Ridiculous Royal Titles
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2023
- Kings and queens of history sometimes had the weirdest titles and honors.
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Cool thing on Assyrian reliefs: hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/site...
Nebraska Admirals website: nebraskaadmirals.org/index.html
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I'm sure there were dozens of unique titles I missed. Which one is your favorite?
The Emperor Tigerstar
The four corners of the Earth guy sounds like a weird mashup with the Four Heavenly Kings from Sailor Moon for some reason.
I like Emperor Charles V's list of titles.
Few interesting royal title from India-
1. Chakravarti - "Wheel-Turning Sacred King" or Universal Emperor.
It was used by Ashoka the Great and many other Indian kings.
2. Maharajadhiraja of Āryāvarta- (Great King of Kings of Aryan Lands)
It was used by Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty( 730 CE-1036 CE) who ruled much of Northern Indian Under Nagabhata II from 795 CE- 833CE
Charles V
As a Nebraskan, I can tell you that the Admirals play a very important role in our state. It is well known that whaling is illegal in the state of Nebraska, and it the responsibility of the appointed Admirals to lead the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska in its efforts to stop illegal whaling in our waters.
😂🤣 Yeah idk man, them shallow river whales are a menace! Sunk 3 riverboat casinos last year alone. 😄
Lake McConaughy naval base.
Well, I know nothing of the naval forces arrayed for battle against whale poachers, but I do know if you gathered all the registered hunters in the cornfield known as Nebraska, you would have something like the seventh largest ground army in the world. That's a considerable significance of rifles...
Okay, that's excellent.
According to my grandfather, who was a Nebraska Admiral, the most popular target in the state for illegal whaling was the "Platte River Porpoise", which, like the river it was named for, was "a mile wide and an inch deep"!
The "africa in general, uganda in particular" is such a flex
And also tecniiiiiically not a Royal title (because Idi Amin was President, not King of Uganda).
Yours,
The British Nitpicking Society.
@@jonathanwebster7091 "Uncrowned king of Scotland" is a royal title though.
@@jonathanwebster7091 He would have to usurp all the titles away from all of the traditional monarchies. That would give him a pretty extensive list.
@@jonathanwebster7091it’s almost like he said that in the video. Are you mentally challenged?
Sargon of Akkad: *conquers roughly Mesopotamia* I'm king of everything
Bystander: There's clearly stuff beyond it-
Sargon of Akkad: I'm king of everything that matters
I mean, at the time. Yeah it was. Same with Alexander "running out of things to conquer" because at the time there literally was nothing else.
@@atrebuchet5267 In either case there places they knew existed but never conquered because they couldn’t or didn’t care to.
@@merrittanimation7721Didn't care to? Nothing to conqueror is more accurate.
@@atrebuchet5267 I mean he knew there was more land to the south and East, but his generals were too tired to continue and he died before being able to begin a campaign in Arabia
@@atrebuchet5267 or his army was too scared to cross a river lol
Hey don't forget the first Incan Emperor Pachakuti, "he who overturns space and time"
Einstein : Hold my beer...
That's quite an extravagant title! Pachakuti claimed sovereignty not only of the Incas, but all of space and time!
@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Clearly he captured both Palkia and Dialga.
The famous Incan Emperor also known as Doc Brown.
His name means “he who shakes the earth,” not sure where you got that.
I like the idea of including the word "unironically" in a royal title
Well, if there’s a possibility of being an “admiral of Nebraska” (not to diminish the title, but it is intentionally ironic), then you want to make sure people know you really mean it when you say that you’re the humblest in all the land.
King of, Like, Literally, the Whole of England.
Imagine discrediting your predecessor by claiming to be "unironically" king
@@biodtox Well, if you're preceded by _Position established,_ then that won't be a problem.
When it comes to ancient titles, one of my favorite facts is that the Sumerian term we translate as "king", Lugal, literally means "big man"
So King of Kings translates to Big Man of the Big Men?
No wonder they always draw their kings as a big man
+Shiny Agumon
The Big of Bigs, Biggest of all men and Large upon the Earth and Sea, Embiggened by the Grace of God, Big Man Magnus Maximus the Massive, Big Man of the Big Lands.
@@redeye4516 You forgot his recent claim to the title of Big Man of Texas
"Sit down big man"
"My mom said I could be anyone in this world so I became lord of all the beasts of the earth and fishes of the sea".
even Namor is more modest
The Spanish title of Philip II is also very long, check it out on wikipedia.
Philip, by the grace of God second of his name, king of Castille, Leon, Aragon, Portugal, Navarre, Naples, Sicily, Jerusalem, Majorca, Sardinia, and the islands, Indies, and terra firma of the Ocean Sea; archduke of Austria; duke of Burgundy, Lothier, Brabant, Limbourg, Luxembourg, Guelders, and Milan; Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Artois, and Burgundy; Count Palatine of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland, Namur, Drenthe, Zutphen; prince of "Zvuanem"; marquis of the Holy Roman Empire; lord of Frisia, Salland, Mechelen, and of the cities, towns, and lands of Utrecht, Overissel, and Groningen; master of Asia and Africa.
I like how he claims all the islands of the Ocean Sea
Master of Asia and Africa sounds the craziest to me. Like I would understand "Master of America" but this here is a major reach
He claimed the title of "ruler of everything" 💀
What's "Zvuanem"?
I raise you this one:
"We, Catherine the second, by the Grace of God, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russians at Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsarina of Kasan, Tsarina of Astrachan, Tsarina of Siberia, Lady of Pleskow and Grand Duchess of Smolensko, Duchess of Estonia and Livland, Carelial, Tver, Yugoria, Permia, Viatka and Bulgaria and others; Lady and Grand Duchess of Novgorod in the Netherland of Chernigov, Resan, Rostov, Yaroslav, Beloosrial, Udoria, Obdoria, Condinia, and Ruler of the entire North region and Lady of the Yurish, of the Cartalinian and Grusinian tsars and the Cabardinian land, of the Cherkessian and Gorsian princes and the lady of the manor and sovereign of many others."
