How about 'High King' for normal kings in cultures that have petty kings?

[NewbieOne]

I know it sounds higher than normal king, but 'king', even 'petty king', already sounds so much better than 'duke', doesn't it?

So I think it's a good idea to make normal kings 'high kings'. It will sound marginally emperor-like, but first of all it will put normal, proper kings (equal to k_titles) above the duke-kings.

However, an English/Norman-cultured ruler of k_Wales should probably be called 'Prince' if of the same dynasty as the current holder of 'k_England'. Normal 'high king' otherwise.

But I think 'Prince of Wales' should be an honorary title for English heirs apparent. Or an artificial viceroyalty in a non-empire, to make it non-hereditary.

 

[Thure]

High KIng should just be localisation for Irish and Welsh characters. I mean... Anglo-Saxons use petty kings too. And they shouldn't get High Kings.

 

[NewbieOne]

High KIng should just be localisation for Irish and Welsh characters. I mean... Anglo-Saxons use petty kings too. And they shouldn't get High Kings.

Shouldn't someone like Athelstan be a high king, though? Not even at that point where the Anglo-Saxon king of England pulled off a publicity stunt having his barge rowed by the kings of Wales, Scotland etc.?

 

[Thure]

Shouldn't someone like Athelstan be a high king, though? Not even at that point where the Anglo-Saxon king of England pulled off a publicity stunt having his barge rowed by the kings of Wales, Scotland etc.?

I don't thing the English king was ever known as 'High King'. The closest thing would be 'Bretwalda'. But would you really like to see High King Harold Godwinson of England?

 

[NewbieOne]

I don't thing the English king was ever known as 'High King'. The closest thing would be 'Bretwalda'. But would you really like to see High King Harold Godwinson of England?

No, I guess not. I was thinking about the real or supposed bretwaldas (chronicles differ on that account), but in the game they don't hold k_England anyway. So yes, no Anglo-Saxons. Thank you.

 

[heliostellar]

I would think any tribal king should be a High King so long as the dukes are considered Petty Kings. I like this idea.

 

[eliaspays]

I think it should only be for Ireland and Wales.