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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 ...
These monarchs reign as head of state in their respective sovereign states. Monarchs reigning over a constituent division, cultural or traditional polity are listed under constituent monarchs . For a list of former ruling families or abolished thrones, see: former ruling families .
Map of Europe showing current monarchies (red) and republics (blue) In the European history, monarchy was the prevalent form of government throughout the Middle Ages, only occasionally competing with communalism, notably in the case of the maritime republics and the Swiss Confederacy.
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Monarchy of the United Kingdom (44 C, 166 P) Z. Monarchies of Zambia (7 P)
Print/export Download as PDF ... List of monarchs may refer to: List of current sovereign monarchs ... The list includes both current monarchies and current countries ...
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.