List of kingdoms and royal dynasties
Monarchism is a movement that supports the monarchy as a form of government.
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A monarch is the person at the head of a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a Sovereign state or country is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and rules for life or until abdication. Monarchs may be autocrats (absolute monarchy) or ceremonial heads of state who exercise the power, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body (constitutional monarchy).
Monarchism is a system based on the belief that political power should be concentrated in one person who rules by decree. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government, independent from the person, the monarch.
Africa
Algeria
Benin
Burundi
Chad
Egypt
- Ayyubid dynasty
- Farouk of Egypt
- Fatimid Caliphate
- History of ancient Egypt
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Sultanate of Egypt
Ethiopia
- Crown Council of Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Empire
- Emperor of Ethiopia
- Haile Selassie I
- Kebra Nagast
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Queen of Sheba
- Solomonic dynasty
Ghana
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
Tunisia
Asia
Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Zahir Shah, The Last King of Afghanistan
Bhutan
Cambodia
China
Israel
Iran
Further information: Monarchism in Iran
Iraq
Jordan
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Korea
Kuwait
Laos
- List of monarchs of Laos
- Kingdom of Laos
- Sisavang Vatthana - Last king of Laos
Mongolia
Myanmar
- Konbaung Dynasty
- List of Burmese monarchs
- Thibaw Min - The last King of Burma
Nepal
- Gyanendra of Nepal - King of Nepal
- Shah dynasty
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Vietnam
Japan
- Imperial House of Japan - Also known as the Yamato Dynasty
Europe
Albania
Andorra
Austria
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Bavaria
Further information: Monarchism in Bavaria after 1918
Belarus
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Belgium
Bohemia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
France
Further information: Monarchism in France
Greece
Georgia
Further information: Monarchism in Georgia
German Empire
Hungary
Italy
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Monaco
Moldova
Moravia
Netherlands
Normandy
Norway
Luxembourg
Poland
- Congress Poland
- Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)
- List of kings of the Piast dynasty
- List of Polish monarchs
Portugal
Romania
Russia
- Alexander II of Russia
- Alexander III of Russia
- Catherine the Great
- House of Romanov
- Ivan the Terrible
- Nicholas II of Russia
- List of Russian rulers
- Peter the Great
- Russian Empire
- Tsardom of Russia
Serbia
- Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia[1]
- Karađorđević dynasty
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Sweden
Ukraine
Tuscany
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Two Sicilies
United Kingdom
England
- House of Lancaster
- House of Plantagenet
- House of York
- Kingdom of England
- List of English monarchs
- Tudor dynasty
Scotland
- Guardian of Scotland
- House of Stuart
- Kingdom of Alba
- Kingdom of Scotland
- List of Scottish monarchs
- Scottish monarchs' family tree
Wales
Spain
Andalucía
Aragon
Asturias
Cantabria
Catalonia
Castile
Galicia
León
Majorca
Murcia
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Valencia
Americas
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Brazil
- House of Braganza
- House of Orleans-Braganza
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- Kingdom of Brazil
- Empire of Brazil
- Monarquia Brasileira Isabel I of Brazil
Canada
See also Monarchism in Canada
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
- Aztec Empire
- Emperor of Mexico
- First Mexican Empire
- Second Mexican Empire
- List of Mexican consorts
- List of Tenochtitlan rulers
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
United States
Oceania
Australia
Hawaii
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Tonga
Tuvalu
Well known 20th and 21st century monarchists
- Tony Abbott
- Tony Bennett[2]
- Sir Ian Botham[3]
- Leonel Brizola
- John Calvin
- Russell Crowe[4]
- Dame Judi Dench[5]
- David Flint
- Mel Gibson[6]
- Michael Heseltine
- John Howard
- Sir Mick Jagger
- Tom Jobim
- Sir Elton John
- Boris Johnson
- Sir Tom Jones
- C.S. Lewis
- Sir Paul McCartney
- Sir Yehudi Menuhin
- Robert Menzies
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Manfred Reyes Villa
- Ayrton Senna
- Radek Sikorski
- Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
- Dame Joan Sutherland[7]
- Margaret Thatcher[8]
- Ritter von Trapp
- Harold Wilson
- Barbara Windsor
See also
References
- ↑ McKinsey, Kitty (June 27, 1997). "Kings Try for Comeback". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ Expressed support for the British monarchy in the TV series Royalty A-Z
- ↑ "The monarchy stands for everything that I love and I feel proud to be British. Yes, I am a royalist." (2007)
- ↑ "I am a monarchist and I think Queen Elizabeth has done a wonderful job for our beloved country. The Royal Family deserve more respect." (2003) "When you talk about our beloved Queen Elizabeth, I don’t think there is a more gracious world leader." Princes Charles and Andrew are "intelligent, wise and kind men." (2010)
- ↑ Expressed support for the British monarchy in the TV series Royalty A-Z (2002). Narrator of The Royal Story.
- ↑ "I am a little conservative...I tend to favour the monarchy, or the idea of the monarchy; the idea of sovereignty, because up until now it's done a pretty good job of maintaining people's independence and freedom.." (1998)
- ↑ Patron of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
- ↑ "Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians."
External links
- The Monarchist League
- Theodore's Royalty and Monarchy Site
- IMC, official site of the International Monarchist Conference.
- SYLM, Support Your Local Monarch, the independent monarchist community.
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