List of former monarchies
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Former monarchies include:
(Note: entries in bold refer to groups of kingdoms)
Ancient Near East
- Early Bronze Age
- Ancient Egypt (3150 BC – 30 BC)
- Kingdom of Kish (c. 2900 BC – 2296 BC)
- Van Lang (2879 BC – 258 BC)
- Minoan (c. 2700 BC – c. 1600 BC)
- Kingdom of Uruk (c. 2600 BC – 2048 BC)
- Land of Punt (c. 2500 BC - 980 BC)
- Kingdom of Ur (c. 2500 BC – 1940 BC)
- Kingdom of Lagash (c. 2500 BC – 2046 BC)
- Kingdom of Kerma (2500 BC – 1500 BC)
- Middle Bronze Age
- Amorite Kingdom (c. 2000 BC – 1595 BC)
- Kingdom of Assyria (c. 2000 BC – 605 BC)
- Kingdom of Larsa (1961 BC – 1674 BC)
- Babylonia (1830 BC – 732 BC)
- Mycenaean (c. 1900 BC – c. 1100 BC)
- East Asian Bronze Age
- Gojoseon Kingdom (2333 BC – 108 BC)
- Xia Kingdom (2070 BC – 1600 BC)
- Shang Kingdom (c. 1600 – 1046 BC)
- Late Bronze Age
- Mitanni Kingdom (c. 1500 BC – c. 1300 BC)
- Kingdom of Arzawa (c. 1500 BC – c. 1200 BC)
- Phoenicia (1200 BC – 539 BC)
- Iron Age
- Magadha Kingdom ( – 320 BC)
- Colchis ( – 164 BC)
- Kingdom of Phrygia ( – 696 BC)
- Kingdom of Lydia ( – 546 BC)
- Philistia ( – 732 BC)
- Sabaean Kingdom (c. 1100 BC – 275 AD)
- Zhou Kingdom (c. 1046 – 256 BC)
- United Kingdom of Israel and Judah – (1030 BC – 931 BC)
- Kingdom of Ammon (c. 1000 BC – 332 BC)
- Kingdom of Israel (930 BC – 720 BC)
- Kingdom of Judah (930 BC – 586 BC)
- Kingdom of Edom (c. 900 BC – c. 600 BC)
- Kingdom of Urartu (858 BC – 585 BC)
Antiquity
- Asia
- Orintid Armenian Kingdom (c. 600 BC – 335 BC)
- Bosporan Kingdom (c. 600 BC – 443 AD)
- Pandyan Kingdom (c. 600 BC – 1345 AD)
- Scythia (c. 600 BC – c. 100 BC)
- Kingdom of Tambapanni (543 BC – 505 BC)
- Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara (505 BC – 377 BC)
- Odrysian Kingdom (460 BC – 46 AD)
- Kingdom of Rajarata (377 BC – 1310 AD) (capitals: Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa)
- Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC – 428 AD)
- Kingdom of Iberia (302 BC – 580 AD)
- Dian Kingdom (c. 300 BC – 109 BC)
- Kingdom of Pontus (291 BC – 62 AD)
- Kingdom of Pergamon (282 BC – 133 BC)
- Kingdom of Au Lac (258 BC – 207 BC)
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (256 BC – 125 BC)
- Kingdom of Nanyue (204 BC – 111 BC)
- Kingdom of Sophene (c. 200 BC – 94 BC)
- Twipra Kingdom (c. 200 BC – 1858 AD)
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom (200 BC – 395 AD)
- Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC – 10 AD)
- Nabataean Kingdom (168 BC – 106 AD)
- Kingdom of Commagene (163 BC – 72 AD)
- Hasmonean Kingdom (140 BC – 37 BC)
- Kingdom of Lazica (131 BC – 697 AD)
- Himyarite Kingdom (110 BC – 525 AD)
- Buyeo Kingdom (c. 100 BC – 494 AD)
- Kuninda Kingdom (c. 100 BC – c. 200 AD)
- Silla Kingdom (57 BC – 935 AD)
- Goguryeo Kingdom (37 BC – 668 AD)
- Baekje Kingdom (18 BC – 660 AD)
- Indo-Parthian Kingdom (12 BC – 130 AD)
- Kingdom of Khotan (56 – 1006)
- Kingdom of Funan (c. 1 – 628)
- Langkasuka Kingdom (c. 100 – 1516)
- Tuyuhun Kingdom (285 – 670)
- Sixteen Kingdoms (304 – 439)
- Taruma Kingdom (358 – 669)
- Kamarupa (4th Century – 12th Century)
