List of heads of former ruling families explained

These individuals may or may not claim titles associated with an abolished monarchy. Individuals who stake claims to monarchical titles but who are not part of former dynasties are not included. Note that a country may have multiple houses with a claim to the defunct position.

Africa

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Burundi	Rosa Paula Iribagiza		Ntwero	Daughter of Mwami Mwambutsa IV (1915–1966).	Hereditary
	Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jr.			Heir apparent and son of Emperor Bokassa I (1976–1979).	Hereditary
Egypt	Fuad II			Last reigning King (1952–1953).	Hereditary
Ethiopia	Zera Yacob Amha Selassie			Grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie (1930–1974).	Hereditary
	Girma Yohannes Iyasu			Grandson of Emperor Iyasu V (1913–1916).
Libya	Muhammad bin Hasan			Grandnephew of King Idris I (1951–1969).	Hereditary
Rwanda	Emmanuel Bushayija (Yuhi VI)		Abanyiginya	Nephew of Mwami Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (1959–1961).	Hereditary and Elective		^[1]
Zanzibar	Jamshid bin Abdullah		Al Bu Sa'id	Last reigning Sultan (1963–1964).	Hereditary

Americas

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
	Bertrand			Great-great-grandson of Emperor Pedro II (1831–1889).	Hereditary		^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
	Pedro Carlos
Mexico	Maximilian			Great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Agustín I (1822–1823).	Hereditary		^[10]
	Carlos Felipe		Habsburg-Lorraine	Great-great-grandnephew of Emperor Maximilian I (1864–1867)			^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

Asia

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Afghanistan	Muhammad Zahir Khan	4 June 2024		Grandson of King Zahir Shah (1933–1973).	Hereditary
Burma	Soe Win	12 January 2019	Konbaung	Great-grandson of Thibaw Min (1878–1885)	Hereditary	1885	^[15] ^[16]
Champasak	Keo Champhonesak	17 March 1980	Khun Lo	Grandson of last ruling King Ratsadanay (1900–1904)	Hereditary	1904	^[17] ^[18]
China / Great Qing	Jin Yuzhang	10 April 2015		Great-great-grandson of the Daoguang Emperor (1820–1850) Nephew of the Xuantong Emperor (1908–1912; 1932–1945)	Hereditary	1912 1945	^[19] ^[20]
Iran / Persia (Pahlavi)	Reza	27 July 1980		Heir apparent and son of Shah Mohammad Rezā (1941–1979).	Hereditary
Iran (Qajar)	Mohammad Hassan Mirza II	5 May 1988		Great-grandson of Shah Mohammad Ali (1907–1909).	Hereditary
	Ra'ad bin Zeid	18 October 1970	Hāshim	Relative of King Faisal II (1939–1958).	Hereditary
Johor-Singapore		31 October 1996		4th-great-grandson of Sultan Hussein Shah (1819–1835).	Hereditary		^[21]
	Yi Won	16 July 2005		Great-grandson of Emperor Gojong (1897–1907). Grandnephew of Emperor Sunjong (1907–1910).	Hereditary		^[22]
				Grandson of Emperor Gojong (1897–1907). Nephew of Emperor Sunjong (1907–1910).			^[23] ^[24] ^[25] ^[26]
Laos	Soulivong Savang	19 September 1997		Grandson of King Sisavang Vatthana (1959–1975).	Hereditary
	Harun Osmanoğlu	18 January 2021		Great-grandson of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909).	Hereditary	1922
Ryūkyū	Mamoru Shō	30 August 1996		Great-great-grandson of King Shō Tai (1848–1879).	Hereditary		^[27]
	Jason Desmond Anthony	27 May 2017		Great-grandnephew of Rajah Vyner (1917–1946).	Hereditary		^[28]
Sulu	Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram	16 February 1986	Kiram	Son of Sultan Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram (1974–1986).	Hereditary	1915
Syria	Ra'ad bin Zeid	18 October 1970	Hāshim	Half-nephew of King Faisal I (1920).	Hereditary
Vietnam	Bao Ngoc	15 March 2017		Eldest son of Emperor Duy Tân (1907–1916)	Hereditary	1945	^[29]
Yemen	Ageel bin Muhammad	6 August 1996	Rassid	Eldest son of King Muhammad al-Badr (1962).	Hereditary

