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.
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H.M. King George Tupou V
The Kingdom of Tonga, dies in Hong Kong, on March 18, 2012 ar age of 63.
Tupou VI the King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Tongan throne, as his brother (a bachelor) had no legitimate children
Non-Reigning Monarchies and Their Heirs
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.
This does not purport to be an exhaustive list, but we trust that it is comprehensive. Dates, if listed, indicate the year in which the individual became claimant.
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)
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)
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)
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- )
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PHILIPPINES
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.
Although they do not use it in office, it is hard to find any high ranking government official who does not bear such an honorific title from one of the Sultanates.
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:
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Royalty in Indonesia
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.
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