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== Kings and their Domains == | == Kings and their Domains == | ||
* [[Gilgamesh]] - in his words, "King of [[Ur]], [[Uruk]] and just about everywhere else worth knowing..." in [[BC|2700 BC]] | * [[Gilgamesh]] - in his words, "King of [[Ur]], [[Uruk]] and just about everywhere else worth knowing..." in [[BC|2700 BC]] | ||
* [[Alexander the Great]] - ancient Macedon in the [[BC|4th century BC]] | * [[Alexander the Great]] - ancient [[Greece|Macedon]] in the [[BC|4th century BC]] | ||
* [[Prasutagus]] - the [[Iceni]] tribe during the [[1st century]] | * [[Prasutagus]] - the [[Iceni]] tribe during the [[1st century]] | ||
* [[Canute]] - [[11th century]] [[England]] | |||
* [[Edward the Confessor]] - [[11th century]] [[England]] | * [[Edward the Confessor]] - [[11th century]] [[England]] | ||
* [[Harold Godwinson]] - [[11th century]] [[England]] | * [[Harold Godwinson]] - [[11th century]] [[England]] | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 14 September 2012
The King was the title of the male head of state of a monarchical system of government, or sometimes that of their consort if the head of state was female.
The fact that a society was ruled by a king usually indicated that society was patriarchal in nature.
Kings and their Domains
- Gilgamesh - in his words, "King of Ur, Uruk and just about everywhere else worth knowing..." in 2700 BC
- Alexander the Great - ancient Macedon in the 4th century BC
- Prasutagus - the Iceni tribe during the 1st century
- Canute - 11th century England
- Edward the Confessor - 11th century England
- Harold Godwinson - 11th century England
- William I - 11th century England
- Richard I - 12th century England
- John - 13th century England
- Richard III - 13th century England
- Henry VIII - 16th century England
- Charles IX - 16th century France
- Charles I - 17th century England
- Charles II - 17th century England
- Louis XV - 18th century France
- George III - 18th/19th centuries England
- Edward VII - 20th century England
- George V - 20th century England
- Edward VIII - 20th century England
- George VI - 20th century England
- Peladon - ruler of Peladon just before its time as a member of the Galactic Federation
