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There remain, as of 2024, twelve sovereign monarchies in Europe. Seven are kingdoms: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Three are principalities: Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco. Finally, Luxembourg is a grand duchy and Vatican City is a theocratic, elective monarchy ruled by the pope.
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 ...
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 .
ShÅgun (c. 12th century – 19th century; rule on behalf of the imperial court) Unification of Japan (c. 16th century) Sultanate of Maldives (1153–1953, 1954–1968) Kingdom of Cyprus (1192–1489) Kingdom of Bohemia (1198–1806; with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire absorbed into Austrian Empire)
This list includes defunct and extant monarchical dynasties of sovereign and non-sovereign statuses at the national and subnational levels. Monarchical polities each ruled by a single family—that is, a dynasty, although not explicitly styled as such, like the Golden Horde and the Qara Qoyunlu—are included.
King Saint Lucia [30] King Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [31] King Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [32] King: Agnatic seniority Solomon Islands [33] King: Absolute primogeniture Kingdom of Spain [34] King: Male primogeniture Kingdom of Eswatini [35] Ngwenyama (King) Elective Kingdom of Sweden [36] King: Absolute primogeniture State of Qatar [37] Emir
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
A hereditary monarchy is the most common style of monarchy and is the form that is used by almost all of the world's existing monarchies.. Under a hereditary monarchy, all the monarchs come from the same family, and the crown is passed down from one member to another member of the family.