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Royal title

Royal title

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Imperial, royal and noble ranks.

Royal titles

  • King, from the Germanic *kuningaz, roughly meaning "son of the people." (See: Germanic kingship) The realm of a king is termed a kingdom (sovereign kings are ranked above vassal kings). The female equivalent is queen, with a distinction between queen regnant and queen consort, from the Germanic *kwoeniz, or *kwenon, "wife"; cognate of Greek γυνή, gynē, "woman"; from PIE*gʷḗn, "woman". Regardless of a ruler's sex, their realm is known as a kingdom.
    • Rex, Latin for king, the feminine form is Regina.
    • Rei (in Portuguese and Catalan), Rey (in Spanish), Re (in Italian), Roi (in French), Rege (in Romanian) - Derived from Latin Rex, meaning "ruler". Rex is cognate with Raja, Rí, Reign, Regina, Arqa (Armenian Արքա), etc.
    • Basileus, from Mycenaean Greek meaning "chieftain", used by various Ancient Greek rulers.
    • Bretwalda, title given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
    • Arka or Arqa (Արքա) is a royal title (king) in Great Armenia and various Kingdoms of Armenia. Another used name was Tagavor or Thagawor, which also appeared later in Cilician Armenia.
    • Melech, Hebrew word for king. The word for queen is Malka.
    • 王 is the title of kings in East Asia. A king is called Wáng in Chinese, Wang in Korean, Vương in Vietnamese, and Ō in Japanese, but these are all just their respective pronunciations of the Chinese character 王.
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