ABSTRACT
Throughout history, royal dynasties have dominated countries and empires around the world. Kings, queens, emperors, chiefs, pharaohs, czars - whatever title they ruled by, monarchs have shaped institutions, rituals, and cultures in every time period and every corner of the globe. The concept of monarchy originated in prehistoric times and evolved over centuries right up to the present. Efforts to overthrow monarchies or evade their rule - such as the American, French, Chinese, and Russian revolutions - are considered turning points in world history. Even today, many countries retain their monarchies, although in vastly reduced form with little political power. One cannot understand human history and government without understanding monarchs and monarchies. This fully-illustrated encyclopedia provides the first complete survey of all the major rulers and ruling families of the world, past and present. No other reference work approaches the topic with the same sense of magnitude or connection to historical context. Arranged in A-Z format for ease of access, World Monarchies and Dynasties includes information on major monarchs and dynasties from ancient time to the present. This set: includes overviews of reigns and successions, genealogical charts, and dynastic timelines; addresses concepts, problems, and theories of monarchy; provides background and information for further research; highlights important places, structures, symbols, events, and legends related to particular monarchs and dynasties; includes a master bibliography and multiple indexes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |85 pages
A
entry |1 pages
Abbas the Great (1557–1629 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Abbasid Dynasty (750–1258 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Abd al-Hamid II (1842–1918 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Abd al-Rahman (d. 788 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Abdication, Royal
entry |1 pages
Abu Bakr (d. 634 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Accession and Crowning of Kings
entry |1 pages
Achaeans.
entry |2 pages
Achaemenid Dynasty (ca. 550–330 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Acheh Kingdom (ca. 1515–1907 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Aethelred, the Unready.
entry |2 pages
Afonso I (ca. 1109–1185 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Afonso I, Nzinga Mbemba (ca. 1460–1543 C.E.)
entry |5 pages
African Kingdoms
entry |2 pages
Ahab (d. 853 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ahmadnagar Kingdom (1494–1636 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ahmose I (ca. 1560–1546 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Akan Kingdoms (1700s–1900s C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Akbar the Great (1542–1605 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Akhenaten (ca. 1350–1334 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Akkad, Kingdom of (ca. 2334–2154 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Aksum Kingdom (ca. 6 B.C.E.–1150 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Alaric I (370–410 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Alaungpaya Dynasty (1752–1885 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Albert I (1250–1308 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Alexander I (1888–1934 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Alexander I, Tsar (1777–1825 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Alexander II (1818–1881 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Alexander III.
entry |4 pages
Alexander III, the great (356–323 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Alexandra (1872–1918 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Alfonso V, the Magnanimous (1396–1458 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Alfonso X, the Wise (1221–1284 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Alfred the Great (849–899 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Almohad Dynasty (1130–1269 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Almoravid Dynasty (ca. 1042–1172 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ambassadors
entry |1 pages
Amenhotep IV.
entry |3 pages
American Kingdoms, Central and North
entry |2 pages
Amhara Kingdom (ca. 1270–1936 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Andhra Kingdom (ca. 235 B.C.E.–175 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Angevin Dynasties (909–1491 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Angkor Kingdom (802–1431 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Anglo-Saxon Rulers (400s–1066 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Anjou, House of.
entry |2 pages
Anjou Kingdom (ca. 1060–1500 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ankole Kingdom (ca. 1450 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Annam, Kingdom of.
entry |1 pages
Anne (1665–1714 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Antigonid Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Antiochus III, the great (241–187 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aquitaine Duchy (670–1453 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Arabia, Kingdoms of (ca. 1000 B.C.E.–600 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Arachosia Kingdom (520–155 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aragón, House of (ca. 1050–1504 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aragón, Kingdom of
entry |2 pages
Aramean Kingdoms (1100–732 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Arenas, Royal
entry |2 pages
Arles Kingdom (933–1380 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Armenian Kingdoms (ca. 500s B.C.E.–1375 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Arpad Dynasty (ca. 889–1301 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Art of Kings
entry |1 pages
Artaxerxes I (464–424 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Artaxerxes II (436–359 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Artaxerxes III (d. 338 B.C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Arthur, King
entry |2 pages
Asante Kingdom (1670–1901 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ashikaga Shogunate (1338–1573 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ashurbanipal (d. 627 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Asian Dynasties, Central (ca. 500s B.C.E.–1600 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Asoka (c. 299–232 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Assyrian Empire (ca. 1269–609 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Asturias Kingdom (ca. 718–910 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Atahualpa (ca. 1500–1533 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Athaliah (842–836 B.C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Athens, Kingdom of (ca. 900–404 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Attalid Dynasty.
entry |3 pages
Attila (ca. 406–453 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Augustus (63 B.C.E.–14 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aurangzeb (1618–1707 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1804–1918 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Avadh Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Avanti Kingdom (flourished ca. 500s–300s B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aviz Dynasty (1385–1580 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Avongara.
entry |1 pages
Awan Dynasty (ca. 2350–2150 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Aymara Kingdoms (ca. 1200–1500 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350–1767 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ayyubid Dynasty (ca. 1171–1250 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Azande Kingdoms (1500s–1800s C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Aztec Empire (1300s–1521 C.E.)
letter |56 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Babar.
entry |1 pages
Babenberg Dynasty (976–1246 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Babur (1483–1530 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bactrian Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Bagirmi Kingdom (ca. 1500 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Bahmani Dynasty (1347–1518 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Baldwin I (1058–1118 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Bambara Kingdom (1660–1893 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Bamileke Kingdoms (1500 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Bamum Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Bangkok Kingdom (1700s C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Banu Khurasan (500s B.C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Barcelona, County of.
entry |1 pages
Barghash ibn Sa'id el-Busaidi (ca. 1833–1888 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Baroda Kingdom (1721–1948 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Basil I (ca. 813–886 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Basil II (ca. 958–1025 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Basque Kingdom (834–1515 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Baths, Royal
entry |2 pages
Batu Khan (d. 1255 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Baudouin (1930–1993 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Behavior, Conventions of Royal
entry |3 pages
Belgian Kingdom (1831 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Bemba Kingdom (1800s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Benin Kingdom (1000s–1897 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Berar Kingdom (1490–1574 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Berengar, Raymond.
