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Preface Introduction Timeline List of Dynastic Tables A-Z Abbas I, the Great Abbasid Dynasty Abd al-Hamid II Abd ar-Rahman Abdication, Royal Abu Bakr Accession and Crowning of Kings Achaemenid Dynasty Acheh Kingdom Afonso I Afonso I, Nzinga Mbemba African Kingdoms Ahab Ahmadnagar Kingdom Ahmose Akan Kingdoms Akbar, the Great Akhenaten Akkad, Kingdom of Aksum Kingdom Alaric I Alaunpaya Dynasty Albania, Kingdom of Albert I Alexander I Alexander I, Tsar Alexander II Alexander III, the Great Alexandra Alfonso V, the Magnanimous Alfonso X, the Wise Alfred, the Great Almohad Dynasty Almoravid Dynasty Ambassadors American Kingdoms, Central and North Amhara Kingdom Andhra Kingdoms Angevin Dynasties Angkor Kingdom Anglo-Saxon Rulers Anjou Kingdom Ankole Kingdom Anne Antiochus III, the Great Anuak Kingdom Aquitaine, Duchy of Arabia, Kingdoms of Arachosia Kingdom Aragon, House of Aragon, Kingdom of Aramean Kingdoms Arenas, Royal Arles Kingdom Armenian Kingdoms Arpad Dynasty Art of Kings Artaxerxes I Artaxerxes II Artaxerxes III Arthur, King Asante Kingdom Ashikaga Shogunate Ashurbanipal II Asian Dynasties, Central Asoka Assyrian Empire Asturias, Kingdom of Atahuallpa Ataliah Athens, Kingdom of Attila Augustus Aurangzeb Austro-Hungarian Empire Avanti Kingdom Aviz Dynasty Awan Dynasty Aymara Dynasty Ayutthaya Kingdom Ayyubid Dynasty Azande Kingdom Aztec Empire Babenberg Dynasty Babur Bagirmi Kingdom Bahmani Dynasty Baldwin I Bambara Kingdom Bamileke Kingdom Bangkok Kingdom Banu Khurusan Bargash ibn Sa'id el-Busaidi Baroda Kingdom Basil I Basil II Basque Kingdom Baths, Royal Batu Khan Baudouin Behavior, Conventions of Royal Behavior, Royals' Sexual Belgian Kingdom Bemba Kingdom Benin Kingdom Berar Kingdom Betsimisaraka Kingdom Beyezid II Bharatpur Kingdom Bhutan Kingdom Biblical Kings Bidar Kingdom Blois-Champagne, County of Blood, Royal Bodies Politic and Natural Bonapartist Empire Boru, Brian Boudicca (Boadicea) Bourbon, House of Braganca, House of Brahmarsi-Desa Kingdom Brazil, Portuguese Monarchy of Bretagne Duchy Brooke, Sir Charles (Rajah) Buddhism and Kingship Bulgarian Monarchy Bundi Kingdom Bureaucracy, Royal Burgundy, Duchy of Burmese Kingdoms Buyid Dynasty Byzantine Empire Caesars Caligula Caliphates Calukya Dynasty Cambodian Kingdoms Cambyses II Capet, Hugh Capetian Dynasty Captives and Royalty Carolingian Dynasty Carthage, Kingdom of Casimir III Casimir IV Caste Systems and Royalty Castile, Kingdom of Catalonia, County of Catherine II, the Great Cauhan Dynasty Central African Empire Cera Dynasty Cetshwayo Chakri Dynasty Champa Kingdom Champassak Kingdom Chandella Dynasty Chandragupta Maurya Chao Dynasties Charlemagne Charles I Charles II Charles III Charles IV Charles V Charles VI Charles VII Chavin Empire Chenla Empire Chiangmai Kingdom Ch'ien Lung (Qianlong) Chimu Empire Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty Ch'ing (Qing) Dynasty Choson Kingdom Chou (Zhou) Dynasty Christianity and Kingship Christina Chulalongkorn (Rama V) Cixi, Empress Class Systems and Royalty Claudius Cleopatra VII Clovis I Cnut I, the Great Coinage, Royal Cola Kingdom Colonialism and Kingship Commerce and Kingship Comnenus Dynasty