1. Today Emperor is simply another title of nobility. Back then Emperor had clearer connotation of Augustus replacing the Roman Republic. Emperor had revolutionary connotations and this was enhanced when Napoleon took it.
2. King had more "tradition" behind it. As in whereas someone could become Emperor by fiat and from scratch , to be King one had to lay claim to an earlier existing Kingship and claim that they were merely resurrecting a pre existing title.
2. King had more "tradition" behind it. As in whereas someone could become Emperor by fiat and from scratch , to be King one had to lay claim to an earlier existing Kingship and claim that they were merely resurrecting a pre existing title.