entry |2 pages
Betsimisaraka Kingdom (ca. 1751 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Beyezid II (1447–1512 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bhagnagar Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Bharatpur Kingdom (1722–1947 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Bhutan Kingdom (747 C.E.–Present)
entry |3 pages
Biblical Kings (1010–586 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bidar Kingdom (1518–1619 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bimbisara.
entry |1 pages
Bindusara.
entry |2 pages
Blois-Champagne Dynasty (928–1391 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Blood, Royal
entry |3 pages
Bodies, Politic and Natural
entry |3 pages
Bonapartist Empire (1804–1815 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bornu Empire.
entry |1 pages
Boru, Brian (ca. 940–1014 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Boudicca (Boadicea) (d. 61 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Bourbon Dynasty (1272 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Bragança Dynasty (1640–1910 C.E., Portugal; 1822–1889 C.E., Brazil)
entry |2 pages
Brahmarsi-Desa Kingdom (ca. 1500–1000 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Brazil, Portuguese Monarchy of (1822–1889 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Bretagne Duchy (936–1532 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Brittany.
entry |2 pages
Brooke, Sir James (Rajah) (1803–1868 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Buddhism and Kingship
entry |1 pages
Buganda Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Bulgarian Monarchy (681–1014, 1186–1396, 1878–1944 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Bundi Kingdom (ca. 1300s–1948 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Bunyoro Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Bureaucracy, Royal
entry |2 pages
Burgundy Kingdom (300s–534; 800s–1030 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Burmese Kingdoms (ca. 1 B.C.E.–1886 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Busaid Dynasty.
entry |1 pages
Buyid (Buwayhid) Dynasty (945–1060 C.E.)
entry |8 pages
Byzantine Empire (330–1453 C.E.)
letter |82 pages
C
entry |2 pages
Caesars
entry |2 pages
Caligula (12–41 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Caliphates
entry |1 pages
Calukya (Chalukya) Dynasty (ca. 543–1070 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Cambodian Kingdoms (ca. First Century–1800s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Cambyses II (d. 522 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Canute I, the Great.
entry |2 pages
Capet, Hugh (ca. 938–996 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Capetian Dynasty (987–1328 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Caracalla.
entry |4 pages
Carolingian Dynasty (714–987 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Carthage, Kingdom of (flourished 800–146 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Casimir III (1310–1370 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Casimir IV (1427–1492 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Caste Systems
entry |2 pages
Castile, Kingdom of (ca. 880–1506 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Catalonia, County of (801–1479 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Catherine II, the Great (1729–1796 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Cera (Chera) Dynasty (ca. 20 B.C.E.–1000 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Cetshwayo (1832–1884 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Chahamanas Dynasty.
entry |1 pages
Chaldean Empire.
entry |1 pages
Chakri Dynasty (1782–Present)
entry |2 pages
Champa Kingdom (Second–Seventeenth Centuries C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Champassak Kingdom (1500s–1900s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Chandella Dynasty (ca. 850–1202 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Chandragupta Maurya (d. 297 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Chao Dynasties (453–228 B.C.E., 304–329? C.E., 319–352 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Charlemagne (ca. 748–814 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Charles I (1600–1649 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Charles II (1630–1685 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Charles III (1716–1788 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Charles IV (1316–1378 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Charles V (1500–1558 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Charles VI (1685–1740 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Charles VII (1403–1461 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Chauhan (Chahamanas) Dynasty (ca. 600s–1192 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Chavin Empire (fl. 900–200 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Chenla Empire (500s–800s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Chera Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Chiangmai (1200s–1500s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ch'ien Lung (Qianlong) (1711–1799 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Childeric I.
entry |2 pages
Chimú Empire (900–1460 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty (221–207 B.C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty (1644–1912 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Chola Dynasty.
entry |1 pages
Chola Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Chorasmian Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Choson Kingdom (1392–1910 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Chou (Zhou) Dynasty (ca. 1045–221 B.C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Christianity and Kingship
entry |2 pages
Christina (1626–1689 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Chulalongkorn (1853–1910 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Cixi.
entry |2 pages
Class Systems and Royalty
entry |1 pages
Claudian Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Claudius (10 B.C.E.–54 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Cleopatra VII (69–30 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Clovis I (ca. 466–511 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Congo Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Cnut I (ca. 994–1035 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Coinage, Royal
entry |2 pages
Cola Kingdom (ca. 850–1279 C.E.)
entry |5 pages
Colonialism and Kingship
entry |2 pages
Commerce and Kingship
entry |2 pages
Comnenian Dynasty (1081–1185 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Competition, Fraternal
entry |2 pages
Concubines, Royal
entry |2 pages
Connaught Kingdom (358–1585 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Conquest and Kingships
entry |1 pages
Conrad II (ca. 990–1039 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Conrad III (1093–1152 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Consorts, Royal
entry |2 pages
Constantine I, the Great (274–337 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Cooks, Royal
entry |1 pages
Córdoba,C Aliphate of (756–1031 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Councils and Counselors, Royal
entry |3 pages
Courts and Court Officials, Royal
entry |2 pages
Croatian Kingdom (960–1918 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Croesus (ca. 596–547 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Crusader Kingdoms (1098–1561 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Curses, Royal
entry |1 pages
Cyaxares (645–585 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Cyrus the Great (ca. 580–530 B.C.E)
letter |27 pages
D
entry |1 pages
Dacia Kingdom (60 B.C.E.–106 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Dagomba Kingdom (1300s C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Dahomey Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Dai Viet, Kingdom of.
entry |2 pages
Danish Kingdom (900s C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Dar Fur Sultanate.
entry |3 pages
Darius I, the Great (r. 522–486 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Darius II (Ochus) (d. 404 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Darius III (Codommanus) (d. 330 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Davaravati Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
David (r. 1010–970 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
David I (1084–1153 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
David II (1324–1371 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Deaccession
entry |1 pages
Deheubarth Kingdom (900s–1200s C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Delhi Kingdom (1206–1526 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Delhi Sultanate.
entry |2 pages
Descent, Royal
entry |2 pages
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques (1758–1806 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Dethronement
entry |1 pages
Dewas Kingdoms (1728–1948 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Dido.
entry |1 pages
Dingiswayo (ca. 1770s–1816 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Diocletian (ca. 240–311 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Diplomacy, Royal
entry |3 pages
Disease and Royalty
entry |2 pages
Divination and Diviners, Royal
entry |2 pages
Divine Right
entry |4 pages
Divinity of Kings
entry |1 pages
Djoser (ca. 2737–2717 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Dmitri, Grand Prince (1350–1389 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Dual Monarchies
entry |1 pages
Dutch Kingdoms.
