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This is a list of current monarchies. As of 2024, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state. There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa. [a]
Entries below are listed beside their respective dominions, which are organised alphabetically. These monarchs reign as head of state in their respective sovereign states. Monarchs reigning over a constituent division, cultural or traditional polity are listed under constituent monarchs.
TitleMonarch (birth Year)Sovereign State (s)SinceJoan Enric Vives i Sicília (b. 1949)12 May 2003Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977)14 May 2017Charles III [b] (b. 1948)Antigua and Barbuda Australia The Bahamas ...8 September 2022[c]Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (b. 1950)6 March 1999[e]- Antiquity
- Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Enlightenment and Later
- Subnational Monarchies
- Shared Monarchies
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Monarchy of China (c. 2852 BC – 1912 AD; ended by revolution)Constitutional monarchies
A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state.
Absolute monarchies
An absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government where the ruler has the power to rule his or her land or country and its citizens freely, with no lawsor legally-organized direct opposition in force.
A subnational monarchy is a territory governed by a hereditary leader, but which is subordinate to a higher national government, either monarchical or republican in form. 1. Sultanate of Kelantan (c. 2nd century – present; within Funan, Khmer Empire, Srivijaya, Siam, British Empire, Federation of Malaya, and Malaysia) 2. Sultanate of Kedah (c. 7th ...
A monarch may reign over multiple kingdoms, dominions or realms in various forms of political, dynastic, personal unionor association. 1. Between 925 and 1035 the Kingdom of Aragon shared a monarchy with the Kingdom of Navarre. 2. From 1150 to 1319, the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (actually the Principality of Catalonia) formed a ...
The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state. All political power rests with the prime minister (the head of government) and the cabinet, and the monarch must act on their advice. The table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Britain.
NameDynasty Or HouseReignSaxon802–839Aethelwulf (Ethelwulf)Saxon839–856/858Aethelbald (Ethelbald)Saxon855/856–860Aethelberht (Ethelbert)Saxon860–865/866- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. 1st King of Bahrain. King. Constitutional monarchy. 1950. 2002. Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa married his first wife Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa in 1968.
- Philippe Léopold Louis Marie. King of Belgium. King. Constitutional monarchy. 1960. 2013. Philippe Léopold Louis Marie married Queen Matilda (born Jonkvrouw Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz in 1973) in 1999.
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan. Dragon King. Constitutional monarchy. 1980. 2006. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married Jetsun Pema (born 1990) in 2011.
- Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Sultan of Brunei. Sultan. Constitutional monarchy. 1946. 1967. Haji Hassanal Bolkiah married Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha (born 1946) in 1965.
Mar 3, 2020 · Pope Francis. Examples of executive monarchs (middle row): Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein. Mohammed VI, King of Morocco. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar. Examples of ceremonial monarchs (bottom row): Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Naruhito, Emperor of Japan. Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
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