| CREON | In Greek mythology, the brother of Jocasta who succeeded Oedipus as king of Thebes |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek mythology, the brother of Menelaus and king of Mycenae, who led the Greeks in the Trojan War (9) |
| ETEOCLES | In Greek mythology, the son of Oedipus, whom he succeeded as king of Thebes along with his brother Polynices (8) |
| EPIMETHEUS | In Greek mythology the brother of Prometheus, who accepted Pandora as his bride (10) |
| THYESTRS | In Greek mythology, the brother of Atreus and father of Aegisthus (8) |
| ORESTES | In Greek mythology, the brother of Electra |
| LAIUS | Mythological king of Thebes; father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta (5) |
| ANTIGONE | In Greek mythology, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother (8) |
| JOHN | Forced to submit to the barons and sign the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215, son of Henry II who succeeded his brother Richard the Lionheart as king of England (4) |
| OEDIPUS | Son of Jocasta in Greek mythology (7) |
| EADRED | One of the 16 children of Edward the Elder who ruled as king of England from 946 until his death in 955 (6) |
| EDWARDIV | Richard, Duke of York's son who reigned twice as king of England and defeated Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses (6,1,1) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| EDMUND | - Ironside; son of Ethelred the Unready who was succeeded as king of the English by Canute (6) |
| ETHELREDI | King who succeeded his brother Ethelbert as King of Wessex and Kent in 865 |
| EDWARD | Athelred the Unready's son who succeeded his half-brother Harthacnut as king of England and founded Westminster Abbey (6) |
| EDMUNDI | Known as "the Elder", Athelstan's successor as King of England who was murdered by an exiled robber during a brawl and buried at Glastonbury Abbey (6,1) |
| MURAT | Napoleon's brother-in-law who served as king of Naples 1808-15; a flamboyant cavalry leader shot following a failed attempt to regain his throne (5) |
| EMINEM | Professional name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III who is an American rapper who has been labeled as King of Hip Hop |
| ROGERS | Entertainer born in 1911 known as King of the Cowboys (3, 6) |
