testament. Nevertheless, the ancient Sanskrit title Rajadhiraja has been maintained in some formerly Hindu monarchies, such as in Buddhist Cambodia (as one of the secondary titles often used by the true reigning Sovereign, distinguishing him from several other Princes of the reigning dynasty who could simultaneously hold a kingly rank or even concurrent authority).
The Ethiopian Orthodox Emperor of Ethiopia's main title was Nəgusä Nägäst (transliterations vary), with Negus being the standard Ge'ez (as well as most other Ethiosemitic languages) term for King, at the head of a complex semi-feudal pyramid. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary For other uses see Negus (disambiguation Negus ( Ge'ez gez ንጉሥ, Amharic; cf Ge'ez (ግዕዝ, ɡɨʕɨz also transliterated Gi'iz, and referred to as Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic Language Ethiopian Semitic (also known as Ethiopian Ethiosemitic Ethiopic is a language group which together with Old South Arabian forms the Western branch of the South The first known use of this title in Ethiopia was the Aksumite King Sembrouthes, probably dating to the first half of the 2nd century AD. The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom of Aksum or Axum ( Ge'ez: አክሱም was an important trading Sembrouthes was a king of Axum. He is known only from a single inscription in Greek that was found at Deqemhare or Deqqi Mehari in modern Eritrea
The rulers of the Mali Empire used the title Mansa, meaning "king of kings," to denote their rulers, starting with the late 12th c. The Mali Empire or Manding Empire or Manden Kurufa was a Medieval West African civilization of the Mandinka from c Mansa is a Mandinka word meaning "king of kings" It is particularly associated with the Keita Dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated ruler Sundiata Keita. Sundiata Keita or Sundjata Keyita or Mari Djata I (c 1217 - c
The Turkish Ottoman dynasty, rivals of the Persians from the opposing Sunni branch of Islam, used, like the Shâhanshâh, the analogous style of Sultan of Sultans amongst other titles, including Persian Pādishāh and Hakan, the Turkish form of:
the Mongolian Khagan 'Khan of Khans'. The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with "Sultan of Sultans" is the literal English translation of the original Turkish Sultan es-Selatin or Sultan us-Selatin. Padishah, Padshah, Padeshah, Badishah or Badshah ( Persian پادشاه Pādeshāh) is a very prestigious For other titles related to and uses of Khan, see that article Origin The title
In orthodox Georgia, the style Mepe-Mepeta was meant literally, as supreme among various 'true' Caucasian Christian kings, especially rivalling Armenia, where the analogous style prince of princes had been used (635 - 885); the title was extended to the monarch ruling Georgia, no matter what the gender. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Events By Topic Religion Saint Aidan founds Lindisfarne in Northumbria, England Events By Place Europe The Vikings besiege Paris. Godfrith the Sea King is killed in Lobith.
The Zulu conqueror Shaka adopted such a title after establishing total control over many Bantu neighbour tribes in southern Africa. The Zulu ( IsiZulu: amaZulu) are the largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; ca 1787 – ca Bantu may refer to Bantu expansion, a series of migrations of Bantu speakers Bantu languages Bantu people
The Armenian king Tigranes the Great, was known as "King of Kings", due to having several kings under his rule. The Kingdom of Armenia (or Greater Armenia) was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until This article is about a king of Armenia in the 1st century BCE.

Religious

"Christ as King of Kings". Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " A Russian icon from Murom (1690)

