Home›Kings›Manner Of Death›Died of natural causesBrowse ByDied of natural causesThis page groups figures by how their own tradition says they died. Wikipedia defines a martyr as "someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party." Browsing by manner of death lets a visitor find every figure remembered for dying the same way.FactsLearn MoreDied of natural causesSourcesComments (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.Died of natural causesFilter Results10 entriesPlace of OriginAllAncient Israel (3)Ancient Rome (1)China (1)Japan (1)Judea (1)Scotland (1)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (8)Historicity debated (2)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)TraditionAllBuddhism (2)Christianity (2)Judaism (4)Roman Religion (1)Shinto (1)Office HeldAllKing 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)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (8)No Cult Attested (2)Revered InAllAncient Roman Religion (1)Buddhism (2)Christianity (4)Confucianism (1)Islam (2)Judaism (4)Paganism (1)Shinto (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-1010 (1)-970 (1)-753 (1)-752 (1)-741 (1)-74 (1)-73 (1)1214 (1)1360 (1)1566 (1)1853 (1)1901 (1)Child OfAllBathsheba (1)King David (1)GenderAllMale (10)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10ChulalongkornDied of natural causesHerod the GreatDied of natural causesHezekiahDied of natural causesHirohitoDied of natural causesJames VI and IDied of natural causesKing DavidDied of natural causesLouis IX of FranceDied of natural causesNuma PompiliusDied of natural causesSolomonDied of natural causesYongle EmperorDied of natural causesSources1. 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.