Royalist

For other uses, see Royalist (disambiguation).

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist is applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that has been recently overthrown to form a republic.

In the United Kingdom, today the term is almost indistinguishable from "monarchist" because there are no significant rival claimants to the throne. Conversely, in 19th-century France, a royalist might be either a Legitimist, Bonapartist, or an Orléanist, all being monarchists.

United Kingdom

• The Wars of the Roses were fought between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians
• During the English Civil War the Royalists or Cavaliers supported King Charles I and, in the aftermath, his son King Charles II
• Following the Glorious Revolution, the Jacobites supported the deposed James II and his successors
• Following the Glorious Revolution, the Loyalists supported of the new dynasty and/or the British Empire

Russia

• During the Russian Civil War, the Royalists constituted a part of the White Army

Yugoslavia

• During and especially towards at the end of World War II in Yugoslavia, the Royalist Chetniks supported the exiled King of Yugoslavia.

France

• Legitimists, French royalists upholding Salic Law
  • Chouannerie, a royalist group during the French Revolution
  • Ultra-royalists, a 19th-century reactionary faction of the French parliament
• Orléanists, who, in late 18th and 19th century France, supported the Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon, which came to power in the French monarch July Revolution
• Bonapartists, supporters of the Bonaparte imperial line.

Low countries

• Union of Arras, states of the Netherlands loyal to Philip II
• Orangism in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
• Supporters of the return of Leopold III as King of the Belgians after the Second World War, also called Leopoldists

Portugal

• Miguelist, a supporter of King Miguel

Spain

• Carlist, a Spanish legitimist
• Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), a supporter of the Spanish Empire during the Spanish American wars of independence

Italy

• During World War II the Royalists were Italians who supported Victor Emmanuel III and the government of Pietro Badoglio after the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown.

China

• Baohuang Hui (the Royalist Society, lit. the Rescue Emperor Society) in late Qing Dynasty, an organisation that supported the pro-reform Guangxu and advocated constitutional monarchy as a peaceful political reform, against both the conservative rulers (such as Cixi) who opposed any reform and the Tongmenghui who sought to overthrow the monarchy and establish the Republic of China

Cambodia

Main article: FUNCINPEC

The FUNCINPEC Party (Template:Lang-km; French: Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et coopératif), National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia is a royalist political party in Cambodia founded in 1981. The party draws its inspiration from the political legacy of the former King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk.

Iran

Main article: Monarchism in Iran

The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI) (Template:Lang-fa) is a liberal democratic party founded in 1994 (originally as the Constitutional Movement of Iran) and is based in exile. The party favors a constitutional monarchy in Iran but isn't opposed to a republic based on referendum. It also supports returning of current Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as the next shah of Iran.

United States

• Loyalists during the American Revolution were American colonists opposed to secession from the British Empire and who remained loyal to the British Crown. After the Revolution, many emigrated north to the remaining British territories in what is now modern Canada, calling themselves the United Empire Loyalists.

Malaysia

• Johor Royalists Club is a non-governmental organization which was founded in the State of Johor, within the Federation of Malaysia, on 23 March 2015. Its mission is to restore the "Order", and its objectives are to support the monarchy of Johor; to create awareness of the heritage of the monarchy of Johor; and to close up racial relations through the monarchy of Johor. Its membership is open to pure Johoreans (Anak Jati Johor) who, and both of whose parents, were born in Johor, and are loyal (and only loyal) to the Sultan of Johor. It operates in the form of a people's congress, and has a standing committee to manage the day-to-day affairs.