Kings, CHU-ESA
A king is a supreme ruler, sovereign over a nation or a territory, of higher rank than any other secular ruler except an emperor, to whom a king may be subject.
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Chulalongkorn was the king of Siam who avoided colonial domination and embarked upon far-reaching reforms. Chulalongkorn......
Cixi was the consort of the Xianfeng emperor (reigned 1850–61), mother of the Tongzhi emperor (reigned 1861–75),......
Thomas Plantagenet, duke of Clarence was the Duke of Clarence and the second son of Henry IV of England and aide......
Cleomenes I was a Spartan king from 519 bc to his death, a ruler who consolidated his city’s position as the leading......
Cleomenes III was a Spartan king (235–222) who reorganized Sparta’s political structure and struggled unsuccessfully......
Cleopatra I Syra was a queen of Egypt (193–176 bc) of the Ptolemaic dynasty, wife of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and regent......
Clovis I was the king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation......
Clovis II was a Merovingian Frankish king of Neustria and Burgundy from 639, the son of Dagobert I. He was dominated......
Clovis III was the Merovingian king of the Franks from 690/691, the son of Theuderic III. During his reign, actual......
Pedro, 1o duque de Coimbra was the second son of King John I of Portugal, younger brother of King Edward, and uncle......
Coloman was the king of Hungary from 1095 who pursued expansionist policies and stabilized and improved the internal......
Conrad I was a German king from 911 to 918 and a member of the powerful Franconian dynasty known as the Conradines.......
Conrad II was a German king (1024–39) and Holy Roman emperor (1027–39), founder of the Salian dynasty. During his......
Conrad III was the German king from 1138 to 1152, the first king of the Hohenstaufen family. The son of Frederick......
Conrad IV was the German king from 1237 and king of Sicily from 1251. The son of Emperor Frederick II and his second......
Constantine I was the king of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. His neutralist, but essentially pro-German,......
Constantine I was the king of Scotland or Alba, the united kingdom of the Picts and Scots (862–877), who succeeded......
Constantine II was one of the greatest of early Scottish kings, his long reign (900–943) being proof of his power......
Constantine II was the king of Greece from 1964 to 1974. After spending World War II in exile in South Africa,......
Constantine III was the king of the Scots (995–997), who succeeded to the crown after the murder of his cousin,......
Cottius was the king and then prefect of the Ligurian tribes living in the area now called the Cottian Alps, centred......
Miron Cristea was the first patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, who worked for unity in church and state.......
Croesus was the last king of Lydia (reigned c. 560–546), who was renowned for his great wealth. He conquered the......
Cuthred was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, who acceded to the throne (740) when neighbouring Mercia was......
Cyaxares was the king of Media (located in what is now northwestern Iran), who reigned from 625 to 585 bc. According......
Cynegils was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in England and the first to be converted to Christianity.......
Cynewulf was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in England who succeeded to the throne following the deposition......
Cynric was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex (from 534). By some accounts he also reigned jointly (519–534)......
Cyrus the Great was a conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East......
Daewon-gun was the father of the Korean king Gojong. As regent from 1864 to 1873, Daewon-gun inaugurated a far-ranging......
Dagobert I was the last Frankish king of the Merovingian dynasty to rule a realm united in more than name only.......
Dagobert II ; feast day December 23) was a Merovingian Frankish king of Austrasia. The son of Sigebert III, Dagobert......
Dagobert III was a Merovingian Frankish king who succeeded his father, Childebert III, in 711. For most of his......
Dalip Singh was the Sikh maharaja of Lahore (1843–49) during his childhood. Dalip was the son of Ranjit Singh,......
Damaskinos was the archbishop of Athens and regent of Greece during the civil war of 1944–46, under whose regency......
Darius I was the king of Persia in 522–486 bc, one of the greatest rulers of the Achaemenid dynasty, who was noted......
Darius II Ochus was an Achaemenid king who reigned from 423–404 bce in Persia. The son of Artaxerxes I by a Babylonian......
Darius III was the last king (reigned 336–330 bc) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Darius belonged to a collateral branch......
David was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah. He founded the Judaean dynasty and......
David I was one of the most powerful Scottish kings (reigned from 1124). He admitted into Scotland an Anglo-French......
David II was the king of Scots from 1329, although he spent 18 years in exile or in prison. His reign was marked......
David IV was the king of Georgia (1089–1125). Sometimes known as David II, he became co-ruler with his father,......
Decebalus was the king of the Dacians, a people who lived in the territory known presently as Romania. Decebalus......
Deiotarus was the tetrarch of the Tolistobogii (of western Galatia, now in western Turkey), later king of all Galatia,......
Demaratus was a king of Sparta, together with Cleomenes I, who frustrated Cleomenes’ designs on both Athens and......
Demetrius was a king of Bactria who was the son and successor of Euthydemus. The historical evidence for Demetrius’......
Demetrius I Poliorcetes was the king of Macedonia from 294 to 288 bc. Demetrius was the son of Alexander the Great’s......
Demetrius I Soter was the king of Syria from 162 to 150 bc. He was one of the line of rulers of the Seleucid dynasty,......
Demetrius II was the king of Macedonia from 239 to 229 bc. Demetrius gained distinction as a boy by defeating and......
