List of dynasties


This is a list of dynasties and dynastic regimes in the context of monarchy, both sovereign and non-sovereign, organized by geographic region. Extant dynasties are rendered in bold.

Extant dynasties

List of extant dynasties ruling sovereign monarchies

There are 44 sovereign states with a monarch as head of state, of which 42 are ruled by dynasties.
DynastyRealmReigning monarchDynastic founderDynastic place of origin
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of WindsorQueen Elizabeth IIKing-Emperor George VThuringia and Bavaria
House of KhalifaKing Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaSheikh Khalifa bin MohammedNajd
House of BelgiumKing PhilippeKing Albert IThuringia and Bavaria
House of WangchuckDruk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckDruk Gyalpo Ugyen WangchuckBhutan
House of BolkiahSultan Hassanal BolkiahSultan Muhammad ShahTarim
House of NorodomKing Norodom SihamoniKing Norodom ProhmbarirakCambodia
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgQueen Margrethe IIDuke Friedrich WilhelmGlücksburg
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgKing Harald VDuke Friedrich WilhelmGlücksburg
House of DlaminiKing Mswati IIIChief Dlamini IEast Africa
Imperial House of JapanEmperor NaruhitoEmperor JimmuNara
House of HashimKing Abdullah IIKing Hussein ibn Ali al-HashimiHejaz
House of SabahEmir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahSheikh Sabah I bin JaberNajd
House of MosheshKing Letsie IIIParamount Chief Moshoeshoe ILesotho
House of LiechtensteinPrince Hans-Adam IIPrince Karl ILower Austria
House of Luxembourg-NassauGrand Duke HenriGrand Duke AdolpheNassau
Bendahara dynastyYang di-Pertuan Agong AbdullahBendahara Tun Habib Abdul MajidJohor
House of GrimaldiPrince Albert IIFrançois GrimaldiGenoa
Alaouite dynastyKing Mohammed VISultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad as-Sharif ibn 'AliTafilalt
House of Orange-NassauKing Willem-AlexanderPrince William INassau
House of SaidSultan Haitham bin TariqSultan Ahmad bin Said al-BusaidiYemen
House of ThaniEmir Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniSheikh Thani bin MohammedNajd
House of SaudKing Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudEmir Saud IDiriyah
House of Borbón-AnjouKing Felipe VIKing Philip VBourbon-l'Archambault
House of BernadotteKing Carl XVI GustafKing Charles XIV JohnPau
Chakri dynastyKing VajiralongkornKing Rama IPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
House of TupouKing Tupou VIKing George Tupou ITonga
House of NahyanPresident Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanSheikh Dhiyab bin Isa Al NahyanLiwa Oasis

List of sovereign states and territories with extant non-sovereign dynasties

The following is a list of sovereign states and territories with existing dynasties ruling non-sovereign polities. Such dynasties usually possess and exercise authority over subnational divisions or people groups. Although non-sovereign dynasties may be conferred official status through constitutional arrangement or government recognition, there are also those that are not officially recognized.
ContinentSovereign state or territory
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania New Caledonia
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

List of dynasties in Africa

Algeria

Afghanistan

Albania

Bavarii

This is a list of rulers of the Huns.
Period Ruler

Lombards

Medieval feudal states

[Great Moravia]

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Argentina

Australia