entry |2 pages
Dyfed Kingdom (ca. 400s–1000s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Dynasty
letter |46 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Earth and Sky, Separation of
entry |6 pages
East Asian Dynasties
entry |1 pages
Edo Kingdom.
entry |3 pages
Education of Kings
entry |3 pages
Edward I (1239–1307 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Edward II (1284–1327 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Edward III (1312–1377 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Edward the Confessor (ca. 1003–1066 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Edward VI (1537–1553 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient (Before Eighteenth Dynasty) (ca. 3100–1570 B.C.E.)
entry |7 pages
Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient (Eighteenth to Twenty-Sixth) (ca. 1570–525 B.C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Egyptian Dynasties, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman (ca. 525 B.C.E.–330 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Egyptian Kingdom, Modern (1805–1952 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1122–1204 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Election, Royal
entry |3 pages
Elizabeth I (1533–1603 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
elizabeth II (1926 C.E.– )
entry |2 pages
Emissary Letters
entry |2 pages
Emperors and Empresses
entry |2 pages
Empire
entry |5 pages
English Monarchies (400s C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Enthronement, Rites of
entry |2 pages
Esarhaddon (r. 680–669 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ethelred II, the Unready.
entry |1 pages
Etiquette, Royal
entry |4 pages
Etruscan Kingdoms (flourished 700s–300s B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Eunuchs, Royal
entry |3 pages
European Kingships
entry |1 pages
Ewyas, Kingdom of.
entry |1 pages
Exchange, Means of.
entry |1 pages
Executions, Royal
letter |33 pages
F
entry |2 pages
Faisal I (1885–1933 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Fan Shih-Man (d. 225 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Fante Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Farouk (1920–1965 C.E)
entry |2 pages
Fatimid Dynasty (909–1171 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ferdinand I (1751–1825 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ferdinand II (1810–1859 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ferdinand II and Isabella I (1452–1516 C.E.; 1451–1504 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Feudalism and Kingship
entry |2 pages
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907–959 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Flanders, County of (864–1576 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Folklore and Myths.
entry |2 pages
Folkung Dynasty (1250–1387 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Fon Kingdom (1600s–1894 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Francis I (1494–1547 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Franconian Dynasty
entry |2 pages
Frankish Kingdom (300s–700s C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Franz Josef (1830–1916 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Frederick I, Barbarossa (1123–1190 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Frederick II (1194–1250 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Frederick II, the Great (1712–1786 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Frederick William, the Great Elector (1620–1688 C.E.)
entry |7 pages
French Monarchies (ca. 987–1848 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Fuad (1868–1936 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Fujiwara Dynasty (660s–1185 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Funan Kingdom (ca. first century–500s C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Funerals and Mortuary Rituals
entry |2 pages
Fur Kingdom (ca. 1640–1916 C.E.)
letter |30 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Gaekwar Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Gahadvalas Dynasty (ca. 1080–1192 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Galawdewos (ca. 1522–1559 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ganda Kingdom (1400s–1966 C.E.; 1993–Present)
entry |1 pages
Gao TI.
entry |1 pages
Gaozong.
entry |2 pages
Gauda Kingdom (early 600s C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Gender and Kingship
entry |2 pages
Genealogy, Royal
entry |2 pages
Genghis Khan (ca. 1165–1227 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
George I (1660–1727 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
George II (1683–1760 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
George III (1738–1820 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
George Tupou I (d. 1893 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ghana Kingdom, Ancient (ca. 400–1300 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ghaznavid Dynasty (977–1186 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ghur Dynasty (1151–1206 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Glywysing Kingdom (400s–1000s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Golconda Kingdom (1518–1687 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Golden Horde Khanate (ca. 1240–1502 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Götaland Monarchy (ca. 150–1000 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Granada, Kingdom of (ca. 1238–1492 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Greek Kingdoms, Ancient (ca. 3000–500 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Greek Monarchy (ca. 3000 B.C.E.–1973 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Grimaldi Dynasty (1297 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Grooms of the Stool
entry |1 pages
Gudea (d. 2124 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Guang Wudi.
entry |1 pages
Guang Xu.
entry |1 pages
Guise, House of.
entry |2 pages
Gujarat Kingdom (1401–1583 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Gupta Empire (ca. 320–540 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty (ca. 750–1000 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Gustavus I (Vasa) (1496–1560 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Gustavus II (Adolphus) (1594–1632 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Gwalior Kingdom (ca. 700–1948 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Gwent Kingdom (ca. 400s or 500s–1000s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Gwynedd Kingdom (ca. 800s–1200s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Gyges.
letter |67 pages
H
entry |2 pages
Haakon VI (1339–1380 C.E.)
entry |6 pages
Habsburg Dynasty (900s–1918 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Hadramawt Kingdoms (ca. 1000 B.C.E.–628 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Hadrian (76–138 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Hafsid Dynasty (ca. 1229–1574 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Haihaya Dynasty (ca. 1000–1745 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Haile Selassie I (1892–1974 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Hammurabi (d. ca. 1750 B.C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Han Wudi.
entry |3 pages
Hanover, House of (1714–1901 C.E.)
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Harald III Hardraade (1015–1066 C.E.)
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Harappan States.
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Harems
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Harold II Godwinson (1020–1066 C.E.)
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Harun Al-Rashid (766–809 C.E.)
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Hashemite Dynasty (ca. 200 C.E.–Present)
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Hasmonean Kingdom (ca. 104–63 B.C.E.)
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Hassan II (1929–1999 C.E.)
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Hatshepsut (ca. 1540–1483 B.C.E.)
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Ha Waiian Kingdoms
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Healing Powers of Kings
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Heavens and Kingship
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Hebrew Kings (ca. 1020–587 B.C.E.)
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Heian Period (794–1185 C.E.)
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Hellenistic Dynasties (ca. 312–30 B.C.E.)
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Henry II (1133–1189 C.E.)
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Henry IV (England) (1367–1413 C.E.)
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Henry IV (France) (1553–1610 C.E.)
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Henry IV (Hre) (1050–1106 C.E.)
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Henry VIII (1491–1547 C.E.)
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Herod (ca. 73–4 B.C.E.)
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Hinduism and Kingship
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Hirohito (1901–1989)
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Hittite Empire (ca. 1680–1220 B.C.E.)
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Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1138–1254 C.E.)
