LIST OF ROYAL HOUSES

This is a list of regnant and non-regnant Princely, Royal and Imperial Houses of the World. The names of reigning monarchs are in bold text. Names used if the individual were reigning are given if known, otherwise the name given is the name currently used for them.

Contents
Europe
America
Asia
Malaysia
Oceania
Africa
South Africa
See also
Notes

Europe


CountryRoyal house'Monarch /' Pretender
Albania
ZoguKing Leka I
Anhalt
AscaniaDuke Eduard II
Austria
Habsburg-LorraineEmperor Otto I
Baden
ZähringenGrand Duke Maximilian
Bavaria
WittelsbachKing Franz I
Belgium
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha line'King Albert II'
Bohemia
Habsburg-LorraineKing Otto I
Brunswick
EsteGuelph lineHanover sub-lineDuke Ernst August III
Bulgaria
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha lineKing Simeon II
Croatia
SavoyAosta lineKing Zvonimir
Denmark
OldenburgGlücksburg line'Queen Margrethe II'
England
Wittelsbach[1]King Francis II
Finland
Lorraine-BrabantHesse-Cassel lineKing Moritz
France
BourbonLegitimist lineKing Louis XX
Bourbon
Orléans line
King Henri VII
BonaparteEmperor Napoléon VII
Georgia
BagrationKing Giorgi XIII
Germany
HohenzollernEmperor Georg Friedrich
Greece
OldenburgGlücksburg lineKing Constantine II
Hanover
EsteGuelph lineHanover sub-lineKing Ernst August V
Hesse and by Rhine
Lorraine-BrabantHesse-Cassel lineGrand Duke Moritz
Hesse-CasselElector Moritz
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
HohenzollernSigmaringen linePrince Frederick William
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hungary
Habsburg-LorraineKing Otto I
Iceland
OldenburgGlücksburg lineQueen Margrethe II
Ireland
WittelsbachKing Francis II
Italy
SavoyKing Vittorio Emanuele IV
SavoyAosta lineKing Amadeo
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein'Prince Hans Adam II'
Lippe
LippePrince Armin
Lithuania
WürttembergUrach lineKing Karl Anselm
Luxembourg
Bourbon lineNassau-Weilburg sub-line'Grand Duke Henri'
Malta
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed WindsorQueen Elizabeth II
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburgmorganatic Carlow lineGrand Duke Georg Borwin
HohenzollernGrand Duke Georg Friedrich
Modena and Reggio
Habsburg-LorraineAustria-Este lineDuke Lorenz
Monaco
Grimaldiagnatically Polignac'Prince Albert II'
Montenegro
Petrović-NjegošKing Nicholas II
Navarre
BourbonQueen Alice
Netherlands
LippeOrange-Nassau line'Queen Beatrix'
Norway
OldenburgGlücksburg line'King Harald V'
Oldenburg
OldenburgHolstein-Gottorp lineGrand Duke Anton Günther
Parma
BourbonDuke Carlos Hugo I
Portugal
BraganzaKing Duarte III
Prussia
HohenzollernKing Georg Friedrich
Reuss Elder Line
ReussPrince Heinrich IV
Reuss Junior Line
Romania
HohenzollernSigmaringen lineKing Michael I
Russia
OldenburgHolstein-Gottorp lineRomanov sub-lineEmperor Nicholas III
Empress Maria
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
WettinDuke Andreas
Saxe-Meiningen
Duke Konrad
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duke Michael
Saxony
King Maria Emanuel
Schaumburg-Lippe
LippePrince Alexander
Scotland
WittelsbachKing Francis II
Spain
Bourbon'King Juan Carlos I'
Sweden
Bernadotte'King Carl XVI Gustav'
TuscanyHabsburg-LorraineGrand Duke Sigismund
Two Sicilies
BourbonTwo Sicilies lineKing Carlo VIII
King Ferdinand IV
United Kingdom
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Waldeck and Pyrmont
WaldeckPrince Wittekind Adolf
Württemberg
WürttembergKing Carl
YugoslaviaKarađorđevićKing Alexander II

America


CountryRoyal house'Monarch /' Pretender
Antigua and Barbuda
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'[2]
Araucania and Patagonia
TounensKing Felipe
Bahamas
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Barbados
Belize
Brazil
Orléans-BragançaEmperor Luís I
Emperor Pedro III
Canada
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Grenada
Jamaica
Mexico
ItúrbideEmperor Maximiliano II
Miskito
MískitaNorton Cuthbert Clarence
Saint Kitts and Nevis
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines

Asia


CountryRoyal house'Monarch /' Pretender
'Abū Dhabī
Al-Nahayan'Sheikh Khalifa bin Sayid'[3]
AjmānAl-Nuaimi'Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi'
Afghanistan
BarakzaiKing Ahmed Shah
Bahrain
Al-Khalifa'King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah'
Bhutan
Wangchuck'King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck'
Brunei
Bolkiah'Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah'
Cambodia
Norodom'King Norodom Sihamoni'
China
Qīng[4]Emperor Hêngchen
DubaiAl-Maktoum'Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum'
FujairahAl-Sharqi'Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi'
Iran
PahlavīReza Shah II
QâjârMohammad Hassan Mirza Shah
Iraq
HāshimKing Ra'ad
King Ali I
Israel
DāvidKing Yosef
Japan
Imperial House of Japan'Emperor Akihito'
Korea
Yi[5]Empress Yeowang[6]
Emperor Hwangsason
Kuwait
Al-Sabāh'Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah'
Laos
Khun LoKing Soulivong
Maldives
HuraaKing Muhammad Nur ud-din
Manchukuo
QīngEmperor Pǔrèn
Nepal
Shah'King Gyanendra'
Oman
Al ‘Bu Sa’id'Sultan Qaboos'
Qatar
Al-Thani'Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa'
Rāʾs al-H̱aymaAl-Qasimi'Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi'
Saudi Arabia
Āl Saʿūd'King Abdullah'
ŠāriqahAl-Qasimi'Sheikh Sultan III'
Thailand
Chakri'King Rama IX'
Turkey
OsmanSultan Osman V[7]
Umm Al-QuwainAl-Mu'alla'Sheikh Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu'alla'
Vietnam
NguyễnEmperor Bảo Thắng
Yemen
Al-QasimiKing Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr

Malaysia

State Royal House Monarch ''Notes''
Kedah
Kedah SultanateAl-Sultan Almu'tasimu Billahi Muhibbudin Tuanku Abdul Halim Al-Haj Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah''The 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1970 to 1975''
Pahang
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Mustain Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar Riayatuddin Al-Muadzam Shah''The 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1976 to 1984''
Johor
Johor SultanateSultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi''The 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1984 to 1989''
Perak
Sultan of PerakSultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu''The 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1989 to 1994''
Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman''The 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1994 to 1999''
Perlis
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail ''The 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 2001 to 2006''
Terengganu
Sultan of Terengganu Al Wathiqu Billah, Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj ''Current Monarch of Malaysia, the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia''
Kelantan
Tuanku Al-Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Yahya Petra
Selangor
Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj

Oceania


CountryRoyal house'Monarch /' Pretender
Australia
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Cocos IslandsClunies-RossKing Ross V
Hawaii
KawananākoaKing Quentin
King Akahi Nui
New Zealand
WettinSaxe-Coburg and Gotha linerenamed Windsor'Queen Elizabeth II'
Tonga
Tupou'George Tupou V'

Africa


CountryRoyal house'Monarch /' Pretender
BugandaBuganda'Muwenda Mutebi II'
Burundi
NtweroQueen Rosa[8]
Central Africa
BokassaEmperor Bokassa II
Egypt
Muhammad AliKing Fu'ād II
Ethiopia
SolomonEmperor Zera Yacob II
Emperor Iyasu VI[9]
Lesotho
Seeiso'King Letsie III'
Libya
SenussiKing Muhammad I
Morocco
Alaoui'King Mohammed VI'
Rwanda
NdahindurwaKing Kigeli V
Sudan
Muhammad AliKing Fu'ād II
Swaziland
Dlamini'King Mswati III'
TunisiaHusainKing Muhammad IX
Zanzibar
Al ‘Bu Sa’idSultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-‘Bu Sa’idi

South Africa

Country Royal House Monarch ''(or Pretender)'' Notes
South Africa Mahlangu Dynasty - amaNdebele-kaNdzundza King Ingwenyama Mbusi Mahlangu
South Africa Bafokeng tribe Kgosi (King) Leruo Tshekedi Molotlegi
South Africa Monomatapa - Balobedu Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI
South Africa Mavunda Chief Khosi Pheni Ngove
South Africa AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Eastern Pondoland King Mpondombini Thandizulu Sigcau
South Africa AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Western Pondoland King Ndamase Ndamase
South Africa AmaDlomo and amaHala Dynasties - Thembu tribe iNkosi (Chief) Buyelekhaya Zwelinbanzi Dalindyebo
South Africa AmaHegebe - Thembu tribe iNkosi (Chief) Patekile Sango Holomisa
South Africa MaKhwinde Dynasty - Venda Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana
South Africa AmaRarabe - Xhosa King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile
South Africa AmaTshawe Dynasty (AmaGcaleka - Xhosa) Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Zwelonke Sigcawu
South Africa Kama Dynasty (AmaGqunukhwebe - Xhosa) Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Nkosana Zwelimjongile Kama
South Africa ImiDushane kaNdlambe - Xhosa Inkosie Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Ngubesizwe Ludwe Siwane
South Africa House of Senzangakhona (Zulu) King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

See also



List of current pretenders

Notes


1. claimant in the Jacobite (Stuart) descent
2. resides in London, England
3. President of the United Arab Emirates
4. The Emperors of the Qīng the dynasty descend from the Aisin Gioro clan (chinese 爱新觉罗, „Àixīnjuéluó“).
5. The Yi family consists of descendants of the Chosŏn Emperors.
6. symbolically crowned Empress of Korea on September 29, 2006
7. The Ottoman sultan would also be hereditary Caliph of Islam.
8. disputed due to male only succession rules
9. Iyasuist claimant to the Ethiopian throne

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