Pssshaw! He's only listed Austria once. What a piker! What an underachiever!
Technically the King of Spain still claims the title of King of Jerusalem. The old list of royal titles is rarely used in modern Spain (including the grandiose “Most Catholic Majesty”), but the current king hasn’t technically relinquished those titles either.
Instead of a two state solution in Palestine there's now the Spanish solution.
@@jackyex I like that idea better.
He is also the legal ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire which is (opinion) the successor Roman Empire so he can claim to be the real successor of the Roman Empire.(edit:there seems to be a small confusion as to whether this is correct so take this with a grain of salt)
@@poland-lithuania that's not really true. Unfortunately a myth propagated by an otherwise good channel.
@@erikdk321 Wait, what?
Kim Il Sung is still technically the Eternal President of the DPRK, even if he's been dead since 1994, so that's pretty out there.
And Kim Jong-il is Eternal First/General Secretary. So technically Kim Jong-un is only third after his father and grandfather. If this tradition continues, I wonder what Kim Jong-un would become and how "low" the title would get.
I imagine a hypothetical Great-Great-Grandson being titled supreme broom keeper of the revolution
@@sesboks This made me laugh more than it probably should
Eternal Lich King and Supreme Necromancer of the Politburo
That _is_ quite an "out there" title! If the ancient "Kings of the Universe" were living people claiming to rule beyond this world, then the "Eternal Leaders" of the "DPRK" are dead people claimed to be ruling in part of _this_ world! As Mimi1001 said, this means that Kim Jong-un is technically the third-highest ranking official in North Korea. Thanks for the information!
Miklos Horthy 🤝 Queen Elizabeth
Being admirals in landlocked states
In fairness Horthy had gotten his promotion back when his country still had a coast (and Hungary did have a riverine flotilla of monitors/gunboats, but that is less relevant).
I like the title they give to Wallis Simpson in Hearts of Iron 4 when the UK goes monarchist with Edward VIII, and they conquer the US and make it a monarchy under "Wallis I":
"Queen Wallis I, First of Her Name, by the Grace of God Queen of the Americas, Grand Admiral of the Royal American Navy, Duchess of Wallington, Duchess of Manhattan, Duchess of Long Island, Countess of Orange, Countess of O'ahu, Marquis of New Orleans, Baroness of Springfield, Baroness of Hollywood, Baroness of Central Park, Grand Socialite, Protector of Liberty, Northwest Vanguard of Alaska, Avenger of the Boston Tea Party, Terror of Washington D.C."
Avenger of the Boston Tea Party is both a comedic ally childish and badass title.
Diana is the Queen of Hearts,
@@devonodonnell715 Also funny given that Wallis Simpson was herself an American
The "King of Jerusalem. etc." had me in stitches. Not so much because they claim the tiel, but the fact that they couldn't bother with rest of the title and just abrivated it with "etc" of all things. I mean the other times they did it was also funny (FFS, they ended the list with "etc etc"), but this one just got me.
I mean, the second time *is* understandable - that line encompasses all the titles of the Duchies in modern-day Vorarlberg. Which, if you check on a map, is *tiny*
So each of those titles is like, a city/village with a tens of kilometers of forest around it. And there were like 13 (or 16, idk) of them
@@HoppouChan, Tigerstar should make a map of all the places Franz Joeseph claimed based on his title. I guarantee that it would be whack.
Should’ve mentioned Suleiman’s letter to Francis which he uses several long titles for himself then look down on him by calling him “and you uhh… yeah king of the province of France”
It’s also ironic how Empire Total War France is just one province lol
I always loved the titles Mehmet IV got from the Zaporicha Cossaks.
The cursed Sultan, Turkish Caesar's son, and attendant of the infernal Lucifer in the abyss of hell, Turkish emperor, footstool of the Greeks, cook of Macedonians, locksmith of Babylonians, wheelwright of Jerusalem, drunkard of Assyria, swineherd of greater and lesser Egypt, sausage of Alexandria, and dog of Armenians, the cursed childish knave upon earth and the world, the great fool of Kamenets-Podolsky and the country, and a nasty pig in the world, the Turkish biter of men, the commander of the whole hellish empire in the deep abyss of hell, an angel of the infernal devil, a mocker of the crucified God, enemy and persecutor of his servants, below all those who live above, the downfaller of the bishop men
@@dakapo8985 Cossacks trolling the Turks, Tatars, Polish and Russians at the same time
@@dakapo8985 Unfortunately this was never confirmed, no documents have been ever found that mention such response by the cossacks
@@dakapo8985 Those are very memorable titles, indeed! Kudos to the Zaporizhians for their creativity!
If Asurbanipal II is "the Great Flood which none can oppose", can I be "the Great Storm that is approaching"?
The provoking one!
The one, who reclaims his title!
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I'm surprised you didn't mention Roman emperors. Especially in the early days, weren't meant to be kings, so they'd give themselves all sorts of jobs.
I think the evolution of Roman imperial titles is really interesting could be its own video if you include the byzantines and maybe even the surrounding state’s influenced by it like Bulgaria
I love the title of Arch-cupbearer
Augustus: oh, no no, I'm not a _king,_ I'm just a consul. And a censor. And a tribune. And the princeps of the Senate. All at the same time.
Also, my literal first name is Commander now, I've decided. Commander, son of the divine Julius Caesar, the Wise (that's basically what Imperator divi filius Julius Caesar Augustus translates to). But yeah, totally just a normal citizen. In fact, you can even call me the _First_ Citizen.
