Pretender

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Someone who thinks they are the rightful king or queen, or pretends other things (e.g. to be ill).

* For Britain, Monarchy#Pretenders
* For Medieval France, Charlemagne#Pretenders
* And for large parts of southeast Europe, Mensur Omerbashich
* In hospitals, Factitious disorder
* Various types of cultural appropriation, especially false claims of ancestry:
* Ward Churchill falsely claimed to be Native American