1. Volume - VI
The Royal Families of the World
Encompasses the History and lists
the Genealogy of the Royal Houses
and Families of the World - 2012
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
2. Kingdom of Morocco Kingdom of Bhutan Empire of China
Kingdom of Egypt Empire of Ethiopia Empire of Haiti
Kingdom of Hawaii Empire of Persia Kingdom of Iraq
3. Kingdom of Jordan Empire of Korea Kingdom of Tunisia
Kingdom of Nepal Kingdom of Libya Empire of Vietnam
Kingdom of Cambodia Kingdom of Madagascar Sultanate of Oman
4. Kingdom of Bahrain Kingdom of Swaziland Kingdom of Afghanistan
Sultanate of Brunei Sultanate of Zanzibar Kingdom of Rwanda
Kingdom of Laos Kingdom of Tonga Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5. Empire of Japan State of Qatar United Arab Emirates
Kingdom of Lesotho Malaysia State of Kuwait
Kingdom of Thailand Kingdom of Burundi Kingdom of Yeman
6. 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 Ntwero Queen Rosa
Central Africa Bokassa Emperor Bokassa II
Egypt and Sudan 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 Alaoui King Mohammed VI
Rwanda Ndahindurwa King Kigeli V
Sudan Muhammad Ali King Fu'ad II
Swaziland Dlamini King Mswati III
7. Tunisia 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
Buganda Buganda Muwenda Mutebi II
Toro House of Toro Rukirabasaija Rukidi IV
Ankole House of Nkore John Barigye, Omugabe of Nkore
8. Americas
Country Royal House Monarch - Pretender
Antigua and Barbuda Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Araucania and Patagonia Tounens King Felipe
Bahamas
Windsor Queen Elizabeth IIBarbados
Belize
Bolivia King Nicholas I
Brazil
House of Orléans-Braganza
Braganza line Orléans sub-
line
Emperor Luís I
Canada Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Greenland Oldenburg Queen Margrethe II
Grenada Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Jamaica Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Haiti
(Empire)
Dessalines
Soulouque
Haiti
(Kingdom)
Christophe
Mexico
Iturbide-Habsburg-
Iturbide
sub-line
Emperor Maximiliano
II
Miskito Mískita
Norton Cuthbert
Clarence
New Granada
Bourbon Juan Carlos I
New Spain
Peru
Río de la Plata
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
The Thirteen Colonies and East
Florida
Trinidad and Tobago Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
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
9. 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 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 Khun Lo King Soulivong
Maldives Huraa King Muhammad Nur ud-din
Manchukuo 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 Shō Sho Mamoru
Saudi Arabia Saud King Abdullah
10. 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)
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)
Zogu King Leka II
Albania
(Principality of
Albania)
Wied
Anhalt Ascania Duke Eduard II
Armenia
Bagratuni Dynasty
Rubenids
Hethumids
House of Lusignan
Chevalier Livio Missir
Mamachi de Lusignan
House of Doghramadjyan
Austria-Hungary Habsburg-Lorraine Emperor Karl II
11. Baden Zähringen Grand Duke Maximilian
Bavaria Wittelsbach King Franz I
Belgium
Wettin Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha line
King Albert II
Bohemia Habsburg-Lorraine King Karel IV
Bosnia Kotromanić Extinct
Brunswick
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
Biron Duke Ernst-Johann
Croatia Habsburg-Lorraine King Oto I
Croatia Karađorđević King Aleksandar II
Cyprus
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
Lorraine-Brabant
Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line
King Philipp
France
(Bourbon kingdom)
BourbonLegitimist line King Louis XX
France
(July Monarchy)
Orléans
Orléanist line
King Henri VII
France
(Empire)
