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King of Italy: 15 September 1904 9 May 1946 18 June 1946 Republican constitution adopted: 18 March 1983 [10] Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) George XII: King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands: 10 November 1746 11 January 1798 28 December 1800 Death 28 December 1800 Malta: Elizabeth II: Queen of Malta: 21 April ...
In Denmark, the monarchy goes back to the legendary kings before the 10th century and the Danish monarchy is the oldest in Europe (with the first attested historical king being Ongendus around the year 710). Currently, about 80 per cent support keeping the monarchy. [14] The current monarch is Frederik X.
Philosophers. Aquinas; Dante; Bodin; Bellarmine; Filmer; Hobbes; Bossuet; Maistre; Bonald; Chateaubriand; Novalis; Balzac; Crétineau-Joly; Gogol; Cortés; Balmes ...
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 ...
King Commonwealth of the Bahamas [4] King Kingdom of Bahrain [5] King: Agnatic primogeniture Kingdom of Belgium [6] King: Absolute primogeniture Belize [7] King Kingdom of Bhutan [8] King: Male primogeniture Brunei Darussalam [9] Sultan: Agnatic primogeniture Kingdom of Cambodia [10] King: Elective and agnatic primogeniture Canada [11] King ...
King Sigismund III Vasa, a talented but somewhat despotic ruler, involved the country in many wars, which subsequently resulted in the successful capture of Moscow and the loss of Livonia to Sweden. His son, Władysław IV Vasa , fiercely defended the Commonwealth's borders and continued the policy of his father until his death, unlike John II ...
He was elected, in 1437–38, as King of Bohemia and King of Hungary, and also as King of Germany, beginning a three centuries long succession of Habsburg rulers as Kings of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperors. Albert V the Magnanimous: 16 August 1397 Vienna Only son of Albert IV and Joanna Sophia of Bavaria: 14 September 1404 – 27 October 1439
There are and have been throughout recorded history a great many monarchies in the world. Tribal kingship and Chiefdoms have been the most widespread form of social organisation from the Neolithic, and the predominance of monarchies has declined only with the rise of Republicanism in the modern era.