| Ruler |
| Sovereign |
| Potentate |
| Queen, e.g. |
| King or shah |
| Czar or shah |
| King or czar |
| King or queen |
| Powerful ruler |
| Ruler by birth |
| Powerful figure |
| Ancestral ruler |
| Hereditary ruler |
| Ruler by heredity |
| Kim Jong-un, for one |
| Kim Jong-il, for one |
| One in a powerful house |
| King who succeeds his father, say |