Jesus Christ is termed King of Kings in the Bible, particularly in the Book of Revelation, 17:14 and 19:16 - although he clearly states in the New Testament that his realm is not of this earth (Hebrew: olam hazeh, "this world, or age", in contrast with the olam haba, "the world to come", in which he will rule), a messianistic tradition within the Jewish faith, founded its Zionist ambitions of political independence from Rome (see Sicarii, while Christ preached a spiritual 'kingdom' instead) on its version that the Messiah would (re)establish the promised land of Israel as a mighty temporal kingdom; in Christianity, it is rather God the Father who thrones in heaven as ultimate ruler of the universe, high above all mortal monarchs. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Murom (Му́ром Finnish: Muromi, Old Norse: Moramar) is a historic city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which sprawls Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John, Apocalypse of John ( pronounced, from the Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου Sicarii (Latin plural of Sicarius 'dagger-' or later contract- killer is a term applied in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in In this sense, "Lord of Lords" is a synonymous title of the Lord, as used by the Church Fathers, e. g. Against Heresies, V. On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis ( commonly called Against Heresies (Latin Adversus haereses,) is a five-volume work 26 (St. Irenaeus).
in Islam, the absolute use (the definite article is thus obligatory) of al-Malik, as #4 of the 99 known names of Allah, "The King", taken to imply 'The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection' singles the only god out as supreme ruler over all earthly powers; another of these attributes, #84, is Malik Al-Mulk "King of the Realm", taken to mean 'The Eternal Owner of Sovereignty, The One who controls the Dominion and gives dominion to whoever He willed'. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Malik (ملك) as an Arabic word meaning " king " It has been adopted in various other mainly Asian languages for their ruling princes and to Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for '
Buddha is referred to as "King of Kings" in the Pali Tripitaka. Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Pali ( ISO 15919 / ALA-LC: Pāḷi is a Middle Indo-Aryan language or Prakrit of India. The Tripiṭaka ( Sanskrit; Devanagari: त्रिपिटक lit
In Judaism, "King of Kings" - in Hebrew Melech ha-M'lachim - is a euphemism to refer to God, whose name may not be said. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut It is usually rendered as Melech Malchei Ha-M'lachim (King of Kings of Kings), to put it one step above the title by which Babylonian and Persian kings are referred to in the Bible (specifically in the Book of Daniel). The Book of Daniel (דניאל, originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a Book in both the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh) and the Christian
Selivanov, the co-founder of the Skoptsi, a Russian Christian sect which practiced sexual mutilation, who proclaimed himself the Son of God incarnate in the person of Emperor Peter III, claimed the titles "King of Kings" and even "God of Gods". The Skoptsy (скопцы also transliterated as Skoptzy, Skoptzi, Skoptsi, Scoptsy and other spellings were a secret Sect of The Skoptsy (скопцы also transliterated as Skoptzy, Skoptzi, Skoptsi, Scoptsy and other spellings were a secret Sect of Peter III ( February 21, 1728 – July 17, 1762) (Пётр III Фëдорович Pyotr III Fyodorovitch) was Emperor
Haile Selassie I, the Ethiopian Emperor was known as the "King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and the conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" and based on these titles and their biblical reference is seen as God amonst the members of the Rastafari movement. Haile Selassie I ( Ge'ez: am ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ "Power of the Trinity " 23 July 1892 &ndash 27 August 1975 born Tafari Makonnen, was NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. The Rastafari movement (also known as Rastafari, Rastafarianism or simply Rasta) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, New Testament

Popular culture

Professional wrestler Triple H, an influential figure in the business, refers to himself as the King of Kings, and has incorporated it into his gimmick. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley The band Motörhead has introduced a song called "King of Kings" as one of Triple H's entrance themes.
However, this isn't the first use of "The King of Kings" in professional wrestling, as wrestler Steve Corino used the nickname for years before WWE copyrighted it for Triple H's use
In the video game Gradius III released by Konami, "King Of Kings" is the title often given to the musical score that plays on the high score screen when the player enters his/her initials. Steven "Steve" Eugene Corino (born May 29 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler, who worked for Pro Wrestling ZERO1 and numerous is a Scrolling shooter Arcade game, developed and published by Konami in 1989 for Video arcades The player returns as the role of the pilot () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines This short piece of music is used in both the arcade versions and home ports of the game.
In the 2004 film Troy, Agamemnon refers to himself (and is referred to by Achilles and Nestor) as "King of Kings". "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Troy is an epic movie released on May 14, 2004 concerning the Trojan War. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (very resolute / ( ancient Greek:) is a hero, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae "Achilleus" redirects here For the emperor with this name see Achilleus (emperor.
In poker a four of a kind hand involving four kings is sometimes known as the "King of Kings". Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into
In the first Dragon Quest game the primary villain, the Dragonlord refers to himself as the "King of Kings". published as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII Journey of the Cursed King, is a series of role-playing
"King of Kings" is the name an album of reggaeton artist Don Omar released in 2006. King of Kings is Don Omar 's second Studio album. It was released in 2006 William Omar Landrón (born February 10, 1978), also known as Don Omar, El Rey, King of Kings, is a Latin Grammy Award
In the PlayStation 2 game "We Love Katamari" (a sequel to the PS2's Katamari Damacy), the King of All Cosmos sings a song during the ending credits (arguably about himself) including the title and named "The King of Kings". is a third-person puzzle-action Video game that is published and developed by Namco for the PlayStation 2 Video game console.
The ex-Celtic FC Football player Henrik Larsson is referred to by Celtic fans by this title. Henrik Edward Larsson, MBE (ˈhɛnrɪk ˈlɑːʂɔn born September 20 1971 in Helsingborg, Scania) is a Swedish footballer,
"King Of Kings" is the name of a song of Heavy Metal Musicians MANOWAR, Released as a single on 2005.

References

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