Home›Subcategories›KingsSubcategoriesKings50 of 554 entries in Figures. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Kings." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/character/kings.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Kings. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/character/kingsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-kings, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Kings}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/character/kings}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXRulers whose kingship belongs to the religious record and not only to the political one: David and Solomon of Israel, Gilgamesh of Uruk and Arthur of the Britons. They sit at different distances from history. David and Solomon are treated as historical by the scriptures that name them, Gilgamesh appears in a Sumerian king list before he appears in an epic, and Arthur survives in legend and in chronicles written long after the events they describe.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1BrowseCompareSelect all 50Abgar of EdessaKings9 linksCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorKings9 linksChulalongkornKings8 linksDasharathaKings4 linksEmperor ShomuKings5 linksEmperor Wu of HanKings12 linksEmperor Wu of LiangKings9 linksEmperor Wu of Northern ZhouKings6 linksEzana of AksumKings6 linksFa NgumKings7 linksFahd of Saudi ArabiaKings8 linksGebre MeskelKings6 linksGilgameshKings13 linksHaile Selassie IKings14 linksHerod the GreatKings12 linksHezekiahKings7 linksHirohitoKings9 linksJames VI and IKings7 linksJosiahKings7 linksKing ArthurKings15 linksKing BenjaminKings5 linksKing DavidKings22 linksKing VirataKings4 linksKing Wen of ZhouKings11 linksLouis IX of FranceKings8 linksMahabaliKings4 linksNimrodKings4 linksNuma PompiliusKings9 linksOedipusKings3 linksRama I of SiamKings7 linksRudolf IIKings9 linksSaulKings10 linksSolomonKings22 linksTantalusKings7 linksTiridates III of ArmeniaKings4 linksTopiltzin Ce Acatl QuetzalcoatlKings3 linksTrisong DetsenKings5 linksVishtaspaKings4 linksYongle EmperorKings6 linksEmperor OjinKings5 linksFeridunKings5 linksGebKings8 linksHerod AntipasKings8 linksHorusKings13 linksOdinKings5 linksOsirisKings14 linksPoseidonKings18 linksRaKings9 linksRomulusKings7 linksZeusKings15 linksLearn MoreThe Kings This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age. The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year