Demetrius II Nicator was the king of Syria from 145 to 139 and from 129 to 125 bc. The son of King Demetrius I......
Dermot Macmurrough was an Irish king of Leinster whose appeal to the English for help in settling an internal dispute......
Dharmavamsa was the king of eastern Java from about 985 and the first historical Javanese whose life is known in......
Dingane was a Zulu king (1828–40) who assumed power after taking part in the murder of his half brother Shaka in......
Dinis was the sixth king of Portugal (1279–1325), who strengthened the kingdom by improving the economy and reducing......
Diodotus I was the satrap (governor) of the Seleucid province of Bactria, who, with his son of the same name, founded......
Diodotus II was the king of Bactria, the son and successor of Diodotus I. Although his father’s freedom from Seleucid......
Djoser, was the first king of the 3rd dynasty (c. 2592–c. 2566 bce) of ancient Egypt, who undertook the construction......
Donald Bane was the king of Scotland from November 1093 to May 1094 and from November 1094 to October 1097, son......
Donald I was the king of Alba, the united kingdom of the Picts and Scots (858–862), and brother and successor of......
Donald II was the king of the Scots (from 889), son of Constantine I and successor to Eochaid and Giric (reigned......
Dorgon was a prince of the Manchu people of Manchuria (present-day Northeast China) who played a major part in......
Duncan I was the king of the Scots from 1034 to 1040. Duncan was the grandson of King Malcolm II (ruled 1005–34),......
Duncan II was the king of Scotland (1093–94), son of Malcolm III and grandson of Duncan I. For many years (1072?–87)......
Duong was the king of Cambodia by 1841, formally invested in 1848, the last Cambodian king to reign before the......
Duṭṭhagāmaṇī was a king of Sri Lanka who is remembered as a national hero for temporarily ending the domination......
Eadbald was the king of Kent, who succeeded his father Aethelberht in 616. He had not been influenced by the teaching......
Eadred was the king of the English from 946 to 955, who brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. Eadred......
Eadwig was the king of the English from 955 to 957 and ruler of Wessex and Kent from 957 to 959. The eldest son......
Ecgfrith was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Northumbrians from 670 who ultimately lost his wars against the Mercians......
Edbert was the king of Northumbrians from 737 to 758 in Anglo-Saxon England. He was a strong king whose reign was......
Edgar was the king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in......
Edgar was the king of Scots from 1097, the eldest surviving son of Malcolm III Canmore and Queen Margaret (granddaughter......
Edmund ; feast day November 20) was the king of East Anglia (from 855). Of his life little is known. In the year......
Edmund I was the king of the English (939–946), who recaptured areas of northern England that had been occupied......
Edmund II was the king of the English from April 23 to Nov. 30, 1016, surnamed “Ironside” for his staunch resistance......
Edward was the son of King John de Balliol of Scotland and claimant to the title of King of Scots, who was crowned......
Edward ; feast day March 18) was the king of England from 975 to 978. His reign was marked by a reaction against......
Edward ; canonized 1161; feast day originally January 5, now October 13) was the king of England from 1042 to 1066.......
Edward was the king of Portugal whose brief reign (1433–38) witnessed a strengthening of the monarchy through reform......
Edward was an Anglo-Saxon king in England, the son of Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons, or Wessex,......
Edward I was the son of Henry III and king of England in 1272–1307, during a period of rising national consciousness.......
Edward II was the king of England from 1307 to 1327. Although he was a man of limited capability, he waged a long,......
Edward III was the king of England from 1327 to 1377, who led England into the Hundred Years’ War with France.......
Edward IV was the king of England from 1461 until October 1470 and again from April 1471 until his death. He was......
Edward V was the king of England from April to June 1483, who was deposed and possibly murdered by King Richard......
Edward VI was the king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. Edward was King Henry VIII’s only legitimate son;......
Edward VII was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions and emperor......
Edward VIII was the prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland......
Edwin was an Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria from 616 to 633. He was the most powerful English ruler of his day......
Egbert was the king of the West Saxons from 802 to 839, who formed around Wessex a kingdom so powerful that it......
Enmebaragesi was the king of Kish, in northern Babylonia, and the first historical personality of Mesopotamia.......
Enmerkar, ancient Sumerian hero and king of Uruk (Erech), a city-state in southern Mesopotamia, who is thought......
Ensuhkeshdanna, legendary ruler of the ancient Sumerian city-state of Aratta and rival of the king of Uruk (Erech),...
Erik I was the king of Norway (c. 930–935) and later king of Northumberland (948, 952–954). On the death of his......
Erik V was the king of Denmark (1259–86) whose reign saw the expansion of the power of the great nobles and prelates,......
Erik VI was the king of Denmark (1286–1319) under whom the conflict between church and monarchy, which had first......
Erik VII was the king of the united realms of Denmark, Norway (as Erik III), and Sweden (as Erik XIII) from 1397......
Erik XIV was the king of Sweden (1560–68) who expanded the powers of the monarchy and pursued an aggressive foreign......
Ernest Augustus was the king of Hanover, from 1837 to 1851, the fifth son of George III of England. Ernest Augustus......
Esarhaddon was the king of Assyria from 680–669 bc, a descendant of Sargon II. He is best known for his conquest......