Pretender
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A pretender is one who maintains or is able to maintain a claim that they are entitled to a position of honour or rank, which may be occupied by an incumbent (usually more recognised), or whose powers may currently be exercised by another person or authority. Most often, it refers to a former monarch, or descendant thereof, whose throne is occupied, claimed by a rival or has been abolished.
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See also
- Heads of former ruling families
- List of Indian princely states
- Royal house
- Micronation
- Monarchism
- Order of succession
- Anti-king
- Antipope
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