King

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A crown, the symbol of the power of a king

King Louis XIV of France

King William III of Orange of England

A king is a male monarch (The female equivalent is a queen), 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. A king is the second highest noble title, surpassed only by emperor. A king often wares a type of symbolic headgear known as a crown.

Examples of kings

For examples of kings see the following lists:

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A

List of Kings of Ani
List of kings of the Angles
List of Arakan kings
List of Armenian Kings

B

List of Kings of Babylon
List of rulers of Bithynia
List of Kings of Burundi

C

List of Kings of Cappadocia
List of Kings of Cyrene

D

List of Dacian kings
List of Kings of Dál Riata

E

List of kings of Epirus

F

List of Frankish kings

G

List of the Kings of Georgia

H

List of Hittite kings

I

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

J

List of Kings of Judea

L

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

M

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

N

List of Kings of Numidia

P

List of Paionian kings
List of kings of Persia
List of Kings of Pontus

R

List of kings of Rwanda

S

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

T

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

U

List of Kings of Urartu

V

List of Kings of the Visigoths

Z

List of Zulu kings