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Great King, a royal title suggesting an elevated status among the host of kings. High King, a king who holds a position of seniority over a group of other kings, without the title of emperor. Maharaja, Sanskrit, later Hindustani, for "Great King". It is the title of high kings in the Indian subcontinent. The feminine equivalent is Maharani.
Pages in category "Royal titles" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Akhshunwar;
A Royal Style and Titles Act, or a Royal Titles Act, is an act of parliament passed in the relevant country that defines the formal title for the sovereign as monarch of that country. This practice began in 1876, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Royal Titles Act.
This is a list of personal titles arranged in a sortable table. They can be sorted: Alphabetically; By language, nation, or tradition of origin; By function. See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today.
Only those classified within the social class of royalty and upper nobility have a style of "Highness" attached before their titles. Reigning bearers of forms of Highness included grand princes, grand dukes, reigning princes, reigning dukes, and princely counts, their families, and the agnatic (of the male bloodline) descendants of emperors and kings.
The title that was given to King Edward VIII after his abdication. Non-royal Barony (created 1529) and Viscountcy of Windsor (created 1905) are subsidiary titles of the extant Earldom of Plymouth. Non-royal Earldom of Windsor (created 1796) is a subsidiary title of the extant Marquessate of Bute. Duke of York and Albany: Extinct in 1827
These titles lapsed when Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne. While the British Empire only gave the monarch one significant new title, that of Emperor of India , its transformation into the Commonwealth of Nations and decolonisation created many new independent states, each with a separate monarchy.
The Royal Titles Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2.c. 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It authorizes the Queen to alter her style and titles for the United Kingdom as well as territories whose foreign relations are under the responsibility of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.