monarch

A monarch is a sovereign head of state, typically a king or queen, who holds supreme authority in a monarchy either by hereditary right, constitutional framework, or traditional claim.

Aliases (50)

• monarchy ×67
• king ×49
• ruler ×31
• Holy Roman Emperor ×27
• emperor ×20
• ceremonial head of state ×19
• Byzantine emperor ×16
• King of Bohemia ×14
• King of Sweden ×11
• Tsar of Russia ×10
• Grand Duke of Luxembourg ×9
• Bourbon monarch ×8
• King of the Belgians ×8
• sovereign title ×8
• King of Prussia ×7
• queen regnant ×7
• sovereign ×7
• sovereign ruler ×7
• Catholic monarch ×6
• King of the Netherlands ×5
• constitutional monarchy position ×5
• tetrarch ×5
• Elector of Bavaria ×4
• Habsburg ruler ×4
• Monarch ×4
• hereditary monarch ×4
• Christian monarch ×3
• King of Israel ×3
• King of Jordan ×3
• King of Judah ×3
• king of Israel ×3
• sultan ×3
• traditional ruler ×3
• House of Dunkeld monarch ×2
• House of Hanover monarch ×2
• absolute monarch ×2
• ancient Greek monarch ×2
• enlightened absolutist ×2
• former monarch ×2
• tlatoani ×2
• 19th-century monarch ×1
• Empress of the French ×1
• Tsarina ×1
• ancient monarch ×1
• canonized monarch ×1
• deposed monarch ×1
• emperor of Japan ×1
• emperor of Russia ×1
• female monarch ×1
• former sovereign title ×1

Instances (showing first 500 of 708)

• Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Maximilian II of Bavaria ("king")
• Holy Roman Empire ("monarchy")
• Naruhito ("emperor")
• Holy Roman Emperor ("sovereign")
• Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma ("sovereign")
• Prussia ("monarchy")
• William II of the Netherlands ("King of the Netherlands")
• Charles II of Spain
• Queen of Grenada ("ceremonial head of state")
• Edward III of England
• Frederick II of Prussia
• King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
• Mikhail I of Russia ("Tsar of Russia")
• Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ("monarchy")
• Nebuchadnezzar II ("king")
• King Jehoiachin of Judah ("King of Judah")
• Queen of Papua New Guinea ("ceremonial head of state")
• William III of the Netherlands ("King of the Netherlands")
• Charles III of Spain
• Akihito
• James VI and I
• Queen of Solomon Islands ("constitutional monarchy position")
• Robert the Bruce ("king")
• King Zedekiah of Judah ("King of Judah")
• Cyrus the Great ("king")
• Herod Antipas ("tetrarch")
• Siraj ud-Daulah
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ("queen regnant")
• Charles IV of Spain ("Bourbon monarch")
• Richard III of England
• Charles II of England
• Queen of Tuvalu ("monarchy")
• Juan Carlos I of Spain ("king")
• Philippe of Belgium
• Babur ("emperor")
• Malcolm III of Scotland ("House of Dunkeld monarch")
• Henry VII of England
• Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ("monarchy")
• Edward VI of England
• Achaemenid Empire ("monarchy")
• Queen of Saint Lucia ("ceremonial head of state")
• Napoleon Bonaparte ("emperor")
• Beatrix of the Netherlands ("former monarch")
• David I of Scotland ("House of Dunkeld monarch")
• King Louis XIII
• Sikh Empire ("monarchy")
• Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ("constitutional monarchy position")
• Kingdom of Naples ("monarchy")
• Alexis of Russia ("Tsar of Russia")
• Akbar
• Marcus Aurelius ("philosopher king")
• Grand Duke ("hereditary monarch")
• Queen of Belize ("monarchy")
• Henry VIII of England
• Queen of Antigua and Barbuda ("ceremonial head of state")
• Kingdom of Sardinia ("monarchy")
• Herod the Great ("king")
• Albert II of Belgium ("King of the Belgians")
• Belgian monarchy ("monarchy")
• Peter II of Russia
• Eswatini ("monarchy")
• Ferdinand II of Aragon
• Hellenistic kingdoms ("monarchy")
• Anna of Russia
• Joseph Bonaparte
• Kingdom of Albania ("monarchy")
• Ivan VI of Russia
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
• Alexander the Great ("king")
• Emperor Hirohito ("emperor of Japan")
• Louis Bonaparte
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor ("King of Prussia")
• Peter III of Russia
• Roger I of Sicily ("ruler")
• Ptolemaic Kingdom ("monarchy")
• Isabella I of Castile ("Catholic monarch")
• Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• Catherine II of Russia
• Bourbon Spain ("monarchy")
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• George II of Great Britain
• Roger II of Sicily ("king")
• Elizabeth I of England
• Jérôme Bonaparte
• Edward the Confessor ("canonized monarch")
• Emperor Taishō
• Catholic Monarchs ("monarchs of Spain")
• Paul I of Russia
• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Osman I
• Sultan
• Odysseus ("king")
• Talal of Jordan ("King of Jordan")
• William the Conqueror
• Alexander I of Russia
• Frederick V, Elector Palatine ("King of Bohemia")
• Frederick I of Prussia
• Edward VII
• Kingdom of Ireland ("monarchy")
• Moctezuma II ("tlatoani")
• Louis XVIII of France
• Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti ("monarchy")
• Nicholas I of Russia ("emperor")
• Louis XVI of France
• Dom Pedro I of Brazil
• Leopold I of Belgium
• Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ("emperor")
• Mary I of England
• Alexander II of Russia ("emperor")
• Orhan
• Oedipus ("king")
• Abdullah II of Jordan
• Murad I
• King Saul ("king of Israel")
• Alexander III of Russia
• Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands ("monarchy")
• King Richard the Lionheart
• Bayezid I
• Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Rollo ("ruler")
• Mehmed II
• Emperor of All the Russias ("sovereign title")
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Emperor ("monarchy")
• King of Naples ("sovereign")
• Queen Victoria
• Frederick William I of Prussia
• Selim I
• British royal family ("monarchy")
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Mehmed VI
• Stephen I of Hungary ("king")
• King Alfred the Great ("Christian monarch")
• Frederick III of Denmark
• Victor Amadeus II of Savoy
• Louis I of Spain ("Bourbon monarch")
• Christian V of Denmark
• Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
• Ferdinand VI of Spain ("Bourbon monarch")
• Enlightened absolutism ("monarchy")
• Ferdinand VII of Spain
• Karl Karlsson
• Justinian I ("Byzantine emperor")
• Philippe, Duke of Anjou
• Emperor Meiji
• Charles X Gustav of Sweden ("King of Sweden")
• Charles XII of Sweden ("King of Sweden")
• Felipe VI
• Khufu
• Robert II of Scotland
• Louis Dieudonné
• Roman Kingdom ("monarchy")
• Queen of New Zealand ("constitutional monarchy position")
• Louis XV of France
• Kublai Khan ("emperor")
• Harald V of Norway
• Narmer ("pharaoh")
• King John of England
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Juliana of the Netherlands
• Polycrates of Samos ("ruler")
• Sulayman ("king")
• Ivan III of Russia ("ruler")
• James II of Scotland
• Atahualpa
• King Henry VI of England
• James IV of Scotland
• Manco Inca Yupanqui ("emperor")
• Grand Duke of Tuscany ("hereditary monarch")
• James V of Scotland
• John II of Portugal
• German Empire ("monarchy")
• Prince of Lucca and Piombino ("sovereign title")
• Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
• George III of the United Kingdom
• Tonga
• Emperor Maximilian I ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia
• Sultan Abdülmecid I
• Emperor of Japan
• Francis I of Austria ("emperor")
• Prince Charles ("king")
• Haile Selassie I ("emperor")
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Princess Ozma ("ruler")
• Charles III, King of Canada
• King David ("King of Israel")
• Sri Krishnadevaraya ("emperor")
• Charles IX of France
• Henry III of France
• William IV
• King
• Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Kenneth MacAlpin ("king")
• Sisyphus ("king")
• Latin Empire ("monarchy")
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Henry IV of France
• Shlomo ("king of Israel")
• Edward II of England
• King Hussein of Jordan
• Edward IV of England
• Henry II of France
• Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ("emperor")
• John
• Louis XIV of France
• Philip V of Spain
