conqueror

As a conqueror (English ' conqueror ', Arabic ' Fatih') is used to describe a general after a victorious war of conquest . In some cases, the word conqueror was added to the ruler's name as an epithet after such :

• William I of England , the Conqueror , after the conquest of England,
• Alfons I of Portugal after defeating the Moors
• Sultan Mehmed II after the conquest of Constantinople
• Johann V (Brittany)

The Spanish conquerors of Latin America, for example Francisco Pizarro , are often referred to in German with the Spanish term conquistador .

Cultural reception

• Robur the Conqueror , a novel by Jules Verne
• The Conqueror , a 1956 film directed by Dick Powell
• Pelle the Conqueror , a novel by Martin Andersen Nexø, which was also made into a film under the same title
• Kull the Conqueror , a 1997 American fantasy adventure film

See also

Wiktionary: Conqueror  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Conquest  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with Conquest
• List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains Conquest
• The Conqueror Worm (dt. The Conqueror Worm ), ballad poem by Edgar Allan Poe