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High king
A high king is a king who holds a position of seniority over a group of other kings, without the title of emperor. Similar titles include great king and king of kings. The high kings of history usually ruled over lands of cultural unity; thus high kings differentiate from emperors who control culturally different lands, and feudal monarchs, where subordinates assume lesser positions. High kings can be chosen by lesser rulers through elections, or be put into power by force through conquest of weaker kingdoms.
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and military powers, unless on occasion acting as regent. In contrast, a queen regnant is a female monarch who rules suo jure and usually becomes queen by inheriting the throne upon the death of the previous monarch.
Sacre
thumb|350px|Le sacre de Charles VII () dans la cathédrale de Reims, détail d'une fresque de Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Le sacre est une cérémonie religieuse qui se déroule dans une cathédrale conférant à un individu un caractère sacré (parfois même divin), le distinguant ainsi des autres laïcs. Cette sacralisation la rend ainsi distincte du couronnement qui est l'acte civil qui met le dernier sceau au contrat politique passé entre le prince et le peuple. Seules quelques monarchies sacrales actuelles (Royaume-Uni, Japon) ont gardé cette coutume.
Sacred king
In many historical societies, the position of kingship carries a sacral meaning; that is, it is identical with that of a high priest and judge. The concept of theocracy is related, although a sacred king does not need to necessarily rule through his religious authority; rather, the temporal position itself has a religious significance behind it. Sir James George Frazer used the concept of the sacred king in his study The Golden Bough (1890–1915), the title of which refers to the myth of the Rex Nemorensis.
Noblesse
Le terme noblesse peut désigner une qualité qui peut être morale ou institutionnelle, et qui, dans le second cas, peut être détenue à titre personnel ou bien dynastique, révocable ou héréditaire. distingue dès le la noblesse morale de la noblesse politique. La « noblesse morale » n'est ni un ordre social, ni une caste, ni un apanage, mais une forme de responsabilité philanthropique, un comportement vertueux et généreux, que tout homme de toute condition peut adopter selon sa vocation et son éducation : Grégoire de Nazianze la divise en « trois genres ».
Realm
A realm is a community or territory over which a sovereign rules. The term is commonly used to describe a monarchical or dynastic state. A realm may also be a subdivision within an empire, if it has its own monarch, e.g. the German Empire. The Old French word reaume, modern French royaume, was the word first adopted in English; the fixed modern spelling does not appear until the beginning of the 17th century. The word supposedly derives from medieval Latin regalimen, from regalis, of or belonging to a rex (king).
Son Altesse Royale
Son Altesse Royale (abréviation : S. A. R.) ; au pluriel : Leurs Altesses Royales (abréviation : LL. AA. RR.) est un prédicat honorifique placé devant les prénoms ou les titres de certains membres de certaines familles royales qui ne sont ni roi ni reine (dont le prédicat est Sa Majesté). Il s'emploie, en outre, quand on parle de princes et de princesses qui naissent au sein d'une famille royale ou qui y sont admis par mariage. Les titres d'appel correspondants sont Monseigneur pour les hommes et Madame pour les femmes.
Malik (titre)
Malik, Malek ou Melik désigne le « roi » ou « le régent » (En arabe : malik, fa, roi). Malik désigne les rois Ghassanides (chrétiens monophysites) de Syrie méridionale (le titre peut avoir été donné par leurs suzerains byzantins), et Mulûk les Lakhmides soumis aux Perses sassanides.
Petty kingdom
A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century). Alternatively, a petty kingdom would be a minor kingdom in the immediate vicinity of larger kingdoms, such as the medieval Kingdom of Mann and the Isles relative to the kingdoms of Scotland or England or the Viking kingdoms of Scandinavia.
Queen regnant
A queen regnant (: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns suo jure (in her own right) over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king; or a queen regent, who is the guardian of a child monarch and rules pro tempore in the child's stead, be it de jure in sharing power or de facto in ruling alone. She is sometimes called a woman king.