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Hohenzollern Dynasty (1415–1918 C.E.)
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Holy Roman Empire (962–1806 C.E.)
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Homosexuality and Kingship
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Hong Bang Dynasty (2879–258 B.C.E.)
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Hongwu.
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Hsia Dynasty (ca. 2205–1776 B.C.E.)
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Hsuan Tsung (Xuanzong) (685–756 C.E.)
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Huang TI (Huangdi) (Yellow Emperor) (ca. 2697–2597 B.C.E.)
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Huari (Wari) Empire (ca. 650–1000 C.E.)
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Huascar (ca. late 1490s-1532 C.E.)
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Huayna Capac (d. 1524 C.E.)
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Hulagu.
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Hun Empire (ca. late 300s–400s C.E.)
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Hung Wu (Hongwu) (1328–1398 C.E.)
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Hunting and Kingship
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Hussein I (1935–1999 C.E.)
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Hyderabad Kingdom (1724–1947 C.E)
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Hyksos Dynasty (ca. 1663–1555 B.C.E.)
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Iberian Kingdoms (419–1492 C.E.)
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Ibn Saud (1880–1953 C.E.)
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Iconography
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Ieyasu Tokugawa.
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Ikhshidid Dynasty (935–969 C.E.)
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Il-Khan Dynasty (1265–1335 C.E.)
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Illyria Kingdom (1225–167 B.C.E.)
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Imperial Rule
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Inca Empire (1200s–1572 C.E.)
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Incest, Royal
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Indian Kingdoms (ca. 600–322 B.C.E.)
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Indo-Greek Kingdoms (ca. 250–40 B.C.E.)
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Inheritance, Royal
entry |1 pages
Ireland, High Kings of.
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Irene (c. 750–803 C.E.)
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Irish Kings (400s–1175 C.E.)
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Islam and Kingship
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Israel, Kingdoms of (ca. 1020–722 B.C.E.)
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Itsekeri Kingdom (1480–1884 C.E.)
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Iturbide, Agustín de (1783–1824 C.E.)
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Ivan III, the Great (1440–1505 C.E.)
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Ivan IV, the Terrible (1530–1584 C.E.)
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Jagiello Dynasty (1386–1572 C.E.)
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Jahan, Shah (1593–1666 C.E.)
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Jahangir (1569–1627 C.E.)
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James I of Aragón (1208–1276 C.E.)
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James I of England (James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625 C.E.)
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James II (1633–1701 C.E.)
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James II of Aragón (1260–1327 C.E.)
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Janggala Kingdom (ca. 1000s–1200s C.E.)
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Jaunpur Kingdom (1398–1500 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Javan Kingdoms (800s–1700s C.E.)
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Jeanne D'albret.
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Jimmu (ca. 40–10 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
João (John) VI (1767–1826 C.E.)
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João the Great (1357–1433 C.E.)
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Jodhpur Kingdom (1459–1947 C.E.)
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John I (1167–1216 C.E.)
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John III (John Sobieski) (1630–1696 C.E.)
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Joseph II (1741–1790 C.E.)
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Juan Carlos (1938–Present)
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Judah, Kingdom of (ca. 928–587 B.C.E.)
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Judaism and Kingship
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Julian the Apostate (331–363 C.E.)
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Juliana (1909–2004)
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Julio-Claudians (27 B.C.E.–68 C.E.)
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Julius Caesar (ca. 100–44 B.C.E.)
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Jurane-Burgundy Kingdom.
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Justinian I (483–565 C.E.)
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Jutland Kingdom (ca. 700–900 C.E.)
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Kabarega (1850–1923 C.E.)
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Kafa Kingdom (ca. 1370–1897 C.E.)
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Kalacuri Dynasties (ca. 500s–1400s C.E.)
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Kalinga Kingdom (ca. 500s B.C.E.–1593 C.E.)
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Kalmar Union (1397–1523 C.E.)
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Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333 C.E.)
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Kamehameha I, the Great (ca. 1755–1819 C.E.)
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Kandy Kingdom (1500s–1818 C.E.)
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Kanembu-Kanuri Kingdom (ca. 1100–1901 C.E.)
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Kanemi, Muhammad Al-Amin Al (ca. 1775–1837 C.E.)
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Kang XI (1654–1722 C.E.)
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Kanva Dynasty (ca. 75–30 B.C.E.)
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Kao Tsung (Gaozong) (1107–1187 C.E.)
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Kashmir Kingdom (1339–1589 C.E.)
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Kassites (flourished ca. 1729–1155 B.C.E.)
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Kathiawar Kingdom (ca. 700–1297 C.E.)
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Kenneth I (Kenneth Macalpin) (ca. 810–858 C.E.)
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Kent, Kingdom of (450–860 C.E.)
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Kertanagara Empire (1268–1292 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Khalji Dynasty (1290–1320 C.E.)
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Khama III (ca. 1835?–1923 C.E.)
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Khatti Kingdom.
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Khattushili I (d. ca. 1600 B.C.E.)
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Khazar Kingdom (flourished 600s–900s C.E.)
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Khmer Empire (500s–1400s C.E.)
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Khufu (ca. 2600 B.C.E.)
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Khwarazm-Shah Dynasty (1157–1231 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Kiev, Princedom of (ca. 910–1240 C.E.)
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Killing.
entry |1 pages
Kingdoms and Empires
entry |3 pages
Kingly Body
entry |2 pages
Kings and Queens
entry |1 pages
Kipchak Khanate.
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Knut.
entry |4 pages
Koguryo Kingdom (ca. 37 B.C.E.–667 C.E.)
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Kondavidu Kingdom (ca. 1336–1518 C.E.)
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Kongbaung Dynasty.
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Kongo Kingdom (ca. 1480–1700s C.E.)
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Koryo Kingdom (918–1392 C.E.)
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Kosala Kingdom (ca. 600–468 B.C.E.)
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Kota Kingdom (1627–1771 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Kuang Hsü (Guang Xu) (1871–1908 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Kuang Wu Ti (Guang Wudi) (5 B.C.E.–57 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Kuba Kingdom (ca. 1600s C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Kublai Khan (ca. 1215–1294 C.E.)
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Kulasekhara Dynasty.
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Kumaon Kingdom (ca. late 1500s–1805 C.E.)
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Kusana Dynasty (ca. 40–375 C.E.)
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Kush, Kingdom of (ca. 1700 B.C.E.–ca. 350 C.E.)