India and Pakistan

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Alipura	Manvendra Singh		Parihar	Grandson of last ruling Rao Bahadur Raja Raghuraj Singh	Hereditary	1950	^[30] ^[31] ^[32]
Alwar	Jitendra Singh	15 February 2009	Kachhwaha	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Tej Singh Prabhakar	Hereditary	1949	^[33]
Amb	Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli		Tanoli	Grandson of last ruling Nawab Muhammad Farid Khan	Hereditary	1969	^[34]
Bahawalpur	Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi	14 April 1988	Abbasi	Grandson of last ruling Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V	Hereditary	1955	^[35]
Balasinor	Salauddinkhan Babi	25 January 2018	Babi	Son of last ruling Nawab Muhammad Salabat Khan	Hereditary	1949	^[36] ^[37]
Bamra	Nitesh Ganga Deb	1997		Grandson of last ruling Raja Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb	Hereditary	1948	^[38]
Baramba	Tribikram Chandra Deb Birabara Mangaraj Mahapatra	1979		Grandson of last ruling Raja Narayan Chandra Birabara Mangaraj Mohapatra	Hereditary	1948	^[39]
Baria	Tushar Singh	14 February 2015		Grandson of last ruling Maharawal Jaydeep Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[40] ^[41]
Baroda	Samarjitsinh Gaekwad	2012	Gaekwad	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad	Hereditary	1949	^[42]
Barwani	Manvendra Singh	2007	Sisodia	Son of last ruling Maharana Devi Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[43] ^[44]
Bastar	Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo	1996	Bhanj	Grand nephew of last ruling Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo	Hereditary	1948	^[45]
Benares	Anant Narayan Singh	25 December 2000	Narayan	Son of last ruling Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[46]
Bengal and Murshidabad	Abbas Ali Meerza	13 August 2014	Najafi	Nephew of Nawab Waris Ali Mirza	Hereditary	1884	^[47]
Bharatpur	Vishvendra Singh	July 1995	Sinsiniwar Jat	Son of last ruling Maharaja Brijendra Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[48]
Bhavnagar	Vijayrajsinhji Virbhadrasinhji Gohil	26 July 1994	Gohil	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Rao Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[49]
Bhopal	Saif Ali Khan	2011	Mirazi Khe	Great-grandson of last ruling Nawab Hamidullah Khan	Hereditary	1949	^[50]
Bundi	Vanshvardhan Singh	2 April 2022	Hada Chauhan		Hereditary	1949	^[51]
Burdwan	Saday Chand Mehtab	1984		Son of last ruling Maharaja Uday Chand Mahtab	Hereditary	1947	^[52]
Bushahr	Vikramaditya Singh	10 July 2021		Son of last ruling Raja Virbhadra Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[53]
Carnatic Sultanate	Muhammed Abdul Ali	4 July 1993		Son of Prince Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader of Arcot	Hereditary	1855	^[54]
Chamba	Prem Singh	21 May 1971	Mosana	Son of last ruling Raja Lakshman Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[55] ^[56]
Charkhari	Jayant Singh	1977	Bundela	Son of last ruling Maharaja Jayendra Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[57]
Chhatarpur	Kunwar Vikram Singh	2006	Parmar	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Bhavani Singh Bahadur	Hereditary	1950	^[58] ^[59]
Chhota Udaipur	Jai Pratap Sinhji	2005	Chauhan	Son of last ruling Maharawal Virendrasinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[60]
Chitral	Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir	20 October 2011	Katur	Son of last ruling Mehtar Muhammad Saif ul-Mulk Nasir	Hereditary	1969	^[61]
Chuda	Krishnakumarsinhji	1999	Jhala	Son of last ruling Thakore Shri Dharmendrasinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[62] ^[63]
