The following is a list of heads of royal families and royal heads of state and in some cases the royal heir. This page, however, is incomplete and in some cases controversy exists about who is the rightful head. We are working to make this list as accurate and inclusive as possible. The valid and genuine Princes of India and most of the "de jure" royalty of Asia are unfortunately not included. Any additions or corrections are most welcome. Thank you.
AFGHANISTAN: HM King Mohammad Zahir Shah passed away in the Summer of 2007 / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Khan
ALBANIA: HM King Leka I / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Keka
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
ASIA (The "de jure" sovereign kings, emirs, etc. of various former little nations --- too many to keep track of) (See: "Royal News," December 2007)
AUSTRALIA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
AUSTRIA-HUNGRY: HIRH Archduke Otto von Hapsburg, Royal Prince of Bohemia / Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl
BAHAMAS: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
BARBADOS: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
BAHRAIN: HM King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa / Heir: HH Crown Prince Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad al-Khalifa
BELGIUM: HM King Albert II / Heir: HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
BELIZE: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
BHUTAN: HM King Jigme Singye Wangchuck / Heir: HRH Dasho Kesar Jigme Wangchuk
BRAZIL: HIRH the Prince Dom Pedro Carlos of Orleans and Bragança / Heir: HIH Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza
BRAZIL: HIRH Prince Dom LuÃs of Orléans-Braganza / Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza
BRUNEI: HM Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Darussalam / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Muda Haji al-Muhtadee Billah ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu
BULGARIA: HM King Simeon II, elected Prime Minister 2001 / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Kardám, Prince of Tirnovo
BURUNDI: HRH Crown Princess Rose Paula Iribagiza / Heir: Prince Charles Muhirwa
CAMBODIA: HM King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
CANADA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
DENMARK: HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Frederik
EGYPT: HM King Ahmed Fouad II / Heir: Prince Muhammad Ali
ETHIOPIA: HIH Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha-Selassie
FRANCE: The Royal House: HRH Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, "de jure" King of France / Heir: HRH Jean, Duke of Vendôme—designated "regent" for his older brother: HRH Prince François, Count of Clermont.
FRANCE: A Competing Royal House: HRH Prince Luis Alfonso Gonzalo VÃctor Manuel Marco
de Borbón y MartÃnez-Bordiú, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Bourbon and Duke of Touraine / Heir presumptive: HM King Carlos I of Spain
de Borbón y MartÃnez-Bordiú, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Bourbon and Duke of Touraine / Heir presumptive: HM King Carlos I of SpainFRANCE: The Imperial House: HIH Prince Charles Napoléon / Heir: HIH Prince Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon
GEORGIA: HRH Prince Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky / Heir: HRH Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky
GERMANY--Anhalt: HH Julius Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard,_Prince_of_Anhalt)
GERMANY--Baden: HDGH Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard, Grand Duke of Baden / Designated Heir: Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden
GERMANY--Bavaria: HRH Duke Franz von Bayern / Heir: HRH Prince Max-Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern, Duke in Bavaria
GERMANY--Hanover & Bruswick: HRH Prince Ernst August V / Heir: HRH Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
GERMANY--Hesse: HRH Prince Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf of Hessen-Kassel, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine / Heir: HRH Prince Donatus of Hesse
GERMANY--Lippe-Biesterfeld: HSH Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Lippe (This is contested by HSH Prince Armin of Lippe who renounced his rights in 1953)
GERMANY--Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Strelitz: HIRH Prince Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg / Heir presumptive: HRH Prince Christian-Sigmund of Prussia
GERMANY--Oldenburg: HRH Anton Günther, Grand Duke of Oldenburg / Heir: HRH Christian, Duke of Oldenburg
GERMANY--Prussia: HRIH Prince Georg Friedrich / Heir presumptive: HRH Prince Christian-Sigmund of Prussia
GERMANY--Reuss-Schleiz: Heinrich VIII
GERMANY--Reuss-Schleiz-Köstritz: HSH Prince Heinrich IV
GERMANY--Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: HSH Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus / Heir: HSH Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
GERMANY--Saxe-Meiningen: HSH Prince Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen / Heir: HSH Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
GERMANY--Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: HSH Prince Michael-Benedict, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
GERMANY--Saxony: HRH Prince Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen / Heir: HRH Alexander Prinz von Sachsen-Gessaphe (adopted)
