Welcome to the Collection of Monarchs, Members of World Royal Families, Public Figure. Feel free to click on any of the links below to select the Royal Houses of your interest. The register does not pretend to be exhaustive, the page is incomplete and some cases controversy exists about who is the rightful head.

A non-sovereign monarchy is one in which the head of the monarchicalpolity (whether a geographic territory or an ethnic group), and the polity itself, are subject to a temporal authority higher than their own. The constituent states of the German Empire provide a historical example; a contemporary one is the Zulu King, whose power derives from the Constitution of South Africa.

ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY COUNTRY
	AFGHANISTAN: HM King Mohammed Zahir Shah   (October 15, 1914 – July 23, 2007) Heir: HRH Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Khan
	ALBANIA: HM King Leka I (throne assumed in exile**) (1961-) died on November 30, 2011 Heir: HRH Crown Prince Leka II of Albania
	ASHANTI: HM Asantehene Osei Tutu II (1999- ) Ghana
	AUSTRIA: HIRH Archduke Otto  (1922- July 14, 2011) Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary
	BAVARIA: HRH Duke Franz (1996- )
	BRAZIL: HIRH Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Braganga -+ Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand de Orleans e Braganga (brother) (Prince Pedro Carlos is genealogically senior but grandson of a prince who renounced his claims)
	BUGANDA: HM Kabaka Mutebi II (III) (1969- )
	BULGARIA: HM King Simeon II  (1943- ) Heir: HRH Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Tirnovo
	BURUNDI: Princess Rose Paula Iribagiza Heir:Prunce Charles Muhirwa
	CHINA (Ch'ing): Prince Yu Yan is recognized by some
	EGYPT: HM King Ahmed Fouad II  (1952- )   Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said
	ETHIOPIA: HIM Emperor Amha Selassie I (throne assumed in exile) (1975- ) [deceased 1997...no formal succession announced]   Heir: HIH Crown Prince Zara Yakob of Ethiopia
	FRANCE (Empire): HIH Prince Jean Christophe Bonaparte (The Prince Napoleon) (1997- ) designated in his grandfather's will; disputed by his father Prince Charles Bonapart
	FRANCE (Kingdom): HRH Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1999-)  (son of the preceding claimant, previously known as Count of Clermont) (Legitimist claimant: HRH Prince Luis Alfonso de Borbon, known to French legitimists as the Duke of Anjou and Bourbon or Louis XX)
	GEORGIA: HRH Prince Nugzar Bagration Gruzinsky
	GERMANY: HIH Prince Georg Friedrich (1976- )
	GREECE: HM King Constantine II  (1964- ) Heir: HRH Crown Prince Pavlos
	HANOVER: HRH Prince Ernst August(1987- )
	HAWAII: HRH Prince Edward J. Kawananakoa (1997- )
	HUNGARY (see also Austria): HIRH Archduke Otto, Crown Prince of Hungary from 1916 Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary
	INDIA: too many too list (Maharajahs, nawabs, and other princes of states )
	KANDY: Kandy Ramamurthy Rajah
	IRAN: HIM Shah Reza II (throne assumed in exile)
	ITALY: HRH Prince Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy   Heir: HRH Prince Emanuel Filiberto, Prince of Venice (Picture)
	Italy: HRH Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Savoy  Heir: HRH Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia
	Italy:  HRH Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany
	Italy:  Two Sicilies: HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Castro and Calabria
	Italy:  Two Sicilies: HRH Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Infante of Spain
	Italy:  Parma: HRH Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza Prince Carlos Hugo, the Duke of Parma, passed away in Barcelona of prostate cancer on 18 August 2010. He was 80 years old. Heir: HRH Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Prince of Piacenza, Duke of Madrid
	KOREA: HIH Prince Kyu Lee
	LIBYA: Prince Mohammed el-Senussi was designated in 1992-3
	MEXICO  HIH Count Maximilian von Goetzen-Iturbide, Prince Imperial of Mexico, Prince of Iturbide, Count of Goetzen/  Heir: HIH Prince Fernando