Danta	Riddhiraj Singh	16 July 2023	Parmar	Great-Grandson of last ruling Maharana Bhavanisinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[64] ^[65] ^[66]
Datia	Arunaditya Singh Judeo	April 2020	Bundela	Great-great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Govind Singh Judeo	Hereditary	1950	^[67] ^[68]
Dewas Senior	Vikram Singh Rao II Puar	19 June 2015	Puar	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Krishnajirao III	Hereditary	1948	^[69]
Dhenkanal	Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo	August 1965		Son of last ruling Raja Shankar Pratap Singh Dev	Hereditary	1948	^[70]
Dholpur	Dushyant Singh	2015	Bamraulia	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Udaybhanu Singh	Hereditary	1949	^[71]
Dhrangadhra	Sodhsalji Mayurdhwajsinhji	1 August 2010	Jhala	Son of last ruling Maharaja Meghrajji III	Hereditary	1948	^[72] ^[73] ^[74]
Dhrol	Padmarajsinhji		Jadeja	Great-great-grandson of Thakore Saheb Shri Harisinhji Jaisinhji (1886-1914)	Hereditary	1948	^[75] ^[76]
Dungarpur	Harshvardhan Singh	19 August 2023	Sisodia	Grandson of last ruling Maharawal Laxman Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[77] ^[78]
Faridkot	Amarinder Singh Brar	2017	Brar	Grand-nephew of last ruling Maharaja Harinder Singh Brar	Hereditary	1948	^[79] ^[80]
Gondal	Himanshusinhji	31 January 2022	Jadeja	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Thakur Sahib Bhojrajji Bhagwatsimhji	Hereditary	1949	^[81]
Gwalior	Jyotiraditya Scindia	2001	Scindia	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia	Hereditary	1948	^[82]
Hunza	Ghazanfar Ali Khan	18 March 1976		Son of last ruling Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan	Hereditary	1974	^[83] ^[84] ^[85] ^[86]
Hyderabad	Azmet Jah	14 January 2023	Asaf Jah	Great-grandson of last Nizam Osman Ali Khan	Hereditary	1948	^[87]
	Raunaq Yar Khan	11 February 2023		Descendant of last Nizam Osman Ali Khan			^[88]
Idar	Rajendra Singh	1992	Rathore	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Himmat Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[89] ^[90]
Indore	Usha Devi Holkar	1961	Holkar	Daughter of last ruling Maharaja Yashwant Rao Holkar II	Hereditary	1948	^[91]
Jaipur	Padmanabh Singh	2011	Kachwaha	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Man Singh II	Hereditary	1948	^[92]
Jaisalmer	Chaitanya Raj Singh	28 December 2020	Bhati	Great-great-grandson of last ruling Maharawal Jawahir Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[93] ^[94]
Jammu and Kashmir	Karan Singh	April 1961	Dogra	Son of last ruling Maharaja Hari Singh	Hereditary	1952	^[95]
Janjira	Shah Mahmud Khan	1 April 1972	Siddi	Son of last ruling Nawab Sidi Muhammad Khan	Hereditary	1948	^[96]
Jasdan	Satyajitkumar Khachar	1989		Grandson of last ruling Darbar Saheb Shri Ala Khachar	Hereditary	1948	^[97] ^[98] ^[99]
Jashpur	Ranvijay Singh Judev	4 October 1982	Chauhan	Grandson of last ruling Raja Vijay Bushan Singh Judeo	Hereditary	1948	^[100]
Jhabua	Narendra Singh	2002	Rathore	Grandson of last ruling Raja Dilip Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[101] ^[102] ^[103]
Jhalawar	Chandrajit Singh	24 April 2004	Jhala	Grandson of last ruling Maharaj Rana Harisch Chandra Singh	Hereditary	1949	^[104] ^[105]
Jind	Satbir Singh	7 September 1959	Phulkian	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Ranbir Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[106]
Jodhpur	Gaj Singh	26 January 1952	Rathore	Son of last ruling Maharaja Hanwant Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[107]
Junagadh	Mohammad Ali Murtaza Khanji	20 July 2023	Babi	Great-Grandson of last ruling Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khan III	Hereditary	1948	^[108]
