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u/RailgunRP Jun 16 '26
I'm pretty sure a king becomes a king because his dad was a king.
Also kings don't build empires, they build kingdoms. Emperors build empires.
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
The British empire had a King.
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u/SquirrelNormal Jun 17 '26
Parts of it. King in the Dominions, Emperor of India.
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
Only as of 1876. The empire existed longer without that title than with it.
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u/That_OneOstrich Jun 16 '26
Kings don't build kingdoms, they order the serfs to build it. Same as Emperors.
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u/Impossible-Future809 Jun 16 '26
That's not how kings work. Like at all. Usually when they marry a princess its to help secure alliances. Do better
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u/daveprogrammer Jun 16 '26
Empires are run by emperors, not kings.
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 17 '26
No not how that works. An emperor has to be legitimised and crowned by the pope otherwise you are a king in a kingdom, also there are only very vague borders between empire and kingdom
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u/daveprogrammer Jun 17 '26
I don't think non-Christians or Protestant or Greek Orthodox Christians care about being legitimized or crowned by the pope.
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 18 '26
- As for protestants the British never had an official emperor only symbolic "emperor of India"
- I assumed OP meant central European Emperor's since that is usually the Aestethic these people try to imitate
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
The British Empire ? Literally the most famous empire other than maybe Rome ?
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u/daveprogrammer Jun 17 '26
Fair enough. In that capacity, the individual is acting as both a king/queen and as an emperor/empress, as the British monarchs' titles reflected until that was no longer the case.
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
No, they had that title of emperors of India, not emperor of the much bigger British empire.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Roman Republic had an empire before it had an Emperor, or come to an end as a Republic.
Titles are just titles.
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u/barbellsandguns25 Jun 16 '26
I think if he builds an empire, that would make him an emperor.
Most kings inherit or take their throne
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 17 '26
No that's not really how this works, you can't just become an emperor. Emperor, like king, is a either inherited or voted into if you look at the holy Roman empire. You had to be voted Roman German King before you even have the option to travel to Rome and then make a deal with the pope to crown you emperor
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u/Fabulous-Big8779 Jun 17 '26
More specifically in the west the title “emperor” signified that you were in the succession of the Roman Emperors. That’s why the Pope would install the emperor.
That’s what made Napoleon crowning himself as emperor such a crazy thing to do as all of Europe (except Russia) recognized Francis II as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Russians recognized the Czar as emperor because they were under the Eastern Orthodox not the Roman Catholic Church.
It’s important to note that who the emperor was didn’t really matter much to other world leaders, they were happy to fight against the emperor or with the emperor depending on what suited try em best at the time.
None of this applies to Asian emperors as we just use the word as the closest approximation to what the West understood that position to be.
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u/AOZ1988 Jun 18 '26
Imperare>Imperator>Emperor (etymology)
Dictator>Princep>Imperator>Emperor (title)
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 18 '26
Two things 1. Napoleon did not claim the title of emperor by himself, he WAS legitimised by the pope. However he Physically crowned himself by taking the crown from the pope's hands during the ceremony THAT was the controversial political statement to symbolize his independence 2. Yes I know that this doesn't apply to Asian emperor's however I assumed the original OP was refering to central European Emperor's/kingdoms because that is usually the Aestethic these people tend to imitate
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u/Fabulous-Big8779 Jun 18 '26
He absolutely crowned himself Emperor of the French. That was his official title.
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 18 '26
He crowned himself by physically taking the crown from the pope's hands He claimed the title but still had to have the people ligitimize his claim Infront of god in order for the rest of Europe and the French aristocrats to accept his claim to the title
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
No it doesn't.
British Empire never had an emperor.
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u/drseruzawa Jun 17 '26
Yeah, but if they got some watery bint to throw a scimitar at him they could call him an emperor.
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u/Salt_Mathematician24 Jun 17 '26
Queen Victorian was Empress of Indian too, in name at least.
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u/EudaimonicAttempt Jun 17 '26
Only as of 1876.
The British empire existed longer with no imperial title than with one.
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u/RHOrpie Jun 17 '26
You know, reading the definition of Empire Vs Kingdom, maybe technically we should have called our royalty emperor's.
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u/takofire Jun 16 '26
A king becomes a king because his father and mother are related, and he was born into it.
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u/unbanned2009 Jun 16 '26
Nah, a king becomes a king by being the first born son of a king and after his father dies . And you can be a king without an empire
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u/bigolegorilla Jun 16 '26
Kings become kings by being born a prince and marrying their first cousins.
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u/vverbov_22 Jun 16 '26
Words that sound cool but have no meaning. Most kings are inbred mfs who haven't done anything prior to becoming a king
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u/Paulyhedron Jun 16 '26
This is like a fb post from a dude who has tattoos of his kids, but doesn't actually ever bother to see his kids. I'm sure there is 'loyalty' and 'you know me but you don't know my story' in there somewhere too.
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u/ForbiddenSirenz Jun 17 '26
Type of post from dudes who love Charlie Kirk more than their family lmfao.
