Monarchy
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A monarchy is a hereditary form of government in which political power is legally passed on to the family members of the monarch, a head of state who rules for life. While monarchs gain their power de
The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed with the Sumerian King List
King George III of the United Kingdom, coronation portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762
King Salman of Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarch.
King Leopold I, an elected founder of the hereditary monarchy of Belgium
Absolute monarchy
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Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign is the sole source of political power, unconstrained by constitutions, legislatures or other checks on their authority. Throughout histor
Louis XIV of France
King Frederick II of Prussia, "the Great"
Photograph of Tsar Alexander II, 1878–81
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