King is the title given to the male leader of the kingdom and his female equivalent is queen. A king is the ruler of a particular area often termed as a kingdom or nation. A king comes to power by inheritance, by elections and by conquest. The king is the highest order within a defined kingdom. The title of king is more defined for political purposes. A king rules homogeneous territory such as kingdom, nation or a country.
In the early times, people used to refer to a king as equivalent to God or a person sent by God to help them. In the modern times, the title king is used to refer to the ruler of modern monarchies. An emperor is the sovereign ruler of an empire, his equivalent is an empress.
The Pope has never been the Holy Roman Emperor. They are or were, given one has disappeared completely different offices. You're right. These terms are also politically loaded even in ancient cultures. When a ruler wants to seem like a great conqueror whose empire spans vast regions, he will call himself emperor "I have conquered so many nations, I am a king of kings! Show 2 more comments. John Lawler John Lawler It is a good learning for me that clear difference is the origin of the word, King from German and Emperor from Latin.
Louis XVI was king. Napoleon was emperor. There seems to be no definite rules to decide how to call the ruler other than the ruler himself and his nation. Emperor because there were many kingdoms in India and therefore many kings. King because there were no other kings in England, Scotland and Wales. The situation in Germany was different. There were many kingdoms, each with a king and one emperor over the whole area. Therefore, I disagree that the difference is only between wonderful and terrific - there is a political aspect too.
Yoichi: "Haile Shelassie was the last Emperor of Iran" perhaps an error there? Great mistake. I took the emperor of Ethiopia for that of Iran. Show 11 more comments. This applies to Germany too. Lots of independent duchies were eventually ruled by a Kaiser Emperor.
Monarchical or rarely monarchial refers to the form of government; the family of the monarch is the Royal Family.
There can be nothing 'more' than that; Debrett's once ruled that "The many millions of followers of His Highness the Aga Khan claim that he is directly descended from God - but an English Duke takes precedence.
AndrewLeach - Kaiser derives from the Latin Ceasar - the surname many of the later Roman Emperors used to try to give themselves a bit of the luster of Julius Ceasar. The title in Germany dates back to the Holy Roman Empire, which got the name "Empire" because it originally included large parts of Italy as well as Germany. After German unification the Prussian rulers took up the title "Kaiser" again, but it was probably more aspirational than anything else.
They ruled over a large number of Poles, did briefly take a few small Pacific islands, and put in a claim for a slice of Africa. Lazy Badger Lazy Badger 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges. I would call it the time we formed the empire. I was under the impression, but I can't figure out where from now that: A Duke rules an area by having a force that the Duke total controls but is normally a vasel of a Prince A Prince was the holder of several Duchies or a Princedom where the Dukedoms are fiefs and is the lowest level of a Sovereign , ie rules a area with complete control A King was holder of several Princedoms or a Kingdom An Emperor was holder of several Kingdoms or an Empire.
An Emperor is regard as a Higher King. There's probably a lot of reverse engineering here as well, but I assume that a duchy and a principality are synonymous with dukedoms and princedoms — tinyd. I think that depends on what time period and which country. David: English, but not necessarily England.
You and I know that the United Kingdom is the only one that matters, but not everybody does : — Tim Lymington. TimLymington - Aha, so duchy and principality are used to refer to the place, while the '-dom' versions are used when referring to the title.
Thanks for the clarification. Alexandre I. Peter Taylor Peter Taylor 3, 22 22 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. It's an interesting answer and complements the others but not everyone can understand Italian, German, French Mari-LouA, this is true, but I'm not sure how to add glosses without distracting from the flow. Do you think it would be useful to bold the words which mean emperor, king, prince, lord, or regent? Maybe add the English translation in italics next to each title of aristocracy?
If the ruler of Denmark was a Regent, by definition he was not a king; Prince Christian sent congratulations in the name of the King notice significant comma.
Also, translating Kaiser 'Emperor' is not entirely straightforward Caesar is not Imperator. Kaiser is discussed more elsewhere on this page; while Caesar and Imperator are technically distinct, many Roman emperors after the original Julio-Claudian dynasty chose to style themselves Caesar.
Show 5 more comments. Already Have an Account? What is difference between ruler emperor and king Are those same.? Class 9 Question. Answer to Question.
Ranjul Rastogi Jan 01, Key difference: King is the ruler of an area known as a kingdom. An emperor is a king of kings. He rules over an area that can include a number of kingdoms. Both kings and emperors are monarchs, however, the terms king and emperor have been used interchangeably in the past, which has led to the disambiguation of the terms.
Traditionally, a king is a male monarch who rules over a major territorial area, any independent state or a dependent region. An emperor, on the other hand, is essentially a king of kings. An emperor rules over an empire, which can include various small kingdoms. In the past, there would also be specific priority as a part of protocol that would treat an emperor different from the kings. In the modern day the terms have been abused enough to render the difference meaningless.
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