@@maddie9602 Augustus' full title at the end of his life was
IMP(ERATOR)·CAESAR·DIVI·(IVLII*)·F(ILIVS)·AVG(VSTVS)·PONT(IFEX)·MAX(IMVS)·CO(N)S(VL)**·XIII·IMP(ERATOR)·XXI·TRIB(VNICIAE)·POT(ESTATIS)·XXXVII·P(ATER)·P(ATRIAE)
Which translates to
Commander Caesar, Son of the Divine (Julius), the Venerable, Highest Priest, Thirteenfold Consul, Twentyonefold Commander, Thirtysevenfold Holder of Tribunal Power, Father of the Fatherland
Which after his death and subsequent consecration was shortened to
DIVVS·AVGVSTVS·DIVI·FILIVS, or rather hilariously:
The Divine Venerable, Son of the Divine.
*IVLII was almost always left away because everybody knew who's meant.
**Fun fact:
The S being treated as the third consonant for the purposes of shortening CONSVL is taken as linguistic evidence that certain consonants were nasalized in Latin akin to French.
@@maddie9602 Wow, this guy Augustus was so humble!
Gotta comment on the fancy full title of Brazilian Emperors:
“By the Grace of God and Unanimous Acclamation of the Peoples, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil.”
And the second in line for the throne had the special title “Prince of Grão-Pará”, similar to the “Prince of Wales” title in Britain. Grão-Pará in this case refers to the largest Brazilian province at the time that contained most of the Amazon territory and was administrated separately from the rest of Brazil in colonial times, so having an important member of the imperial family have this title was a way of promoting integration.
Nunca tinha ouvido falar disso 😃
RIP Pedro II :( Brazil is such a mess without the empire
@@seronymus Republicanism was the worst thing that could happen to brazil
@@seronymus The Brazilian Empire was a hellish slavocracy filled with rebellions throughout its existence. Despite Its status as a constitutional monarchy, the constitution itself was imposed on the population by the sword after Dom Pedro I crushed the country's constitutional convention and exiled Its members, the constitution he chose as a replacement very conveniently gave extensive powers to the emperor. The Empire had elections but the population itself had no control of the government due to them being highly fraudulent and based on censitary suffrage. The ones who truly controlled the nation were the agrarian slave-owning elites and the moment the Empire entered into conflict with those it instantly collapsed.
@@Gabriel-hy8be wow that's crazy I kinda prefer that to a gay modern hellhole tho
I love the fact that Franz Joseph kept Serbian title of Grand Voivode in his full title, instead of translating it into Grand Duke (even though it would be 100% correct translation). That's a good way to remind your subjects of who's in charge.
doesn't Voivode translate better as Prince?
@@keithharper32 nah. Medieval title Voivode (existing in all slavic countries) translates into modern glavnokomanduyushchiy or voenachalnik - or, in English, commander in chief. It's the historical position (not title/rank) for the commander of the army.
It's literally voi + vode = warrior leader. Warlord.
In our medieval past, voivodes could be elected (for a city's army) or when several armies united they chose the most respected leader. Strategos is the equal title from classic greek history.
We generally have a lot of posh synonyms to "army commander" that mean nothing particular but that and sound great. They come from court poetry mainly, because there you have to worship 10 generals in a row and not repeat yourself. Most of them may be used as titles, but don't necessarily have to, so we can write most of them about IDK, Napoleon.
The monarch with the title is just using some title he got from what we'd call today a military dictatorship (Serbian Voivodstvo/warlordship) showing off the fact he has an army. I'd say he's *clanging his weapons*.
@@keithharper32 Best translation of Prince to Serbian would be "Knez" as it was the lowest high ranking title in Serbia. As the other person wrote, title of Voivode wasn't hereditary but earned through contribution in wars and it can be translated as "leader of the battle". By using that title, Franz Joseph basically called himself commander of all Serbs.
@@keithharper32 "Grand Duke" and "Grand Prince" are pretty much the same thing. Hence for example the historical nation that in English is called the Grand Duchy of Moscow, even though Principality would've been a more accurate translation of "knyazhestvo".
Yep. otherwise people say "he doesn't even know his own title, why should he rule over us"
7:49 Stephen Fry is also a Kentucky Colonel. When he did a 50-state travel show, he knew people would ask him which place he visited was his favorite. He didn't have a particular favorite, so just decided he would say Kentucky (IIRC, it wasn’t a totally flippant choice, he did enjoy whatever he did in Kentucky, but it wasn't particularly special either). The Governor got wind of his answer, and so made him a Kentucky Colonel.
Pros: Kentucky has The Duke of Wellington on it's side.
Con:They also have General Melchett.
In addition to the "etc", he is listed twice regarding Austria:
* Emperor of Austria
* Archduke of Austria
His predecessor destroyed the HRE title in the Napoleonic war and created the title "Emperor of Austria"
Well the Archduchy of Austria was always a smaller if central part of the larger Austrian empire. Even in modern times you have the states of upper and lower Austria as a small part of the Republic of Austria.
Every male member of the Hapsburg family was titled Archduke of Austria.
Those titles indicate different things.
Emperor of Austria indicates the entire empire (minus perhaps the Hungarian parts) so includes much of the rest of the list of titles like King of Bohemia as well as the Archduke of Austria.
While Archduke of Austria is simply Austria itself.
If I remember correctly, there were two “Austrias” during the period between the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire (c. 1821) and the end of WWI. There was Östmark (Eastern March), the duchy, which had been around since the Middle Ages. Then there was Österreich (Eastern Realm), the empire, which was amalgamated from all of the Habsburgs’ eastern holdings after the abolition of the HRE so that they could still have something to be emperors of.
as a king i agree
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As a Duke I also agree
Is this a scene from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 😂? His Majesty the King of France and His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
A thing to note about 2:34 and the "subjugation of all mountains": the Sumerian word "kar" meant both "mountain" and "enemy land", in the context that the Sumerians lived in the flatlands of the Euphrates while hostile tribes (think for example of the Gutians who toppled the Akkadian empire) lived in the Zagros mountains.