	MODENA: HIRH Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este (HRH the Duke of Bavaria is the heir in blood, the Habsburgs have long claimed the title by a dubious devise)
	MONTENEGRO: HRH Prince Nicholas Petrovich-Njegosh
	MUSTANG: HH Raja Jigme Parbal Bista
	NEPAL: H.M. King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev  (2001- ) Heir:HRH Crown Prince Paras
	POLAND: the Polish monarchy was elective, not hereditary, and thus there is no individual claimant [the Polish monarchy was at partition in 1795 set to become hereditary in a branch of the Saxon dynasty now extinct]
	PORTUGAL: HRH Prince Dom Duarte, Duke of Braganza (1978- ) Heir: HRH Prince Dom Afonso, Prince of Beira
	PRUSSIA (see also Germany): HIRH Prince Georg Friedrich+ (1994- )
	ROMANIA: HM King Michael I* (1940- ) and to the Romanian Crown/  Heir: Margarita, Crown Princess.
	RUSSIA: HIH Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna (1992- ) -+ Heir: HIH Grand Duke Georgi
	RUSSIA: HH Prince Nicholas Romanoff  or Romanovsky-Cheremeteff  also asserts a claim to be Head of the House of Romanoff - (September 26, 1922-September 14, 2014) Picture left: Prince Dimitri Romanov
	RWANDA: HM King Kigeli V
	SAXONY: HRH Prince Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen    31 January 1926 – 23 July 2012
	SERBIA (see also Yugoslavia): HRH Crown Prince Alexander** (1970- ) Heir: HRH Prince Peter
	TURKEY (Ottoman Empire): succession unclear on death of Prince Ertogrul Osman in 2009, Prince Dundar and Prince Osman Bayezid are claimants
	VIETNAM: HIH Crown Prince Bao Long (1997- )
	WURTTEMBERG: HRH Prince Carl, Duke of Wurttemberg (1975- ) Heir: HRH Prince Friedrich
	XHOSA: HM King Maxhoba Sandile    May 21, 1955 - July 11, 2011
	YEMEN: HRH Crown Prince Ahmad al-Ghani  (1996- )
	YUGOSLAVIA: HRH Crown Prince Alexander (1970- ) Heir: HRH Prince Peter
	ZANZIBAR: HH Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah (1963- )
	ZULUS: HM King Goodwill Zwelithini (1972- )

The Constituent Kingdoms of Uganda

Uganda, as a landlocked African nation, experienced colonialism only in the late 19th century, well after European interests had taken control in most other regions of Africa. In the late 19th century it became a protectorateunder the British, and unlike many other colonies, the kingdoms and nations within the protectorate retained a wide degree of self-determination. For example, many of the Bantu kings that ruled in the south continued to rule despite the British interests controlling many economic and inter-kingdom affairs. (Like most of Africa’s nations, Uganda’s political boundaries are nonsensical when looking at the peoples that make up its border.Because of this, many aspects of late-nineteenth century African society and the ancient political system survived the colonial experience in Uganda, despite being wiped out in most other parts of the continent.

Perhaps ironically, the Bantu kingdoms that survived the British did not survive their departure. When Uganda became independent in 1963 and abolished commonwealth monarchy, it then proceeded in 1967 to abolish the remaining monarchies. In 1993, the government of President Museveni permitted the Bantu kingdoms to reincorporate, to the extent they were “cultural institutions,” not political institutions. Of course, politics is inevitable in everything—but the real meaning of the restoration of the kingdoms was that the kings have no powers to tax, and receive little funding from the government, requiring them to survive on their own business acumen and their connections.

	Uganda Bunyoro-Kitara: HM King Solomon Gafabusa Iguru His Majesty King Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru the First, from the Royal Biito Dynasty is the Forty-ninth Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara. He is the twenty-seventh King (Omukama) of one of the most powerful Kingdoms in the history of Africa.
	Uganda Buganda: HM Kabaka Rodney Muwenda Mutebi II Ronald Edward Frederick Muwenda Kimera Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, a kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the thirty-sixth (36th) Kabaka of Buganda.
	Uganda Busoga: His Royal Highness Isebantu Kyabazinga (HRH Henry Wako Muloki) But in 1995, the government restored monarchies in Uganda with promulgation of the new constitution of the Republic of Uganda; Article 246(1) On February 11, 1995, H.R.H Henry Wako Muloki was reinstated Kyabazinga Isebantu of Busoga.
	Uganda   Toro: HM King Oyo Nyimba Kabambaiguru Rukidi IV   The accession of King Oyo to his father's throne marked the beginning of a challenging and exciting period for the people of Toro. At the infant age of three-and-one half years old, King Oyo of Toro earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest reigning monarch.

Traditional leaders versus de jure sovereign Royals

Background
Especially in Africa and Asia, most local Kings and Queens are limited to a status of a recognized traditional leader of an indigenous people or a group of peoples. Their ancestors signed treaties with the colonial governments and ceded their powers to the new rulers, accepting a leadership position within religion and society only. In exchange, the new authorities agreed to recognize them as Kings or Queens and leaders of their people, within their jurisdiction. They still appear as Kings and Queens according to their traditions and as authorized by the said agreements. They are Honorary Kings so to speak and as such absolutely genuine.

