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Monarchs and royalty

24 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Frederick William II Friedrich Wilhelm II King of Prussia who signed the Declaration of Pillnitz and campaigned against France Monarchs and royalty 1744–1797
Leopold II Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor who co-signed the Declaration of Pillnitz Monarchs and royalty 1747–1792
Louis XVI Louis XVI French king deposed and tried during the Revolution Monarchs and royalty · French monarchy 1754–1793
Charles X Charles Philippe, comte d’Artois Count of Artois who led émigré royalism during the Revolution Monarchs and royalty · French monarchy 1757–1836
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoléon Bonaparte A conqueror who rose from revolutionary general to emperor Government and administration · Consulate and First Empire state institutions 1769–1821
Alexander Nikolayevich II Александр Николаевич II The Tsar who tried to modernize the old regime from above through emancipation and reform, and became the revolutionaries' prime target Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire 1818–1881
Alexander Alexandrovich III Александр Александрович III The 'Peacemaker' who reversed the Great Reforms and re-established autocracy as the unshakeable creed of the Russian state Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire 1845–1894
Wilhelm II Wilhelm II. Last German Emperor, who backed Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis and abdicated and fled in 1918 Monarchs and royalty · Germany state institutions 1859–1941
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 was the immediate cause of the First World War Monarchs and royalty · Austria state institutions 1863–1914
Nicholas II Николай II The last Tsar, who believed autocracy was a duty from God Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire 1868–1918
Bogd Khan Богд хаан The Tibetan-born reincarnate lama enthroned as the last great khan of Mongolia Religion 1869–1924
Victor Emmanuel III Vittorio Emanuele III A monarch caught between constitutional authority and responsibility for Fascism Monarchs and royalty · Italy state institutions 1869–1947
Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova Александра Фёдоровна Романова The last Empress, whose reliance on Rasputin helped doom the dynasty Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire 1872–1918
Joseph August Joseph August von Österreich Habsburg archduke and last field marshal of the Austro-Hungarian army who briefly declared himself regent of Hungary in August 1919 Military command · Austria state institutions 1872–1962
Said Alim Khan Said Olimxon Last Emir of Bukhara, driven into exile in Afghanistan by the Red Army in 1920 Monarchs and royalty 1880–1944
Charles I Karl I. Last Habsburg monarch, Emperor Charles I of Austria and King Charles IV of Hungary, who twice tried to regain the Hungarian throne in 1921 Monarchs and royalty · Austria state institutions 1887–1922
Haile Selassie I ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ Moderniser and anti-fascist icon who never touched the land order that finally undid his dynasty Monarchs and royalty · Ethiopia 1892–1975
Paul Karađorđević Pavle Karađorđević A regent pressed toward the Axis while trying to keep Yugoslavia out of war Monarchs and royalty · Yugoslavia 1893–1976
Hirohito 裕仁 The emperor who carried Japan through war and constitutional transformation Monarchs and royalty · Japan state institutions 1901–1989
Puyi 溥仪 Last emperor of the Qing, puppet emperor of Manchukuo, and a “remoulded” citizen of the People’s Republic Monarchs and royalty · Qing dynasty 1906–1967
Bảo Đại Bảo Đại Last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, who abdicated in 1945 and returned as head of the French-backed State of Vietnam Monarchs and royalty · Vietnam 1913–1997
Michael I Mihai I The last King of Romania, who arrested Antonescu on 23 August 1944 to bring the country over to the Allies and abdicated at gunpoint in 1947 Monarchs and royalty · Romania 1921–2017
Norodom Sihanouk នរោត្តម សីហនុ Cambodian king and united-front leader Monarchs and royalty · Cambodia state institutions 1922–2012
Peter II Petar II Karađorđević The last king who carried Yugoslavia’s royal legitimacy into exile Monarchs and royalty · Yugoslavia 1923–1970