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Kingdom of the Kgatla
The Kingdom of the Kgatla, more precisely the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela chiefdom, is a Tswana polity whose main body settled at Mochudi in Botswana in the early 1870s.
Kingdom of the Kwena
The Kingdom of the Kwena, or Bakwena, was a Tswana chiefdom in southeastern Botswana, ruled from its capital at Molepolole and considered the most senior Tswana tribe.
Kingdom of the Lombards
The Kingdom of the Lombards, also known as the Lombard Kingdom, was an early medieval Germanic state in Italy, founded in 568 and ruled from its capital at Pavia.
Kingdom of the Morea
The Kingdom of the Morea (Regno di Morea, Vasíleion tou Moréos) was the name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese in southern Greece, ruled from 1688 to 1715.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden): sovereign constitutional monarchy of four countries, Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, structured by the 1954 Charter, with Willem-Alexander as head of state.
Kingdom of the Ngwaketse
The Kingdom of the Ngwaketse, also known as Bangwaketse, was a Tswana state in southern Botswana, centered at Kanye and strongest militarily under Makaba II, who ruled until 1824.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a 2024 American science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball, the tenth film in the Planet of the Apes franchise.
Kingdom of the Rolong
The Kingdom of the Rolong, also known as the Barolong, was a precolonial Tswana state on the Molopo and Vaal rivers, split into four chiefdoms under Chief Tau's sons.
Kingdom of the Spiders
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) is a John "Bud" Cardos nature-run-amok horror film starring William Shatner as Arizona vet Rack Hansen, with Tiffany Bolling and Woody Strode, using about 5,000 real tarantulas.
Kingdom of the Suebi
Kingdom of the Suebi (Regnum Suevorum), Germanic kingdom in Gallaecia, northwest Iberia, 409–585; capital Braga; Rechiar first barbarian king to mint named coinage; annexed by Visigothic king Leovigild in 585.
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a Bourbon kingdom covering southern Italy and Sicily from 1816 until annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.
Kingdom of Thessalonica
The Kingdom of Thessalonica (Greek: Βασίλειο της Θεσσαλονίκης) was a Crusader state in northern Greece, founded by Boniface of Montferrat in 1204 after the Fourth Crusade.
Kingdom of Tlemcen
The Kingdom of Tlemcen (مملكة تلمسان) was a Berber kingdom in northwestern Algeria, founded by Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan and ruled by the Zayyanid dynasty from 1235 to 1554.
Kingdom of Tondo
The Kingdom of Tondo, also recorded as Tundun, was a Philippine polity on Luzon first attested in 900 CE by the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, which records a debt settlement in its name.
Kingdom of Tungning (东宁王国)
Kingdom of Tungning (東寧王國), a Ming-loyalist state founded by Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) on Taiwan after expelling the Dutch in 1662; ruled by three Zheng generations, it promoted military farming and Confucian education before Shi Lang's 1683 conquest ended it.
Kingdom of Tunisia
The Kingdom of Tunisia (المملكة التونسية) was a constitutional monarchy lasting from independence from France on 20 March 1956 until the republic was proclaimed on 25 July 1957.
Kingdom of Uvea
The Kingdom of Uvea, called Uvéa in French, is one of three customary kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna, covering the island of Wallis with its seat at Mata'Utu.
Kingdom of Valabhi
Kingdom of Valabhi (Vallabhi, Valabhipur/Vala, Gujarat): Maitraka dynasty state, c. 470–780 CE, capital near the Gulf of Khambhat; over 100 copper-plate charters, Śaiva kings funding Buddhist monasteries, ended amid Arab raids.
Kingdom of Vientiane
The Kingdom of Vientiane (ອານາຈັກວຽງຈັນ) was a Lao kingdom on the middle Mekong River, one of three states formed when Lan Xang broke apart in 1707.
Kingdom of Viye
Viye, also known as Bihe, was one of the two great Ovimbundu kingdoms on Angola's central plateau, an intermediary in the slave and ivory trades.
Kingdom of Wajo
The Kingdom of Wajo was a Bugis-speaking state east of Lake Tempe in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, joined in the Tellum Pacco pact of 1582, and adopted Islam in 1610.
Kingdom of Warri
The Kingdom of Warri, also called the Iwere or Itsekiri kingdom, was a monarchy in the Niger Delta founded around 1480 by Ginuwa, a prince of Benin.
Kingdom of Wehali
The Kingdom of Wehali, also Wewiku-Wehali, was a Tetun-speaking kingdom and ritual center on Timor's south-central coast, in today's Malaka Regency, Indonesia, dating to the 14th century.
Kingdom of Wolaita
The Kingdom of Wolaita (የዋላይታ መንግሥት) was an Omotic-speaking kingdom in southern-central Ethiopia, ruled by kings titled Kawo until conquered by Emperor Menelik II in 1894.
Kingdom of Württemberg
Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg), a southwestern German monarchy 1806–1918 with capital Stuttgart; ruled by Friedrich I, Wilhelm I, Karl I, and Wilhelm II; 1819 constitution; joined the German Empire 1871 as its third largest state.
Kingdom of Wusun
The Kingdom of Wusun (乌孙国) was a nomadic kingdom of the Ili River region, ruled by a king titled Kunmi from Chigu and allied to Han China through marriage.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Kraljevina Jugoslavija), also Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Balkan monarchy proclaimed December 1, 1918, renamed 1929 under King Alexander's dictatorship, and destroyed by the Axis invasion of April 1941.
Kingdom of Zichuan
The Kingdom of Zichuan (菑川国) was a princely kingdom of the Han dynasty in the old state of Qi, Shandong, created in 164 BC from the partition of Qi.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe was a Shona-speaking state in the southern African interior, ruled from the stone city of Great Zimbabwe from the 11th to the 15th century.
Kingdom of Zinza
The Kingdom of Zinza, also called Buzinza, was a precolonial kingdom on the western and south-eastern shores of Lake Victoria, in what is now Tanzania.