Emperor

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

Lists of emperors

Emperors of traditional empires

Ancient empires

• Persian Empire (559 BC–330 BC) - see List of kings of Persia
• Empire of Alexander the Great (334 BC–281 BC)
• Mauryan Empire (321 BC–185 BC) - see Mauryan dynasty
• Chinese Empire (221 BC–1911) - see Table of Chinese monarchs
• Roman Empire (27 BC–476) - see List of Roman Emperors

Medieval empires

• Holy Roman Empire (800 and 962–1806) - see List of Holy Roman Emperors
• Byzantine Empire (395–1453) - see List of Byzantine Emperors
• Latin Empire of Constantinople (1204 - 1261, with the title of (Latin) "Emperor of Constantinople" continuing to 1383)
• Empire of Nicaea (1204-1261) - "Byzantine Empire" in exile during the rule of the "Latin Empire" over Constantinople.
• Empire of Trebizond (1204-1461) - Other split of the "Byzantine Empire"
• Despotate of Epirus (1204-1359) - Despot Theodore Ducas emperor from 1227-1230
• The first ruler of Vietnam to take the title of Emperor (Hoang De) was the founder of the Dinh Dynasty, Dinh Bo Linh, in the year AD 966. - see List of Vietnamese dynasties
• Empire of Ethiopia (1270–1975) - see List of Emperors of Ethiopia
• Aztec Empire (1375–1521) - see Hueyi Tlatoani
• Inca Empire (1438–1533) - see Sapa Inca
• Mongol Empire (1206–1634) - see List of Mongol Khans
• Persian Empire (Iran) (1501–1979) - see List of kings of Persia
• Mughal Empire (1526–1857) - see List of Mughal emperors
• Ottoman Empire (1299–1922) - see Osmanli

Newer empires

• Austrian Empire, 1804–1867 and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867–1918 (both under the Habsburgs)
• Empire of Brazil (Peter I, 1822–1831 and Peter II, 1831–1889)
• French Empire (Napoleon I, 1804–1814 and Napoleon III, 1852–1870)
• German Empire (under the Hohenzollerns, 1871–1918)
• India (under the British Raj with British Monarch as Emperor of India, 1876–1947)
• Russian Empire (under the Romanovs, 1721–1917)
• Korean Empire (Gojong, 1897–1907 and Sunjong, 1907–1910)

Emperors of short-lived 'empires'

• Emperor Jacques I of the Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)
• Emperor Augustin of the first Mexican Empire (1822–1823)
• Emperor Faustin I of the Empire of Haiti (1847–1859)
• Emperor Maximilian of the second Mexican Empire (1864–1867)
• Emperor Sylvain I of the Empire of Haiti (1868–1870, not confirmed http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Haiti/haiti5.htm)
• Emperor Hongxian of China (1915–1916)
• Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire (1976–1979)

Self-proclaimed emperors

:see Self-proclaimed monarchy and micronation

Related Topics:
Self-proclaimed monarchy - Micronation

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• Emperor Norton I of the United States (1859–1880)

Fictional emperors

:see list of fictional rulers

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