GERMANY--Schaumburg-Lippe: HSH Prince Ernst August Alexander Christian Viktor Hubert / Heir: HSH Prince Heinrich-Donatus
GERMANY--Waldeck & Pyrmont: HRH Prince Wittekind / HRH Prince Carl-Anton
GERMANY--Württemberg: HRH Carl, Duke of Württemberg / Heir: HRH Prince Friedrich
GERMANY (The "de jure" sovereign high nobility of the former Holy Roman Empire are considered royalty and are composed of dukes, princes, and counts --- too many to keep track of) (See Chapters: "Sovereignty and Mediatization" and "Sovereignty and Royalty," under the article "Sovereignty & The Future of Nobility and Royalty")
GHANA--Ashanti:: HM Asantehene Osei Tutu II
GRENADA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
GREECE: HM King Constantine II of the Hellenes / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Pavlos
HAWAII: H.R.H. Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa / Heir: HRH Prince Kincaid Kawananakoa(www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/hawaii10.htm)
INDIA (The "de jure" sovereign princes of the Empire of India (maharajas, rajas, etc. of former kingdoms and principalities --- too many to keep track of)
INDONESIA: (The "de jure" sovereign princes of Indonesia (sultand, rajas, etc. of former kingdoms and principalities --- too many to keep track of, however, eventually, they will be added to the article entitled "The Return of Royalty to Indonesia")
IRAN: HIH Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi / Heir presumptive: HIH Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi
IRAQ: HRH Prince Ra'ad, Head of the Royal Family
IRAQ: HRH Prince Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, claimant, Head of the "Iraq Constitutional Monarchy" association
ITALY: HRH Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy / Heir: HRH Prince Emanuel Filiberto, Prince of Venice
ITALY: HRH Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Savoy / Heir: HRH Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia
ITALY--Parma: HRH Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza / Heir: HRH Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza, Duke of Madrid
ITALY--Tuscany: HRH Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany / Heir: HRH Archduke Amadeo
ITALY--Two Sicilies: HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Castro and Calabria /
Designated Heir: HRH Prince Antoine of Bourbon
Designated Heir: HRH Prince Antoine of Bourbon ITALY--Two Sicilies: HRH Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Infante of Spain / Heir: HRH Prince Pedro Giovanni MarÃa Alejo Saturnino y Todos los Santos, Duke of Noto
JAMAICA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
JAPAN: HIM Emperor Akihito / Heir: HIH Crown Prince Naruhito
JORDAN: HM King Abdullah II bin Al Hussien / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah
KOREA: HIH Prince Lee Ku, Hereditary Prince Imperial of Korea died recently. He is survived by his daughter, but it is unclear at this time who will be the rightful successor.
KUWAIT: HH Emir Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
LAOS: HRH Crown Prince Soulivong Savang
LESOTHO: HM King Letsie III / Heir: Her Royal Highness Princess Senate Mohato Seeiso
LIECHTENSTEIN: HSH Prince Hans-Adam II / Heir: HSH Hereditary Prince Alois is presently functioning as regent or soverign representative of his father.
LYBIA: HRH Crown Prince Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi
LUXEMBOURG: HRH The Grand Duke Henri Albért Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg / Heir: HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie
MALAYSIA: HM Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Syed Putra, reigning elected Head of State (King) for five years. The king must be elected from one of the nine Sultans of the Malay States (Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johore)
MALTA: Elective Prince of The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta: "de jure" over past territories and still an independent subject of international law: His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing as of March 11, 2008
MEXICO: HIH Count Maximilian von Goetzen-Iturbide, Prince of Mexico / Heir: HIH Prince Fernando (www.casaimperial.org/index2.htm)
MONACO: HMSH Prince Albert II, The Sovereign Prince of Monaco
MONTENEGRO: HRH Crown Prince Nikola II / Heir: HRH Grand Duke Boris, Hereditary Prince Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro
MOROCCO: HM Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan / Heir: HRH Prince Moulay Hassan
NEPAL: HM King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (recently deposed) / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev
NETHERLANDS: HM Queen Beatrix / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
NEW ZEALAND--Maori: King Tuheitia Paki
NEW ZEALAND: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
NORWAY: HM Harald V / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Haakon
OMAN: HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
PORTUGAL: HRH Dom Duarte, Duke of Bragança / Heir: HRH Prince Dom Afonso, Prince ofBeira
QATAR: HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani / Heir: HH Tameem Bin Hamad Al Thani
ROMANIA: HM King Michael I / Heir: Margarita, Crown Princess and heir apparent of Romania by royal decree or a change in succession rules made on 30 December 1997
