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  2. List of Russian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The vast territory known as Russia covers an area that has been ruled by various polities since the 9th century, including Kievan Rus', the Grand Principality of Vladimir, the Grand Principality of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, and the sovereigns of these polities have used a range of titles.

  3. List of monarchs by nickname - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...

  4. List of dynasties - Wikipedia

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    In layman and academic parlance, the name of a dynasty is often affixed before the common name of a state in reference to a state under the rule of a particular dynasty. For example, whereas the official name of the realm ruled by the Qajar dynasty was the "Sublime State of Iran", the domain is commonly known as "Qajar Iran".

  5. List of noble houses - Wikipedia

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    Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...

  6. List of Spanish monarchs - Wikipedia

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    On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.

  7. Eastern Slavic naming customs - Wikipedia

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    In private, his wife addressed him as Nicki, in the German manner, rather than Коля (Kolya), which is the East Slavic short form of his name. The "short name" (Russian: краткое имя kratkoye imya), historically also "half-name" (Russian: полуимя poluimya), is the simplest and most

  8. House of Romanov - Wikipedia

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    The 1944 edition of the Almanach de Gotha records the name of Russia's ruling dynasty from the time of Peter III (reigned 1761–1762) as "Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov". [11] However, the terms "Romanov" and "House of Romanov" often occurred in official references to the Russian imperial family.

  9. List of Russian princely families - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of princely families of Russia (Russian Empire) The list includes: families of «natural» Russian princely stock - descended from old Russian dynasties (Rurik Dynasty) and Lithuania (Gediminovich and others); families, whose princely titles were granted by Russian Emperors; foreign princely families naturalised in Russia;