Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Roman numerals, used to distinguish related rulers with the same name, [7] have been applied where typical. In political and sociocultural studies, monarchies are normally associated with hereditary rule; most monarchs, in both historical and contemporary contexts, have been born and raised within a royal family.
There are currently 15 Commonwealth realms scattered across three continents (nine in North America, five in Oceania, and one in Europe), with a combined area of 18.7 million km 2 (7.2 million sq mi) [note 1] (excluding the Antarctic claims which would raise the figure to 26.8 million km 2 (10.3 million sq mi)) and a population of more than 150 million.
Cambodia functions as an elective monarchy. The ruler is selected from either the House of Norodom or Sisowath, and rules for life. The reigning king is H. M. Norodom Sihamoni, elected in 2004.
Between 925 and 1035 the Kingdom of Aragon shared a monarchy with the Kingdom of Navarre. From 1150 to 1319, the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (actually the Principality of Catalonia) formed a dynastical union named Crown of Aragon; from 1319 to 1479, the Crown was a federation of these two countries and the Kingdom of Valencia.
Support for establishing a republic instead of a monarchy was around 18 percent in the United Kingdom in 2006, while a majority thinks that there will still be a monarchy in the United Kingdom in ten years' time, public opinion is rather uncertain about a monarchy still existing in fifty years and a clear majority believes that the monarchy ...
Note: The list includes both current monarchies and current countries that have abolished the monarchy. Afghanistan; Albania; Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Armenia;
Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification. Part of the Politics series