• Tsardom of Russia ("monarchy")
• George IV of the United Kingdom
• Ottoman sultan
• Emperor of the French ("sovereign title")
• King of Norway
• Eastern Roman emperor Zeno ("Byzantine emperor")
• Korean Empire ("monarchy")
• Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
• Alaric I ("king")
• Roman emperors
• Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
• James VII of Scotland
• John VIII Palaiologos ("Byzantine emperor")
• Scottish monarch
• King Baudouin of Belgium ("King of the Belgians")
• William II of Scotland
• Second Empire of France ("monarchy")
• Manuel II Palaiologos ("Byzantine emperor")
• Leopold III of Belgium ("King of the Belgians")
• Galerius ("tetrarch")
• Albert I of Belgium ("King of the Belgians")
• Kingdom of Bavaria ("monarchy")
• Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria ("Elector of Bavaria")
• Bagratid Armenia ("monarchy")
• Charles XI of Sweden ("King of Sweden")
• Constantius Chlorus ("tetrarch")
• Leopold II of Belgium ("King of the Belgians")
• Philip I of Castile
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Kingdom of Hungary ("monarchy")
• Mary II of Scotland
• Philip
• Earl of Aberdeen
• Maximilian I of Mexico ("emperor")
• Qajar Iran ("monarchy")
• Genseric
• Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ("king")
• Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
• Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• King Umberto I of Italy
• Umberto II of Italy
• King of Castile ("sovereign")
• Charlemagne ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Joanna of Castile ("queen regnant")
• King of Aragon ("sovereign")
• Charles VII of France
• Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Frederick I Barbarossa ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• King Solomon ("king of Israel")
• Battus I of Cyrene ("ancient Greek monarch")
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ("king")
• Constantinus Magnus ("Byzantine emperor")
• Lord of the Netherlands ("sovereign title")
• False Dmitry I ("Tsar of Russia")
• Sigismund III Vasa
• Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler)
• Constantius II ("Byzantine emperor")
• Logue
• Boris Godunov ("Tsar of Russia")
• Władysław IV Vasa
• Charles IX of Sweden ("King of Sweden")
• Emperor Charles VI ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Vasili IV Shuisky ("Tsar of Russia")
• Portuguese Crown ("monarchy")
• Mughal emperor Shah Alam II
• Duke of Milan ("sovereign ruler")
• George VI
• Frederick III, Elector Palatine ("ruler")
• Anne of Great Britain (as Queen of Scots before 1707) ("queen regnant")
• Agustín de Iturbide ("emperor")
• Alfonso X of Castile ("Catholic monarch")
• Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine ("Elector of Bavaria")
• Henry IV of Castile
• Kingdom of Italy ("monarchy")
• Peter II of Yugoslavia ("king")
• Henri Christophe
• John II of Castile
• King Manuel I of Portugal
• King John III of Portugal
• George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Queen ("Monarch")
• Governor-General of the Bahamas ("ceremonial head of state")
• Charles X of France
• Russian Empire ("monarchy")
• Itsekiri people ("traditional monarch")
• Ooni of Ife
• Louis-Philippe I of the French
• Shivaji ("king")
• Mahadji Shinde ("ruler")
• Philip III of Portugal
• Ivan V of Russia ("Tsar of Russia")
• صدرِ پاکستان ("سربراہِ مملکت")
• Lobengula Khumalo
• Wajid Ali Shah ("ruler")
• Feodor III of Russia ("Tsar of Russia")
• Henry II of England
• Karl XIII of Sweden ("King of Sweden")
• Efik people ("traditional ruler")
• King of Jamaica ("ceremonial head of state")
• Theodosius I ("Byzantine emperor")
• Awujale of Ijebu ("monarchy")
• Romulus Augustulus ("deposed monarch")
• Constantine XI Palaiologos ("Byzantine emperor")
• Governor-General of Jamaica ("ceremonial head of state")
• Theodosius II ("Byzantine emperor")
• King Gustav III of Sweden
• Empress of Russia ("sovereign title")
• King of Sicily ("sovereign")
• Lord of the Seventeen Provinces ("sovereign ruler")
• James II of England ("Catholic monarch")
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ("Elector of Bavaria")
• Rey Planeta
• Isabella II of Spain ("queen regnant")
• William I
• Sapa Inca
• Alfonso XII of Spain ("Bourbon monarch")
• Alfonso XIII of Spain
• Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Ethiopian Empire ("monarchy")
• Emperor Marcian ("Byzantine emperor")
• Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Charles I of England
• Henry V of England
• Charles of Luxembourg ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Charles I of Spain
• King Alexander I
• James I of Aragon ("Catholic monarch")
• King of Bohemia ("sovereign ruler")
• Scindia of Gwalior ("ruler")
• Kingdom of Majorca ("monarchy")
• Charles I of Austria ("emperor")
• Philip the Great
• Peter III of Aragon
• King Ahasuerus
• Charles III, Duke of Parma
• Albert I of Monaco
• Alfonso V of Aragon ("king")
• Governor-General of Grenada ("ceremonial head of state")
• William I, German Emperor
• Der Alte Fritz
• Martin I of Aragon
• King of Ireland ("former sovereign title")
• King Richard II of England
• King of Grenada ("ceremonial head of state")
• Saudi Arabia ("monarchy")
• Emperor Louis the Pious ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• Timur ("emperor")
• Shahrukh Mirza
• King Henry IV of England
• Josiah
• Alivardi Khan ("ruler")
• Kingdom of Bulgaria ("monarchy")
• Tiv people ("traditional ruler")
• Kingdom of Serbia ("monarchy")
• Jehoiakim ("King of Judah")
• Genghis Khan ("emperor")
• Lydian Kingdom ("monarchy")
• Ulugh Beg ("ruler")
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ("monarchy")
• Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
• Elector of Hesse
• Abu Sa'id Mirza
• Nader Shah
• Habsburg Spain ("monarchy")
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV ("Holy Roman Emperor")
• William I, Elector of Hesse ("ruler")
• King of Persia ("ancient monarch")
• Queen of Scots ("sovereign title")
• Husayn Bayqara
• Antiochus III the Great
• Prusias I of Bithynia ("king")
• Elector of Württemberg
• French Crown ("monarchy")
• Mithridates VI Eupator ("king")
• Elector of Baden ("hereditary monarch")
• Kingdom of Benin ("monarchy")
• Amel-Marduk
• Great Khan ("sovereign ruler")
• King of Saint Lucia ("ceremonial head of state")
• Henry I of England
• John of Bohemia ("King of Bohemia")
• Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
• Ibrahim Lodi ("ruler")
• Raden Wijaya ("king")
• Hayam Wuruk ("king")
• Kingdom of France ("monarchy")
• Nabopolassar ("king")
• Akbar II
• Beatrix
• United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ("monarchy")
• Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia ("king")