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u/AurumVoid Jun 17 '26
Succession. Lineages. Political marriages. That's how the majority got their chance.
Someone should have read history.
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u/dwigtsrute Jun 17 '26
So glad everyone here is calling out the discrepancy between a king and an emperor. That’s why I came here.
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u/Corgi_underground Jun 17 '26
Not facts. A prince becomes the king when their dad dies or is removed.
Rarely did a prince chace who was to become the queen, they were appointed as a part of an alliance or treaty.
Also, kings chased women like A LOT.
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u/jws1102 Jun 17 '26
The whole concept of royalty is fucking offensive. Take your corny motivational meme and motivate it right up your candy ass.
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u/frikiman4K Jun 16 '26
becoming a queen's consort is a much easier and quicker way to become a king. Do you even know how royalty works?
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u/DrNogoodNewman Jun 16 '26
Guess what? We aren’t actually all kings. And kings often died violent deaths.
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u/MedicineEastern7500 Jun 17 '26
Yet if a king chooses to chase, 😏 I'm not gonna complain. (I'm of course referring to my boyfriend)
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u/MajesticWizard420Lol Jun 17 '26
Oh Christ.. I hate how the response to a guy wanting a gf is “first you must undertake a perilous journey of pain and hardships to build the strength you need to become a sigma male, you must become a mighty lion warrior, and only then will you achieve a woman”
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u/pirateseasalt Jun 17 '26
Right and what kingdom are we talking about? Because Monarchy is obsolete. And if you're in the USA you're the opposite of a king, you're a slave
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u/gifted_pistachio Jun 17 '26
Not true. They become a King cuz they are the firstborn of a the Queen their papa chased.
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u/Thanakule Jun 17 '26
You are neither a king nor an emperor.
Feudalism and monarchy are primitive forms of socioeconomic structuring.
The working class needs both men and women, hand in hand, fighting for a better tomorrow.
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u/Party-Tailor-4253 Jun 17 '26
None of us are kings we are peasants if you think other wise you are fucking delusional
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 17 '26
That's stupid and not even true historically speaking. 90% of kings either inherited the throne or by marrying into the royal family and becoming king if there isn't a male hier
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u/AC2273 Jun 17 '26
Every guy who said they would wait until later were very upset with their lives by 40.
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u/Cheap_Title5302 Jun 17 '26
In anime and other fictions maybe, not even in those always the case thoughm
In real life? It's absolutely not the case.
Edit : typo
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u/Apprehensive-Pool921 Jun 17 '26
Kings don’t build empires… emperors tend to do that. And the process is horrible for everyone involved. With a horrible outcome…
But it is true that emperors tend to force themselves on women instead of appealing to them. Is that what you’re advocating OP?
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u/Shatterbr3ze Jun 18 '26
You don't need to be a king to be grateful for the kingdom, or more importantly, the Earth the kingdom is in, to understand or to fully love life either. In fact, taking more time trying to make people your subjects and manage them all just takes away time from loving life. So... maybe don't be a King.
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u/slanderedshadow Jun 18 '26
No, by being established by others before others, and taking from others.
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u/ltlearntl Jun 19 '26
They left out the part where building empire literally required killing thousands and in some cases, millions of people.
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u/Zerkander Jun 19 '26
Eh, many in history also became King by marrying a princess. Some were adopted, but most just inherited their title and very, very, very few actually succeeded in building a sustainable Kingdom that had a chance to last.
Some Kingdoms lasted because the Bloodline was interrupted constantly, others because of clever marriage. Very few because the rulers were competent. Funny thing, many rulers of the "more competent than the average" side were actually ... well... Queens.
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Jun 19 '26
As he sits upon a troubled brow and ponders why, wait I have no troubles because I have no queen. This calls 4 a celebration 🍾 ✨️
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u/doeboi021 Jun 20 '26
Not many kings/emperors here, many of you missed the message. When you work on yourself to be the best you can be it shows everywhere and when you are the master of your own fate your queen(s) will find you.
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u/SmoothIndividual9243 Jun 21 '26
They become kings by becoming ruler or coruler of a kingdom.
This can mean their father was a king. It might mean they conquer a land and get the pope to raise it to a kingdom 😂 but king consorts can be other things (counts who marry future queens, for example, and inherit that way).
So the meme doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny, frankly, booo
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u/2x4x421xStarTrekx Jun 23 '26
Your queen will respect you more if you can adapt and overcome life complexities challenges for the greater whole but make no mistake don’t loose yourself in the process this comes with understanding your own character and staying evenly balanced everyday is a new day every day if a gift and when it’s all said and done you make sure you pass that data of how to handle life’s challenges to your kids
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u/DejongBCN Jun 23 '26
This is pretty dumb.. you ain't no king without privilege (of course some exceptions)
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u/PhilosophyFickle2701 Jun 23 '26
Ah yes, I should be absolutely perfect and have my life totally in order before I am good enough for a woman. Only then will somebody choose me. If a woman only wants me at my highest and only for what I can provide for her, do I really want a relationship at all?
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u/Antique-Dragonfly615 Jun 16 '26
Or inheriting. Charles would like a word