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Royal Families and Houses of the World – Index

Royal Families and Houses of the World – Index – Gotha Volume – VI

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Index to the Almanach de Saxe Gotha

Index – Volume – VI

The Royal Houses and Families of the World,

Encompasses the History and lists the Genealogy of the Royal Houses and Families of the World.

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The Royal Houses and Families of the World

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List of the Royal Families and Houses of the World

This is a list of regnant and non-regnant princely, royal and imperial houses of the world. The names of reigning monarchs are in bold text. Names used if the individual were reigning are given if known, otherwise the name given is the name currently used for them.

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Algeria Osman Sultan Bayezid III
Burundi
Coat of arms of Burundi.svg
Ntwero Queen Rosa
Central Africa
Imperial Coat of arms of Central Africa (1976-1979).svg
Bokassa Emperor Bokassa II
Egypt and Sudan
Coats of arms of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan.png
Muhammad Ali King Fu’ad II
Ethiopia Solomon Emperor Zera Yacob II
Lesotho Moshesh King Letsie III
Libya Senussi King Muhammad I
Madagascar Merina (none)
Morocco
Coat of arms of Morocco.svg
Alaoui King Mohammed VI
Rwanda Ndahindurwa King Kigeli V
Sudan
CoA of Kingdom of Egypt.PNG
Muhammad Ali King Fu’ad II
Swaziland Dlamini King Mswati III
Tunisia
Tunisia Royal Coat of Arms.PNG
Husain King Muhammad X
Zanzibar Al ‘Bu Sa’id Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-‘Bu Sa’idi

Africa –

South Africa

Country Royal House Monarch (or Pretender)
South Africa Windsor Dynasty Queen Elizabeth II
South Africa Mahlangu Dynasty – amaNdebele-kaNdzundza King Ingwenyama Mabhoko III
South Africa Mabhena Dynasty – amaNdebele-kaManala King Ingwenyama Makhosoke Mabhena
South Africa Bafokeng tribe Kgosi (King) Leruo Tshekedi Molotlegi
South Africa Monomatapa – Balobedu Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI
South Africa Mavunda Chief Khosi Pheni Ngove
South Africa AmaNyawuza Dynasty – Eastern Pondoland King Mpondombini Thandizulu Sigcau
South Africa AmaNyawuza Dynasty – Western Pondoland King Ndamase Ndamase
South Africa AmaDlomo and amaHala Dynasties – Thembu tribe iNkosi (Chief) Buyelekhaya Zwelinbanzi Dalindyebo
South Africa AmaHegebe – Thembu tribe iNkosi (Chief) Patekile Sango Holomisa
South Africa MaKhwinde Dynasty – Venda Khosi Peter Toni Mphephu Ramabulana
South Africa AmaRarabe – Xhosa Kumkani (King) Maxhob’ayakhawuleza Sandile
South Africa AmaTshawe Dynasty (AmaGcaleka – Xhosa) Kumkani (King) Zwelonke Sigcawu
South Africa Kama Dynasty (AmaGqunukhwebe – Inland – Xhosa) Inkosi Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Nkosana Zwelimjongile Kama
South Africa ImiDushane kaNdlambe – Xhosa Inkosie Enkhulu (Paramount Chief) Ngubesizwe Ludwe Siwane
South Africa House of Senzangakhona (Zulu) King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Africa – Uganda

The Republic of Uganda recognizes subsidiary monarchial states as “traditional cultural entities”. The six major Kingdoms are listed below. Of these, only Nkore (Ankole) remains unrecognized by the government of the Republic of Uganda.

State Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

unknown Acholi House of Acholi David Acana Onen II, Rwot of Acholi
Busoga House of Busoga Disputed
Bunyoro-Kitara House of Babito Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I
Buganda Buganda Muwenda Mutebi II
Toro House of Toro Rukirabasaija Rukidi IV
Ankole House of Nkore John Barigye, Omugabe of Nkore

Americas

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Antigua and Barbuda
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Araucania and Patagonia
Araucania coa.jpg
Tounens King Felipe
Bahamas
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Barbados
Royal Standard of Barbados.svg
Belize
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Bolivia King Nicholas I
Brazil
COA Dinasty Orleães-Bragança.svg

House of Orléans-Braganza

Braganza line Orléans sub-line

Emperor Luís I
Canada Windsor King Charles III
Greenland Oldenburg Queen Margrethe II
Grenada
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Jamaica Windsor King Charles III
Haiti
(Empire)
Coat of arms of Haiti.svg
Dessalines
Soulouque
Haiti
(Kingdom)
Christophe
Mexico

