| Lists of Emperors:: |
Emperors of Traditional Empires
Ancient empires:: |
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Persian Empire (559 BC–330
BC) |
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Empire of Alexander the Great (334 BC–281
BC) |
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Mauryan Empire (321 BC–185 BC) |
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China (Empire 221 BC–1911) |
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Roman Empire (27 BC–476) |
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Middle Ages::
Western and Byzantine traditions |
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Byzantine Empire (395–1453) |
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Byzantine Empire (395–1453) |
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Bulgaria (Empire 913–1422) |
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Serbia (Empire 1345–1371) |
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Muscovy (Empire 1480–1721) |
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| Newer Empires:: |
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Austrian Empire, 1804–1867
and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867–1918 |
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British Empire de jure 1877 - 1947 |
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Empire of Brazil (Peter I, 1822–1831
and Peter II, 1831–1889) |
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France: |
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First
French Empire (Napoleon I, 1804–1814, 1815)
Second
French Empire (Napoleon III, 1852–1870) |
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German Empire (under the Hohenzollerns,
1871–1918) |
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Russian Empire (under the Romanovs, 1721–1917) |
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Korean Empire (Gojong, 1897–1907
and Sunjong, 1907–1910) |
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| Emperors of short-lived 'empires':: |
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Emperor Jacques I of the Empire
of Haiti (1804–1806) |
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Emperor Jacques I of the Empire of Haiti
(1804–1806) |
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Emperor Faustin I of the Empire of Haiti
(1847–1859) |
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Emperor Maximilian of the second Mexican
Empire (1864–1867) |
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Emperor Sylvain I of the Empire of Haiti
(1868–1870, not confirmed) |
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Emperor Hongxian of China (1915–1916) |
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Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African
Empire (1976–1979) |
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