Kalahandi	Anant Pratap Deo	2 September 2019	Nagvanshis	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo	Hereditary	1948	^[109]
Kalat	Suleman Daud	1998	Ahmadzai	Grandson of last ruling Khan Mir Ahmad Yar Khan	Hereditary	1948	^[110]
Kangra-Lambagraon	Aishwarya Chand Katoch	30 December 2021	Katoch		Hereditary	1947	^[111] ^[112]
Kapurthala	Sukhjit Singh	1955	Ahluwalia	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Jagatjit Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[113]
Karauli	Krishan Chandra Pal	1984	Jadon	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Ganeshapal	Hereditary	1949	^[114] ^[115]
Keonjhar	Dhananjay Bhanj Deo	1 December 2019	Bhanj	Grand-nephew of last ruling Raja Balabhadra Narayana Bhanja Deo	Hereditary	1948	^[116]
Khairpur	George Ali Murad Khan	10 November 1954	Talpur	Last ruling Mir	Hereditary	1955	^[117]
Khilchipur	Priyavrat Singh	31 July 2006	Chauhan	Grandson of last ruling Raja Yashodar Singh	Hereditary	1948
Kishangarh	Brajraj Singh	16 February 1971	Rathore	Son of last ruling Maharaja Sumar Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[118]
Kolhapur		1983	Bhonsle	Son of last ruling Maharaja Shahaji II	Hereditary	1949	^[119]
Kota	Ijyaraj Singh	29 January 2022	Chauhan	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Bhim Singh II	Hereditary	1948	^[120]
Kutch	Hanvantsinhji	28 May 2021	Jadeja	Son of last ruling Maharaja Madansinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[121]
Kutlehar	Budhishwar Pal	4 August 2014		Son of last ruling Raja Sahib Sri Mahendrapal	Hereditary	1947	^[122]
Lakhtar	Balbhadrasinhji	1970	Jhala	Son of last ruling Thakore Saheb Shri Indrasinhji	Hereditary	1947	^[123] ^[124]
Las Bela	Jam Kamal Khan	3 February 2013		Grandson of last ruling Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan	Hereditary	1955	^[125]
Limbdi	Jaideepsinhji	25 January 2020	Jhala	Son of last ruling Thakore Saheb Shri Chhatarsalji	Hereditary	1947	^[126]
Loharu	Ala-uddin Ahmad Khan II	12 June 1983		Son of last ruling Nawab Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan	Hereditary	1947	^[127]
Maihar	Akshayraj Singh		Kachhwaha		Hereditary	1948	^[128]
Manipur	Leishemba Sanajaoba	1996		Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh	Hereditary	1949	^[129]
Mayurbhanj	Praveen Chandra Bhanj Deo	15 September 2000	Bhanj	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Pratap Chandra Bhanj Deo	Hereditary	1949	^[130]
Mewar	Arvind Singh	19 November 1984	Sisodia	Grandson of last Maharana Bhupal Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[131]
Muli	Jitendrasinhji		Parmar	Grandson of last ruling Thakore Saheb Shri Harischandrasinhji	Hereditary	1950	^[132] ^[133] ^[134]
Mysore	Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar	28 May 2015	Wadiyar		Hereditary	1948	^[135]
Nagar	Qasim Ali Khan	2011	Maghlot	Grandson of last ruling Mir Shaukat Ali Khan	Hereditary	1974	^[136]
Narsinghgarh	Rajyavardhan Singh	24 January 2019	Parmar	Son of titular Maharaja Bhanu Prakash Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[137]
Nawanagar	Shatrusalyasinhji	3 February 1966	Jadeja	Son of last ruling Maharaja Digvijaysinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[138] ^[139]
Nilgiri	Jayant Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan	30 May 2001	Bhanj		Hereditary	1948	^[140] ^[141] ^[142]
Oudh	Sahibzada Shahanshah Mirza	28 January 2022	Awadh	Great-Great-Grandson of Wajid Ali Shah	Hereditary	1859	^[143] ^[144]
Panna	Chhatrasal II	29 January 2023	Bundela	Great-great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Judeo	Hereditary	1950	^[145] ^[146] ^[147]
Pataudi	Saif Ali Khan	22 September 2011	Pataudi	Grandson of last ruling Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi	Hereditary	1948	^[148]