In that sense Ashurnasipal's title likely refers to his subjugation of enemy tribes/kingdoms.
Also, at 3:04 the word "xshayathiya" means simply "king", for example "xshayathiya vazraka" means "great king". It's the title "xshayathiya xshayathiyanam" that translates to "king of kings".
"Xshayathiya xshayathiyanam", wake up, new contender of "smash my face in the keyboard" language arrived to challenge the poles.
Queen Tamar of Georgia got to be called King of Kings and Queen of Queens. Makes one wonder why she couldn't just be Queen of Kings? Or Queen of lots of places? Royal titles tend to go a little haywire when women end up running the show.
And today this same word has contracted to Shah.
@@sillypuppy5940 Probably because "queen" was historically seen as an inferior rank to "king", and she wanted to make sure everybody knew she was both queen *and* king.
One of my professors assisted in making one of our books for our curriculum, something along the lines of "Ancient to Medieval Chinese History," and in the book I remember a historical figure being awarded the title of "Awesome Tiger General." In another letter, a nobleman or official refers to himself as "Clumsy Falling Down Stairs Man." I wish I could find the book to cite the exact pages lol
Clumsy Falling Down Stairs Man is a super hero, right up there with Triangle Man.
If I had an army, I would absolutely want an Awesome Tiger General commanding it. The enemy would surrender as soon as they heard the title.
That’s why in Nebraska it was a total tragedy when Queen Elizabeth II died. She fought so hard for those whales. Even when the waves seemed too dangerous, she would let nothing get in her way. She would return unharmed every time, as if she had summoned a divine intervention. But on the fateful day of September 8, 2022, the waves were exceptionally strong. Yet, this would not stop the Queen, and she shouted to her men, “Do you really fear for your own lives and live comfortably knowing the whales are being slaughtered by the day? We were born in order to die! Whoever’s with me, jump on the boat now. Whoever isn’t, just stand on the dock and watch me take them down!” She sailed straight towards those whalers, rain and wind hurling around her ship. And while she totally slayed those whalers, it would come at the price of the Queen’s life. RIP Queen
The fact that the character of Tigerstar from the books would totally be the kind of character to just pack royal titles onto his name makes this video all the better.
Wait is the channels name based on a character?
@@legoboy468 I don't know this for a fact, you'd have to ask the channel. But I always assumed (based on the profile pic) that the channel name was a joke reference to the character Tigerstar from Erin Hunter's Warriors.
Actually, I've always wondered why he uses the name of Tigerstar. He's not a fiction channel, nor has he shown any particular interest in Warrior Cats. Does anyone know why he named his channel like this?
@@kevinboros7427 he probably just liked tigers and stars a lot lol idk
I assume when he created the channel 13 years ago he was into Warriors.
The English crown listed king of France as a title for just under 500 years
Pretty sure the french made a song were they told "the english wants to kick the french out of France"(basically) and also that they failed bad at that.
"Le Roy Engloys" is the song there are subtitles in videos here so you can understand it.
Don’t the English monarchs still have “Duke of Normandy” as one of their titles
@@pocketmarcy6990 Not officially, but the monarch is still referred to as the Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands. The official loyal toast to the sovereign in the islands is “a toast to His Majesty the King, our Duke!”
When the monarch's titles were revised upon the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801, George III dropped the French claim which, in light of the French crown having been abolished in 1792, made sense.
@@dlxmarks that makes total sense!
7:03 My grandfather, a longtime resident of Lincoln, NE, was a "Nebraska Admiral". He even had an official certificate for it. It was extremely tongue-in-cheek, calling on "goldfish and polliwogs" to "obey the orders of the bearer of this title".
Kings of Europe: list every place they're ruler of
Kings of the middle east: king of everything, lol
A fun fact is that the Chinese "ten thousand years", Wansui in Mandarin pinyin, is the exact same word as Banzai in Japanese and Mansae in Korean. It isn't as much of a title, but means more like "Long live", with the literal meaning being "Ten thousand years old" as in may X live till Ten thousand years old/ a really really long time.
Definitely bookmarking this for absurd monarchs in future dnd games
Look up the titles claimed by some of the later Tsars of Russia, extremely long lists there
I don’t believe such a list would be complete without Settra the Imperishable, Khemrikhara, The Great King of Nehekhara, King of Kings, Opener of the Way, Wielder of the Divine Flame, Punisher of Nomads, The Great Unifier, Commander of the Golden Legion, Sacred of Appearance, Bringer of Light, Father of Hawks, Builder of Cities, Protector of the Two Worlds, Keeper of the Hours, Chosen of Ptra, High Steward of the Horizon, Sailor of the Great Vitae, Sentinel of the Two Realms, The Undisputed, Begetter of the Begat, Scourge of the Faithless, Carrion-feeder, First of the Charnel Valley, Rider of the Sacred Chariot, Vanquisher of Vermin, Champion of the Death Arena, Mighty Lion of the Infinite Desert, Emperor of the Shifting Sands, He Who Holds The Sceptre, Great Hawk Of The Heavens, Arch-Sultan of Atalan, Waker of the Hierotitan, Monarch of the Sky, Majestic Emperor of the Shifting Sands, Champion of the Desert Gods, Breaker of the Ogre Clans, Builder of the Great Pyramid, Terror of the Living, Master of the Never-Ending Horizon, Master of the Necropolises, Taker of Souls, Tyrant to the Foolish, Bearer of Ptra's Holy Blade, Scion of Usirian, Scion of Nehek, The Great, Chaser of Nightmares, Keeper of the Royal Herat, Founder of the Mortuary Cult, Banisher of the Grand Hierophant, High Lord Admiral of the Deathfleets, Guardian of the Charnal Pass, Tamer of the Liche King, Unliving Jackal Lord, Dismisser of the Warrior Queen, Charioteer of the Gods, He Who Does Not Serve, Slayer off Reddittras, Scarab Purger, Favoured of Usirian, Player of the Great Game, Liberator of Life, Lord Sand, Wrangler of Scorpions, Emperor of the Dunes, Eternal Sovereign of Khemri's Legions, Seneschal of the Great Sandy Desert, Curserer of the Living, Regent of the Eastern Mountains, Warden of the Eternal Necropolis, Herald of all Heralds, Caller of the Bitter Wind, God-Tamer, Master of the Mortis River, Guardian of the Dead, Great Keeper of the Obelisks, Deacon of the Ash River, Belated of Wakers, General of the Mighty Frame, Summoner of Sandstorms, Master of all Necrotects, Prince of Dust, Tyrant of Araby, Purger of the Greenskin Breathers, Killer of the False God's Champions, Tyrant of the Gold Dunes, Golden Bone Lord, Avenger of the Dead, Carrion Master, Eternal Warden of Nehek's Lands, Breaker of Djaf's Bonds...
