King of Ceylon

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The King of Ceylon was the monarch who served as the ceremonial head of state of Ceylon during its period as a constitutional monarchy under British rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of Ceylon canonical 1
King-Emperor of Ceylon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial head of state ⓘ
monarchical office ⓘ
alsoMonarchOf United Kingdom ⓘ
other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
appointed Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Colombo ⓘ
category Monarchy in Sri Lanka ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 ⓘ
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional monarchy ⓘ
country Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
dissolutionCause adoption of republican constitution of Sri Lanka in 1972 ⓘ
endTime 1972 ⓘ
firstMonarch George VI ⓘ
flagCaption Royal Standard of the King of Ceylon ⓘ
followedBy President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarch ⓘ
headOfStateOf Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
lastMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
legalSystem based on British constitutional monarchy ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
monarchAtAbolition Elizabeth II ⓘ
monarchDuringIndependence George VI ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage English ⓘ
officeAbolished 1972-05-22 ⓘ
officeCreated 1948-02-04 ⓘ
officeType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
officialLanguageOfRealm English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth realm ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth realms

Constitutional monarchy in Ceylon ⓘ
replacedBy President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
representedBy Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
residence Buckingham Palace ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state ⓘ
style Her Majesty ⓘ
His Majesty ⓘ
successorState Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
titleUsedDuring Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Ceylon → headOfStateTitle → King of Ceylon ⓘ
Queen of Ceylon → predecessor → King-Emperor of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: King of Ceylon