Iturbide-Habsburg-Iturbide sub-line

Emperor Maximiliano II
Miskito Mískita Norton Cuthbert Clarence
New Granada
Escudo de armas de Juan Carlos I de España.svg
Bourbon Juan Carlos I
New Spain
Peru
Río de la Plata
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
The Thirteen Colonies and East Florida
Trinidad and Tobago Windsor King Charles III

Asia

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Abu Dhabi Al Nahyan Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ajman Al-Nuaimi Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi
Afghanistan Barakzai King Ahmed Shah
Bahrain Al-Khalifa King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
Bhutan Wangchuck King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
Brunei Bolkiah Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Cambodia Norodom King Norodom Sihamoni
China
(Qing dynasty)
Aisin Gioro Emperor Hêngchen
Dubai Al-Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Fujairah Al-Sharqi Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
Iran
(Pahlavi dynasty)
Pahlavi Reza Shah II
Iran
(Qajar dynasty)
Qajar Mohammad Hassan Mirza Shah
Iraq
Hejaz
Syria
Hashim King Ra’ad
King Ali I
Japan
Imperial Seal of Japan.svg
Imperial House of Japan Emperor Akihito
Jordan Hashim King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein
Korea Yi[5] Empress Haewon
Emperor Won
Kuwait Al-Sabah Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Laos
Royal Standard of Laos -1975.svg
Khun Lo King Soulivong
Maldives Huraa King Muhammad Nur ud-din
Manchukuo
Manchukuo Coat Of Arms.svg
Aisin Gioro Emperor Purèn
Myanmar Konbaung King Taw Phaya
Nepal Shah King Gyanendra
Oman Al ‘Bu Sa’id Sultan Qaboos
Qatar Al-Thani Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa
Ras al-Khaimah Al-Qasimi Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi
Ryukyu
Hidari mitsudomoe.svg
Shō Sho Mamoru
Saudi Arabia Saud King Abdullah
Sharjah Al-Qasimi Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
Sri Lanka
Kingdom of Kandy)
Nayakkara Mokanbabu Rajah
Thailand Chakri King Rama IX
Turkey Osman Sultan Bayezid III
Umm Al-Quwain Al-Mu’alla Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla
Vietnam Nguyễn Emperor Bảo Thắng
Yemen Hamidaddin King Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr
Yogyakarta Sultanate
(Indonesia)
Yogyakarta Sultanate Hamengkubhuwono X Emblem.svg
Hamengkubuwana Hamengkubuwono X

Malaysia

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Kedah Durbar Raja/Merong Mahawangsa Sultan Abdul Halim
Pahang Bendahara of Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah
Johor House of Temenggong of Johore Sultan Ibrahim Ismail
Perak Malacca Sultanate Sultan Azlan Shah
Negeri Sembilan Minangkabau King Tuanku Mukhriz
Perlis House of Jamalullail (Perlis) Raja Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
Terengganu Wan Ahmad Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin
Kelantan Raja Jembal Muhammad Faris Petra
Selangor Bugis

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris S

Europe

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Albania
(Kingdom of Albania)
Coat of arms of the Albanian Kingdom (1928-1939).svg
Zogu King Leka II
Albania
(Principality of Albania)
Coa Albania principality.png
Wied
Anhalt
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Anhalt (Großes).png
Ascania Duke Eduard II
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
Bagratuni Dynasty
FlagKilikia.svg
Rubenids
Hethumids
House of Lusignan Chevalier Livio Missir Mamachi de Lusignan
House of Doghramadjyan
Austria-Hungary
Wappen Kaisertum Österreich 1815 (Klein).png
Habsburg-Lorraine Emperor Karl II
Baden
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Grossherzogtum Baden.png
Zähringen Grand Duke Maximilian
Bavaria
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Koenigreich Bayern (Grosses).png
Wittelsbach King Franz I
Belgium
Greater Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg

Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line

King Albert II
Bohemia
Wappen Königreich Böhmen.png
Habsburg-Lorraine King Karel IV
Bosnia Kotromanić Extinct
Brunswick
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Braunschweig (Grosses).png

Este-Guelph line

Hanover sub-line

Duke Ernst August III
Bulgaria Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line King Simeon II
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Coat of Arms of Duchy of Courland.jpg
Biron Duke Ernst-Johann
Croatia Habsburg-Lorraine King Oto I
Croatia
Greater coat of arms of the Banate of Croatia.svg
Karađorđević King Aleksandar II
Cyprus
Badge of the House of Windsor.svg

Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line renamed Windsor

Queen Elizabeth II
House of Lusignan Chevalier Livio Missir Mamachi de Lusignan
House of Cornaro
Komnenos
Denmark Oldenburg Glücksburg line Queen Margrethe II
Finland
Finland Kingdom coat of arms(1918-1919).jpg

Lorraine-Brabant

Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line

King Philipp
France
(Bourbon kingdom)
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg
BourbonLegitimist line King Louis XX
France
(July Monarchy)
Coat of Arms of the July Monarchy (1830-31).svg
Orléans
Orléanist line
King Henri VII
France
(Empire)
Bonaparte Emperor Napoléon VII
Georgia BagrationGruzinsky line Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky
BagrationMukhrani line David Bagration of Mukhrani and Zornoza
Germany
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Reichswappen (Grosses).svg
Hohenzollern Emperor Georg Friedrich
Greece
Royal Coat of Arms of Greece.svg
Oldenburg Glücksburg line King Constantine II
Hanover
Hannover1837.jpg

EsteGuelph line

Hanover sub-line

King Ernst August V
Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Hesse Mountbatten Prince Philip
Hesse
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Grossherzogtum Hessen-LF.png

Lorraine-Brabant

Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line

Grand Duke Moritz
Hesse-Kassel(or Hesse-Cassel) Elector Moritz
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Wappen Hechingen.svg
HohenzollernSigmaringen line Prince Karl Friedrich
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Kreis-sigmaringen-altes-wappen.png
Hungary
Coa Hungary Country History med (1915).svg
Habsburg-Lorraine King Károly V
Iceland Oldenburg Glücksburg line Queen Margrét I
Italy
Great coat of arms of the king of italy (1890-1946).svg
Savoy King Vittorio Emanuele IV
SavoyAosta line King Amedeo
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Prince Hans Adam II
Lithuania
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Königreich Württemberg.jpg
Württemberg Duke Wilhelm Albert
Lippe
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Lippe.png
Lippe Prince Armin
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Luxembourg

BourbonParma line

Nassau-Weilburg sub-line

Grand Duke Henri
Malta

Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line renamed Windsor

Queen Elizabeth II
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Wappen Mecklenburg-Schwerin.png
MecklenburgStrelitz line Extinct
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grossherzogswappen Mecklenburg (Schwerin&Strelitz).PNG
Grand Duke Georg Borwin
Modena and Reggio
Armoiries Autriche-Este 1814.svg
Habsburg-LorraineAustria-Este line Duke Lorenz
Monaco Grimaldiagnatically Polignac Prince Albert II
Montenegro
Coat of arms of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.svg
Petrović-Njegoš King Nicholas II
Navarre
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France & Navarre.svg
Bourbon Queen Alice
Netherlands
Coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg
LippeOrange-Nassau line Queen Beatrix
Normandy Windsor King Charles III
Norway
Royal Arms of Norway.svg
OldenburgGlücksburg line King Harald V
Oldenburg
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Grossherzogtum Oldenburg.png
OldenburgHolstein-Gottorp line Grand Duke Anton Günther
Parma Bourbon Duke Carlo V
Poland
Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg
Bourbon King Louis XX
Wappen Königreich Galizien & Lodomerien.png
Habsburg-Lorraine Karol II
Herb Jagiellonów.PNG
Jagiellon
Coat of arms of Wettin House Albert Line.png
Wettin Maria Emanuel
Herb Wieniawa.jpg
Leszczyński
POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg
Piast
Herb Poniatowskich.PNG
Poniatowski
Erb Přemyslovců.png
Přemyslid (Bohemia-Opawski)
Portugal
Armas novas duques bragança.png
Braganza King Duarte III
Coat of Arms Kingdom of Portugal (1830).svg
Wettin Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line Extinct
Prussia
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Königreich Preussen (Grosses).png
Hohenzollern King Georg Friedrich
Reuss Elder Line
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.png
Reuss Prince Heinrich IV
Reuss Junior Line
Romania
Kingdom of Romania - Big CoA.svg

