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Encyclopedia > Kingmaker

"Kingmaker" refers to a person or group that has great influence in a royal succession, without being a viable candidate. By analogy, it is also used to refer to those with the ability to influence the selection of Presidents, Governors, corporate Chief Executive Officers, and the like. A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency. ...


Usages of interest and importance include:

  • In the history of the Middle Ages and Renaissance "Kingmaker" is used of certain nobles who used political, religious, and/or military means to interfere in a succession.
  • In the history of the Wars of the Roses in England, "The Kingmaker" refers to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.
  • In Georgia politics, Roy Vincent Harris was known as a Kingmaker.
  • In Japanese politics, Kakuei Tanaka was often termed Kingmaker.
  • In American politics, "Kingmaker" is often applied to the activities of Karl Rove.
  • Kingmaker (board game) is a 1974 game concerning the Wars of the Roses.
  • Kingmaker (band) was the name of a 1990s British indie rock group.
  • A kingmaker scenario, in the context of a game, is an undesirable endgame feature where a losing player has the ability to select the game's winner.
  • A game module for the computer game Neverwinter Nights

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Kingmaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (261 words)
In the history of the Middle Ages and Renaissance "Kingmaker" is used of certain nobles who used political, religious, and/or military means to interfere in a succession.
Kingmaker (band) was the name of a 1990s British indie rock group.
A kingmaker scenario, in the context of a game, is an undesirable endgame feature where a losing player has the ability to select the game's winner.
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