As of March 1st, 1997
In Alphabetical Order by Country
(Note: This does not purport to be an exhaustive list, but we believe
that it is comprehensive. Dates, if listed, indicate the year in which
the individual became claimant.)
Non-Reigning and
non-independent Monarchies
In instances where a bona fide dispute exists as to the theoretical
succession, the symbol appears; however, we make no judgment as to the
validity or merits of any such disputed claims, but merely note that a
dispute exists.
AFGHANISTAN: HM King Mohammed Zahir Shah* (1933- )
Heir: HRH Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Khan **
ALBANIA: HM King Leka I (throne assumed in exile**) (1961- )
Heir: HRH Crown Prince Leka of Albania
ASHANTI: HM Asantehene Opoku Ware II (1970- )
AUSTRIA: HIRH Archduke Otto ** (1922- )
Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary
BAVARIA: HRH Duke Franz (1996- )
BRAZIL: HIRH Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Braganga
Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand de Orleans e Braganga (brother)
BUGANDA: HM Kabaka Mutebi II (1969- )
BULGARIA: HM King Simeon II* (1943- )
Heir: HRH Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Tirnovo
BURUNDI: no known claimant
BURMA: no known claimant
CHINA: no active claimant
EGYPT: HM King Ahmed Fouad II *** (1952- )
Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said
ESTONIA: no known claimant
ETHIOPIA: HIM Emperor Amha Selassie I (throne assumed in exile**) (1975-
)
Heir: HIH Crown Prince Zara Yakob of Ethiopia
FRANCE (Empire): HIH Prince Napolion (1997- )
FRANCE (Kingdom): HRH Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1940- )
(Legitimist claimant: HRH Prince Luis Alfonso de Borbon, known to French
legitimists as the Duke of Anjou and Bourbon)
GEORGIA: HRH Prince George Bagration
Heir: HRH Prince Irakly Bagration
GERMANY: HIH Prince Georg Friedrich (1994- ) +
GREECE: HM King Constantine II* (1964- )
Heir: HRH Crown Prince Pavlos
HAITI: no known claimant
HANOVER: HRH Prince Ernst August
HAWAII: HRH Prince [ ] Kawananakoa (1997- )
HUNGARY (see also Austria): HIRH Archduke Otto, Crown Prince of Hungary
from 1916
Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary
INDIA: no known imperial claimant (Maharajahs, nawabs, and other
princes of states not listed)
IRAN: HIM Shah Reza II (throne assumed in exile**)
IRAQ: no active claimant
ITALY: HRH Prince Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy**
Heir: HRH Prince Emanuel Filiberto, Prince of Venice
KOREA: [HIH Prince] Kyu Lee
LAOS: no known claimant
LATVIA: no known claimant
LIBYA: uncertain
LITHUANIA: no known claimant
MEXICO: no known claimant
MODENA: HIRH Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este
MONTENEGRO: HRH Prince Nicholas Petrovich-Njegosh
MUSTANG: HH Raja Jigme Parbal Bista
POLAND: the Polish monarchy was elective, not hereditary, and thus there
is no individual claimant
PORTUGAL: HRH Prince Dom Duarte, Duke of Braganza (1978- )
Heir: HRH Prince Dom Afonso, Prince of Beira
PRUSSIA (see also Germany): HIRH Prince Georg Friedrich+ (1994- )
ROMANIA: HM King Michael I* (1940- )
RUSSIA: HIH Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna (1992- )
Heir: HIH Grand Duke Georgi
(HH Prince Nicholas Romanoff also asserts a claim to be Head of the
House of Romanoff)
RWANDA: HM King Kigeli V*
SARAWAK: no known claimant
SAXONY: HRH Prince Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen (1968- )
SERBIA (see also Yugoslavia): HRH Crown Prince Alexander (1970- )
Heir: HRH Prince Peter
SIKKIM: unceratin
TORO: HM Omukama Rukidi IV (1995- )
TWO SICILIES: HRH Prince Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Infante of Spain
TUNISIA: no known claimant
TURKEY (Ottoman Empire): HIH Prince Ertogroul Osman (1994- )
UKRAINE: no known claimant
VENDA: uncertain
VIETNAM: HIH Crown Prince Bao Long** (1997- )
W\RTTEMBERG: HRH Prince Carl, Duke of W\rttemberg (1975- )
Heir: HRH Prince Friedrich
XHOSA: HM King Maxhoba Sandile
YEMEN*: HRH Crown Prince --- (1996- )
YUGOSLAVIA: HRH Crown Prince Alexander** (1970- )
Heir: HRH Prince Peter
ZANZIBAR*: HH Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah (1963- )
ZULUS: HM King Goodwill Zwelithini (1972- )
*Former reigning monarch.
**Son and heir of last reigning monarch.
*** Reigned briefly as infant under Council of Regency
+ Prince Georg Friedrich is heir to the Kingdom of Prussia and the
German Empire. Heirs to the many small principalities and grand duchies
are not listed here, although the German kingdoms are listed.