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  • current reigning male monarch is Hassanal Bolkiah, who is the Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei ("(he) who is Lord"), an absolute monarch of Brunei (which...
    17 KB (2,155 words) - 15:07, 23 May 2024
  • (male preference or absolute), primogeniture, agnatic seniority, Salic law, etc. While traditionally most monarchs have been male, female monarchs have...
    35 KB (3,865 words) - 19:16, 22 May 2024
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    The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names...
    214 KB (20,865 words) - 04:32, 20 May 2024
  • to the eldest son of the monarch; if the monarch had no sons, the throne would pass to the nearest male relative in the male line. Some countries, however...
    53 KB (6,725 words) - 18:05, 24 May 2024
  • A prince consort is the husband of a monarch who is not a monarch in his own right. In recognition of his status, a prince consort may be given a formal...
    14 KB (1,715 words) - 17:59, 24 April 2024
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    amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or...
    12 KB (1,275 words) - 22:27, 5 May 2024
  • Monarchy (redirect from King (monarch))
    which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted...
    59 KB (6,927 words) - 15:51, 6 May 2024
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    King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds the powers of government without control...
    16 KB (1,490 words) - 15:31, 19 May 2024
  • past or current monarch exclusively through the male line of descent: descendants through females were ineligible to inherit unless no males of the patrilineage...
    33 KB (4,274 words) - 17:34, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of longest-reigning monarchs
    This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs of all time, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest in world history...
    128 KB (4,604 words) - 06:10, 21 May 2024
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     'Lion', pl. tiNgewnyama, also Ingwenyama or Inkosi) is the title of the male monarch of Eswatini. In English, the title is sometimes translated as King of...
    8 KB (753 words) - 03:08, 19 May 2024
  • Look up King or king in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A king is a male monarch. King or KING may also refer to: Electoral district of King (New South...
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    if a monarch didn't have children, and the adopted child could succeed to the throne at the death of the monarch, subject to the rules of male-preference...
    18 KB (2,141 words) - 18:05, 19 May 2024
  • A monarch is the head of a monarchy, a form of government in which a state is ruled by an individual who normally rules for life or until abdication,...
    55 KB (3,599 words) - 23:08, 15 April 2024
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    duchess, princess, etc.). Consorts, such queens consort (i.e. spouses of male monarchs) are not included, see list of current consorts of sovereigns. Female...
    123 KB (10,073 words) - 20:34, 23 May 2024
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    female is identical to the male except for a slight buff on the throat; strikingly, in the Chuuk monarch, where the male is almost entirely white and...
    12 KB (1,350 words) - 08:53, 4 May 2024
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    George III (category 19th-century British monarchs)
    longest-reigning British monarch, having reigned for 59 years and 96 days; he remains the longest-lived and longest-reigning male monarch in British history...
    92 KB (10,312 words) - 12:24, 14 May 2024
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    from Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the male line as was the case with the previous monarchs of the House of Windsor. George V was crowned on...
    23 KB (1,097 words) - 16:21, 18 May 2024
  • A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. Prince is also...
    53 KB (6,624 words) - 21:42, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black-naped monarch
    black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers...
    18 KB (1,939 words) - 21:55, 25 April 2024
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