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This is a list of current monarchies. As of 2025, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state . There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa.
There are 12 monarchies in the Americas, being either sovereign states or self-governing territories that have a monarch as head of state. Each is a constitutional monarchy , wherein the monarch inherits his or her office according to law, usually keeping it until death or abdication , and is bound by laws and customs in the exercise of their ...
Table of independent American monarchies State Reigns since Type Succession Dynasty Title Image Monarch Born Age First-in-line Antigua and Barbuda: 8 September 2022 Constitutional: Hereditary (absolute primogeniture) Windsor: King of Antigua and Barbuda: Charles III: 14 November 1948 76 y. William, Prince of Wales Bahamas: King of the Bahamas ...
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Most states only have a single monarch at any given time, although a regent may rule when the monarch is a minor, not present, or otherwise incapable of ruling. [5] Cases in which two monarchs rule simultaneously over a single state, as is the current situation in Andorra, are known as coregencies. [6]
State of Qatar [37] Emir: Agnatic primogeniture Kingdom of Thailand [38] King: Male primogeniture Kingdom of Tonga [39] King Tuvalu [40] King: Absolute primogeniture United Arab Emirates [41] President: Agnatic primogeniture United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [42] King: Absolute primogeniture Vatican City State [43] Pope: Elective
Federal constitutional monarchies are federal states in which a number of federated entities are unified under a federal government and a single monarch, who acts as ceremonial head of state. United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830) Canada (1867–present) German Empire (1871–1918; dissolved after World War I and became the Weimar ...
Eight out of fifty U.S. States are named after European royalty, seven of which were monarchs or consorts. [1] Georgia - King George II of Great Britain. Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria of England. New York - James, Duke of York. Later became King James II of England. [2] North Carolina - King Charles IX ...