List of Royal Houses
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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.
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[edit] Africa
| Country | Royal house |
Monarch / Pretender |
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Buganda | Buganda | Muwenda Mutebi II | |
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Burundi |  |
Ntwero | Queen Rosa[1] |
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Central Africa |  |
Bokassa | Emperor Bokassa II |
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Egypt |  |
Muhammad Ali | King Fu'ad II |
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Ethiopia |  |
Solomon | Emperor Zera Yacob II |
| Emperor Iyasu VI[2] | ||||
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Lesotho |  |
Seeiso | King Letsie III |
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Libya | Senussi | King Muhammad I | |
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Morocco |  |
Alaoui | King Mohammed VI |
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Rwanda |  |
Ndahindurwa | King Kigeli V |
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Sudan | |
Muhammad Ali | King Fu'ad II |
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Swaziland |  |
Dlamini | King Mswati III |
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Tunisia | Husain | King Muhammad IX | |
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Zanzibar | Al ‘Bu Sa’id | Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-‘Bu Sa’idi | |
[edit] South Africa
| Country | Royal House | Monarch (or Pretender) | Notes |
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| South Africa | Mahlangu Dynasty - amaNdebele-kaNdzundza | King Ingwenyama Mabhoko III | |
| South Africa | Mabhena Dynasty - amaNdebele-kaManala | King Ingwenyama Makhosoke Mabhena | |
| South Africa | Bafokeng tribe | Kgosi (King) Leruo Tshekedi Molotlegi | |
| South Africa | Monomatapa - Balobedu | Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI | |
| South Africa | Mavunda | Chief Khosi Pheni Ngove | |
| South Africa | AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Eastern Pondoland | King Mpondombini Thandizulu Sigcau | |
| South Africa | AmaNyawuza Dynasty - Western Pondoland | King Ndamase Ndamase | |
| South Africa | AmaDlomo and amaHala Dynasties - Thembu tribe | iNkosi (Chief) Buyelekhaya Zwelinbanzi Dalindyebo | |
| South Africa | AmaHegebe - Thembu tribe | iNkosi (Chief) Patekile Sango Holomisa | |
| South Africa | MaKhwinde Dynasty - Venda | Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana | |
| South Africa | AmaRarabe - Xhosa | King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile | |
| South Africa | AmaTshawe Dynasty (AmaGcaleka - Xhosa) | Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Zwelonke Sigcawu | |
| South Africa | Kama Dynasty (AmaGqunukhwebe - Xhosa) | Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Nkosana Zwelimjongile Kama | |
| South Africa | ImiDushane kaNdlambe - Xhosa | Inkosie Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Ngubesizwe Ludwe Siwane | |
| South Africa | House of Senzangakhona (Zulu) | King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu |
[edit] Americas
| Country | Royal house |
Monarch / Pretender |
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Antigua and Barbuda |  |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[3] |
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Araucania and Patagonia |  |
Tounens | King Felipe |
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Bahamas | |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[4] |
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Barbados |  |
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Belize | |
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Brazil |  |
House of Bourbon
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Braganza sub-line
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Emperor Luís I |
| Emperor Pedro III | ||||
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Canada |  |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[5] |
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Grenada | |
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Jamaica |  |
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Haiti |  |
Dessalines | ? |
| Soulouque | ? | |||
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Christophe | ? | ||
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Mexico |  |
Iturbide | Emperor Maximiliano II |
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Miskito |  |
Mískita | Norton Cuthbert Clarence |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[6] |
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Saint Lucia | |||
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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[edit] Asia
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[edit] Malaysia
[edit] Europe
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[edit] Oceania
| Country | Royal house |
Monarch / Pretender |
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Australia |  |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[13] |
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Cocos Islands | Clunies-Ross | King Ross V | |
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Hawaii |  |
Kawananakoa | King Kawananakoa |
| Keoua Nui | Queen Owana | |||
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New Zealand |  |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[14] |
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Papua New Guinea | |
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Solomon Islands | |||
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Tonga |  |
Tupou | George Tupou V |
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Tuvalu | |
Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II[15] |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ disputed due to male only succession rules
- ^ Iyasuist claimant to the Ethiopian throne
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ President of the United Arab Emirates
- ^ The Emperors of the Qing the dynasty descend from the Aisin Gioro clan (chinese ????, „Àixinjuéluó“).
- ^ The Yi family consists of descendants of the Choson Emperors.
- ^ symbolically crowned Empress of Korea on September 29, 2006
- ^ The Ottoman sultan would also be hereditary Caliph of Islam.
- ^ claimant in the Jacobite (Stuart) descent
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
- ^ resides in London, United Kingdom
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