Kings, BéL-CHU
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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Béla III was the king of Hungary (1173–96) under whom Hungary became the leading power of south-central Europe.......
Béla IV was the king of Hungary (1235–70) during whose reign the Mongol invasions left three-quarters of Hungary......
Cadwallon was a British king of Gwynedd (in present north Wales) who, with the Mercian king Penda, invaded Northumbria......
Caedwalla was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex (from 685 or 686), who claimed descent from King Ceawlin.......
Caesarion was the king of Egypt (reigned 44–30 bce), son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII. Ptolemy was his mother’s......
Cambyses I was a ruler of Anshan c. 600–559 bc. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus I and succeeded his father in Anshan......
Cambyses II was an Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529–522 bce), who conquered Egypt in 525. He was the eldest......
Canute (I) was a Danish king of England (1016–35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019–35), and of Norway (1028–35),......
Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from......
Canute VI was the king of Denmark (coregent, 1170–82; king, 1182–1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from......
Caratacus was the king of a large area in southern Britain, son of Cunobelinus. Caratacus was from the Catuvellauni......
Carl XVI Gustaf has been the king of Sweden since 1973. The only son of King Gustav VI Adolf’s eldest son, Prince......
Carloman was the second son of Louis II and king of France or the West Franks (882–884). On Louis II’s death (879)......
Carloman was the eldest son of Louis II the German and Emma and father of the emperor Arnulf. Appointed by his......
Carloman was the younger brother of Charlemagne, with whom, at the instance of their father, Pippin III the Short,......
Carol I was the first king of Romania, whose long reign (as prince, 1866–81, and as king, 1881–1914) brought notable......
Carol II was the king of Romania (1930–40), whose controversial reign ultimately gave rise to a personal, monarchical......
Casimir III was the king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, called “the Great” because he was deemed a peaceful ruler,......
Casimir IV was the grand duke of Lithuania (1440–92) and king of Poland (1447–92), who, by patient but tenacious......
Cassander was the son of the Macedonian regent Antipater and king of Macedonia from 305 to 297. Cassander was one......
Catherine de’ Medici was the queen consort of Henry II of France (reigned 1547–59) and subsequently regent of France......
Ceawlin was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 560 to 592, who drove the Britons from most of southern......
Centwine was, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a chronological account of events in Anglo-Saxon England,......
Cenwalh was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex. Though his father became a Christian, Cenwalh himself long......
Cenwulf was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Mercians from 796 who preserved the Mercian supremacy established by King......
Ceol was the king of the West Saxons, or Wessex. Ceol may have been related to Cutha, who was brother of King Ceawlin.......
Cerdic was the founder of the West Saxon kingdom, or Wessex. All the sovereigns of England except Canute, Hardecanute,......
Cersobleptes King of Thrace (360–342). He inherited a war with Athens and was opposed internally by two pretenders......
Cetshwayo was the last great king of the independent Zulus (reigned 1872–79), whose strong military leadership......
Chan I was one of the most illustrious Cambodian kings (reigned 1516–66) of the post-Angkor era. He successfully......
Chan II was a king of Cambodia who sought to balance Siam (Thailand) against Vietnam. Both countries had traditionally......
Chandra Gupta I, was the king of India (reigned 320 to c. 330 ce) and founder of the Gupta empire. He was the grandson......
Chanthakuman was the ruler of the Lao kingdom of Luang Prabang who was confronted by increasingly serious local,......
Charibert I was a Merovingian king of the Franks, the eldest son of Chlotar I and Ingund. He shared in the partition......
Charibert II was the king of Aquitaine from 630. On the death of his father, Chlotar II, the entire Frankish realm......
Charlemagne king of the Franks (768–814), king of the Lombards (774–814), and first emperor (800–814) of the Romans......
Charles was the third son of the Frankish emperor Lothar I. Upon his father’s death, he inherited the Rhone valley......
Charles was the king of a troubled Portugal that was beset by colonial disputes, grave economic difficulties, and......
Charles Albert was the king of Sardinia–Piedmont (1831–49) during the turbulent period of the Risorgimento, the......
Charles Emmanuel III was the king of Sardinia–Piedmont and an extremely skilled soldier whose aid other European......
Charles Emmanuel IV was a weak but religious king of Sardinia–Piedmont who was forced to abdicate to the French......
Charles Felix was the duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia–Piedmont (1821–31). The 11th child of Victor Amadeus III,......
Charles I was a courtly, pious king of Hungary who restored his kingdom to the status of a great power and enriched......
Charles I was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament......
Charles I was the king of Naples and Sicily (1266–85), the first of the Angevin dynasty, and creator of a great......
Charles II was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1660–85), who was restored to the throne after years of exile......
Charles II was the king of France (i.e., Francia Occidentalis, the West Frankish kingdom) from 843 to 877 and Western......
Charles II was the king of Navarre from 1349, who made various short-lived attempts to expand Navarrese power in......
Charles II was the king of Naples and ruler of numerous other territories, who concluded the war to regain Sicily......
Charles II was the king of Spain from 1665 to 1700 and the last monarch of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. Charles’s......
