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Pokeputin t1_ixlskfc wrote

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I don't think personal unions count because despite having same head of state the countries remain separate and act each in their own interest so effectively they don't have a single ruling power.

That's why for example The British Commonwealth isn't an empire despite the king of the UK being head of state in all those countries.

I guess it makes sense to say all peoples in an empire should be under the common title though, but I think it can be tricky to define because sometimes you have states that are under a title in name, but practically independent and vice versa.

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Ferengi_Earwax t1_ixmng7a wrote

Queen Victoria was crowned empress of India. More as a title to flatter her, but its technically correct because she was the figured head monarch of distinct countries/peoples.

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Pokeputin t1_ixmphcv wrote

I was talking about the current British Commonwealth, during Queen Victoria Britain was obviously an Empire.

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