• optissima (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    Interesting. I kind of assumed that Emperor was an additional title where one ruled over their kingdom (where they were king) and other states.

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      14 hours ago

      Nah, for example the OG Emperors, the Roman Emperors, had a cultural prohibition against kings so they used the title Imperator.

      Honestly there’s a case to be made that a real Emperor wouldn’t have a kingdom title.