List of the last monarchs in Europe

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This is a list of the last monarchs in Europe.

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!Nation / territory

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!Birth

!Reigned from

!Reign ceased

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!Death

!Arms

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{{flagcountry|Albanian Kingdom (1939–43)}}

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| Victor Emmanuel III

King of Albania

| 11 November 1869

| 16 April 1939

| 3 September 1943

| Armistice of Cassibile

| 28 December 1947

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|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wm_YDAAAQBAJ&dq=Victor+Emmanuel+III++throne+of+albania+1943&pg=PA91|title=World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2016|isbn=9781851099696|volume=I|location=Santa Barbara, CA|pages=91|language=en}}

{{flagicon image|Flag of Lusignan dynasty.webp}} Armenia

| 80px

| Levon V

King of Armenia

| 1342

| 1374

| 1375

| Deposed

| 29 November 1393

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{{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary}}

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| Charles I and IV

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

| 17 August 1887

| 21 November 1916

| 11 & 13 November 1918

| "Relinquished participation in the administration of the State"

| 1 April 1922

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|Edward P. Keleher, "Emperor Karl and the Sixtus Affair: Politico-Nationalist Repercussions in the Reich German and Austro-German Camps, and the Disintegration of Habsburg Austria, 1916-1918." East European Quarterly 26.2 (1992): 163+.

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}}

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| Simeon II

Tsar of Bulgaria

| 16 June 1937

| 28 August 1943

| 15 September 1946

| Republican constitution adopted

| Living

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/interview/bulgarias-simeon-time-to-leave-a-mark-after-so-many-years-of-isolation/|title=Bulgaria's Simeon: Time to leave a mark after so many years of isolation|last=Gotev|first=Georgi|date=2017-11-20|website=euractiv.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Independent State of Croatia}}

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| Tomislav II

King of Croatia

| 9 March 1900

| 18 May 1941

| 31 July 1943

| Abdicated

| 29 January 1948

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|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0in2wOY-W0C&q=the+state+of+croatia|title=Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress|last=Lemkin|first=Raphael|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|year=2005|isbn=9781584779018|location=Clark, NJ|pages=253|language=en|orig-year=1944}}

{{flagicon image|Stemma reale di Giano di Cipro.svg}} Cyprus

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| Catherine

Queen of Cyprus

| 25 November 1454

| 26 August 1474

| 26 February 1489

| Abdicated

| 10 July 1510

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|{{cite book|first1=H. E. L. |last1=Mellersh |first2=Neville |last2=Williams|title=Chronology of world history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCcOAQAAMAAJ |year=1999|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-155-7 }}

{{flagcountry|Second French Empire}}

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| Napoleon III

Emperor of the French

| 20 April 1808

| 2 December 1852

| 4 September 1870

|Abdicated

| 9 January 1873

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|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6GaBAAAQBAJ&dq=Napoleon+III+1870+abdicate&pg=PA524|title=Voyages in World History, Volume II, Brief|last1=Hansen|first1=Valerie|last2=Curtis|first2=Kenneth R.|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2016|isbn=9781305537729|volume=2|location=Boston. MA|pages=524|language=en}}

{{flagcountry|German Empire}}

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| Wilhelm II

Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia

| 27 January 1859

| 15 June 1888

| 9 November 1918

| Abdicated

| 9 June 1941

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|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTnqCQAAQBAJ|title=Wilhelm II: Volume 2, Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941|last=Cecil|first=Lamar|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|year=1996|isbn=9780807860748|location=Chapel Hill, NC|pages=292|language=en}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}

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| Constantine II

King of the Hellenes

| 2 June 1940

| 6 March 1964

| 1 June 1973

| Deposed

| 10 January 2023

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/a3607/king-without-a-country/|title=Why Is the King of Greece Living as a Commoner?|last1=Gage|first1=Nicholas|last2=Gage|first2=Joan Paulson|date=2015-08-21|website=Town & Country|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Iceland}}

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| Christian X

King of Iceland

| 26 September 1870

| 14 May 1912

| 17 June 1944

| Republican constitution adopted

| 20 April 1947

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|{{Cite web|url=https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2014/05/29/the-nazi-king-of-iceland/|title=The Nazi King Of Iceland|last=Guðmundsson|first=Helgi Hrafn|date=29 May 2014|website=The Reykjavik Grapevine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Irish Free State}}

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| George VI

King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas

| 14 December 1895

| 11 December 1936

| 29 December 1937

| Constitution of Ireland

| 6 February 1952

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{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

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| Umberto II

King of Italy

| 15 September 1904

| 9 May 1946

| 18 June 1946

| Republican constitution adopted

| 18 March 1983

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|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axgfeXGFvF8C|title=Italy and Its Monarchy|last=Mack Smith|first=Denis |authorlink= Denis Mack Smith|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1992|isbn=9780300051322|pages=340|language=en}}

{{flagicon image|Flag of Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.svg}} Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia)

| File:George XII of Georgia.jpg

| George XII

King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands

| 10 November 1746

| 11 January 1798

| 28 December 1800

| Death

| 28 December 1800

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{{flagcountry|State of Malta}}

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| Elizabeth II

Queen of Malta

| 21 April 1926

| 21 September 1964

| 13 December 1974

| Republican constitution adopted

| 8 September 2022

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091212/opinion/the-republic-of-malta.285600|title=The Republic of Malta|last=Zammit Marmarà|first=Desmond|date=12 December 2009|website=Times of Malta|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Montenegro}}

|File:Nicholas I of Montenegro.jpg

| Nicholas I

King of Montenegro

| 7 October 1841

| 28 August 1910

| 26 November 1918

| Monarchy abolished

| 1 March 1921

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro_bill_rehabilitate_royal_family/4747540.html|title=Government Bill Aims To Rehabilitate Montenegro's Royal Family|date=18 April 2011|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Portugal}}

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| Manuel II

King of Portugal and the Algarves

| 15 November 1889

| 1 February 1908

| 5 October 1910

| Monarchy abolished

| 2 July 1932

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|{{Cite web|url=http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/what-happened-to-portugals-monarchy-108403|title=What happened to Portugal's monarchy?|last=Starbuck|first=Lydia|date=2018-09-22|website=Royal Central|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-23}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}

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| Michael I

King of Romania

| 25 October 1921

| 6 September 1940

| 30 December 1947

|Monarchy abolished

| 5 December 2017

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|{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/05/michael-1-of-romania|title=Michael I of Romania Obituary: Former monarch and last surviving head of state from the second world war|last=Dunlop|first=Tessa|date=2017-12-05|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

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| Nicholas II

Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias

| 18 May 1868

| 1 November 1894

| 15 March 1917

| Abdicated

| 17 July 1918

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|{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nicholasii00marc|url-access=registration|title=Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars|last=Ferro|first=Marc|date=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195093827|language=en}}

{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

| 80px

| Peter II

King of Yugoslavia

| 6 September 1923

| 9 October 1934

| 29 November 1945

|Deposed

| 3 November 1970

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-05-26/serbia-holds-state-funeral-yugoslavias-last-king|title=Serbia holds state funeral for Yugoslavia's last king|last=Langlois|first=Jill|date=26 May 2013|website=Public Radio International|language=en|access-date=2019-01-23}}

See also

References

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*Last Europe

Category:History of Europe

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