Slayer off Reddittras... Uhh... I didn't know that he posts on Reddit.
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high lord admiral of the deathfleets sounds like its from 40k
Half of those could be Fromsoft boss names.
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Oh boy, since you have mentioned the Far East, you gotta take a look at the posthumous names of the emperors, especially those that from latter dynasties, not exactly a job title, but highly self-boasting in a framework that doesn’t proclaim to be a god or sth close to that.
Take Wanli emperor, the one intervened in the Imjin war for an example, it’s 範天合道哲肅敦簡光文章武安仁止孝顯皇帝, lemme try to translate it roughly…
It basically means the emperor that "followed the Heavens and matched the Way (範天合道), knew people well (哲), solemn (肅), kind (敦), virtuous (簡), bright in civil issues and manifested martial prowess(光文章武), peaceloving and kind and achieving filial piety (安仁止孝), and conspicuous (顯)."
Also very good with cats.
Why would an emperor be reminded as conspicuous? Lol this made me laugh, it's like saying, "look at me I'm hard to miss am i not?
@@clauvex7829 Grand sir, Lord Emperor of all that vibrates apon the globulous soil of the middle kingdom, his conspicuousnous is unmatched in all the earthly abodes, and looked apon with graciousness by the celestials.
Actually, they do have job titles with the Ming emperors always famous for their ridiculous titles.
Zhengde Emperor - Created an alter ego, Zhu Shou and showered him with titles such as Duke of Peace, Great General etc.
Jiajing Emperor - Royal working titles includes, but not limited to: 灵霄上清统雷元阳妙一飞玄真君， 九天弘教普济生灵掌阴阳功过大道思仁紫极仙翁-阳真人元虚玄应开化伏魔忠孝帝君， 太上大罗天仙总掌五雷大真人玄都境万寿帝君. He is portraying himself as a deity with all types of magic and mystical power. The most ridiculous would be Fisherman in the Heavenly Lake, 天池钓叟.
Other notable ones: Your son emperor by Shi Jingtang, a traitor monarch who sold his country to the Khitans, Marshall of the Universe by Hou Jing, even before he usurped the throne.
So for anyone curious about the Nebraska Admiral thing it started back in 1930 when the governor went on vacation and left his Lt. Gov. in charge, he formed the proud Nebraska Navy and made his buddies the Admirals. It’s still around today and Admirals are usually notable Nebraskans but not always. Former Admirals include: Johnny Carson, Dr. J, Douglas MacArthur, Martin Luther King III, Bill Murray, and Arnold Palmer
As well as Nebraska’s most famous son coach Tom Osborne.
*The president (dictator) of Zaire, Joseph-Désiré, renamed himself the unofficial title Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga.*
*Which means "the warrior who knows no defeat because of his endurance and inflexible will and is all powerful, leaving fire in his wake as he goes from conquest to conquest".*
*In addition to that (like it wasn't enough...) he also held official titles such as "Father of the Nation", "Messiah", "Guide of the Revolution", "Helmsman", "Founder", "Savior of the People", and "Supreme Combatant".*
The literal translation is apparently something like "Mobutu, the mighty rooster who leaves no hen untouched", which is even more colourful.
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My favourite of the British royal titles is “Defender of the Faith”, because surprisingly it was granted to Henry VIII by the Pope. Their big bust up a few years later didn’t stop future monarchs claiming the title, and it’s still on all British coins (as F. D. - Fidei Defensor)
Defender of the Protestant faith 😉
Given that Henry basically created the Church of England as a result, which the English monarch is the head of, that title has taken on sort of a new meaning.
I guess it serves as Defender of the Anglican Church
Because he had it subsequently (and specifically) re-granted to him by Act of Parliament.
Na the best for British Monarch is defiantly " The Lord of Mann "
Surprised that you didn't mention Haile Selassie's (former king of Ethiopia) title. His was "By the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Elect of God."
Not excessively long, but it certainly get the point across.
Possibly the only dead 20th century ruler who still has his own religion. It’s named after his pre-regnal name, Ras Tafari.
In case anyone wanted the full title for ease of copying and pasting, here you are.
Hail his Enlightened Imperial Majesty Emperor Tigerstar, Emperor of Cartography, Masterer of MicroSoft Paint, Bombastic Drummer of Metal, Collector of Vinyls Great and Old, Surveyor of Statistics, Nerd of Bookkeeping, Lover of History, Perfection in Mind and Soul, and Totally the Most Humble in all the Land Unironically.
Some of the really long ones in Europe would probably be the titles of the former kings of Italy, the tsars of Russia, and if i remember correctly the kings of the Netherlands have a pretty long one too
Yeah Tsar Nicholas II had such a long title it actually just ends with *three* "etc." in a row, I was researching him for something else and compared to that the etc. in Franz Joseph's title didn't even phase me.