Competition, Fraternal Concubines, Royal Connaught Kingdom Conquest and Kingships Conrad II Conrad III Consorts, Royal Constantine I, the Great Cooks, Royal Cordoba, Caliphate of Councils and Counselors, Royal Courts and Court Officials, Royal Croatian Kingdom Croesus Crusader Kingdoms Curses, Royal Cyaxares Cyrus the Great Dacia Kingdom Dagomba Kingdom Danish Monarchy Darius I, the Great Darius II Darius III David, King David I David II Deaccession Deheubarth Kingdom Descent, Royal Dessalines, Jean Jacques Dethronement Dewas Kingdom Dingiswayo Diocletian Diplomacy, Royal Disease and Royalty Divination and Diviners, Royal Divine Right Divinity of Kings Djoser Dmitri, Grand Prince Dual Monarchies Dyfed Kingdom Dynasty Earth and Sky, Separation of East Asian Kingdoms Education of Kings Edward I Edward II Edward III Edward the Confessor Edward VI Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient (18th-26th dynasties) Egyptian Dynasties, Ancient before 18th dynasty) Egyptian Dynasties, Hellenistic, Persian, and Roman Egyptian Kingdoms, Modern Eleanor of Aquitaine Election, Foyal Elizabeth I Elizabeth II Emissary Letters Emperors and Empresses Empire English Monarchies Enthronement, Rites of Esarhaddon Etiquette, Royal Etruscan Kingdoms Eunuchs, Royal European Kingships Exchange, Means of Executions, Royal Faisal I Fan Shih-man Farouk Fatimid Dynasty Ferdinand I Ferdinand II Ferdinand II and Isabella I Feudalism and Kingship Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Flanders, County of Folkung Dynasty Fon Kingdom Francis I Franconian Dynasty Frankish Kingdom (Franks, Kingdom of) Franz-Josef Frederick I, Barbarossa Frederick II Frederick II, the Great Frederick William, the Great Elector French Monarchies Fuad Fujiwara Dynasty Funan Kingdom Funerals and Mortuary Rituals Fur Kingdom Gahadavalas Dynasty Galawdewos Ganda Kingdom Gauda Kingdom Gender and Kingship Genealogy, Royal Genghis Khan George I George II George III George Tupou I Ghana Kingdom, Ancient Ghaznavid Dynasty Ghur Dynasty Glywysing Kingdom Golconda Kingdom Golden Horde Khanate Gotaland Monarchy Granada, Kingdom of Greek Kingdoms, Ancient Greek Monarchy Grimaldi Dynasty Grooms of the Stool Gudea Gujarat Kingdom Gupta Empire Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty Gustavus I Vasa Gustavus II Adolphus Gwalior Kingdom Gwent Kingdom Gwynedd Kingdom Haakon VI Habsburg, House of Hadramawt Kingdoms Hadrian Hafsid Dynasty Haihaya Dynasty Haile Selassie I Hammurabi Han Dynasty Hanover, House of Harald III Hardraade Harems Harold II Godwinson Harun-ar-Rashid Hashemite Dynasty Hasmonean Kingdom Hassan II Hatshepsut Hawaiian Kingdom Healing Powers of Kings Heavens and Kingships Hebrew Kings Heian Japan Hellenistic Dynasties Henry II Henry IV (England) Henry IV (France) Henry IV (Holy Roman Empire) Henry VIII Herod Hinduism and Kingship Hirohito Hittite Empire Hohenstaufen Dynasty Hohenzollern Dynasty Holiday Revelry Holy Roman Empire Homosexuality and Kingship Hong Bang Dynasty Hsia Dynasty Hsuan Tsung (Xuansong) Huang Ti (Huangdi)(Yellow Emperor) Huari Empire Huascar Huayna Capac Hun Empire Hung Wu (Hongwu) Hunting and Kingship Hussein I Hyderabad Kingdom Hyksos Dynasty Iberian Kingdoms