A Monarchist's Guide to the World, 1910

(This is what the Monarchist's Guide would have looked like if published in 1910, at the time of the funeral of King Edward VII.)

Section I: Current Monarchies

A. Hereditary, Resident Sovereign

Country Date of Independence or Unification Current Sovereign
Austro-Hungarian Empire 1804 (1867) Emperor Franz Joseph I, born August 18, 1830, acceded December 2, 1848.
Belgium 1830 King Albert I, born April 8, 1875, acceded December 23, 1909.
Bhutan 1907 King Jigme Ugyen Wangchuk, born 1861, acceded December 17, 1907.
British Empire
[United Kingdom]
1707 (1801) King George V, Emperor of India, born 3 June 1865, acceded May 6, 1910.
Bulgaria 1878 (1908) King Ferdinand I, born 26 February 1861, acceded as Prince July 7, 1887; as King October 5, 1908.
Chinese Empire 1523 B.C. Emperor Pu Yi, born February 7, 1906, acceded December 2, 1908.
Denmark c. 900 King Frederik VIII, born June 3, 1863, acceded January 29, 1906.
Ethiopia 1000 B.C. Emperor Menelik II, born August 17, 1844, acceded March 9, 1889.
German Empire 1871 Kaiser [Emperor] Wilhelm II, born January 27, 1859, acceded June 15, 1888.
Greece 1829 King George I, born December 24, 1845, acceded October 31, 1863.
Italy 1861 King Vittorio Emanuele III, born November 11, 1869, acceded July 29, 1900.
Japanese Empire 660 B.C. Emperor Mutsuhito, born November 3, 1852, acceded February 3, 1867.
Liechtenstein 1806 Prince Johannes II, born October 5, 1840, acceded November 12, 1858.
Luxembourg 1866 (1890) Grand Duke Guillaume IV, born April 22, 1852, acceded November 17, 1905.
Monaco 1297 Prince Albert I, born November 13, 1848, acceded September 10, 1889.
Montenegro 1878 (1910) Prince Nikola I, born October 7, 1841, acceded August 13, 1860.
Muscat & Oman 1744 Sultan Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, born 1864, acceded June 4, 1888.
Nepal 1769 King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, born August 18, 1875, acceded 17 May 1881.
Netherlands 1581 (1815) Queen Wilhelmina, born August 31, 1880, acceded November 23, 1890.
Norway 1905 King Haakon VII, born August 3, 1872, acceded November 18, 1905.
Ottoman Empire 1299 Sultan Mehmed V, born November 1844, acceded April 27, 1909.
Persia 625 B.C. Shah Ahmad Shah Qajar, born January 21, 1898, acceded July 16, 1909.
Portugal 1139 King Manuel II, born March 19, 1889, acceded February 1, 1908.
Romania 1878 (1881) King Carol I, born April 20, 1839, acceded as Prince April 20, 1866; as King March 26, 1881.
Russian Empire 862 (1721) Tsar [Emperor] Nicholas II, born May 18, 1868, acceded November 1, 1894.
Serbia 1878 King Peter I, born July 11, 1844, acceded June 12, 1903.
Siam 1350 King Chulalongkorn, born September 20, 1853, acceded October 1, 1868.
Spain 1492 King Alfonso XIII, born and acceded May 17, 1886.
Sweden 1523 King Gustaf V, born June 16, 1858, acceded December 8, 1907.

B. Hereditary, Sovereign shared with United Kingdom

Country Date of Dominion Status
Australia 1901
Canada 1867
New Zealand 1907

C. Non-Hereditary

Country Established Current sovereign(s)
Andorra 1278 Armand Fallières, President of France and (Co) Prince of Andorra, born November 6, 1841, in office February 18, 1906;
Joan Baptista Venlloch i Vivó, Bishop of Urgell and (Co) Prince-Bishop of Andorra, born December 29, 1864, in office December 6, 1906.


Section II: Countries whose Monarchies have been Abolished

Country Monarchy Established Monarchy Abolished Claimant(s)
Brazil 1822 1889 Princess Imperial Isabel, born July 29, 1846, inherited claim December 5, 1891.
France 496 1848 (1870) Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, born February 6, 1869, inherited claim September 8, 1894.
(Prince Victor Bonaparte, Prince Napoléon, born July 18, 1862, inherited claim March 18, 1891.)
Mexico 1822 (1864) 1823 (1867) Don Augustín de Iturbide y Green, Prince of Iturbide, born April 2, 1863, inherited claim June 19, 1867.

Section III: Countries Republican since Independence or Lacking Claimants

Country Independence
Argentina 1816
Bolivia 1825
Chile 1818
Colombia 1819
Cuba 1902
Dominican Republic 1865
Ecuador 1830
El Salvador 1842
Costa Rica 1847
Guatemala 1821
Haiti 1804
Honduras 1838
Liberia 1847
Panama 1903
Paraguay 1811
Peru 1821
San Marino 301
Switzerland 1648
United States 1783
Uruguay 1830
Venezuela 1821

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