Rome would never again have a hereditary "king", even if later emperors were absolute rulers in all but name.

The Mannan have a hereditary king who leads them.

(How much power do hereditary kings have these days, anyway?)

Eighth, hereditary king rather than free election by the magnates and the gentry.

The Caribs had a complex society, with hereditary kings and shamans.

You know no more of the masses, what they're like, how they think, act, and live, than a hereditary king.

But he was not an hereditary king.

I mean an hereditary king, not a mere elected head of a state.

It's a secular center, the seat of the hereditary king of the region-and he's a pretty tough old guy himself.

As if they were rather proud of having a hereditary king instead of an elected one.