List of hereditary monarchies
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Template:Short description A hereditary monarchy is the most common style of monarchy and is the form that is used by almost all of the world's existing monarchies.
Under a hereditary monarchy, all the monarchs come from the same family, and the crown is passed down from one member to another member of the family. The hereditary system has the advantages of stability, continuity and predictability, as well as the internal stabilizing factors of family affection and loyalty.
The following list is a list of hereditary monarchies and their current (since 2024[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) monarchs.
Monarchies of sovereign states
Africa
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Eswatini – Mswati III
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Lesotho – Letsie III
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Morocco – Mohammed VI
Americas
- Template:Flagicon Antigua and Barbuda – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon The Bahamas – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Belize – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Canada – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Grenada – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Jamaica – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Saint Kitts and Nevis – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Saint Lucia – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Charles III
Asia
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Bhutan – Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Brunei – Hassanal Bolkiah
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Cambodia – Norodom Sihamoni
- Template:Flagicon Japan – Naruhito
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Thailand – Maha Vajiralongkorn
Europe
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Belgium – Philippe
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Denmark – Frederik X
- Template:Flagicon Principality of Liechtenstein – Hans-Adam II
- Template:Flagicon Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – Henri
- Template:Flagicon Principality of Monaco – Albert II
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of the Netherlands – Willem-Alexander
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Norway – Harald V
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Spain – Felipe VI
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Sweden – Carl XVI
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Charles III
Middle East
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Bahrain – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Jordan – Abdullah II of Jordan
- Template:Flagicon State of Kuwait – Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Oman – Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
- Template:Flagicon State of Qatar – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Salman of Saudi Arabia
- Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Oceania
- Template:Flagicon Commonwealth of Australia – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Realm of New Zealand – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Papua New Guinea – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Solomon Islands – Charles III
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Tonga – Tupou VI
- Template:Flagicon Tuvalu – Charles III
Sub-national monarchies
Africa
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Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
- Kingdom of Benin – Ewuare II
- Kingdom of Ile-Ife – Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
- File:Kano flag.svg Kano Emirate – Muhammadu Sanusi II
- Kingdom of Onitsha – Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe
- Kingdom of Oyo – Lamidi Adeyemi III
- File:Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate.svg Sultanate of Sokoto – Sa'adu Abubakar
South Africa
Uganda
- File:Flag of Buganda.svg Kingdom of Buganda – Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda
- File:Flag of Bunyoro, Uganda.svg Kingdom of Bunyoro – Solomon Iguru I
- File:Flag of Busoga (royal standard).png Kingdom of Busoga – William Gabula
- File:Rwenzururu flag.png Kingdom of Rwenzururu – Charles Mumbere
- File:Flag of Toro, Uganda.svg Kingdom of Toro – Rukidi IV of Tooro
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Asia
Indonesia
- File:Flag of Sunanate of Surakarta.svg Sunanate of Surakarta – Susuhunan Pakubuwono XIII
- File:Flag of Yogyakarta.svg Sultanate of Yogyakarta – Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta
Malaysia
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Johor – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Kedah – Sallehuddin of Kedah
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Kelantan – Muhammad V of Kelantan
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Pahang – Abdullah of Pahang
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Perak – Nazrin Shah of Perak
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Perlis – Sirajuddin of Perlis
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Selangor – Sharafuddin of Selangor
- Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Terengganu – Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
United Arab Emirates
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Abu Dhabi – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Ajman – Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Dubai – Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Fujairah – Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah – Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Sharjah – Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
- Template:Flagicon Emirate of Umm al-Quwain – Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla