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The list of Norwegian monarchs (Norwegian: kongerekken or kongerekka) begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Named after the homonymous geographical region, Harald's realm was later to be known as the Kingdom of Norway. [1]
Kingdom of Norway [26] King Sultanate of Oman [27] Sultan: Agnatic primogeniture Independent State of Papua New Guinea [28] King: Absolute primogeniture Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis [29] King Saint Lucia [30] King Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [31] King Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [32] King: Agnatic seniority Solomon Islands [33] King
These are the approximate categories which present monarchies fall into: [citation needed]. Commonwealth realms.King Charles III is the monarch of fifteen Commonwealth realms (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United ...
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The last medieval coronation in Norway took place 29 July 1514. During the age of absolute monarchy (1660–1814), Norway's kings were crowned in Copenhagen, using the Throne Chair. Today the king still goes through a ceremony similar to the acclamation when he takes the oath of allegiance to the Constitution in the Storting.
Most states only have a single monarch at any given time, although a regent may rule when the monarch is a minor, not present, or otherwise incapable of ruling. [5] Cases in which two monarchs rule simultaneously over a single state, as is the current situation in Andorra, are known as coregencies. [6]
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has been discharged from the Oslo hospital where he received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, the palace said Thursday. The monarch ...
Norway: Haakon: Crown Prince of Norway 20 July 1973 (age 51) 17 January 1991 Only son of King Harald V Oman: Theyazin: Sayyid, Crown Prince of Oman 21 August 1990 (age 34) 12 January 2021 Elder son of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Saudi Arabia: Mohammed: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister 31 August 1985 (age 39)