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Labor, Forms of
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Lakhmid Dynasty (late 200s–602 C.E.)
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Lancaster, House of (1399–1471 C.E.)
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Landholding Patterns
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Le Dynasty (1428–1802 C.E.)
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Legitimacy
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Leinster Kingdom (400s–1603 C.E.)
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Leo III.
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León, Kingdom of (910–1230 C.E.)
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Leopold I (1640–1705 C.E.)
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Leopold II (1747–1792 C.E.)
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Liang Dynasties (502–557 C.E., 907–923 C.E.)
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Liang Wu Ti (464–549 C.E.)
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Liao Dynasty (907–1125 C.E.)
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Liliuokalani (1839–1917 C.E.)
entry |5 pages
Literature and Kingship
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Lithuania, Grand Duchy of (ca. 1230–1569 C.E.)
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Liu Pang (Gao Ti) (247–195 B.C.E.)
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Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (d. 1282 C.E.)
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Lobengula (ca. 1836–1894 C.E.)
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Lodi Kingdom (1451–1526 C.E.)
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Lombard Dynasty (569–774 C.E.)
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Lombard Kingdom (568–774 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Lords of the Isles (ca. 1300s–1493 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Lorraine Dynasty (1496–1675 C.E.)
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Lothair I (795–855 C.E.)
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Louis the German.
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Louis I, the Great (1326–1382 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Louis I, the Pious (778–840 C.E.)
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Louis IV, The Bavarian (1283–1347 C.E.)
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Louis VII (1120–1180 C.E.)
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Louis IX (St. Louis) (1214–1270 C.E.)
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Louis XI (1423–1483 C.E.)
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Louis XIV (1638–1715 C.E.)
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Louis XV (1710–1774 C.E.)
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Louis XVI (1754–1793 C.E.)
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Louis-Philippe (1773–1850 C.E.)
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Lovedu Kingdom (ca. 1600 C.E.–Present)
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Lozi (or Rotse) Kingdom (late 1800s C.E.–Present)
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Luang Prabang Kingdom (1707–1975 C.E.)
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Luba Kingdom (ca. 1400s–1800s C.E.)
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Lunda Kingdom (ca. 1400s–1800s C.E.)
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Lusignan Dynasty (1192–1489 C.E.)
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Luxembourg Dynasty (1308–1437 C.E.)
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Lydia, Kingdom of (680–547 B.C.E.)
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Maccabees.
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Macedonian Empire (359–323 B.C.E.)
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Macedonian Kingdom (658–168 B.C.E.)
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Madagascar Kingdoms
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Magadha Kingdom (ca. 600 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.)
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Maharashtra Kingdom.
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Mahmud of Ghazna (971–1030 C.E.)
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Ma'in Kingdom (flourished 300s–100s B.C.E.)
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Majapahit Empire (1200s–1500s C.E.)
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Mali, Ancient Kingdom of (1200–1600 C.E.)
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Malwa Kingdom (ca. 1401–1562 C.E.)
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Mamluk Dynasty (1250–1517 C.E.)
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Mamprusi Kingdom (ca. 1450 C.E.–Present)
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Mamun, Al- (786–833 C.E.)
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Manchu Dynasty.
entry |1 pages
Mangbetu Kingdom (ca. 1800s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Manipur Kingdom (ca. 1300s B.C.E.–1949 C.E.)
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Mansa Musa (d. 1337 C.E.)
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Mansur, Ahmad Al-(1549–1603 C.E.)
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Maori Kingdoms (ca. 900 C.E.–Present)
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Maratha Confederacy (ca. 1713–1818 C.E.)
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Marcus Aurelius (121–180 C.E.)
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Margaret of Denmark (1353–1412 C.E.)
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Maria Theresa (1717–1780 C.E.)
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Marie Antoinette (1755–1793 C.E.)
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Marquesas Kingdoms (200 B.C.E.–Present)
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Marriage of Kings
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Martel, Charles (ca. 688–741 C.E.)
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Mary I, Tudor (1516–1558 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Mary II.
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Mataram Empire (ca. 860–late 1700s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Matsuhito.
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Maurya Empire (321–185 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Mausolea, Royal.
entry |2 pages
Maximilian (1832–1867 C.E.)
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Maximilian I (1459–1519 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Maya Empire (1800 B.C.E.–1524 C.E.)
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Mayors of the Palace.
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Mbembe Nzinga.
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Mbundu Kingdoms (1500s–early 1900s C.E.)
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Meath Kingdom
entry |2 pages
Medes Kingdom (ca. 700–550 B.C.E.)
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Medici Family (ca. 1400s–1737 C.E.)
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Mehmed II, the Conqueror (1432–1481 C.E.)
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Meiji Monarchy (1868–1945 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Menander (115–90 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Menelik II (1844–1913 C.E.)
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Menes (flourished ca. 3100 or 3000 B.C.E.)
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Mercia, Kingdom of (flourished ca. 600–918 C.E.)
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Merina Kingdom (1783–1896 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Merovingian Dynasty (457–751 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Merovingian-Frankish Kingdom (486–751 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Mewar Kingdom.
entry |3 pages
Mexican Monarchy (1822–1823 C.E., 1864–1867 C.E.)
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Midas (700s-600s B.C.E.)
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Middle Eastern Dynasties
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Milan, Duchy of
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Military Roles, Royal
entry |2 pages
Minamoto Rulers (ca. early 1100s–1330s C.E.)
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Minangkabau Kingdom (flourished 1300s C.E.)
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 C.E.)
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Minoan Kingdoms (2000–1375 B.C.E.)
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Mississippian Culture (ca. 800–1700 C.E.)
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Mitanni Kingdom (ca. 1500–1260 B.C.E.)
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Mixtec Empire (1500 B.C.E.–1520 C.E.)
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Moche Kingdom (ca. 100–600 C.E.)
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Moctezuma II (ca. 1480–1520 C.E.)
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Mon Kingdom
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Monarchs, Ages of
entry |1 pages
Monarchy
entry |2 pages
Monarchy Formation, Myths of
entry |1 pages
Mongkut (Rama IV) (1804–1868 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Mongol Dynasty.
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Mongol Empire (1206–1481 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Monivong, King (d. 1941 C.E.)
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Monopolies, Royal
entry |2 pages
Montenegro Kingdom (1878–1918 C.E.)
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Morea, Despotate of (1349–1460 C.E.)
