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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.
A subnational monarchy is a territory governed by a hereditary leader, but which is subordinate to a higher national government, either monarchical or republican in form. Sultanate of Kelantan (c. 2nd century – present; within Funan , Khmer Empire , Srivijaya , Siam , British Empire , Federation of Malaya , and Malaysia )
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 ...
A non-sovereign monarchy, subnational monarchy or constituent monarchy [1] is one in which the head of the monarchical polity (whether a geographic territory or an ethnic group), and the polity itself, are subject to a temporal authority higher than their own.
A Maranao dynasty. The current sultan belongs principally to the House of Madaya. He also descends from the houses of Lombayao, and Marantao. Elective [64] [65] Maguindanao: Macapado Benito [fi 2] 11 January 2006: Kudarat: Hereditary [66] Panay: Sultan Cipriano Querol Jr. 13 February 2011: Querol: Unclear [67] [68] Sulu: Sultan Muedzul Lail-Tan ...
This is a list of currently reigning constituent monarchs, including traditional rulers and governing constitutional monarchs.Each monarch reigns over a legally recognised dominion, but in most cases possess little or no sovereign governing power.
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.
The word "dynasty" (from the Greek: δυναστεία, dynasteía "power", "lordship", from dynástes "ruler") [3] is sometimes used informally for people who are not rulers but are, for example, members of a family with influence and power in other areas, such as a series of successive owners of a major company, or any family with a legacy, such as a dynasty of poets or actors.