Bonaparte Emperor Napoléon VII
Georgia
BagrationGruzinsky line
Nugzar Bagration-
Gruzinsky
BagrationMukhrani line David Bagration of
12. Mukhrani and Zornoza
Germany Hohenzollern Emperor Georg Friedrich
Greece Oldenburg Glücksburg line King Constantine II
Hanover
EsteGuelph line
Hanover sub-line
King Ernst August V
Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Hesse Mountbatten Prince Philip
Hesse Lorraine-Brabant
Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel line
Grand Duke Moritz
Hesse-Kassel(or
Hesse-Cassel)
Elector Moritz
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
HohenzollernSigmaringen line Prince Karl Friedrich
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
Hungary Habsburg-Lorraine King Károly V
Iceland Oldenburg Glücksburg line Queen Margrét I
Italy
Savoy King Vittorio Emanuele IV
SavoyAosta line King Amedeo
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Prince Hans Adam II
Lithuania Württemberg Duke Wilhelm Albert
Lippe 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
MecklenburgStrelitz line
Extinct
Mecklenburg-
Strelitz
Grand Duke Georg Borwin
Modena and Reggio
Habsburg-LorraineAustria-
Este line
Duke Lorenz
Monaco Grimaldiagnatically Polignac Prince Albert II
Montenegro Petrović-Njegoš King Nicholas II
13. Navarre Bourbon Queen Alice
Netherlands LippeOrange-Nassau line Queen Beatrix
Normandy Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Norway OldenburgGlücksburg line King Harald V
Oldenburg OldenburgHolstein-Gottorp line Grand Duke Anton Günthe
Parma Bourbon Duke Carlo V
Poland
Bourbon King Louis XX
Habsburg-Lorraine Karol II
Jagiellon
Wettin Maria Emanuel
Leszczyński
Piast
Poniatowski
Přemyslid (Bohemia-Opawski)
Portugal
Braganza King Duarte III
Wettin Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha line
Extinct
Prussia Hohenzollern King Georg Friedrich
Reuss Elder Line
Reuss Prince Heinrich IV
Reuss Junior Line
Romania Hohenzollern Sigmaringen line King Michael I
Russia Empress Maria
14. Saxe-Altenburg
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Extinct
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Duke Andreas
Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Saxe-Meiningen
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Duke Konrad
Saxe-Weimar-
Eisenach
Wettin
(Ernestine Line)
Grand Duke Michael
Saxony
Wettin
(Albertine Line)
King Maria Emanuel
Schaumburg-Lippe Lippe Prince Alexander
Schwarzburg-
Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg Extinct
Schwarzburg-
Sondershausen
Serbian Empire Nemanjić Extinct
Serbia
(Kingdom)
Obrenović Extinct
Serbia
(Kingdom)
Karađorđević Crown Prince Alexander
Spain Bourbon King Juan Carlos I
Sweden Bernadotte King Carl XVI Gustav
Tuscany Habsburg-Lorraine Grand Duke Sigismund
Two Sicilies BourbonTwo Sicilies line
King Carlo VIII
King Charles I
United Baltic Duchy
Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin line
Extinct, but Daughter of
Duke still alive Duchess
Woizlawa
United Kingdom
Wettin
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line
renamed Windsor
Queen Elizabeth II
Waldeck and
Pyrmont
Waldeck Prince Wittekind Adolf
15. Württemberg Württemberg King Carl
Yugoslavia Karađorđević King Aleksandar II
Oceania
Country Royal House Monarch - Pretender
Australia Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Cocos Islands Clunies-Ross King Ross V
Hawaii
Kawananakoa King Kawananakoa
Keoua Nui King Kalokuokamaile
New Zealand
Windsor Queen Elizabeth IIPapua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Samoa
Malietoa Tanumafili II last king no successor
announced
Sigave
(Wallis and
Futuna)
Vanai Tuʻi Polikalepo Kolivai
Tonga Tupou George Tupou V
Tuvalu Windsor Queen Elizabeth II
Uvea
(Wallis and
Futuna)
Takumasiva Tuʻi Kapiliele Faupala