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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.
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.
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| Algeria | Osman | Sultan Bayezid III | ||
| Burundi |
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Ntwero | Queen Rosa | |
| Central Africa |
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Bokassa | Emperor Bokassa II | |
| Egypt and Sudan |
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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 |
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Alaoui | King Mohammed VI | |
| Rwanda | Ndahindurwa | King Kigeli V | ||
| Sudan |
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Muhammad Ali | King Fu’ad II | |
| Swaziland | Dlamini | King Mswati III | ||
| Tunisia |
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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) |
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Araucania and Patagonia |
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Tounens | King Felipe | |
| Bahamas |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Barbados |
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| Belize |
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| Bolivia | King Nicholas I | |||
| Brazil |
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House of Orléans-Braganza Braganza line Orléans sub-line |
Emperor Luís I | |
| Canada | Windsor | King Charles III | ||
| Greenland | Oldenburg | Queen Margrethe II | ||
| Grenada |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Jamaica | Windsor | King Charles III | ||
| Haiti (Empire) |
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Dessalines | ||
| Soulouque | ||||
| Haiti (Kingdom) |
Christophe | |||
| Mexico |
Iturbide-Habsburg-Iturbide sub-line |
Emperor Maximiliano II | ||
| Miskito | Mískita | Norton Cuthbert Clarence | ||
| New Granada |
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Bourbon | Juan Carlos I | |
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| Peru | ||||
| Río de la Plata | ||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Saint Lucia | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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| The Thirteen Colonies and East Florida | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Windsor | King Charles III | ||
Asia
| Country | Royal House |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Khun Lo | King Soulivong | |
| Maldives | Huraa | King Muhammad Nur ud-din | ||
| Manchukuo |
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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 |
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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) |
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Hamengkubuwana | Hamengkubuwono X | |
Malaysia
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| 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 |
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Europe
| Country | Royal House |
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| Albania (Kingdom of Albania) |
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Zogu | King Leka II | |
| Albania (Principality of Albania) |
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| Anhalt |
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Ascania | Duke Eduard II | |
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| Bagratuni Dynasty | ||||
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| Hethumids | ||||
| House of Lusignan | Chevalier Livio Missir Mamachi de Lusignan | |||
| House of Doghramadjyan | ||||
| Austria-Hungary |
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Habsburg-Lorraine | Emperor Karl II | |
| Baden |
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Zähringen | Grand Duke Maximilian | |
| Bavaria |
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Wittelsbach | King Franz I | |
| Belgium |
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Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line |
King Albert II | |
| Bohemia |
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Habsburg-Lorraine | King Karel IV | |
| Bosnia | Kotromanić | Extinct | ||
| Brunswick |
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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 |
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Biron | Duke Ernst-Johann | |
| Croatia | Habsburg-Lorraine | King Oto I | ||
| Croatia |
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Karađorđević | King Aleksandar II | |
| Cyprus |
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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 |
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Lorraine-Brabant Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line |
King Philipp | |
| France (Bourbon kingdom) |
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BourbonLegitimist line | King Louis XX | |
| France (July Monarchy) |
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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 |
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Hohenzollern | Emperor Georg Friedrich | |
| Greece |
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Oldenburg Glücksburg line | King Constantine II | |
| Hanover |
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EsteGuelph line Hanover sub-line |
King Ernst August V | |
| Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II | |||
| Hesse | Mountbatten | Prince Philip | ||
| Hesse |
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Lorraine-Brabant Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line |
Grand Duke Moritz | |
| Hesse-Kassel(or Hesse-Cassel) | Elector Moritz | |||
| Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
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HohenzollernSigmaringen line | Prince Karl Friedrich | |
| Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
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| Hungary |
