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Also Known As absolute monarchy • autocracy

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Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
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Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Charles XII
Charles XII
king of Sweden
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
Alexander III
Alexander III
emperor of Russia
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Septimius
Septimius Severus
Roman emperor
Charles XI
Charles XI
king of Sweden
Frederick III, detail from a portrait by Karel van Mander III
Frederick III
king of Denmark and Norway
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Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
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Peter II
king of Portugal
Otto, painting by an unknown artist; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum, Athens
Otto
king of Greece
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Dmitry Sergeyevich Sipyagin
Russian minister
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Poul Christian Stemann
Danish statesman
Christian V
Christian V
Scandinavian king
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
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Ivan Semenovich Peresvetov
Russian social critic