I wonder who has the greatest density of title. Like, most characters in the English translation of the title per unit land area they rule.
This reminds me of how I used to be in a mock nation rp that would conquer and puppet other mock nations by gaining power in other servers. There was this one guy in the server who was the crowned prince who, as we conquered new servers, would continue to add more and more imperial titles to himself to the point where people stopped caring about his titles. It was honestly hilarious and kinda bs since, when we have parliamentary meetings in VCs, we're required to read out the full name and titles of which ever royal family member is present to represent the crown. We would spend 3-5 minutes just saying his titles.
May I see the full title?
@@hyraemous "By the holy grace of God, his imperial and eternal majesty Maxamillian Gregory Hanz Leningen vonKeria VIII, Crown Prince and heir apparent to the honorable Kerian thrown, King of Prussia, Brandenburg, Silesia, Ulm, Nuremburg, Saxony, and many others.
Grand duke of all the lands of the Kingdom of Achern. Of Bavaria, Baden, and of Wurttemberg.
Baron of Luxemburg, Prince of Orange, and Lord of Swiss lands.
Duke of Piedmont, Lombardy, Sardinia, Milan, and of all the northern Italian lands.
Lord and eternal Autocrat of Oceania, honorable deputy chairman of the Kerian East India company, conqueror of the State of Discordia, and president elect of the Social Republic of California.
Governor general of the Military State of Hungary, Margrave of Transylvania, Lord of Montenegro, Prince of Byzantium, and duke Sussex.
Finally, first born son of Viktor Kyeiven Shmit Absberg Humbolt Seig-Keria III, emperor of the Romans, and heir to Ceasar's legacy."
Had to dig around for the .txt file in our now dead discord server. It was pure and absolute bullshit and was made over the span of 3 years and many server conquests.
my dude i would pay for a full reading lmaoo
@@lucasworth5903 If only the server didn't die out around mid 2022 then you could've been subjected to our entertaining bullshittery. Especially if there were multiple royals attending so you can see how much the guy bullshitted his titles.
Someone interesting royal title from India-
1. Chakravarti - "Wheel-Turning Sacred King" or Universal Emperor.
It was used by Ashoka the Great and many other Indian kings.
2. Maharajadhiraja of Āryāvarta- (Great King of Kings of Aryan Lands)
It was used by Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty( 730 CE-1036 CE) who ruled much of Northern Indian Under Nagabhata II from 795 CE- 833CE
I am sure Number 2 didn't have "of" in his title
@@greatwolf5372 yeah.
mistake
The names of some famous Gauls were actually titles :
Ambiorix : "king in every direction"
Vercingetorix : "king of the great warriors"
The fact that Queen Elizabeth II, Henry Ford, and Bill Murray are all Admirals in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska is wonderful to me.
"Ten Thousand" wasn't just meamt to be a big number, but the BIGGEST number. So, for example, "10.000 li" was the edge of the universe, the equivalent of "infinity miles away", and "king of 10.000 years" meant the same as "eternal king".
“The ten thousand things” meant “everything”.
Savoy Dynasty: *you underestimate my power*
Edit:jokes aside, the Savoy Dynasty has the title "Kings of Armenia"
Kings of Hungary were also the Kings kf Jerusalem and Napels
@@pappadam2818 just like the King of Spain
I’m guessing Kings of Armenia comes from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, located along the modern-day southern Turkish coast. They intermarried a lot with the crusaders, and the Lusignan family became kings. I’m guessing the claim continued after the Kingdom was conquered and somehow the Savoys claimed to have inherited it
There are plenty of Kings of Armenia. By lineage, we are all of them. Pay no attention to our noses, or the fact that three of our predecessors have the title "Mad" in front them.
@@tomtomtrent One of the last lusignan Queen married in the Savoy family this Is why they sport king of Armenia, cyprus and Jerusalem among thier titles
To add just a bit to your video, the King of Spain still bears the title 'King of Jerusalem' as well as the Head of the House of Habsburg. So does the House of Savoy, Italy's former Royal House.
萬歲 isn’t really a title, it was more of a blessing said by the people to the emperor wishing him to live ten thousand years
Japanese Banzai is the same word.
"Emperor of the tigers and the stars"
Fun fact: we Austrians still have it with the titles. If you get a university degree (or if you get 10) you can get all or most of them onto your driving license passport or something like that. And if you win something they usually get read out. Royal titles are forbidden though, because they weren't too popular when the first Austrian Republic was formed. (after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire)
Do you choose your title or is it just "Doctor of letters' or "Doctor of Medicine' like everywhere else?
I also love the title of Shah Jahan, it's so amazing:
"The Second Lord of Auspicious Conjunction"
It does go back in history the title but it just sounds so good.
I found this to be quite informative! I knew of Idi Amin's mad titles, but I didn't know Elizabeth II was the "admiral" of a non-existent navy... in a US state that couldn't be any less coastal! I also learned that ancient Sumerian leaders had very grandiose titles of their own, and that Franz Joseph I was "King" of a city he never ruled. Thanks for the video!
Also, your title at the end was quite a nice touch!