Ibn Saud Iconography Ikhshidid Dynasty Il-Khan Dynasty Illyria Kingdom Imperial Rule Inca Empire Incest, Royal Indian Kingdoms Indo-Greek Kingdoms Inheritance, Royal Irene Irish Kings Islam and Kingship Israel, Kingdom of Itsekeri Kingdom Iturbide, Augustin de Ivan III, the Great Ivan IV, the Terrible Jagiello Dynasty Jahan, Shah Jahangir James I of Aragon James I of England (also James VI of Scotland) James II James II of Aragon Janggala Kingdom Jaunpur Kingdom Javan Kingdoms Jimmu Joao I, the Great Joao VI Jodhpur Kingdom John I John III (John Sobieski) Joseph II Juan Carlos Judah, Kingdom of Judiasm and Kingship Judicial Regulation Julian, the Apostate Juliana Julio-Claudians Julius Caesar Justinian I Jutland Kingdom Kabarega Kafa Kingdom Kalacuri Dynasties Kalinga Kingdom Kalmar Union Kamakura Shogunate Kamehameha I, the Great Kandy Kingdom Kanembu-Kanuri Kingdom Kanemi, Muhammad K'ang Hsi (Kang Xi) Kanvas Dynasty Kao Tsung (Gaozong) Kashmir Kingdom Kassite Dynasty Kathiawar Kingdom Kenneth I (Kenneth MacAlpin) Kent, Kingdom of Kertanagara Empire Khalji Dynasty Khama III Khattushili I Khattushili II Khazar Kingdom Khmer Empire Khufu Khwarezm-Shah Dynasty Kiev, Princedom of Kingdoms and Empires Kingly Body Kings and Queens Koguryo Kingdom Kondavidu Kingdom Kongo Kingdom Koryo Kingdom Kosala Kingdom Kota Kingdom Kuang Hsu (Guang Xu) Kuang Wu Ti (Guang Wudi) Kuba Kingdom Kublai Khan Kumaon Kingdom Kusana Dynasty Kush, Kingdom of Labor, Forms of Lakhmid Dynasty Lancaster, House of Land-holding Patterns Le Dynasty Legitimacy Leinster, Kingdom of Leo III León, Kingdom of Leopold I Leopold II Liang Dynasties Liang Wudi Liao Dynasty Liliuokalani Literature and Kingship Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Liu Bang (Gaodi) Llywelyn ap Gruffyd Lobengula Lodi Kingdom Lombard Dynasty Lombard Kingdom Lords of the Isles Lorraine Dynasty Lothair I Louis I, the Great Louis I, the Pious Louis IV, the Bavarian Louis IX (St. Louis) Louis VII Louis XI Louis XIV Louis XV Louis XVI Louis-Philippe Lovedu Kingdom Lozi (or Rotse) Kingdom Luang Prabang Kingdom Luba Kingdom Lunda Kingdoms Lusignan Dynasty Luxembourg Dynasty Lydia, Kingdom of Macedonian Empire Macedonian Kingdom Madagascar Kingdoms Magadha Kingdom Mahmud of Ghazni Ma'in Kingdom Majapahit Empire Mali Kingdom, Ancient Malwa Kingdom Mamluk Dynasties Mamprusi Kingdom Mamun, al- Mangbetu Kingdom Manipur Kingdom Mansa Musa Mansur, al- Maori Kingdoms Maratha Confederacy Marcus Aurelius Margaret of Denmark Maria Theresa Marie Antoinette Marquesas Kingdom Marriage of Kings Martel, Charles Mary I Mary, Queen of Scots Mataram Empire Maurya Empire Mausolea, Royal Maximilian Maximilian I Maya Empire Mbundu Kingdom Meath, Kingdom of Medes Kingdom Medici Family Mehmet II, the Conqueror Meiji Monarchy Menander Menelik II Menes Mercia, Kingdom of Merina Kingdom Merovingian Dynasty Merovingian-Frankish Kingdom Mexican Monarchy Midas Middle Eastern Dynasties Milan Duchy Military Power, Royal Military Roles, Royal Minamoto Rulers Minangkabau Kingdom Ming Dynasty Minoan Kingdoms Mississippian Culture Mitanni Kingdom Mixtec Empire Moche Kingdom Mon Kingdom Monarchs, Ages of Monarchy Monarchy Formation, Myths of Money and Exchange/Credit