Monarch

:For other senses, see monarch (disambiguation).

Other monarchical titles

In China, "king" is the usual translation for the term wang, which designated the sovereign before the Qin dynasty and during the Ten Kingdoms period. During the early Han dynasty, China had a number of small kingdoms, each about the size of a county and subordinate to the Emperor of China.

Related Topics:
China - Qin dynasty - Ten Kingdoms - Han dynasty - County

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When a difference exists, male titles are placed to the left and female titles are placed to the right of the slash.

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By region

• Africa
• Chieftain - Leader of a "primitive" people
• Pharaoh - early Egypt
• Negus - Ethiopia
• Oba - Yoruba people of Nigeria
• Americas
• Cacique - Aboriginal Hispaniola
• Hueyi Tlatoani - Aztec Empire
• Inca - Tahuantinsuyu (Inca Empire)
• Asia
• Druk Gyalpo —heriditary title given to the king of Bhutan
• Chogyal — "Divine Ruler" — ruled Sikkim till 1975
• Hwangje - States that unified Korea
• Wang - States of Korea that do not have control over all of Korea
• Badshah - India (emperor)
• Huangdi - Imperial China
• Maharaja/Maharani - India
• Nawab, Wali - Muslim rulers of principalities or princes under Mughal (Mogul) or British Indian Empires
• Nizam - Hyderabad, India
• Susuhanan - the Indonesian princely state of Surakarta until its abolition
• Sultan - Aceh, Brunei Darussalam
• Meurah -Aceh before Islam
• Yang Dipertuan Agong - king of Malaysian Federations, elected each 5 years among the reining monarch in Malaysia.
• Tenno or Mikado - Japan
• Wang - pre-Imperial China
• Europe
• Germanic king
• ????????-Greek
• Vezér - Ancient Hungarian
• Fejedelem - Ancient/Medieval Hungarian
• Vojvod (Serbian) / Vajda (Hungarian) - Serbian / Hungarian / Romany Title
• Rí and Ard Rí - Respectively King and High King in Ireland.
• Kniaz'/Knyaginya (generally translated as "prince") - Kievan Rus'
• Tsar/Tsaritsa - Imperial Russia
• Kunigaikshtis (Kunigaikštis) - Lithuanian,duke as in Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
• Middle East
• Caliph - Islamic holy title
• Emir - Arabic holy title
• Khan - Mongol Emperor or Turkish, Afghan, Pashtun or other Central Asian chieftain
• Malik/Malika - Arabic leader
• Pharaoh - Ancient Egypt
• Shah - Persia/Iran, Afghanistan
• Shahenshah - Persia/Iran, "King of Kings" or emperor
• Shaikh - Arabic leader
• Sultan/Sultana - Arabic King
• Oceania
• Chieftain - Leader of a "primitive" people
• King - there were/are also kings in Oceania (i.e. Wallis and Futuna, Nauru)

General monarch titles

• Autocrat - General term for absolute monarch.
• Emperor/Empress - Empire
• Grand Duke/Grand Duchess - Grand Duchy
• King/Queen - Kingdom
• Prince/Princess - Sovereign Principality
• Sovereign Duke/Count/Baron - Sovereign Duchy/County/Barony - (Grand)Children have the title Princely-{title}, like Princely-Lord