Please name some existing monarchies [not in Brittain]...?

Question

Please name some existing monarchies [not in Brittain]...?

Answer 1

Morocco, Bhutan, Brunei, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, swaziland

Answer 2

Denmark

Sweden

Norway

Spain

Belgium

Luxembourg

Lichtenstein

Lesotho

Swaziland

Morocco

Tonga Islands

Cambodia

Thailand

Japan

Malaysia

Nepal

Oman

Kuwait

United Arab Emirate

Brunei

Answer 3

The Netherlands, Jordan, and technically Japan, although the Japanese Emperor is more an honorary and spiritual figure, while the legislature and prime minister run the country.  

Also Nepal, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates has a group of emirs that run the country, rather than a single monarch.

Answer 4

Denmark

Monaco

Sweden

Norway

Luxembourg

Answer 5

saudi arabia

Answer 6

Swaziland and Monaco, for just a couple.

Answer 7

There are quite a few, most of them are in Europe:

Belgium

Norway

Denmark

Sweden

Luxembourg

Monaco

The Netherlands

Spain

Jordan

Japan

There are a few more in the African region, I believe... hope this helps :)

Answer 8

Here is a comprehensive list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cur...

Answer 9

Go to http://www.theroyalforums.com to see the entire listing.

Sweden,Saudi Arabia,Japan,Brunei,

Luxembourg,Monaco, Lichtenstein... these are but a few.

Answer 10

I'll name every monarchy and the name of their monarch. In no particular order.

Andorra - Bishop of Urgell Joan Enric Vives Sicília and President of France Nicolas Sarkozy

Bahrain - King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah

Belgium - King Albert II

Bhutan - Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck

Cambodia - King Norodom Sihamoni

Brunei - Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

Denmark - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Japan - Emperor Akihito

Kuwait - Emir Sabah Al-Sabah

Losotho - King Letsie III

Liechtenstein - Prince Hans-Adams II

Luxembourg - Grand Duke Henri

Malaysia - Paramount Ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

Monaco - Prince Albert II

Morocco - King Mohammed VI

Jordan - King Abdullah II

Nepal - King Gyanendra

Oman - Sultan Qaboos

Norway - King Harald V

Qatar - Emir Hamad bin Khalifa

Samoa - O le Ao o le Malo Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi

Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah

Swaziland - King Mswati III and Great She Elephant Ntombi

Thailand - King Bhumibol Adulyadej

United Arab Emirates - President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan (Abu Dhabi - Sheikh Khalifa II bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, Ajman - Sheikh Humaid IV ibn Rashid Al Nuaimi, Dubai - Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid Al Maktum, Fujairah - Sheikh Hamad ibn Mohammad ash-Sharqi, Ras al-Khaimah - Sheikh Saqr ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi, Sharjah - Sheikh Dr. Sultan III ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi, Umm al-Qaiwain - Sheikh Rashid III ibn Ahmad Al Mu`alla)

Tonga - King George Tupou V

Sweden - King Carl XVI Gustaf

Spain - King Juan Carlos I

Netherlands - Queen Beatrix

United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth II (Also Sovereign of Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, and the non-sovereign states Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.)

Antigua and Barbuda - Queen Elizabeth II

Australia - Queen Elizabeth II

Tuvalu - Queen Elizabeth II

Solomon Islands - Queen Elizabeth II

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Queen Elizabeth II

Papua New Guinea - Queen Elizabeth II

New Zealand - Queen Elizabeth II

Canada - Queen Elizabeth II

Belize - Queen Elizabeth II

Saint Lucia - Queen Elizabeth II

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Queen Elizabeth II

Barbados - Queen Elizabeth II

Bahamas - Queen Elizabeth II

Jamaica - Queen Elizabeth II

Grenada - Queen Elizabeth II

Australia - Queen Elizabeth II

Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesia) - Sultan Hamengkubuwono X

Uvea (Wallis and Futuna) - Lavelua Tomasi Kulimoetoke II (Died May 7 2007. Still waiting for a successor.)

Tu'a (Alo) (Wallis and Futuna) - Soane Patita Maituku

Sigave (Wallis and Futuna) - Tu'i Visesio Moeliku

Dagbon (Ghana) - Yaa NaaKampakuya Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani

Ankole (Uganda) - Omugabe Ntare VI

Buganda (Uganda) - Muwenda Mutebi II and Queen Sylvia of Buganda

Bunyoro (Uganda) - Omukama Iguru

Busoga (Uganda) - Henry Wako Muloki

Toro (Uganda) - Omukama Rukidi IV

Māori (New Zealand) - Ariki Tuheitia p**i

Zululand (South Africa) - King Goodwill Zwelethini kaBhekuzulu

Ashanti (Ghana) - King Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

Answer 11

Existing World Monarchies, 28 (Including Britain)

Europe, 10

Sweden*

King Carl XVI Gustaf (since 1973-) (*v) Constitutional monarchy [Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website] [Notes: + = Official Government Website]

Royal Lineages of Sweden



Norway

[+] [ODIN] King Harald V (since 1991-) (*v) [Notes: camelot link] Hereditary constitutional monarchy. Official royal websiteis at http://www.kongehuset.no

Other info on Royal Family: http://www.randburg.com/no/general/gener...

[Notes: + = Official Government Website]



Denmark*

(Danish) Queen Margrethe II (since 1972) (*v) Constitutional monarchy [Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website]

Netherlands

Queen Beatrix (since 1980-) (*v)

Her husband Prince Claus passed away in October 2002.



Belgium (+)

King Albert II ( since 1993-) (*v) Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy

[Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website] [Notes: + = Official Government Website]



Britain* (+) (*v)

Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952-) Constitutional monarchy

[Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website] [Notes: + = Official Government Website] [+] = http://www.open.gov.uk/cctagis/central.h...