Patialia	Amarinder Singh	June 1974	Phulkian	Son of last Maharaja Yadavindra Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[149]
Patna	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	2004	Chauhan	Grandson of last ruling Maharaja Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Hereditary	1948	^[150]
Phaltan	Ramraje Pratapsinh	2004	Naik Nimbalkar	Grandson of last ruling Raja Shrimant Sir Malojirao Naik-Nimbalkar	Hereditary	1948	^[151]
Pratapgarh	Jai Singh Sisodia	29 November 2017	Sisodia	Grandson of last ruling Maharawat Ram Singh Sisodia	Hereditary	1949	^[152]
Pudukkottai	R. Rajagopala Tondaiman	16 January 1997	Tondaiman	Nephew of last ruling Raja Rajagopala Tondaiman	Hereditary	1948	^[153] ^[154]
Puri/Khurda Kingdom	Dibyasingha Deba	7 July 1970	Bhoi	Grandson of last colonial-era Gajapati Maharaja Ramchandra Deva IV	Hereditary	1947	^[155] ^[156] ^[157]
Raghogarh	Digvijaya Singh	1967		Son of last ruling Raja Balbhadra Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[158]
Rajkot	Mandhatasinhji Jadeja	27 September 2018	Jadeja	Grandson of last ruling Thakore Saheb Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[159]
Rajpipla	Raghubir Singh	2 February 1963	Gohil	Grandson of last ruling Maharana Vijaysinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[160]
Rampur	Muhammad Kazim Ali Khan	5 April 1992	Rohilla	Grandson of last ruling Nawab Raza Ali Khan	Hereditary	1947	^[161]
Rewa	Pushparaj Singh	20 November 1995	Baghel	Son of last ruling Maharaja Martand Singh	Hereditary	1947	^[162] ^[163]
Sachin	Mohomad Reza Khan		Siddi	Descendant of last ruling Nawab Sidi Mohammad Haydar Khan	Hereditary	1948	^[164] ^[165] ^[166]
Sailana	Vikram Singh	1990	Rathore	Grandson of last ruling Raja Dileep Singh	Hereditary	1948	^[167] ^[168]
Santrampur	Paranjay Aditya Sinhji	1991	Parmar	Son of Maharana Krishna Kumar Sinhji	Hereditary	1950	^[169] ^[170] ^[171]
Sikkim	Wangchuk Namgyal			Son of Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal (1963–1975).	Hereditary		^[172]
Sirmur	Lakshyaraj Prakash	May 2013	Prakash	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Rajendra Prakash	Hereditary	1948	^[173]
Sirohi	Raghuveer Singh	1998	Chauhan		Hereditary	1949	^[174]
Surguja	T. S. Singh Deo	2001	Raksel	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Ramanuj Saran Singh Deo	Hereditary	1948	^[175]
Talcher	Rajendra Chandra Deb		Kachhwaha		Hereditary	1948	^[176] ^[177]
Tehri Garhwal	Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur	7 January 2007	Parmar	Son of last ruling Maharaja Manabendra Shah	Hereditary	1949	^[178]
Thanjavur	Babaji Rajah Bhonsle Chattrapathi	1985	Bhonsle	6th generation descendant of Raja Serfoji II (1787–1832)	Hereditary	1855	^[179] ^[180] ^[181] ^[182]
Tigiria	Bir Pratap Singh Deo	1 December 2015		Son of last ruling Raja Brajraj Mahapatra	Hereditary	1948	^[183]
Tonk	Aftab Ali Khan	4 September 1994	Salarzai		Hereditary	1949	^[184]
Travancore	Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma	16 December 2013	Venad Swaroopam	Nephew of last ruling Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma	Hereditary	1949	^[185]
Tripura	Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma	28 November 2006	Manikya	Son of last ruling Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman	Hereditary	1949	^[186]
Vijayanagara Empire	Krishnadevaraya		Aravidu	19th generation descendant of last ruling emperor	Hereditary	1646	^[187] ^[188]
Wadhwan	Chaitanya Dev Sinhji		Jhala	Grandson of last ruling Thakur Sahib Joravar Sinhji	Hereditary	1948	^[189] ^[190] ^[191]
Wankaner	Kesridevsinh Jhala	4 April 2021	Jhala	Great-grandson of last ruling Maharana Raj Sahib Amarsinhji Banesinhji	Hereditary	1947	^[192]

