The meaning of age can change from one generation to the next. if possible, talk to both a parent and grandparent about how old age was defined when they were your age. what was considered to be old

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.