List of current sovereign monarchs

A monarch is the head of a monarchy, a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled by an individual who normally rules for life or until abdication, and typically inherits the throne by birth. Monarchs may be autocrats (as in many absolute monarchies) or may be ceremonial figureheads, exercising only limited or no reserve powers at all, with actual authority vested in a legislature and/or executive cabinet (as in many constitutional monarchies). In many cases, a monarch will also be linked with a state religion. Most states only have a single monarch at any given time, although a regent may rule when the monarch is a minor, not present, or otherwise incapable of ruling. Cases in which two monarchs rule simultaneously over a single state, are known as co-regencies.

Monarchs are distinguished by their titles and styles, which in most cases are defined by tradition, and guaranteed under the state's constitution. A variety of titles are applied; for example, "king" and "queen", "prince" and "princess", "emperor" and "empress". Although they will be addressed differently in their local languages, the names and titles in the list below have been styled using the common equivalent.

Monarchs by country

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Realm	Monarch	Since	Length	House	Type	Succession
Adwest	HM Sophia I	1566	21	Durnador	Absolute	Hereditary
Akitsu	HIM Kaito	1555	32	Kobayakawa	Constitutional	Appointed
Angiris	HIM Tyrael	1569	18	Khanduran	Constitutional	Hereditary/Elected
Arkiania	HH Tiberius	1576	11	Aurelius	Absolute	Hereditary
Arrenland	HM Iohannes	1581	6	Cynericing	Constitutional	Elective
Ashford	HM Caiside IV	1555	32	Hemingr	Constitutional	Hereditary
Biyra	HM Jadwiga III	1574	13	Podraza	Constitutional	Hereditary
Caparetta	HM Leopold IV	xx	xx	Trastámara	Absolute	Hereditary
Castleon	HM Isabella III	1543	44	Trastámara	Constitutional	Hereditary
Cyrus	HSH Alfonso II	1550	37	Mercedes	Constitutional	Hereditary
Drahen	HIM Quintilus II	1581	6	Valerii	Constitutional	Hereditary
Dyrheim	HRH Sigmund II	1549	38	Hohenzollern	Constitutional	Hereditary
Felis	HM Felipe V	1560	27	Hernano	Constitutional	Hereditary
Freesia	HSH Cristian IV	1545	42	Calabria	Constitutional	Hereditary
Gallia	HM Alexis I	1555	32	Meneris	Constitutional	Hereditary
Gehenna	HIM Josef III	xx	xx	Herschel	Semi-Constitutional	Elective
Goldecia	HM Edmund III	1570	17	Meriden-Zabala-Chatto	Constitutional	Hereditary
Hôinôm	HIM Hông I	1568	19	Lâm	Semi-Absolute	Hereditary
Ishnalla	HM Lanryu-il	1574	13	Mahaun	Absolute	Hereditary
Kave	HRH Ulrich VII	1561	26	Epsburg	Constitutional	Hereditary
Kazemura	HIM Mirai	1564	23	Sekai	Constitutional	Hereditary
Kyrland	HSH Charles II	1568	19	du Bonte	Constitutional	Hereditary
Lanlania	HIM Feryn III	1587	1	Styrlund	Constitutional	Hereditary
Laurentian Kingdom	HM Reiner I	1569	18	xx	Constitutional	Hereditary
Lomarre	HM Frederico II	1573	14	di Haggia	Constitutional	Hereditary
Luah'u	HM Pukealani	1549	38	Lehuliu Moa'i	Absolute	Hereditary
Mestra	HIM Edward II	1574	13	Meneris	Semi-Absolute	Hereditary
Neuvant	HM Hercule XVII	1579	8	Lécuyer	Constitutional	Hereditary
Oslanburg	HM Aerin III	1565	22	Hansen	Constitutional	Hereditary
Rohn	HSH Karl XII	None	xx	xx	Constitutional	Hereditary
Selisa	HRH Sanchez VI	1584	4	Darmon	Constitutional	Hereditary
Singan	HIM Aio I	1572	15	Rin	Absolute	Hereditary
Strathae	HM Daniel	1578	9	Gwenegg-Di-Haggia	Constitutional	Hereditary
Váliszföldek	HM Agüstüz V	1559	28	Kálándory	Semi-Constitutional	Hereditary