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===Uganda===
===Uganda===
* Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1963.
* Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1963.
* King [[Mutesa II of Buganda]], who was also [[President of Uganda]], was forced into exile in 1966.


===Unyanyembe===
===Unyanyembe===

Revision as of 18:37, 30 April 2007

The following monarchs either lost their thrones through deposition by a coup d'état, by a referendum which abolished their throne, or chose to abdicate during the 20th century. A list of surviving former monarchs appears at the end of the article.

See also: Abolished monarchy, List of current monarchs

Template:CompactTOC2 Surviving monarchs from abolished monarchies

A

Aceh Darussalam

Abuja

Afghanistan

Albania

Anhalt

Austria

  • Emperor Karl was deposed as Emperor of Austria in 1918.

B

Baden

Baroda

Bavaria

Belgium

Bharatpur

Bhopal

Bone state

Brunei

Brunswick

Buffalo Point

Bugabula

Buganda

Buhweju

  • Ndagara, Omukama of Buhweju, deposed 1901.

Buleleng

Bulgaria

Burundi

Bukhara

Busoga

C

Caliphate

Cambodia

  • King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 1955, then served in various important positions, including prime minister and head of state, intermittently until 1976, and was eventually restored to the kingship in 1993.
  • Queen Sisowath Monivong Kossamak was deposed in 1970 with the coup that ended the regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The monarchy was restored in 1993 with Sihanouk (who had previously reigned from 1941 to 1955) as King.
  • King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated again in 2004.

Central African Empire

Champasak

China

  • Xuantong Emperor (Puyi) was forced to abdicate in 1912 following a Republican revolution.
  • Yuan Shikai (reigned as the self-proclaimed Hongxian Emperor) abdicated in 1916, a few months before his death, and lasting only 83 days on the throne.

Chisasibi

  • Violet Pachanos chief of Chisabibi 1989-1995 ,deposed or abdicated 1995,restored 1999,reigned until 2001.

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Courland

  • Duke-elect (and German Emperor) William II was deposed following the end of World War I in 1918.

Croatia

  • The Axis puppet King Tomislav II (Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto), who had never actually reigned, abdicated in 1943, when Italy made peace with the Allies.

Cochin

  • Rama Varma (1895-1914): He was rewarded with K.C.S.I, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. It was during his reign that the railway line from Shornur was extended to Cochin. He resigned in 1914 due to differences with British Empire. He died in January 1932 (1107 Makaram 16th). He is known as Ozinja Vallia Thampuran (Abdicated Highness, aka Rajarshi).

D

Dewas

E

Egypt

  • King Farouk abdicated in 1952 in favor of his infant son Fuad II, who was deposed the next year when Egypt became a republic. (Farouk died 1965; Fuad is still living as of 2007.)

Ethiopia

  • Emperor Iyasu V was deposed 1916 for suspected conversion to the Muslim faith.
  • Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed following the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, and restored in 1941. He was deposed again during communist revolution in 1975.
  • Emperor Amha Selassie I, briefly emperor 1974–1975, was deposed by the abolition of the monarchy. see here, http://www.ethiopiancrown.org/crown.htm

F

Fiji

Finland

G

Gambia

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Gambia when the country became a republic in 1970.

German Empire

  • Emperor William II was deposed following Germany's defeat in World War I in 1918.

Ghana

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1960.

Gojjam

Gowa

Greece

  • King Constantine I was deposed in 1917 but returned to the throne in 1920.
  • King Constantine I abdicated in 1922.
  • King George II went into exile in 1923 and was deposed in 1924 by a referendum abolishing monarchy but returned to the throne in 1935; he was again exiled in 1941, but returned in 1946.
  • King Constantine II was exiled in 1967 and was deposed by another referendum abolishing monarchy in 1973 (and re-run in 1974).

Guyana

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1970.

H

Hesse and by Rhine

Hejaz

  • King Ali of Hejaz, deposed by Saudi Military forces in 1925.

Hungary

  • King Charles IV (Emperor Charles I of Austria) lost his throne when a republic was established in 1918. Following the restoration of the Hungarian monarchy in 1920, he was refused permission to assume residency and constitutional functions in the Kingdom by the Regent of Hungary. Charles died in exile in 1922. His son Otto succeeded him in his claims but, like his father, was not allowed to enter the Kingdom or assume constitutional functions, and was not recognized as king. The Kingdom of Hungary was abolished by communists following World War II.

Hyderabad

I

Igara

  • Musinga, Omukama of Igara, deposed 1901.

India

  • King George VI of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India, ceased to be Emperor in 1947, when India gained its independence, and ceased to be King of India in 1950, when India became a republic.

Indian Princely States

  • All the several hundred princely states (with a few exceptions) were abolished upon India's independence in 1947.

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

  • King George VI ceased to be King when the country became a republic in 1949.