How could you not talk about all the titles the Cossacks bestowed upon Sultan Mehmed the 4th
Gonna be really funny when their modern descendants do the exact same thing to Vladimir Putin
I've been reading plenty about Ukrainian history (including the Cossack letter) over the last few months, and I'll tell you this: the length of the titles are quite memorable! The legendary correspondence between Sultan Mehmed IV and the Zaporizhzhian Host was, on both ends, full of rather long titles! According to one version, Mehmed's letter to the Cossacks read as follows (the titles are in italics):
"I, _the_ _Sultan,_ _son_ _of_ _Mohamed,_ _brother_ _of_ _the_ _Sun_ _and_ _Moon,_ _grandson_ _and_ _vicegerent_ _of_ _God,_ _sovereign_ _of_ _all_ _kingdoms:_ _of_ _Macedonia,_ _Babylonia,_ _and_ _Jerusalem,_ _of_ _Upper_ _and_ _Lower_ _Egypt:_ _king_ _of_ _kings,_ _ruler_ _of_ _all_ _that_ _exists;_ _extraordinary,_ _invincible_ _knight;_ _constant_ _guardian_ _of_ _the_ _grave_ _of_ _Jesus_ _Christ;_ _trustee_ _of_ _God_ _himself;_ _hope_ _and_ _comfort_ _of_ _Moslems,_ _confusion_ _and_ _great_ _protector_ _of_ _Christians,_ command you, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, to surrender to me voluntarily and without any kind of resistance, and don't permit yourselves to trouble me with your attacks!"
This selection of titles is incredibly grandiose in several ways! For one thing, the titles used by the Turkish sultan is actually far longer than the actual substance of the letter itself! For another thing, three of Mehmed's titles included "sovereign of all kingdoms", "king of kings", and "ruler of all that exists", thereby claiming sovereignty over the entire universe! He also claimed a divine mandate in his self-proclamation as "grandson and vicegerent of God" and "trustee of God himself".
Of course, as you mentioned in the original comment, the Zaporizhian Cossacks responded to this by bestowing even more titles on the would-be invader... and they are about as complimentary as a certain other reply that was given to the crew of the _Moskva_ in modern times! "You Turkish Satan", "grandson of the Evil Serpent himself, and buffoon of all the world and the netherworld", and "nasty glob of spit" are some of the nicer ones.
Thanks for reminding us of those titles! Just as it was with the buffoon of the 17th century, so shall it be with the buffoon of this century. Слава Україні!
For the version of the correspondence that I quoted: www.researchgate.net/publication/238724081_THE_ZAPOROZHIAN_LETTER_TO_THE_TURKISH_SULTAN_HISTORICAL_COMMENTARY_AND_LINGUISTIC_ANALYSIS
@@mariomouse8265 would be very weird since their descendants are Russians, and they're fighting on the side of Donbass
RUclips would go nuts, but it's worth it
Because it isnt real and just myth...
The current “king of Jerusalem” is the king of Spain. When he visited Israel, the president was so amused on the title he made him the first to address the assembly before other world leaders.
When I was in school, we had to do a mock radio interview with a figure from the Russian Revolution. My one was Tsar Nicholas II and I listed all his titles at the beginning (it took something like three takes as I couldn't believe how ridiculous it sounded).
The inconsistency on that 1908-1910 poster (you can tell by the Portuguese king) hurts. The fact that only Czar Nicholas and King Edward have their names there... Man...
I like how British monarchs still hold the title "Duke of Normandy", and they are still called by that title on the Channel Islands.
6:20 Fun fact, the current king of Spain could, technically, if the states that nowadays are in that territory suddenly stopped existing, claim that territory for himself, as he's the one who currently has the King of Jerusalem title
Spanish royalty: Allow me to introduce ourselves
Duke of aushswitz is a title that aged poorly
@Yeast Yeast of course, but the place is now heavily associated to the camp
My man really put an "et cetera" in the middle of his title and the CONTINUED. That's just stunting on people.
Franz Joseph's titles makes Charles V of HRE look like a second class noble.
Still those plebs didn’t have Emperors of Ethiopia Like Victor III and Umberto II of Italy did. As always us Italians are better 🗿
Having multiple etceteras in your official title is an incredible flex 😂
In some churches the leaders have long titles, such as that of Theodore II of Alexandria: His Divine Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of the Great City of Alexandria, Libya, Pentapolis, Ethiopia, All Egypt and All Africa, Father of Fathers, Pastor of Pastors, Prelate of Prelates, the Thirteenth of the Apostles and Judge of the Universe
I really nearly thought there would be an Established Titles ad at the end there lmao
A personal favorite of mine is from Nurhaci. Geren gurun-be ujire genggiyen han or “ Brilliant khan who benefits all nations. “.
I remember going to my grandpas house growing up and seeing his admiral of Nebraska title framed. I never asked him about it. I just assumed he was awarded it after he returned home from Vietnam. I think he only lived in Nebraska for a few years though.
Babe wakeup new Tigerstar vid just dropped
One of our professors once recited the entire titulature of Charles V. to us.
It was hilarious and took forever.
As a Kentucky Colonel (or I should probably say a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel in the Honorably Order of Kentucky Colonels), I appreciate the shout-out. It was the first thing that came to my mind when you mentioned the Admirals of Nebraska.
I think "Generalissimo" and its variations deserve an honorable mention. I know it technically serves a purpose among the military hierarchy but it sounds so goofy.
Look at me, I am the most general of all the generals!
The old Holy Roman Imperial title included the term “Always August” which sounds awesome tbh
I prefer "Forever August" over "Always August" as an English translation
This is from fiction of course but I always think of the title of Emperor Emhyr var Emreis from the Witcher series, one of his titles is "Deithwen Addan yn Carn aep Morvudd" or "The White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies" which I always thought was a really cool title/epithet. It basically serves to show how brutally he deals with those who oppose him.
“…almost every culture and civilization has had some equivalent of a king.”
San Marino: Am I joke to you?
Switzerland sits silently in the corner.
@@2712animefreak they would also object but that might result in a conflict of some kind and they wouldn’t want that.