RUSSIA: HIH Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna / Heir: HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich
RUSSIA: HH Prince Nicholas Romanovich
RWANDA: HM King Kigeli V
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
SAINT LUCIA: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GREADINES: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
SAUDI ARABIA: HM King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz
SOLOMON ISLANDS: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
SOUTH AFRICA--Bafokena: His Majesty King Kgosi Leruo T. Molotlegi
SOUTH AFRICA--Xhosa: HM King Zwelonke Sigcawu
SOUTH AFRICA--Zulus: HM King Goodwill Zwelithini
SPAIN: HM King Juan Carlos I / Heir: HRH Infante Felipe, Prince of the Asturias
SWAZILAND: HM King Mswati III
SWEDEN: HM King Carl XVI Gustaf / Heir: HRH Crown Princess Victoria
THAILAND: HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Mah Vajiralongkorn
TIBET, Kingdom of: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
TONGA: King Siaosi Tupou V / Heir presumptive: Prince 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho, Crown Prince
TURKEY: H.I.H. Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, Prince of the Ottoman Empire / Presumptive Heir: HIH Prince Sehzade Dündar Aliosman Efendi
TUVALU: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
UGANDA--Buganda: HM Kabaka Rodney Muwenda Mutebi II
UGANDA--Bunyoro-Kitara: HM King Solomon Gafabusa Iguru
UGANDA--Busoga: His Royal Highness Isebantu Kyabazinga (HRH Henry Wako Muloki)
UGANDA--Toro: HM King Oyo Nyimba Kabambaiguru Rukidi IV
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, reigning elected President of Ruling Body consisting of seven Sheikdoms or Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain)
UNITED KINGDOM: HM Queen Elizabeth II / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
VATICAN CITY: HH Benedict XVI (sovereign prince of an internationally recognized independent territory or government) / Heir: by election of the Cardinals
VIETNAM: HIH Prince Bao Thang / Heir: HIH Prince Bao An
WALLIS and FUTURA: (French overseas territory composed of three islands) Three kings,
representing three traditional chiefdoms, are members of the Territorial Assembly: Tomasi Kulimoetoke II--died May 7, 2007 no successor yet, Soane Patita Maituku, Visesio Moeliku, the Head of State is the President of France
representing three traditional chiefdoms, are members of the Territorial Assembly: Tomasi Kulimoetoke II--died May 7, 2007 no successor yet, Soane Patita Maituku, Visesio Moeliku, the Head of State is the President of FranceYEMEN: HRH Prince 'Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr Hamidaddin, Saif al-Islam / Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin
YUGOSLAVIA & SERBIA: HRH Crown Prince Alexander / Heir: HRH Hereditary Prince Peter
ZANZIBAR: HM Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-Said
The following map shows how much of the world is ruled by monarchs. Among their peers, they are generally the more rich, prosperous, stable and most free people of the earth. Monarchy, chiefly constitutional monarchy, is a great blessing and benefit that we recommend to others who wish to improve the well-being and best good of their countries.
To know how to address or speak to a royal or noble, see "Royal and Noble Ranks, Styles and Addresses"
The Crowned Nations of the Earth are shown below:
Absolute monarchy ·
Semi-constitutional monarchy ·
Constitutional monarchy ·
States in personal union with a constitutional monarch · (commonwealth)
Sub-state or Subnational level monarchy or monarchies · (partial)
The Ten Richest Monarchs of the World
1 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Age: 80
Net worth: £18.79 billion
2 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates
Age: 60
Net worth: £12.35 billion
3 King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia
Age: 84
Net worth: £11.27 billion
4 Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
Age: 62
Net worth: £10.74 billion
5 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai
Age: 58
Net worth: £9.66 billion
6 Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein of Liechtenstein
Age: 63
Net worth: £2.68 billion
7 Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar
Age: 56
Net worth: £1.07 billion
8 King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Age: 46
Net worth: £805.4 million
9 Prince Albert II of Monaco
Age: 50
Net worth: £751.7 million
10 Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman
Age: 67
Net worth: £590.1 million
11 Prince Karim Al Hussein
Age: 71
Net worth: £536.9 million
12 Queen Elizabeth II
Age: 82
Net worth: £349 million
13 Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
Age: 79
Net worth: £268 million
14 Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of the Netherlands
Age: 70
Net worth: £161 million
15 King Mswati III of Swaziland
Age: 40
Net worth: £107.4 million
(Anita Singh, "The world's richest royals," Telegraph.co.uk, 25 August 2008: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2598278/The-worlds-richest-royals.html)
We encourage you to read and enjoy the articles that follow, which are informative and can deepen one's understanding of the whys and wherefores as well as the true and permanent rights of royalty, nobility and chivalry. The following articles are considered to be especially important and valuable:
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