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King Hobo
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European languages, Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (c.f. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as ''rex (king), rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is understood to be the highest rank in the feudal order, potentially subject, at least nominally, only to an emperor (harking back to the List of Roman client kings, client kings of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire). *In a modern context, the title may refer to the ruler of one of a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aachen Domschatz Bueste1
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French language, French and traditional English language, English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the List of cities in Germany by population, 28th-largest city of Germany. It is the westernmost city in Germany, and borders Belgium and the Netherlands to the west, the Vaalserberg#Three-country point, triborder area. It is located between Maastricht (NL) and Liège (BE) in the west, and Bonn and Cologne in the east. The Wurm River flows through the city, and together with Mönchengladbach, Aachen is the only larger German city in the drainage basin of the Meuse. Aachen is the seat of the Aachen (district), City Region Aachen (german: link=yes, Städteregion Aachen). Aachen developed from a Roman Republic, Roman settlement and (bath complex), subsequently be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