@@2712animefreak nope, CH was part of HRE and the Habsburg itself are originally from Aargau. the title Count of Kyberg is also from switzerland
almost
For Ashurnasirpal, the title you are referring to isn't actually different Sargon or Naram-Sin's titles. Assyrian inscriptions were still Akkadian (and although there is a distinctly Assyrian dialect, a lot if it is more about some vowels differing and word orders, royal inscriptions were attempted to be done in a more standardized Akkadian based on the literary Old Babylonian dialect, although some Assyrianisms bled through). There are two words that are often used, kiššatum and kullatum, why are basically synonyms. Both of which can mean the world, totality, or everything. So it is just up to whoever is translating it into English which of those they want to use. In Neo-Assyrian inscriptions as well, as part of the list of titles, King of the Four Corners is usually seperated from king of the world/totality/everything with the implication that if four corners are being referred to here, it's the four corners of the world
I like transliterations using Š, I just find it cleaner
For years I have used His Most Highly Revered and Magnanimous Sir Darklust. Seems like a simple one compared to others...
Honestly, I think King of Kings has still not been upstaged as the best royal title. Any chucklehead can give themselves a billion names or call themselves "king of the universe" or whatever, but if a guy is introduced as the King of Kings, you remember that. It's simple but communicates absolutely everything.
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, claimed to be "emperor of emperors" in order to place himself as superior to Alexios III Angelos, Byzantine Emperor.
@@RedXlV Emperor of all emperors and kings. That way no one can upstage you. It also circumvents the theory that a king is emperor in his kingdom ie equal to the emperor.
Closest I can think of is British monarch has the title "the lord of mann" which is 1 letter off being great but you say it the same so still pretty close.
When your title includes etc. is the biggest flex, you dont even bother to list them all
7:24
For context:
While Nebraska has an Army and Air National Guard to use at its desposal, the National Guard ultimately belongs to the Federal Government.
Many states have their own, separate militaries. This is a vestigial feature leftover from when the US used to essentually be 13 separate countries.
Nebraska, however, does not have a State Defense Force or State Naval Militia.
3:14 I think this is just a case of not being outdone, so some "king" titles are swapped to "king of kings". There are also several use of "The king of king-of-kings".
I can't believe Bill Murray doesn't just walk around with an admirals hat on all the time. Seems like something he would do.
So finally I know the answer, in the US if you are a professor, the students call you "Dr. Smith", but in Germany, you will be called, "Doktor, Professor, Herren Schmidt". Don't know why it is important that they clarify you are an adult man, but at least I understand the history of listing everything!
Herr Professor Doktor Schmidt is the right order.
3:07 Xšayaθiya actually means ‘King’
Xšayaθiya Xšayaθiyanam means ‘King of Kings’
Super cool video 😎 good explanations!
Prince Philip is typically attributed as having the most, gifted to him by Queen Elizabeth one by one as he went around Africa on his first solo Commonwealth tour.
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Order of Australia, Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand, Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu, Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada, Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Lord of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Councillor of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.
He was addressed by a slight variation of this at his funeral:
Most High, Mighty and Illustrious Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal in the Army and Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Husband of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second.
3:19
In the Hebrew bible, God is nicknamed "kings of kings king" - it is possible it was to distinguish god from "the king of kings".
9:55 "May he reign forever" *chanting crowd*
When you can legitimately have "etc" in your official titles, that's just getting absurd
Mine is :
Nuts Gamedesigner
Elder Warcraft III mapper & guardian
Meme Lord
History nerd
Heart of Napalm
Living anti-depressant
Pianist improviser
Buff girls enthusiast
Pingas
You forgot the titles retained by Kim Il-sung....even after death!
I feel like I should give you an extra title to you're already extremely glorious titles and here it is maker of great videos
Charles V definitely deserves a mention too, he's usually regarded as the zenith of the phenomenon of titles and holdings conglomerating into a single man, and at a historical high-point of the idea of universal monarchy in public thought.
Romania's Cauzescu (spelling!), is a modern example worth note. The, Tonava of Thoughts? River Donau, or Danube, or Don, I think. We have a strange habit of renaming stuff... Though, Don of Thoughts sound appropriately mafiatic. (Oh, that's Russian river, not Danube. Appropriate...)
I do wonder, what were the less pompous, or just, minor titles of actual rulers. Like, "friend of dogs", because, someone bestowed it 400 years ago.
Remember Admiral Miklos Horthy of the Kingdom of Hungary? After Hungary became landlocked and ended up with no king?
He was Admiral during WWI. People just continued calling him by it as one would any former Military Vet.
Also, it`s a pretty cool flex
Well, he was an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian emperor, they weren't landlocked when he got that title. He was the last commander in chief of the imperial navy, and a fairly good one at that.
Should have gotten someone to read along Dan all of Franz Jozeph's titles in Hungarian, at the same time. It would sound horrendous, and I'd love every second of it.
Please a part 2
4:41 - I introduce to you, the full title of Nicholas II, last Russian emperor, never seen anything longer than that (and it even still ends with "etc."):
By God's hastening mercy, We, Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, Vladimir, Novgorod; Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonese, Tsar of Georgia; Sovereign of Pskov and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volyn, Podolsk and Finland; Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalsky, Samogitsky, Belostoksky, Korelsky, Tversky, Yugorsky, Permsky, Vyatsky, Bulgarian and others; Sovereign and Grand Duke of Novgorod Nizovsky lands, Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersky, Udorsky, Obdorsky, Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislav and all Northern countries Sovereign; and Sovereign of Iver, Kartalinsky and Kabardian lands and regions of Armenia; Cherkasy and Mountain Princes and other Hereditary Sovereign and Possessor, Sovereign of Turkestan; Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn, Dietmarsen and Oldenburg and others, and others, and others
Interesting thing about Franz Joseph I. From 1852 he was effectively Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary too - basically, running the show rather than just wearing a crown. This is why he entered "civil servant" in the box for job description in the censuses they held there. So there you go, more titles.
2:43
You don't realize that those titles actually mean specific things, do you? They didn't just make things up for no reason.
Shows were the author of the "King And I" got those "etc., etc. etc...." which Yul Brynner so obviously loved to recite!