Nepal

Nepal's numerous small monarchies were collectively abolished by the federal government on 7 October 2008. At the time, the thrones of both Salyan and Jajarkot had been vacant since the deaths of Rajas Gopendra Bahadur and Prakash Bikram respectively (both in 2003), and have remained vacant.

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Nepal	Gyanendra	28 May 2008		Last reigning Maharajdhiraja (2001–2008).	Hereditary
Bajhang	Vinod Bahadur	7 October 2008		Last reigning Raja (1989–2008).	Hereditary		^[193]

Thailand

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Chiang Mai	Wongsak Na Chiangmai	1989			Hereditary	1939	^[197]
	Watthanan Na Lamphun	21 February 1995	Thipphachak	Grandson of last Prince Ruler Chakkham Khachonsak (1911–1943)	Hereditary	1943	^[198] ^[199] ^[200]

Europe

Source^[201]

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
Albania	Leka			Grandson of King Zog I (1928–1939).	Hereditary	1939 de facto 1944 de jure
(more)	Karl			Grandson of Emperor and King Charles I & IV (1916–1918).	Hereditary		^[202]
	Simeon II		Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry	Last reigning Tsar (1943–1946).	Hereditary
Finland	Philipp		Hesse	Great-grandson of King-elect Frederick Charles (1918).	Hereditary	1919	^[203] ^[204] ^[205]
France (Legitimist)	Louis Alphonse			9th-great-grandson of King Louis XIV (1643–1715).	Hereditary		^[206]
France (Orléanist-Unionist)	Jean			4th-great-grandson of King Louis Philippe I (1830–1848).			^[207] ^[208]
France (Bonapartist)	Charles Napoléon			Great-great-grandnephew of Emperor Napoleon (1804–1814, 1815).			^[209] ^[210]
				Great-great-great-grandnephew of Emperor Napoleon (1804–1814, 1815).
Georgia	David		Mukhrani	13th-great-grandson of King Constantine II (1478–1505).	Hereditary	1801
	Nugzar		Gruzinsky	Great-great-great-grandson of King George XII (1798–1800).
	Pavlos			Son and heir apparent of King Constantine II (1964–1973).	Hereditary
Lithuania	Inigo		Urach	Grandson of King Mindaugas II (1918).	Hereditary	1918	^[211]
	Nicholas			Great-grandson of King Nicholas I (1910–1918).	Hereditary
Portugal	Duarte Pio			Great-grandson of King Miguel I (1828–1834).	Hereditary
	Margareta			Daughter of King Michael I (1927–1930 and 1940–1947).	Hereditary		^[212]
	Paul-Philippe			Grandson of King Carol II (1930–1940).
Russia	Maria Vladimirovna			Great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II (1855–1881). Recognised by Russian Orthodox Church.^[213]	Hereditary
	Karl Emich			Great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Alexander II (1855–1881).
	Alexis Andreevich			Great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Nicholas I (1825–1855).
	Alexander		Karađorđević	Great-grandson of King Peter I (1903–1918)	Hereditary	1918
				Son and heir apparent of King Peter II (1934–1945)

Germany

Source^[201]