Italy

J

K

Karangasem

Kenya

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when Kenya became a republic in 1964.

Kokang

Korea

Kubu

Kuwait

Kupang

Kutai

L

Lambjang and Kaski

Laos

Lesotho

  • King Moshoeshoe II was deposed in 1990 and reinstated in 1995.
  • King Letsie III took the throne upon his father's, Moshoeshoe II, deposition in 1990. He was later deposed in favor of his father (1995), and then reclaimed the throne on his father's death in 1996.

Libya

Lingga

Lippe

Lithuania

  • The German puppet King Mindaugas II of Lithuania (William, Duke of Urach, Count of Württemberg) was deposed following the end of the First World War in 1918.

Luxembourg

  • Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde was forced to abdicate in 1919 due to political issues.
  • Her sister and successor Grand Duchess Charlotte also abdicated, in 1964.
  • Charlotte's son and successor Grand Duke Jean abdicated in favour of his son Henri in 2000.

M

Malawi

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when the country became a republic in 1966.

Maldives

Malta

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when the country became a republic in 1974.

Manchukuo

  • Emperor Puyi was deposed in 1945.

Mauritius

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Mauritius following a 1992 referendum.

Mecca

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

  • The last Grand Duke, Adolf Friedrich VI, committed suicide in February 1918. From then until the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin acted as regent.

Mohammerah

Morocco

Montenegro

  • King Nicholas was deposed after the First World War, when Montenegro became part of Yugoslavia.

N

Netherlands

Nigeria

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1963.

Norway

  • King Oscar II was replaced in 1905, ending the Swedish-Norwegian personal union.

O

Oman

Oldenburg

P

Pakistan

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen of Pakistan when it became a republic in 1956.

Pindus

Poland

  • The portion of Poland formerly ruled by Russia was occupied by Germany and Austria in 1915 and proclaimed an independent kingdom in 1916. Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria was named King-elect, but the nation was declared a republic without ever actually having had a King in the 20th century.

Portugal

  • King Manuel II fled following a revolution in 1910. Portugal became a Republic.

Prussia

  • King William II (also German Emperor) was overthrown from the Prussian and German thrones after World War I.

Q

Qatar

Qu'aiti

R

Reuss Elder Line

Reuss Younger Line

Romania

  • King Michael I was removed as king in favor of his father Carol II in 1930.
  • King Carol II abdicated in 1940.
  • King Michael was deposed again by the communist-dominated government in 1947.

Rujumbura

  • Makobore, omukama of Rujumbrura, deposed 1901.

Russia

  • Emperor Nicholas II abdicated after the February Revolution of 1917, as did his named successor, his brother Grand Duke Michael (possibly known for a very short time as Michael II). Both Nicholas II and Michael separately were later murdered, as was all of Nicholas II's family in 1918 (see the House of Romanov). The monarchy was abolished and replaced by a Russian republic under Lenin, which in 1922 became the Soviet Union.

Rwanda (the Tutsi state)

S

Sarawak

Saudi Arabia

Saxe-Altenburg

  • Duke Ernst II was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

  • Duke Charles Edward was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Saxe-Meiningen

  • Duke Bernhard III was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

  • Grand Duke William Ernest was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Saxony

  • King Frederick Augustus III was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Schaumburg-Lippe

  • Prince Adolf II was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Schwarzburg

  • Prince Günther was deposed at the end of the First World War in 1918 with all the other German monarchs.

Serbia

  • King Peter I became instead King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918.

Serdang

Sierra Leone

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1971.

Sikkim

Sintang

South Africa

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when South Africa became a republic in 1961.

Spain

  • King Alfonso XIII fled following republican wins in local elections in 1931. (The monarchy was restored in 1975 under his grandson, King Juan Carlos.)

Sri Lanka

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1972.

T

Tanzania

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be queen when the country became a republic in 1962.

Thailand

Tibet

  • Tenzin Gyatso was forced to flee from Tibet in 1959 because of the Chinese occupation. He retains the title of Dalai Lama.

Tigray

Toro

Travancore

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1976.

Tunisia

Turkey

U

Uganda

  • Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1963.

Unyanyembe

  • Chief Fundikira III, Ntemi of Unyanyembe, deposed by Tanzania in 1962.

United Kingdom

V

Vietnam

  • Emperor Bao Dai abdicated in 1945 when communists seized control of the nation. Following the Geneva accords, Vietnam was partitioned and Bao Dai became Head of State (Quoc Truong) of the French controlled areas of Vietnam. He was never restored as emperor, and in 1955 was removed from office via referendum.

W

Wajo

Waldeck-Pyrmont

Württemberg

X

Y

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Z

Zanzibar

(Zanzibar was later united with Tanganyika, and Tanzania was formed)

Surviving monarchs from abolished monarchies

See also