The first French king of the House of Bourbon succeeded Henry III of France.
The term king may also refer to a king consort, a title that is sometimes given to the husband of a ruling queen, but the title of prince consort is more common
 The Germanic term is notably different from the word for "King" in other Indo-European languages (*rks "ruler"; Latin rx, Sanskrit rjan and Irish rg; however, see Gothic reiks and, e