The Official Web Site of HRH The Prince of Wales* [Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website]

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (non official)

H.R.H. Grand Duke Jean (since 1964- ) (*v) Constitutional monarchy [No official royal website found...]



Other: http://www.netwiz.net/~obrienm/lineage/l... / National Symbols / Luxembourg Sovereigns since 963 / Selection of Facts and Trivia about the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg /Genealogy and Heraldry in Luxembourg  

Liechtenstein

Prince Hans Adam II (since 1989) (*v) Hereditary constitutional monarchy Spain [+] King Juan Carlos I ( since 1975- ) (*v) (camelot) Constitutional monarchy

[Notes: + = Official Government Website]



Principality of Monaco [non official]

Smallest monarchy of the world

Prince Albert (2005 'til present, ruling prince number 34) - he succeeded : his father Prince Rainier III , 1949 - 2005 (SIC) , more than 50 years on the throne. Rainier III  died in April 2005) (*v)

[No official royal website found...]

Monaco, picture of palace

Many pictures of Photos of Princess Grace and Fuerst Rainier has Brigitte Gastel Lloyd on her pages...





  Africa, 3



Morocco (World Factbook)

(Sa majesté le Roi) King Mohammed VI

[King Hassan II (link: French) (*v) (1961-1999)] Constitutional monarchy

Morocco is one of the oldest monarchies in the world. King Hassan II was one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs.



Lesotho

King Letsie III (since 1996) (*v) Military regime and constitutional monarchy Swaziland King Mswati III (since 1986) [*v] Monarchy

The king is the last absolute monarch in Africa, it is said that he has 11 wives.



Ghana

... is not a kingdom, however, has a very powerful Ashanti King. When the last King ( a lawyer by the name of Barima Kwaku Adusei ) died in Feb. 99, the country's most important traditional leaders, and government officials showed up for his funeral, and scores of foreign dignitaries -- including Pope John Paul II and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II -- sent condolences. The king of the Ashantis remains a major figure in Ghana.



Middle East, 7

Jordan

HRM Abdallah (II) ibn al-Hussein al-Hashimi (since 7 Feb 1999) (*v)

Queen Rania, at 29 the youngest queen in the world. Born in Kuweit, Western education, married 1993, two children (June 2000)

Constitutional monarchy

[King Hussein I (1952-99)] [Queen Noor of Jordan* [Notes: * = Official Monarchy Website] (*v)]



Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah Ibn Abd al-Asis, a half brother of King Fahd (August 2005 until ?) (the new king is already 81 years old)

before: King Fahd bin 'Abdulaziz (since 1982 - August 2005) [*v] [his fortune was estimated to be  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚‚¬48 billion.]

Crown Prince: Sultan , born 1927 [*v]

The law of the country requires that the sons and grandsons of the county's founder Abd al Asis must serve as king. The royal family consists of about 5,000 male members, the inner power circle has 42 members.

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil producer and exporter. For civilized human beings Saudi Arabia's executions, usually carried out with a sword in public, seem cruel. The kingdom's Islamic courts impose death sentences for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed robbery.

Monarchy based on Islamic law with council of ministers



Kuwait [+]

Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah (since 1977) (*v) Constitutional monarchy

[Notes: + = Official Government Website]

Monarchy is run like a family business!



Bahrain

Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa succeeded to the throne (since March 1990 (*v)

[Sheik Isa bin-Sulman al-Khalifa (1961-99)] Traditional monarchy.

Bahrein is home to the biggest American naval base in the Gulf region.

Qatar Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani (since 1972 ) (*v) Traditional emirate

Other: http://cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9903/07/BC-QA...



United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan, (since 1971 ) (*v) Federation of emirates



Sultanate of Oman [+]

Sayyid Qaboos ibn Said Al 'Bu Saidi (since 1970) (*v) Absolute monarchy [Notes: + = Official Government Website] See also: OMAN STUDIES CENTRE for Documentation and Research on Oman and the Arabian Gulf

Asia, 6

  Kingdom of Bhutan

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (since 1972) (v*) Constitutional monarchy [No official royal website found...]



Thailand

(site is initiated by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (*v) (since 1946) Biography Constitutional monarchy



Malaysia [+]

Tuanku Salehuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni al-Marhum Hisamuddin Alam Shah (since 26 Apr 1999) (v*)Federal parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarch [No official royal website found...]

[Notes: + = Official Government Website]



Brunei Darussalam (external link)

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (v*) (since 1967) Independent sultanate



Japan (*v)

The world´s oldest monarchy. His Imperial Majesty AKIHITO, the 125th Emperor of Japan, (since 1989) Parliamentary democracy. Current controversy: if a female successor can become empress. It came to a hold (ad acta) when princess Kiko gave birth to a sun in September 2006.

Prime Minister [+] [Notes: + = Official Government Website]



The Kingdom of Cambodia

King Norodom   SIHAMONI  (2004 'til present), [son of  King Preah Baht Samdach Preah Norodom Sihanuk Varman (1993 - 2004)] (*v)

Kingdom of Cambodia (since September 24, 1993) State of Cambodia (1989-1993) , People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989), Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) , Khmer Republic (1970-1975), Kingdom of Cambodia (1953-1970)). It is a constitutional monarchy. The principal religion is Theravada Buddhism. Capital: Phnom Penh, estimated population 1.1 million. The King || The Royal Family/ The Royal Crest ||

More info on Cambodia...





Oceania, 2

Tonga

King George Tupou V (Sept. 2006 - )

previous: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (since 1965  until Septe,mber 2006) (*v) Constitutional monarchy [No official royal website found...]

Western Somoa [+]

[Notes: + = Official Government Website]

King Malietoa Tanumafili II (v*) (since 1962) Constitutional monarchy