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tetrarch
noun
[ ˈtɛtrɑːk ]
• (in the Roman Empire) the governor of one of four divisions of a country or province.
Origin:
Old English, from late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarches, from Greek tetrarkhēs, from tetra- ‘four’ + arkhein ‘to rule’.