Hohenzollern Sigmaringen line

King Michael I
Russia
Greater Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire 1700x1767 pix Igor Barbe 2006.jpg
Empress Maria
Saxe-Altenburg
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (Grosses).png
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Extinct
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Wappen Sachsen Coburg Gotha.png
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Duke Andreas
Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Saxe-Meiningen
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Grosses).png
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Duke Konrad
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Grossherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach.png
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Grand Duke Michael
Saxony
Coat of arms of Wettin House Albert Line.png
Wettin
(Albertine Line)
King Maria Emanuel
Schaumburg-Lippe
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Schaumburg-Lippe.png
Lippe Prince Alexander
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.jpg
Schwarzburg Extinct
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.png
Serbian Empire Nemanjić Extinct
Serbia
(Kingdom)
Coat of arms of Serbia (2004-2010).svg
Obrenović Extinct
Serbia
(Kingdom)
Karađorđević.gif
Karađorđević Crown Prince Alexander
Spain
Escudo de armas de Juan Carlos I de España.svg
Bourbon King Juan Carlos I
Sweden Bernadotte King Carl XVI Gustav
Tuscany
Leopold II Arms-personal.svg
Habsburg-Lorraine Grand Duke Sigismund
Two Sicilies
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.svg
BourbonTwo Sicilies line King Carlo VIII
King Charles I
United Baltic Duchy
Wappen Mecklenburg-Schwerin.png

Mecklenburg

House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin line

Extinct, but Daughter of Duke still alive Duchess Woizlawa
United Kingdom
Badge of the House of Windsor.svg

Wettin

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line renamed Windsor

King Charles III
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont.png
Waldeck Prince Wittekind Adolf
Württemberg
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Königreich Württemberg.jpg
Württemberg King Carl
Yugoslavia
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg
Karađorđević King Aleksandar II

Oceania

Country Royal House

Monarch – Pretender

Australia
Royal Standard of Australia.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Cocos Islands Clunies-Ross King Ross V
Hawaii
Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii.svg
Kawananakoa King Kawananakoa
Keoua Nui King Kalokuokamaile
New Zealand Windsor King Charles III
Papua New Guinea
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Solomon Islands
Samoa

Malietoa Tanumafili II last king no successor announced

Sigave
(Wallis and Futuna)
Vanai Tuʻi Polikalepo Kolivai
Tonga
Coat of arms of Tonga.svg
Tupou George Tupou V
Tuvalu
Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg
Windsor King Charles III
Uvea
(Wallis and Futuna)
Takumasiva Tuʻi Kapiliele Faupala
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8. International data transfers

Some service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area. Where the GDPR restricts such a transfer, Neue Gotha relies on an applicable European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards under Article 46 GDPR, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, together with supplementary measures where required.

Cloudflare and Google may transfer limited technical information to recipients in the United States. Where the recipient is validly certified, the transfer is based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Where that mechanism is unavailable or does not cover a transfer, the relevant provider’s European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses and supplementary technical and organisational measures are used. Information about the applicable safeguards, including how to obtain a copy, may be requested from editor@neuegotha.de.

9. How long we retain personal data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including security, editorial integrity, source verification, dispute resolution, and compliance with legal obligations. The specific periods or criteria are stated in the processing and cookie tables above.

When a retention period ends, information is deleted or anonymised unless continued retention is required by law, is necessary for legal claims, or is justified by a documented editorial or archival purpose. Encrypted rolling backups are retained for 35 days and are then overwritten automatically, unless a backup has been isolated for incident recovery or a legal hold.

10. Security

Neue Gotha uses appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

11. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions and limitations in the GDPR and applicable national law, an individual may have the right to:

  • obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them are processed and request access to those data;
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • request erasure of personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • receive personal data they provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit those data to another controller where the right to portability applies;
  • withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise a right, contact editor@neuegotha.de. Please identify the information or record concerned and the nature of the request. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify identity and protect personal data from unauthorised disclosure. Requests are normally answered within one month, subject to any extension permitted by law.

Where a request concerns published editorial or archival content, applicable rights may be limited where necessary and proportionate to reconcile data protection with freedom of expression and information or other rights recognised by law. Each request will be assessed individually.

12. Complaints

We encourage individuals to contact us first so that we can try to resolve a concern. Individuals also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority in the EU or EEA country of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

For this Berlin-based controller the supervisory authority is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany; telephone +49 30 13889-0; email mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de; website https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

13. Children

The website is intended as a general historical and reference resource and is not directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly request personal data directly from children for an online service requiring parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data inappropriately, please contact us.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our processing activities, service providers, technologies, or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent before introducing a new processing purpose.

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