However, although they are acknowledged by the government as traditional leaderships of indigenous peoples or ecclesiastical leaders, they lack the fundament for any kingdom: genuine Royalty or sovereignty. Under international and national law, the sovereignty and Royalty was permanently lost by signing said papers. Although the authorities tend to cooperate with these traditional leaderships, they are, in most cases, not a formal part of the hosting government system nor are they authorized to exercise any real governmental powers.

Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo

Confusion appears when talking about the Sultanates in the southern Philippines. The country sees the return of traditional Islamic leaders on its territories, since some years. Several of the re-emerging kingdoms are starting to flourish again and to increase their influence in society and even politics. In many of them the issue who is the current legitimate head is disputed by branches or families. However, although they are acknowledged by the government as traditional leaderships of indigenous peoples and ecclesiastical leaders, they lack the fundament for any kingdom: genuine Royalty or sovereignty. Most, if not all, signed treaties with the colonial governments and ceded their powers to the new rulers, accepting a leadership position within religion and society only. Under international and national law, the sovereignty and Royalty was permanently lost by signing said papers.

Although the Philippine authorities tend to cooperate with these traditional leaderships, they are not a formal part of the Republic nor are they authorized to exercise any real governmental powers. However, they are occasionally granted few powers on a case to case basis or positions in the government.

Titles and awards

The title of Sultan is an honorific, chartered by the carpenter agreement and recognized by the Philippine government as the title of the titular head of Islam and the traditional leader of the Tausug people. The Sultan does neither possess Royalty nor sovereignty under Philippine and international law.

The Sultanate grants honorific titles to persons working within the leadership, corresponding to the ancient governmental, noble and royal titles used in the kingdom when it was a de facto or de jure sovereign entity. These titles are named traditional titles and the bearers are named traditional leaders by the Sultanate. These titles are purely honorific and must not be understood or even used as titles of nobility or Royalty under international law.

The government chartered the practice of awarding such titles under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Administrative Order No.1 – Series of 1998 (Footnote 28) in Rule IV, Section 2, and the REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371 THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ACT OF 1997:

http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno8371.html

The Dutch Colonial Government in the past respected and referred to the authorities of those two principalities in carrying out their autonomous self government, arranged under a political contract. When the Indonesian independence was proclaimed the ruler of both principalities, the Sultan of Yogyakarta and Prince of Regent of Pakualaman declared a statement that Yogyakarta Sultanate and Pakualaman Regency became part of the Republic of Indonesia. Those two regions were unified to form the Special Region of Yogyakarta and the Sultan of Yogyakarta to be the Governor and the Prince of Regent of Pakualaman as the vice-governor, both were responsible for the president of the Republic of Indonesia. The special Region of Yogyakarta was formally formed after the independence war ended and legalized with the Aug 3, 1950.

The Republic of Indonesia is a group of islands located in the Indian and Pacific oceans near Southeast Asia. It is the world's largest archipelago (island group), with around 13,670 islands, more than half of which are uninhabited.

There were many Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms in early Indonesia. By the end of the 13th century, Islamic kingdoms had also been established, and over the next few centuries Islam slowly spread through the islands.

In the 16th century, European traders began gaining influence in Indonesia, and eventually the Dutch took control. Indonesia came to be called the Dutch East Indies. It remained a colony of theNetherlands until 1949, when it gained independence. Its first two presidents, Sukarno and Suharto, became dictators, but more recently Indonesia has been moving toward true democracy.

There are over 230 million people in Indonesia. Approximately 88 percent are Muslim, making it the world's largest Islamic country. It is also the fourth most populous country in the world (after China, India, and the United States).

Indonesia is ethnically diverse. Although the official language is Bahasa Indonesia, a form of Malay, many other languages are spoken, including Dutch, English, and local dialects such as Javanese. More than half of all Indonesians live on the island of Java, where the capital city of Jakarta is located.

The former Indonesian province of East Timor, made up of islands at the eastern end of the archipelago, became an independent republic in 2002. Indonesia and East Timor are not monarchies, but traditional leaders still have influence.

The Largest Indonesian Islands

The Indonesian province of Irian Jaya occupies the western half of the world's second largest island, New Guinea. The eastern half of the island belongs to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia also owns 75 percent of the world's third largest island, Borneo, which Indonesians call Kalimantan. The rest of Borneo belongs to Brunei and Malaysia. Other large Indonesian islands include Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Java.

ISKS Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X is the reigning Sultan of Jogjakarta and he acts as a Governor for the Special Region of Yogyakarta which is politically independent from the Federal Authority of Jakarta. He will be re-elected every five years. A principality within the state of Jogjakarta lies Kadipaten Paku Alaman.