Home›Kings›Historicity›Historically attestedBrowse ByHistorically attestedThis page groups figures by whether scholars consider them to have actually existed. Wikipedia notes that "the historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a documented historical person from one known only through legend.FactsLearn MoreHistorically attestedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Kings This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age. The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.Historically attestedFilter Results25 entriesPlace of OriginAllAksum (1)Ancient Israel (3)Arabia (1)China (5)Ethiopia (1)Japan (2)Judea (2)Scotland (1)Tibet (1)TraditionAllBuddhism (7)Christianity (8)Confucianism (3)Islam (1)Judaism (5)Shinto (1)Office HeldAllEmperor of Tibet from about 755 to about 797 (1)King of Aksum in the middle of the fourth century (1)King of Judah, reigning at the end of the eighth century BCE (1)King of Siam from 1868 to 1910, the fifth of the Chakri line (1)Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 4 BCE to 39 CE (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (21)No Cult Attested (4)Revered InAllBuddhism (7)Christianity (9)Confucianism (1)Islam (2)Judaism (5)Paganism (1)Shinto (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-1112 (1)-1111 (1)-1010 (1)-741 (1)-640 (1)-156 (1)-74 (1)-73 (1)-20 (1)250 (1)464 (1)543 (1)701 (1)1214 (1)1316 (1)1360 (1)1500 (1)1552 (1)1566 (1)1737 (1)1853 (1)1892 (1)1901 (1)Child OfAllHerod the Great (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (2)Died of natural causes (8)Disputed (1)Killed in battle (1)GenderAllMale (25)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (2)Not part of any canonization process (2)Pre-Congregation: venerated before any formal process existed (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25Abgar of EdessaHistorically attestedCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorHistorically attestedChulalongkornHistorically attestedEmperor ShomuHistorically attestedEmperor Wu of HanHistorically attestedEmperor Wu of LiangHistorically attestedEmperor Wu of Northern ZhouHistorically attestedEzana of AksumHistorically attestedFa NgumHistorically attestedFahd of Saudi ArabiaHistorically attestedHaile Selassie IHistorically attestedHerod AntipasHistorically attestedHerod the GreatHistorically attestedHezekiahHistorically attestedHirohitoHistorically attestedJames VI and IHistorically attestedJosiahHistorically attestedKing DavidHistorically attestedKing Wen of ZhouHistorically attestedLouis IX of FranceHistorically attestedRama I of SiamHistorically attestedRudolf IIHistorically attestedTiridates III of ArmeniaHistorically attestedTrisong DetsenHistorically attestedYongle EmperorHistorically attestedSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.