State	Head	Since	House	Claim		Abolition	Ref(s)
Empire
	Georg Friedrich			Great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888–1918).	Hereditary		^[214] ^[215]
Kingdoms
	Franz			Great-grandson of King Ludwig III (1913–1918). Also heir to the Jacobite succession.^[216]	Hereditary
	Ernst August			Great-great-grandson of King Georg V (1851–1866).	Hereditary		^[217]
	Georg Friedrich			Great-great-grandson of King Wilhelm II (1888–1918).	Hereditary
	Daniel			Great-great-grandson of King Frederick Augustus III (1904–1918).	Hereditary
	Alexander			Great-grandson of King Frederick Augustus III (1904–1918).
	Wilhelm			Relative of King William II (1891–1918).	Hereditary
Grand Duchies
	Bernhard			Great-great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Leopold I (1830–1852).	Hereditary
Hesse and by Rhine	Donatus			Relative of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1892–1918).	Hereditary
Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Borwin			Great-great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Georg (1816–1860).	Hereditary
Oldenburg	Christian			Great-grandson of Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II (1900–1918).	Hereditary
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	Michael			Grandson of Grand Duke William Ernest (1901–1918).	Hereditary
Duchies
Anhalt	Eduard			Son of Duke Joachim Ernst (1918).	Hereditary
	Ernst August			Grandson of Duke Ernst August (1913–1918).	Hereditary
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Andreas			Grandson of Duke Charles Edward (1900–1918).	Hereditary		^[218]
Saxe-Meiningen	Konrad			Great-grandson of Duke Georg II (1866–1914).	Hereditary
Schleswig-Holstein	Friedrich Ferdinand			Great-great-great-grandnephew of Duke Christian IX (1863–1864).	Hereditary
Principalities
Hohenzollern	Karl Friedrich			Great-great-grandson of Prince Karl Anton (1848–1849).	Hereditary		^[219]
Lippe	Stephan			Grandson of Prince Leopold IV (1905–1918).	Hereditary
	Friedrich Wilhelm			Grandnephew of Prince Leopold IV (1905–1918).
Reuss	Heinrich XIV			Relative of Prince Heinrich XXVII (1913–1918).	Hereditary
Schaumburg-Lippe	Alexander			Grandnephew of Prince Adolf II (1911–1918).	Hereditary		^[220]
Waldeck and Pyrmont	Wittekind			Grandson of Prince Friedrich (1893–1918).	Hereditary		^[221]

Italy

Source^[201]

Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Italian peninsula comprised a number of states, some of which were monarchies. During the Italian unification, the monarchs of such agglomerated states lost their sovereignty and their titles became purely ceremonial. The resultant throne of the Kingdom of Italy was held by the former king of Sardinia.

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Succession	Abolition	Ref(s)
	Aimone			Great-great-great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel II (1861–1878).	Hereditary		^[222] ^[223]
	Emanuele Filiberto			Grandson of King Umberto II (1946).
Pre-unification
Modena	Lorenzo			Great-grandnephew of Franz Ferdinand, adopted heir of Duke Francis V (1846–1859).	Hereditary		^[224]
	Carlos			Great-grandson of Duke Robert I (1854–1859). Also one of the contested heirs to the Carlist succession.^[225]	Hereditary		^[226] ^[227]
Tuscany	Sigismondo		Habsburg-Lorraine	Great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Ferdinand IV (1859).	Hereditary		^[228]
	Pedro			Great-great-great-grandson of King Ferdinand II (1830–1859).	Hereditary
	Carlo			Great-great-grandson of King Ferdinand II (1830–1859).

Oceania

State	Head	Since	House	Claim	Abolition	Ref(s)
Hawaiʻi	Quentin Kawānanakoa			Great-grandson of David Kawānanakoa, heir apparent of Queen Liliʻuokalani (1891–1893).
	Owana Salazar			5th-great-granddaughter of Kalokuokamaile, half-brother of King Kamehameha I (1795–1819).
	Edmund Keliʻi Silva Jr.^[229]	22 November 2002	Kekaulike	Descendant of Kamehamehanui Aiʻlūʻau (died 1765)		^[230] ^[231]
	Darrick Lane Baker	2016	Kalākaua	Descendant of Kamakahelei (died 1794); Relative of Queen Liliʻuokalani (1891–1893).		^[232] ^[233]
Tahiti	Léopold Pōmare		Pōmare	Descendant of Queen Pōmare IV (1827–1877).	1880	^[234]
	Teriʻihinoiatua Joinville Hinoiariki Pōmare XI	19 April 2023	Pōmare	Adopted member of the Pōmare family.	1880	^[235]

See also

• Abolition of monarchy
• List of current non-sovereign monarchs
• List of last scions
• List of living former sovereign monarchs
• List of usurpers
• Monarchism

Notes

Oceania

Further reading

• Book: McNaughton , Arnold . 1973. The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy. Garnstone Press. London. 978-0-8129-0280-8.
• Book: Truhart , Peter . 2003. Regents of Nations: Systematic Chronology of States and Their Political Representatives in Past and Present. Volume 3: Asia & Pacific Oceania. K. G. Saur Verlag. 978-3-598-21545-2.

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