King
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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:
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
F
G
H
I
List of Kings of Iraq
List of High Kings of Ireland
King of Italy
List of Irish Kings
J
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
P
List of Paionian kings
List of kings of Persia
List of Kings of Pontus
R
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
V
List of Kings of the Visigoths