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Habsburg-Lorraine | King Károly V | |
| Iceland | Oldenburg Glücksburg line | Queen Margrét I | ||
| Italy |
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Savoy | King Vittorio Emanuele IV | |
| SavoyAosta line | King Amedeo | |||
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | Prince Hans Adam II | ||
| Lithuania |
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Württemberg | Duke Wilhelm Albert | |
| Lippe |
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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 |
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MecklenburgStrelitz line | Extinct | |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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Grand Duke Georg Borwin | ||
| Modena and Reggio |
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Habsburg-LorraineAustria-Este line | Duke Lorenz | |
| Monaco | Grimaldiagnatically Polignac | Prince Albert II | ||
| Montenegro |
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Petrović-Njegoš | King Nicholas II | |
| Navarre |
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Bourbon | Queen Alice | |
| Netherlands |
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LippeOrange-Nassau line | Queen Beatrix | |
| Normandy | Windsor | King Charles III | ||
| Norway |
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OldenburgGlücksburg line | King Harald V | |
| Oldenburg |
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OldenburgHolstein-Gottorp line | Grand Duke Anton Günther | |
| Parma | Bourbon | Duke Carlo V | ||
| Poland |
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Bourbon | King Louis XX | |
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Habsburg-Lorraine | Karol II | ||
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Jagiellon | |||
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Wettin | Maria Emanuel | ||
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Leszczyński | |||
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Piast | |||
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Poniatowski | |||
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Přemyslid (Bohemia-Opawski) | |||
| Portugal |
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Braganza | King Duarte III | |
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Wettin Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line | Extinct | ||
| Prussia |
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Hohenzollern | King Georg Friedrich | |
| Reuss Elder Line |
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Reuss | Prince Heinrich IV | |
| Reuss Junior Line | ||||
| Romania |
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Hohenzollern Sigmaringen line |
King Michael I | |
| Russia |
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Empress Maria | ||
| Saxe-Altenburg |
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Wettin (Ernestine Line) |
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| Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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| Wettin (Ernestine Line) |
Duke Andreas | |||
| Windsor | Queen Elizabeth II | |||
| Saxe-Meiningen |
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Wettin (Ernestine Line) |
Duke Konrad | |
| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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Wettin (Ernestine Line) |
Grand Duke Michael | |
| Saxony |
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Wettin (Albertine Line) |
King Maria Emanuel | |
| Schaumburg-Lippe |
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Lippe | Prince Alexander | |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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Schwarzburg | Extinct | |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
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| Serbian Empire | Nemanjić | Extinct | ||
| Serbia (Kingdom) |
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Obrenović | Extinct | |
| Serbia (Kingdom) |
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Karađorđević | Crown Prince Alexander | |
| Spain |
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Bourbon | King Juan Carlos I | |
| Sweden | Bernadotte | King Carl XVI Gustav | ||
| Tuscany |
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Habsburg-Lorraine | Grand Duke Sigismund | |
| Two Sicilies |
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BourbonTwo Sicilies line | King Carlo VIII | |
| King Charles I | ||||
| United Baltic Duchy |
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Mecklenburg House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin line |
Extinct, but Daughter of Duke still alive Duchess Woizlawa | |
| United Kingdom |
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Wettin Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line renamed Windsor |
King Charles III | |
| Waldeck and Pyrmont |
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Waldeck | Prince Wittekind Adolf | |
| Württemberg |
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Württemberg | King Carl | |
| Yugoslavia |
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Karađorđević | King Aleksandar II | |
Oceania
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| Australia |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Cocos Islands | Clunies-Ross | King Ross V | ||
| Hawaii |
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Kawananakoa | King Kawananakoa | |
| Keoua Nui | King Kalokuokamaile | |||
| New Zealand | Windsor | King Charles III | ||
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| Samoa |
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| Sigave (Wallis and Futuna) |
Vanai | Tuʻi Polikalepo Kolivai | ||
| Tonga |
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Tupou | George Tupou V | |
| Tuvalu |
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Windsor | King Charles III | |
| Uvea (Wallis and Futuna) |
Takumasiva | Tuʻi Kapiliele Faupala | ||