Mongkut (Rama IV) Mongol Empire Monivong Monopolies Montenegro Kingdom Montezuma II Morea, Principate of the Moshoeshoe I Mossi Kingdoms Mughal Empire Muhammad (Khwarazm) Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ture Muhammad V Muhammad XI (Boabdil) Mu'izzi (Slave) Dynasty Munster, Kingdom of Music and Song Mutesa I Mycenaean Monarchies Mysore Kingdom Myth and Folklore Mzilikazi Nabopolassar Nadir Shah Nam Viet Kingdom Nanchao Kingdom Naples, Kingdom of Napoleon I (Buonaparte) Napoleon III Nara Kingdom Narai Naram-Sin Nasrid Dynasty National Identity Nationalism Naval Roles Navarre, Kingdom of Nazca Kingdom Ndebele Kingdoms Nebuchadrezzar II Nefertiti Nepalese Kingdoms Nero Netherlands Kingdom Nevsky, Alexander Ngonde Kingdom Ngoni Kingdom Nguni Kingdom Nguyen Anh Nguyen Dynasty Nicholas I Nicholas II Norman Kingdoms Norodom Sihanouk Northumbria, Kingdom of Norwegian Monarchy Nubian Kingdoms Nupe Kingdom Nyoro Kingdom Oaths and Oath-taking Oda Nobunaga Olaf II (Saint Olaf) Oldenburg Dynasty Olmec Kingdom Orange-Nassau Dynasty Origins of Kingship Osei Tutu Osman I Ostrogoth Kingdoms Otto I, the Great Ottoman Empire Ottonian Dynasty Oudh Kingdom Pacal Pachacuti Paekche Kingdom Pagan Kingdom Pahlavi Dynasty Pala Dynasty Palaces Palaeologi Dynasty Palestine, Kingdoms of Pandya Dynasty Panjalu Kingdom Papal States Paramara Dynasty Parks, Royal Parthian Empire Patent Letters, Royal Pedro I Pedro II Pegu Kingdom Pepin Dynasty Pepin III, the Short Pergamum Kingdom Perlak Kingdom Persian Empire Peter I, the Great Philip II Philip II of Macedon Philip II, Augustus Philip IV, the Fair Phoenician Empire Phrygia Kingdom Piast Dynasty Picts, Kingdom of the Piedmont Kingdom Plantagenetm House of Polygamy, Royal Pomare IV Postcolonial States Power, Forms of Royal Powys Kingdom Prehistory of Kingdoms Premysl Dynasty Priests, Royal Primogeniture Prophets, Royal Protection from Evil Ptolemaic Dynasty Ptolemy I Pu Yi Punjab Princely States Purification, Rites of Royal Pyu Kingdom Qajar Dynasty Queens and Queen-Mothers Quraysh Kingdom Radama I Radama II Rajasthan Kingdom Rajataragini Dynasty Rama Kamheng Ramses II, the Great Ranavalona I, Mada Rastrakuta Dynasty Realms, Types of Rebellion, Rites of Royal Reccared I Regalia and Insignia, Royal Regencies Regicide Reigns, Length of Religious Duties and Power Richard I, Lionheart Richard II Richard III Rights to Animals Rights, Civil Rights, Land Ritual, Royal Riurikid Dynasty Robert, the Bruce Roderic Roman Empire Romanian Monarchy Romanov Dynasty Romanov, Michael Royal Pretenders Royal Families Royal Line Rudolf I Rurik Rus Kingdoms Russian Dynasties Sabaean Kingdom Sacral Birth and Death Sacral Food Sacred Kingships Sacred Texts Safavid Dynasty Saffarid Dynasty Sa'id ibn, Sultan Sailendra Dynasty Sakalava Kingdom Saladin (Salah-ad-Din) Salian Dynasty Samanid Dynasty Samoan Kingdom Samsu-iluna Samudra-Pasai Kingdom Sancho III, the Great Sanusi Dynasty Sargon II Sargon of Akkad Sasanid Dynasty Satavahana Dynasty Savoy Dynasty Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of Saxon Dynasty Saxon Kingdoms Scottish Kingdoms Scythian Empire Seclusion of Monarch Second Empire of France Seleucid Dynasty Selim I, the Grim Selim