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Mortuary Rites.
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Moshoeshoe I (1786–1870 C.E.)
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Mossi Kingdoms (1500s C.E.–Present)
entry |5 pages
Mughal Empire (1526–1857 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885 C.E.)
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Muhammad Ali (ca. 1769–1849 C.E.)
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Muhammad V (1909–1961 C.E.)
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Muhammad XII (Boabdil) (d. 1534 C.E.)
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Mu'izzi (Slave) Dynasty (1206–1290 C.E.)
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Munster Kingdom (ca. 450–1596 C.E.)
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Music and Song
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Mutesa I (ca. 1830s–1884 C.E.)
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Mycenaean Monarchies (2000–1200 B.C.E.)
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Mysore Kingdom (ca. 200s–1947 C.E.)
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Myth and Folklore
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Mzilikazi (ca. 1790–1868 C.E.)
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Nabataean Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Nabopolassar (d. 605 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Nadir Shah (1688–1747 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Nam Viet Kingdom (207–111 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Nanchao Kingdom (700–800s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Naples, Kingdom of (1100s–1861 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Napoleon I (Bonaparte) (1769–1821 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Napoleon III (1808–1873 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Napoleonic Empire.
entry |3 pages
Nara Kingdom (710–794 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Narai (1632–1688 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Naram-Sin (d. ca. 2218 B.C.E.)
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Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492 C.E.)
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National Identity
entry |2 pages
Nationalism
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Naval Roles
entry |2 pages
Navarre, Kingdom of (1134–1515 C.E.)
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Nazca Kingdom (flourished 100s–600s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ndebele Kingdom (1830s–1890 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Nebuchadrezzar II (d. ca. 562 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Nefertiti (ca. 1416–1350 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Nepal, Kingdom of.
entry |2 pages
Nero (37–68 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Netherlands Kingdom (1813 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Nevsky, Alexander (1220–1263 C.E.)
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Ngonde Kingdom (ca. 1500–late 1800s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Nguyen anh (d. 1820 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Nguyen (Hue) Dynasty (1802–1945 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Nicholas I (1796–1855 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Nicholas II (1868–1918 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Norman Kingdoms (1130–1268 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Norodom Sihanouk (1922– )
entry |2 pages
Northumbria, Kingdom of (547–827 C.E.)
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Norwegian Monarchy (ca. 800s C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Novgorod, Principality of.
entry |2 pages
Nubian Kingdoms (c. 850–663 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Nupe Kingdom (ca. 1400s–early 1800s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Nyoro Kingdom (1300s C.E.–Present)
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Oaths and Oath-Taking
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Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Oldenburg Dynasty (1448–1863 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Olmec Kingdom (1400s–400 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Orange-Nassau, House of (1747 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Orissa Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Osei Tutu (ca. 1636–1717 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Osman I (1259–1326 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ostrogoth Kingdom (200s–552 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Otto I, the Great (912–973 C.E.)
entry |6 pages
Ottoman Empire (ca. 1300–1923 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ottonian Dynasty (919–1024 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Oudh (Avadh) Kingdom (ca. 500s B.C.E.–1856 C.E.)
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entry |2 pages
Pacal (603–683 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pachacuti (ca. 1471 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Paekche Kingdom (ca. 250–660 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Pagan Kingdom (1044–1287 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1979 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pala Dynasty (750–1169 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Palaces
entry |2 pages
Modern Palaces
entry |2 pages
Palaeologan Dynasty (1261–1453 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Palestine, Kingdoms of (ca. 1100 B.C.E.–1948 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pallava Dynasty.
entry |3 pages
Pandya Dynasty (ca. 300 B.C.E.–ca. 1550 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Panjalu Kingdom (ca. 1041–1222 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Papal States (754–1870 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Paramara Dynasty (ca. 820–1235 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Parks, Royal
entry |2 pages
Parthian Kingdom (247 B.C.E.–224 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Patent Letters, Royal
entry |2 pages
Pedro I (1798–1832 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Pedro II (1825–1891 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pegu Kingdoms (1287–1757 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pelayo.
entry |1 pages
Penda.
entry |3 pages
Pepin Dynasty (613–741 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pepin the Short (Pepin III) (ca. 714–768 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Perak Kingdom (1528 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Pergamum Kingdom (ca. 300–129 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Perlak Kingdom.
entry |4 pages
Persian Empire (ca. 550–330 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Peter I, the Great (1672–1725 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Philip II (1527–1598 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Philip II of Macedon (ca. 382–336 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Philip II, Augustus (1165–1223 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Philip IV, the Fair (1268–1314 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Phoenician Empire (ca. 1300–322 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Phrygia Kingdom (750–600 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Piast Dynasty (ca. 850–1370 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Picts, Kingdom of the (ca. 80–839 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Piedmont Kingdom (1720–1861 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Plantagenet, House of (1154–1399 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Polygamy, Royal
entry |1 pages
Pomare IV (1813–1877 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Postcolonial States
entry |3 pages
Power, Forms of Royal
entry |1 pages
Powys Kingdom (ca. 500s–1200s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Premysl Dynasty (870–1306 C.E.)
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Priests, Royal
entry |1 pages
Primogeniture
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Prophets, Royal
entry |2 pages
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305–30 B.C.E.)
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Ptolemy I (ca. 367–282 B.C.E.)
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Pu Yi (1906–1967 C.E.)
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Punjab Princely States (ca. 1700–1972 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Pyu Kingdom (ca. 1000 B.C.E.–832 C.E.)
letter |3 pages
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entry |2 pages
Qajar Dynasty (1796–1925 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Qianlong.
entry |1 pages
Qin Dynasty.
entry |1 pages
Qing Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Queens and Queen Mothers
entry |1 pages
Quaraysh.
entry |1 pages
Qutb Shahi Dynasty.
letter |48 pages
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entry |2 pages
Radama I (ca. 1793–1828 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Radama II (1828–1830 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Rajasthan Kingdom (ca. 7–1947 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Rama IV.
entry |1 pages
Rama V.
entry |1 pages
Rama Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Rama Khamheng (ca. 1239–1298 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Ramses II, the Great (d. ca. 1212 B.C.E.)
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Ranavalona I, Mada (ca. 1788–1861 C.E.)
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Rastrakuta Dynasty (ca. 755–975 C.E.)
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Realms, Types of
entry |3 pages
Rebellion
entry |1 pages
Reccared I (d. 601 C.E.)
