hereditary ruler

C7682
concept

A hereditary ruler is an individual who holds a position of political authority or monarchy passed down through family lineage, typically by birthright.

All labels observed (31)

Label Occurrences
hereditary ruler canonical 23
Javanese monarch 20
sovereign prince 14

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: hereditary ruler
Generated description
A hereditary ruler is an individual who holds a position of political authority or monarchy passed down through family lineage, typically by birthright.

Instances (133)

Instance Via concept surface
Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein hereditary head of state
The Aga Khan
surface form: Aga Khan IV
hereditary imam
Omri Ancient monarch
Lord Macdonald hereditary chief
Amangkurat II Javanese monarch
Pakubuwono I Javanese monarch
Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim territorial ruler
Prince of Reuss sovereign prince
Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden hereditary prince
Haile Melekot regional ruler
Pakubuwono III Javanese monarch
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Gordon (chief of the name and arms of Gordon)
surface form: Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Gordon
hereditary clan chief
Hamengkubuwono I Javanese monarch
King of Joseon
Constance, Duchess of Brittany
Alaafin of Oyo paramount ruler
William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel hereditary prince
Nikola, count of Sredets regional ruler
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh child ruler
Prince of Monaco hereditary head of state
Prince of Brunswick-Grubenhagen sovereign prince
sachem of the Mohegan
surface form: Sachem of the Mohegan
hereditary chieftainship
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz sovereign prince
Johann Georg, Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath head of a noble house
James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th Lord Strathspey hereditary chief
Infante João, Hereditary Prince of Portugal hereditary prince
Landgrave of Hesse hereditary sovereign prince
Jantirar Asfaw regional ruler
Albert II of Monaco sovereign prince
Frederick Henry, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate hereditary prince
Đinh Phế Đế child ruler
Emperor of Vijayanagara
William IV, Prince of Orange hereditary stadtholder
Elector of Hesse sovereign prince
Tarkhan ruler of Thatta
Count Palatine of the Rhine territorial ruler
Maharaja of Cooch Behar princely state ruler
Emperor of the Gupta Empire
Umar Sheikh Mirza II regional ruler
Ernst II Bernhard Karl August sovereign prince
Song Emperor Bing child ruler
Margrave of Moravia territorial ruler
Emperor Ping of Han child ruler
King of the Hittites
Jayanegara Javanese monarch
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi Javanese monarch
King of Shang
Konstantin Dragaš regional ruler
Brawijaya V Javanese monarch
Undang of Sungai Ujong