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Interesting. I kind of assumed that Emperor was an additional title where one ruled over their kingdom (where they were king) and other states.
Nah, for example the OG Emperors, the Roman Emperors, had a cultural prohibition against kings so they used the title Imperator.
Honestly there's a case to be made that a real Emperor wouldn't have a kingdom title.