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Regalia and Insignia, Royal
entry |2 pages
Regencies
entry |3 pages
Regicide
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Reigns, Length of
entry |2 pages
Religious Duties and Powers
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Richard I, Lionheart (1157–1199 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Richard II (1367–1399 C.E.)
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Richard III (1452–1485 C.E.)
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Rights to Animals
entry |2 pages
Rights, Civil
entry |2 pages
Rights, Land
entry |2 pages
Ritual, Royal
entry |2 pages
Riurikid Dynasty (ca. 862–1598 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Robert I (Robert the Bruce) (1274–1329 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Robert Guiscard.
entry |1 pages
Roderic (d. ca. 711 C.E.)
entry |5 pages
Roman Empire (27 B.C.E.–476 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Roman Empire, Holy.
entry |2 pages
Romanian Monarchy (1859–1947 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Romanov Dynasty (1613–1917 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Romanov, Michael (1596–1645 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Rotse Kingdom.
entry |3 pages
Royal Families
entry |1 pages
Royal Imposters
entry |2 pages
Royal Line
entry |2 pages
Royal Pretenders
entry |1 pages
Rudolf I (1218–1291 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Rurik (d. 879 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Rus Princedoms (ca. 850–1236 C.E.)
entry |6 pages
Russian Dynasties (800s–1917 C.E.)
letter |112 pages
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entry |1 pages
Sabaean Kingdom (ca. 1000 B.C.E.–300 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sacral Birth and Death
entry |3 pages
Sacred Kingships
entry |2 pages
Sacred Texts
entry |1 pages
Safavid Dynasty (1502–1736 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Saffarid Dynasty (flourished 800s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sa'id, Sayyid Ibn (1791–1856 C.E.)
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Sailendra Dynasty (flourished ca. 750–850 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sakalava Kingdom (ca. 1400–1800 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Saladin (ca. 1137–1193 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Salian Dynasty (1024–1125 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Samanid Dynasty (819–999 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Samoan Kingdoms (200–1877 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Samsu-Iluna (d. ca. 1712 B.C.E.)
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Samudera-Pasai (1200s–1500s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sancho III, the Great (970–1035 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sanusi Dynasty (1837–1969 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sargon II (d. 705 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sargon of Akkad (d. ca. 2279 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sasanid Dynasty (224–651 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Satavahana Dynasty (ca. 235 B.C.E.–225 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Saurashtra Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Savoy Dynasty (1032–1946 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Dynasty (ca. 1800s–2000s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Saxon Dynasty (919–1024 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Saxon Kingdoms (ca. 100–1918 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Scottish Kingdoms
entry |2 pages
Scythian Empire (flourished 700s–300s B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Seclusion of Monarch
entry |3 pages
Second Empire (1852–1870 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Seleucid Dynasty (312–63 B.C.E.)
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Selim I, the Grim (1467–1520 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Selim III, the Great (1761–1808 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Seljuq Dynasty (900s–1308 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sennacherib (d. ca. 681 B.C.E.)
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Serbian Kingdom (1167–1459 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Servants and Aides, Royal
entry |2 pages
Seti I (ca. 1333–1279 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shah Dynasty (1769 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Shaka Zulu (d. 1828)
entry |1 pages
Shalmaneser III (d. ca. 824 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shalmaneser V (d. 722 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shamshi-Adad I (d. 1776 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Shan Kingdoms (1228–1555 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shan States.
entry |3 pages
Shang (Yin) Dynasty (ca. 1766–1122 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sharqi Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Sheba, Queen of (ca. 900s B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Shih Huang Ti (Shihuangdi) (259–210 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shilluk Kingdom (1500s C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Shogunate
entry |2 pages
Shoguns
entry |1 pages
Shulgi (ca. 2000s B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Shuppiluliuma I (flourished 1300s B.C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Siam, Kingdoms of (1200s C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Siblings, Royal
entry |2 pages
Sicily, Kingdom of (1139–1861 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sigismund (1368–1437 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sihanouk.
entry |2 pages
Sikkim Kingdom (700s–1975 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Silla Kingdom (ca. 57 B.C.E.–935 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sisters, Royal
entry |1 pages
Slave Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Slavery, Royal
entry |2 pages
Sobhuza I (ca. 1780–1839 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sobhuza II (1899–1982 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sobieski, John.
entry |1 pages
Sogdian Kingdom.
entry |1 pages
Sokoto Caliphate (1808–1903 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Solomon (d. ca. 931 B.C.E.)
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Song Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Songhai Kingdom (900s–1600s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Soninke Kingdom (ca. 100-400 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sotho (Suto) Kingdom (1830 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Soulouque, Faustin Elie (1785–1867 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
South American Monarchies
entry |7 pages
South Asian Kingdoms
entry |2 pages
South Sea Island Kingdoms (ca. 1000 B.C.E.–Present)
entry |8 pages
Southeast Asian Kingdoms
entry |3 pages
Spanish Monarchies (1516 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Sparta, Kingdom of (ca. 900–100 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Srivijaya-Palembang Empire (600s–1200s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Stanislas I (1677–1766 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Stanislaus II (1732–1798 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Stephen (ca. 1097–1154 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Stephen I (St. Stephen) (ca. 970–1038 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Stewart Dynasty (1371–1625 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Strathclyde Kingdom (ca. 400–870 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Stuart Dynasty (1603–1714 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Subjects, Royal
entry |2 pages
Succession, Royal
entry |1 pages
Sudanic Empires.
entry |2 pages
Sui Dynasty (581–618 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sukhothai Kingdom (ca. 1200s–1300s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Suleyman I, the Magnificent (1494–1566 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sultanates
entry |1 pages
Sumatran Kingdoms.
entry |1 pages
Sumer.
entry |2 pages
Sundjata Keita (ca. 1210–1255 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Sung (Song) Dynasty (960–1279 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Sunga Dynasty (184–73 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sunni Ali (d. 1492 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Susenyos (ca. 1580–1632 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Sussex, Kingdom of (ca. 477–825 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Swahili Kingdoms (flourished ca. 970–1600 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Swazi Kingdom (ca. 1815 C.E.–Present)
entry |3 pages
Swedish Monarchy (900s C.E.–Present)
entry |3 pages
Syrian Kingdoms (2000s B.C.E.–Present)
letter |52 pages
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entry |2 pages
Tahitian Kingdom (1789–1880)
entry |1 pages
T'ai Tsu (Taizu) (928–976 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
T'ai Tsung (Taizong) (600–649 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Taifa Rulers (ca. 1009–1091 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Taizong.