III, the Great Seljuk Dynasty Sennacherib Serbia, Kingdom of Servants and Aides, Royal Seti I Shahs Shaka Zulu Shalmaneser III Shalmaneser V Shamshi-Adad I Shan Kingdoms Shang (Yin) Dynasty Sheba, Queen of Shih Huang Ti (Shiuangdi) Shilluk Kingdom Shogunate Shoguns Shulgi Shuppiluliuma I Siam Kingdoms Siblings, Royal Sicily, Kingdom of Sigismund Sikkim Kingdom Silla Kingdom Sister, Royal Slavery, Royal Sobhuza I Sobhuza II Sokoto Caliphate Solomon, King Songhai Kingdom Soninke Kingdom Soulouque, Faustin Elie South American Monarchies South Asian Kingdoms South Sea Island Kingdoms Southeast Asian Kingdoms Spanish Monarchies Sparta, Kingdom of Srivijaya-Palembang Empire Stanislas I Stanislas II Stephen Stephen I, Saint Stephen Stewart, House of Strathclyde Kingdom Stuart, House of Subjects Succession, Royal Sui Dynasty Sukhothai Kingdom Suleyman I, the Magnificent Sultanates Sundjata Keita Sung (Song) Dynasty Sunga Dynasty Sunni Ali Susenyos Sussex, Kingdom of Suto Kingdom Swahili Kingdoms Swazi Kingdoms Swedish Monarchy Syrian Monarchies Tahitian Kingdoms Taifa Rulers T'ai Tsung (Taizong) T'ai Tsu (Taizu) Tamerlane Tanala Kingdom T'ang Dynasty T'ang Hsüan Tsung (Tang Xuanzong) Tarquin Dynasty Tarquin the Proud Taufaahau Tupou IV Taxation Tewodros II Theater, Royal Thebes Kingdom Theodora I Theodoric (Theoderic) the Great Theodosius I the Great Thessalonika Kingdom Thibaw Thrace Kingdom Three Kingdoms Thutmose III Tiberius Tibetan Kingdom Tiglath-pileser III Tikar Kingdom Tio Kingdom Titus Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) Kingdom Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Shogunate Toltec Empire Tomara Dynasty Tombs, Royal Tonga, Kingdom of Tonking Kingdom Toro Kingdom Toungoo Dynasty Toyotomi Hideyoshi Trajan Tran Dynasty Transportation Patterns Trastamara Dynasty Treason, Royal Tribute Trinh Dynasty Trojan Kingdom Tsars and Tsarinas Tshekedi, Khama Tswana Kingdoms Tudor, House of Tufunid Dynasty Tughluq Dynasty Tupac Yupanqui (Topa Inca) Turkic Empire Tutankhamen Tutsi Kingdoms Tyranny, Royal Udaipur Kingdom Uighur Empire Ulster Kingdom Umayyad Dynasty United Arab Emirates Urartu Kingdom Ur-Nammu Uthman dan Fodio Utkala (Orissa) Kingdom Uzbek Kingdom Vakataka Dynasty Valois, House of Vandal Kingdom Varangian Kingdoms Vasa Dynasty Venetian Doges Victor Emmanuel II Victoria Vientiane Kingdom Vietnamese Kingdoms Vijayanagar Empire Viking Empire Virachocha Visigoth Kingdom Vlach Kingdom Vladimir Dynasty Waldemar I, the Great Wang Kon Wan Li (Wanli) Warfare Weddings, Royal Wei Dynasties Welsh Kingdoms Wenceslas Wen Ti (Wendi) Wessex, Kingdom of Wilderness, Royal Links to Wilhelm II Wilhelmina William and Mary William I William I, the Conqueror William II (William Rufus) Windsor, House of Witchcraft and Sorcery Wu Tse-t'ien (Wu Zetian) Wu Ti (Wudi) Xerxes Xhosa Kingdoms Xia Dynasty Yadava Dynasty Yamato Dynasty Yaroslav the Wise Ya'rubi Dynasty Yemen Rulers Yi Dynasty Yi Songgye Yongle Yoritomo Minamoto York, House of Yoruba Kingdoms Yüan (Mongol)Dynasty Zafi-Raminia Kingdom Zand Dynasty Zanzibar Sultanate Zapotec Empire Zara Ya'iqob Zimbabwe Kingdoms, Great Zulu Kingdom Bibliography Indexes
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