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.
Europe
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Albania |
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Austria |
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Baden |
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Bavaria |
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Belgium |
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Bohemia |
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Brunswick |
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Bulgaria |
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Croatia |
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Denmark |
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England |
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Finland |
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France |
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Georgia |
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Germany |
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Hesse and by Rhine |
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Hesse-Cassel |
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
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Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
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Hungary |
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Iceland |
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Ireland |
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Italy |
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Liechtenstein |
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Lippe |
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Lithuania |
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Luxembourg |
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Malta |
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Modena and Reggio |
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Monaco |
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Montenegro |
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Netherlands |
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Norway |
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Oldenburg |
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Parma |
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Portugal |
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Prussia |
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Reuss Elder Line |
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Reuss Junior Line |
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Romania |
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Russia |
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Saxony |
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Schaumburg-Lippe |
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Scotland |
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Serbia |
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Spain |
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Two Sicilies |
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United Kingdom |
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Waldeck and Pyrmont |
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Württemberg |
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Yugoslavia |
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America
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Antigua and Barbuda |
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Araucania and Patagonia |
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Bahamas |
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Barbados |
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Belize |
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Brazil |
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Canada |
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Grenada |
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Jamaica |
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Mexico |
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Miskito |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Saint Lucia |
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Asia
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'Abū Dhabī |
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Ajmān |
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Afghanistan |
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Bahrain |
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Bhutan |
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Brunei |
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Cambodia |
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China |
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Dubai |
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Fujairah |
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Iraq |
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Israel |
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Japan |
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Jordan |
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Korea |
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Kuwait |
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Laos |
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Maldives |
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Manchukuo |
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Nepal |
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Oman |
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Qatar |
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Rāʾs al-H̱ayma |
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Saudi Arabia |
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Šāriqah |
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Thailand |
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Turkey |
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Umm Al-Quwain |
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Vietnam |
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Yemen |
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Malaysia
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Royal House |
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Kedah Sultanate |
Al-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 |
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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 |
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Johor Sultanate |
Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi |
The 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1984 to 1989 |
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Sultan of Perak |
Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu |
The 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1989 to 1994 |
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Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman |
The 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1994 to 1999 |
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Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail |
The 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 2001 to 2006 |
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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 |
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Tuanku Al-Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan Yahya Petra |
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Sultan of Selangor |
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj |
Kedah
Pahang
Johor
Perak
Negeri Sembilan
Perlis
Terengganu
Kelantan
SelangorOceania
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Australia |
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Cocos Islands |
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Hawaii |
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New Zealand |
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Tonga |
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Africa
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Buganda |
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Burundi |
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Central Africa |
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Egypt |
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Lesotho |
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Libya |
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Morocco |
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Rwanda |
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Sudan |
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Swaziland |
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Tunisia |
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South Africa
Country |
Royal House |
Monarch (or Pretender) |
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South Africa |
Mahlangu Dynasty - amaNdebele-kaNdzundza |
King Ingwenyama Mabhoko III |
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South Africa |
Mabhena Dynasty - amaNdebele-kaManala |
King Ingwenyama Makhosoke Mabhena |
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South Africa |
Bafokeng tribe |
Kgosi (King) Leruo Tshekedi Molotlegi |
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South Africa |
Monomatapa - Balobedu |
Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI |
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South Africa |
Mavunda |
Chief Khosi Pheni Ngove |
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South Africa |
AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Eastern Pondoland |
King Mpondombini Thandizulu Sigcau |
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South Africa |
AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Western Pondoland |
King Ndamase Ndamase |
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South Africa |
AmaDlomo and amaHala Dynasties - Thembu tribe |
iNkosi (Chief) Buyelekhaya Zwelinbanzi Dalindyebo |
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South Africa |
AmaHegebe - Thembu tribe |
iNkosi (Chief) Patekile Sango Holomisa |
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South Africa |
MaKhwinde Dynasty - Venda |
Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana |
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South Africa |
AmaRarabe - Xhosa |
King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile |
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South Africa |
AmaTshawe Dynasty (AmaGcaleka - Xhosa) |
Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Zwelonke Sigcawu |
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South Africa |
Kama Dynasty (AmaGqunukhwebe - Xhosa) |
Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Nkosana Zwelimjongile Kama |
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South Africa |
ImiDushane kaNdlambe - Xhosa |
Inkosie Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Ngubesizwe Ludwe Siwane |
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South Africa |
House of Senzangakhona (Zulu) |
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu |
See also
- List of current pretenders