Emperor

:This article is about Emperor in the meaning of "monarch", for all other uses, see: Emperor (disambiguation)

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An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form and can either be the wife of an emperor or a woman being an imperial monarch herself. Emperors are generally recognised to be above kings in honour and rank.

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Both kings and emperors are monarchs. There is no single rule to distinguish the one from the other: several factors, like interpretations of historians, the size and characteristics of the governed realm, and the title(s) chosen by the monarch play a role in distinguishing the one from the other. General characteristics indicating that a monarch is to be considered an emperor rather than a king include:

Monarch: :For other senses, see monarch (disambiguation)....

Sovereign: The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty.Sovereign is another term for monarch.Sovereign can apply to the head of a state, whether that head be one person (monarch) or a group (aristocracy or democracy). It is used in this sense in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.A Sovereign is ...

Empire: :For alternative meanings, see Empire (disambiguation)...

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