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17-455: Red King may refer to: The red King playing card Red King (Ultra monster) , a foe of the Japanese superhero Ultraman Red King (comics) , a number of comics characters of the same name William II of England , commonly known as William "Rufus", or "The Red King" Rory "Red King" MacDonald , a Canadian MMA fighter The Red King (novel) ,

34-771: A children's book by author Victor Kelleher The Red King (TV series) , a 2024 British crime drama television series Red King (Through the Looking-Glass) , a character in the Lewis Carroll novel Through the Looking-Glass An ancient king whose descendants are the main characters in Children of the Red King series of books by Jenny Nimmo Another name for the Crimson King from the works of Stephen King Topics referred to by

51-472: A new unified design. Very soon his design became the most widespread and recognizable and it is still widely produced and used in Russia. Apart from that nearly fifty card designs were devised by various Russian artists during the 18th–20th centuries. The end of the 19th and the beginning of 20th knew the rising interest to the old pre-Petrine Russian traditions (see also Russian Revival architecture ), this fashion

68-458: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages King (playing card) The king card is the oldest and most universal court card. It most likely originated in Persian Ganjifeh where kings are depicted as seated on thrones and outranking the viceroy cards which are mounted on horses. Playing cards were transmitted to Italy and Spain via

85-579: The German card decks as well as the French card decks . Russian cards in the market were divided into three or four categories, depending on the quality of paper and printing: from cheapest decks for laymen through medium quality decks for the Russian middle class to high class decks for the imperial court and the higher nobility. In 1862 the renowned Russian painter Adolf Charlemagne ( Russian : Адольф Шарлемань ) created

102-627: The Mamluks and Moors . The best preserved and most complete deck of Mamluk cards, the Topkapı pack, did not display human figures but just listed their rank most likely due to religious prohibition. It is not entirely sure if the Topkapı pack was representative of all Mamluk decks as it was a custom-made luxury item used for display. A fragment of what may be a seated king card was recovered in Egypt which may explain why

119-573: The Playing Cards : Russian playing cards Russian playing cards are cards that were used predominantly in Russia and in the former Soviet Union. Most Russian card games employ either 36-card packs (e.g. Durak ) or 32-card packs (especially Preferans ). Playing cards were first introduced into Russia at the beginning of the 17th century from Western and Central Europe (supposedly from Germany and Poland). But they were soon banned: in 1649, Sobornoye Ulozheniye mentioned card games as one of

136-535: The "thief's crimes" punished by lashing, however, from the time of Peter the Great the ban was usually ignored. In spite of many attempts by the Russian government to restrict card games, many Russians, especially the Russian nobility, played cards on a significant scale during the 18th century. Before the 19th century, practically all playing cards were imported from Western and Central Europe, and from 1765 all imported cards had to be stamped and high import duty paid, which

153-455: The Ace. For some games, particularly Preferans , the 6s are omitted, resulting in a 32 card pack. Nevertheless, 52 card packs also occur. The design of the pip (numerical) cards as well as the suits ( ♣ , ♦ , ♥ , ♠ ) resemble those of French playing cards . The design of the face cards is either that of Adolf Charlemagne or in the "Russian style". The design of the aces are variable, historically

170-585: The Paris pattern which ousted all its rivals, including the Rouen pattern around 1780. The names for the kings in the Paris pattern ( portrait officiel ) are: Most French-suited continental European patterns are descended from the Paris pattern but they have dropped the names associated with each card. Kings from Russian playing cards : Kings from Italian playing cards : Kings from Spanish playing cards : Kings from German playing cards : The kings are included in

187-513: The ace of diamonds showed the coat of arms of the Russian Empire (in the most popular satin deck , the ace of diamonds is usually the only decorated one, corresponding to the ace of spades in English decks, and in the other decks all the aces are usually decorated in some extent). The face cards and the aces are marked by the Russian letters that correspond to the Russian rank names: The names for

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204-452: The early 17th century when foreign card imports were banned. The king of hearts is sometimes called the "suicide king" because he appears to be sticking his sword into his head. This is a result of centuries of bad copying by English card makers where the king's axe head has disappeared. Starting in the 15th century, French manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. This practice survives only in

221-439: The pip cards are derived from Russian numerals: двойка, тройка, четвёрка, пятёрка, шестёрка, семёрка, восьмёрка, девятка, десятка ( dvoika, troïka, chetvyorka, pyatyorka, shestyorka, semyorka, vos'myorka, devyatka, desyatka ) for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 respectively. The popularity of card games in Russia was portrayed by some famous Russian writers, particularly Alexandre Pushkin who wrote The Queen of Spades . Because

238-643: The poses of court cards in Europe resemble those in Persia and India. Seated kings were generally common throughout Europe. During the 15th century, the Spanish started producing standing kings. The French originally used Spanish cards before developing their regional deck patterns. Many Spanish court designs were simply reused when the French invented their own suit-system around 1480. The English imported their cards from Rouen until

255-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Red King . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_King&oldid=1223399350 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

272-488: Was even more intensified due to the 300th anniversary of the house of Romanovs in 1913. As a result, in 1911 the particular card design in the "Russian style" ( Russian : колода «Русский стиль» ) was created. The costumes of the face cards imitated the historical 17th century Russian costumes of the famous 1903 Ball in the Winter Palace . Thanks to German influence, a standard Russian pack contains only 36 cards from 6 to

289-595: Was intended to limit card gaming. However, in 1819, the restrictions were lifted, but at the same time the import of playing cards was also forbidden and a state monopoly was created. The production of own Russian playing cards started in the Imperial Card Factory of the Imperial Paper Mill in Aleksandrovo (now a part of Saint-Petersburg ). The design of the Russian card decks were derived and influenced by

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