Charles III was the king of Naples (1381–86) and king (as Charles II) of Hungary (1385–86). A leading figure of......
Charles III was the king of Navarre (1387–1425), eldest son of Charles II the Bad. Unlike his father, he pursued......
Charles III was the king of France (893–922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the......
Charles III is the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from September 8, 2022. He......
Charles III was the king of Spain (1759–88) and king of Naples (as Charles VII, 1734–59), one of the “enlightened......
Charles IV was the king of Spain (1788–1808) during the turbulent period of the French Revolution, who succeeded......
Charles IV was a German king and king of Bohemia from 1346 to 1378 and Holy Roman emperor from 1355 to 1378, one......
Charles IV was the king of France and of Navarre (as Charles I) from 1322, the last of the direct line of the Capetian......
Charles IX was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s......
Charles IX was the virtual ruler of Sweden (1599–1604) and king (1604–11) who reaffirmed Lutheranism as the national......
Charles V was the Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I; 1516–56), and archduke of Austria......
Charles V was the king of France from 1364 who led the country in a miraculous recovery from the devastation of......
Charles VI was the king of France who throughout his long reign (1380–1422) remained largely a figurehead, first......
Charles VII was the king of France from 1422 to 1461, who succeeded—partly with the aid of Joan of Arc—in driving......
Charles VIII was the king of France from 1483, known for beginning the French expeditions into Italy that lasted......
Charles VIII Knutsson was the king of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65, 1467–70), who represented the interests of the......
Charles X was the king of France from 1824 to 1830. His reign dramatized the failure of the Bourbons, after their......
Charles X Gustav was the king of Sweden who conducted the First Northern War (1655–60) against a coalition eventually......
Charles XI was the king of Sweden who expanded royal power at the expense of the higher nobility and the lower......
Charles XII was the king of Sweden (1697–1718), an absolute monarch who defended his country for 18 years during......
Charles XIII was the king of Sweden from 1809 and, from 1814 to 1818, the first king of the union of Sweden and......
Charles XIV John was a French Revolutionary general and marshal of France (1804), who was elected crown prince......
Charles XV was the king of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872 (called Karl IV in Norway). Succeeding his father,......
Childebert I was the Merovingian king of Paris from 511, who helped to incorporate Burgundy into the Frankish realm.......
Childebert II was the Merovingian king of the eastern Frankish kingdom of Austrasia and later also king of Burgundy.......
Childebert III was the son of Theodoric III and, from 695, puppet king of the Franks. He was totally dominated......
Childeric I was the king of the Salian Franks, one of the first of the Merovingians and the father of Clovis I.......
Childeric II was the Merovingian king of Austrasia and briefly of all the Frankish lands. The second son of Clovis......
Childeric III was the last Merovingian king. Effective power in France had long been wielded by the Carolingian......
Chilperic I was a Merovingian king of Soissons whom Gregory of Tours, a contemporary, called the Nero and the Herod......
Chilperic II was the king of Neustria and, briefly, of all the Frankish lands. As the alleged son of Childeric......
Chlodio king of a tribe of Salian Franks, considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty. Chlodio’s tribe renounced......
Chlodomer was the Merovingian king of Orléans from 511. The eldest son of Clovis I by Clotilda, Chlodomer shared......
Chlotar I Merovingian king of Soissons from 511 and of the whole Frankish kingdom from 558, who played an important......
Chlotar II Merovingian king of Neustria and sole ruler of the Franks from 613. An infant when his father, Chilperic......
Chlotar III Merovingian king of Neustria and Burgundy, who succeeded his father, Clovis II, in 657. After the retirement......
Chlotar IV allegedly the Merovingian king of Austrasia, placed on the throne by the mayor of the palace, Charles......
Christian I, king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64, 1465–67), and founder of the Oldenburg......
Christian II, king of Denmark and Norway (1513–23) and of Sweden (1520–23) whose reign marked the end of the Kalmar......
Christian III king of Denmark and Norway (1534–59) who established the state Lutheran Church in Denmark (1536)......
Christian IV king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648), who led two unsuccessful wars against Sweden and brought disaster......
Christian IX Danish king who came to the throne at the height of a crisis over Schleswig-Holstein in 1863 and who......
Christian V king who consolidated absolutism in Denmark–Norway. Christian was the son of Frederick III, whom he......
Christian VI king of Denmark and Norway, son of Frederick IV of Denmark and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, who......
Christian VII mentally incompetent king of Denmark and Norway; his reign saw the brief domination of the kingdom......
Christian VIII, king of Denmark during the rise of the liberal opposition to absolutism in the first half of the......
Christian X king of Denmark (1912–47) who symbolized the nation’s resistance to the German occupation during World......
Henry Christophe a leader in the war of Haitian independence (1791–1804) and later president (1807–11) and self-proclaimed......
Christopher III king of the Danes (1439–48), Swedes (1441–48), and Norwegians (1442–48) whose reign saw a sharp......
Chulalongkorn king of Siam who avoided colonial domination and embarked upon far-reaching reforms. Chulalongkorn......