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Kingdom commonly refers to: A monarchic state or realm ruled by a king or queen. A monarchic chiefdom, represented or governed by a king or queen.
These are the approximate categories which present monarchies fall into: [citation needed]. Commonwealth realms.King Charles III is the monarch of fifteen Commonwealth realms (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United ...
Combined with the five-kingdom model, this created a six-kingdom model, where the kingdom Monera is replaced by the kingdoms Bacteria and Archaea. [16] This six-kingdom model is commonly used in recent US high school biology textbooks, but has received criticism for compromising the current scientific consensus. [13]
There are seven main taxonomic ranks: kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species. In addition, domain (proposed by Carl Woese ) is now widely used as a fundamental rank, although it is not mentioned in any of the nomenclature codes, and is a synonym for dominion ( Latin : dominium ), introduced by Moore in 1974.
Khmer Kingdom (1431–1954; became Kingdom of Cambodia) Kingdom of Spain (1479–1812; became constitutional monarchy) Persia (1500–1935; became Kingdom of Iran) Sultanate of Maguindanao (1505 – 19th century; occupied by Spain) Bunyoro (c. 1520 – 1899; became subnational monarchy of the United Kingdom) Pegu Kingdom (1527–1531)
Coronation; Criticism; Dynasty. Lists; Family. Descent; Family trees; Illegitimate; Emperor system of Japan; Figurehead; Heir apparent; presumptive; Kingmaker; List ...
Many modern developed countries, including the United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Spain and Japan, are constitutional monarchy systems. Crowned republic: A form of government where the monarch (and family) is an official ceremonial entity with no political power.
(See: Germanic kingship) [a] The realm of a king is termed a kingdom (sovereign kings are ranked above vassal kings). The female equivalent of a king is a queen regnant , and a consort is queen consort , from the Germanic *kwoeniz , or *kwenon , "wife"; cognate of Greek γυνή, gynē , "woman"; from PIE *gʷḗn , "woman".