entry |1 pages
Taizu.
entry |1 pages
Takauji Ashikaga.
entry |2 pages
Tamerlane (Timur Leng) (1336–1405 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
T'ang Dynasty (618–907 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tara High Kingship.
entry |2 pages
Tarquin Dynasty (ca. 616–510 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tarquin the Proud (555–496 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (1918– )
entry |2 pages
Taxation
entry |1 pages
Temuchin.
entry |1 pages
Tewodros II (1816–1868 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Theater, Royal
entry |3 pages
Thebes Kingdom (ca. 1570–1085 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Theodora (d. 548 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Theoderic the Great (ca. 454–526 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Theodosius I, the Great (346–395 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Theseus.
entry |2 pages
Thessalonika Kingdom (316 B.C.E.–1430 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Thibaw (1858–1916 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Thrace Kingdom (480–345 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Three Kingdoms (220–266 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Thutmose III (ca. 1504–1450 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tiberius (42 B.C.E.–37 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tibetan Kingdom (100s B.C.E.–1949 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tiglath-Pileser III (d. ca. 727 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tikar Kingdom (1600s C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Timur Leng.
entry |1 pages
Timurid Dynasty.
entry |2 pages
Tio Kingdom (1400s–1891 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Titus (39–81 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tiwanaku Kingdom (ca. 1500 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Toltec Empire (900s–1100s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tomara Dynasty (ca. 736–1150 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tombs, Royal
entry |1 pages
Tonga, Kingdom of (ca. 1000s B.C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Tonking Kingdom (ca. 100s B.C.E.–1873 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Toro Kingdom (1822 C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Toungoo Dynasty (1486–1752 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Trajan (ca. 53–117 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tran Dynasty (1225–1400 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Trastamara, House of (1369–1504 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Treason, Royal
entry |2 pages
Tribute
entry |1 pages
Trinh Dynasty (1545–1787 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Troad Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Trojan Kingdom (Second and First Millennia B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tsars and Tsarinas
entry |1 pages
Tshekedi Khama (1906–1959 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Tudor, House of (1485–1603 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tughluq Dynasty (1320–1414 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tulunid Dynasty (868-905 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Tupac Yupanqui (d. 1493 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Turkic Empire (552–840 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tutankhamen (d. ca. 1325 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Tutsi Kingdom (1400s–1890 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Tyranny, Royal
entry |1 pages
Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the.
entry |2 pages
Tz'u Hsi (Cixi), Empress (1835-1908 C.E.)
letter |9 pages
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entry |1 pages
Udaipur Kingdom (ca. 1568–1707 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Uighur Empire (744–840 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ulster Kingdom (353 B.C.E.–1603 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Umayyad Dynasty (ca. 600–1009 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
United Arab Emirates (1971–Present)
entry |2 pages
Urartu Kingdom (ca. 1000–600 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Ur-Nammu (d. ca. 2095 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Uthman dan Fodio (1754–1817 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Utkala (Orissa) Kingdom (ca. 1076–1568 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Uzbek Kingdom (ca. 1500s-1865 C.E.)
letter |18 pages
V
entry |2 pages
Vakataka Dynasty (ca. 220–520 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Valois Dynasty (1328–1589 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Vandal Kingdom (400s–534 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Varangian Kingdoms (ca. 800–1150 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Vasa Dynasty (1523–1654 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Venetian Doges (687–1797 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Victor Emmanuel II (1820–1878 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Victoria (1819–1901 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Vietnamese Kingdoms (207 B.C.E.–1955 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Vijayanagar Empire (1336–1614 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Viking Empire (ca. 1017–1042 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Viracocha (d. 1438 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Visigoth Kingdom (395–711 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Vlach Principality (1290–1462 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Vladimir Princedom (1125–1238 C.E.)
letter |22 pages
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entry |2 pages
Waldemar I, the Great (1131–1182 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Wang Kon (d. ca. 943 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Wanli (1563–1620 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Warfare
entry |1 pages
Wari.
entry |1 pages
Warri Kingdom.
entry |2 pages
Weddings, Royal
entry |2 pages
Wei Dynasties (386-557 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Welsh Kingdoms (ca. 500s–1200s C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Wen Ti (Wendi) (541–604 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Wenceslas IV (1361–1419 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Wessex, Kingdom of (400s–900s C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Wilderness, Royal Links to
entry |2 pages
Wilhelm II (1859–1941 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Wilhelmina (1880–1962 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
William (1650–1702 C.E) and Mary (1662–1695 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
William I (1772–1843 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
William I, the Conqueror (1028–1087 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
William II (William Rufus) (1056–1100 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
William III.
entry |3 pages
Windsor, House of (1917 C.E.–Present)
entry |2 pages
Witchcraft and Sorcery
entry |2 pages
Wu Tse-T'ien (Wu Zetian) (Wu Zhao) (625–705 C.E.)
letter |3 pages
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entry |2 pages
Xerxes (ca. 518-465 B.C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Xia (Hsia) Dynasty (ca. 2200–1750 B.C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Xuanzong.
letter |15 pages
Y
entry |1 pages
Yadava Dynasty (1100s–1300s C.E.)
entry |5 pages
Yamato Dynasty (ca. 40 B.C.E.–Present)
entry |1 pages
Yaroslav I, the Wise (978–1054 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Ya'rubi Dynasty (ca. 1625–1743 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Yellow Emperor.
entry |2 pages
Yemen Rulers (ca. 900s B.C.E.–Present)
entry |3 pages
Yi Dynasty (1392–1910 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Yi Songgye (1335–1408 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Yoritomo (1147–1199 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
York, House of (1385-1485 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Yoruba Kingdoms (ca. 500-1820 C.E.)
entry |4 pages
Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Yung Lo (Yongle) (1360–1424 C.E.)
letter |8 pages
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entry |2 pages
Zand Dynasty (1750–1794 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Zanzibar Sultanate (1806–1964 C.E.)
entry |2 pages
Zapotec Empire (ca. 500 B.C.E.–900 C.E.)
entry |1 pages
Zara Ya'iqob (d. 1468)
entry |1 pages
Zhou Dynasty.
entry |3 pages
Zimbabwe Kingdom, Great (ca. 500–1600 C.E.)
entry |3 pages
Zulu Kingdom (1815–1879 C.E.)