Monarch
A monarch is the person at the head of a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs may be autocrats (absolute monarchy) or ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no power or only reserve power, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body (constitutional monarchy).
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... or Rama VII (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri ... He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of the country ... Also he was the only Siamese monarch to abdicate ...
... It is not uncommon that people who are not generally seen as monarchs nevertheless use monarchical titles ... For centuries, the British monarch used, among his other titles, the title King of France, despite the fact that he had had no authority over French ... Examples of the second case are several deposed monarchs or otherwise pretenders to thrones of abolished monarchies, e.g ...
... Sándor Wekerle (1906–1910) Belgium Monarch - Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1865–1909) Albert I, King of the Belgians (1909–1934) Cabinet Chief ...
... Afghanistan Monarch - Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901–1919) Asir Monarch - Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi, Emir of Asir (1909–1923) Bukhara ...
... China) - Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China (1913–1915) Monarch (Empire of China) - Yuan Shikai, Emperor of China (1915–1916) Hong Kong Monarch - George V, King of the United ...
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- (noun): Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed.
Synonyms: monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus
Famous quotes containing the word monarch:
“There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes
The thronèd monarch better than his crown.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)