- Melayu Kingdom (4th Century – 13th Century)
- Deira (6th Century AD)
- Europe
- Athens ( – 338 BC)
- Sparta (c. 900 BC – 146 BC)
- Macedonian Kingdom (808 BC – 146 BC)
- Roman Kingdom (c. 750 BC – c. 510 BC)
- Ancient Corinth (747 BC – 146 BC)
- Ancient Thebes (c. 500 BC – 335 BC)
- Kingdom of Mide (76 – 1171)
- Kingdom of Dacia (82 BC – 106 AD)
- Africa
- Kingdom of Kush (1070 BC – 350 AD)
- Nok culture (1000 BC – 300 AD)
- Kingdom of D'mt (c. 700 BC – c. 400 BC)
- Ancient Carthage (650 BC – 146 BC)
- Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC – 30 BC)
- Kingdom of Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC)
- Kingdom of Aksum (100 AD – 940 AD)
Middle Ages
- Asia
- Kedah Kingdom (630 – 1136)
- Kingdom of Ternate (1257–1914)
- Kingdom of Sunda (669 – 1579)
- Kingdom of Champa (7th Century – 1832)
- Mataram Kingdom (752 – 1045)
- Kingdom of Abkhazia (778 – 1008)
- West Frankish Kingdom (843 – 987)
- Pagan Kingdom (849 – 1287)
- Kingdom of the Kartvels (888 – 1008)
- Mon Kingdoms (9th – 11th, 13th – 16th, 18th ADnturies)
- Kingdom of Tondo (900s – 1589)
- Hubaekje (900 – 936)
- Hugoguryeo (c. 901 – 918)
- Bali Kingdom (914 – 1908)
- Dongdan Kingdom (926 – 936)
- Kingdom of Georgia (978 – 1223)
- Kingdom of Lori (979 – 1118)
- Kingdom of Butuan (possibly 1000 – 1600)
- Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti (1020s – 1104)
- Kediri (1045 – 1221)
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1080 – 1375)
- Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099 – 1291)
- Chutiya Kingdom (1187 – 1673)
- Jaffna Kingdom (1215 – 1619)
- Singhasari Kingdom (1222 – 1292)
- Ahom Kingdom (1228 – 1826)
- Sukhothai Kingdom (1238 – 1438)
- Majapahit Kingdom (1293 – 1527)
- Ottoman Empire (1299 – 1923)
- Kingdom of Singapura (1299 – 1398)
- Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351 – 1767)
- Joseon Kingdom (1392 – 1897)
- Kingdom of Mysore (1399 – 1947)
- Garhwal Kingdom (c. 1400 – 1814)
- Malacca Sultanate (1400 – 1511)
- Kotte Kingdom (1412 – 1597)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom (1429 – 1879)
- Kingdom of Imereti (1455 – 1810)
- Kingdom of Kakheti (1465 – 1762)
- Kingdom of Kartli (1466 – 1762)
- Europe
- Frankish Kingdom (3rd Century – 10th Century)
- First Kingdom of Burgundy (4th Century)
- Kingdom of Galicia (Suebic Kingdom of Galicia) (410 – 584, 910 – 1833)
- Visigothic Kingdom (418 – 721)
- Kingdom of Kent (450 – 871)
- Kingdom of Gwynedd (460 – 1282)
- Kingdom of Sussex (477 – 825)
- Ostrogothic Kingdom (493 – 553)
- Kingdom of Ceredigion (5th Century – early 10th Century)
- Kingdom of Powys (5th Century – 1160)
- Kingdom of Wessex (519 – 927)
- Kingdom of Essex (527 – 812)
- Kingdom of Mercia (527 – 919)
- Kingdom of Bernicia (6th Century)
- Kingdom of the East Angles (6th Century – 917)
- Northumbria (654 – 878)
- Kingdom of Asturias (718 – 925)
- Kingdom of Navarre (824 – 1620)
- Kingdom of Scotland (843 – 1707, 1660 – 1707)
- Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia (845 – 1045)
- Kingdom of Castile (850 – 1230)
- Kingdom of Jórvík (876 – 954)
- Kingdom of Provence (879 – 933)
- Kingdom of Alba (900 – 1286)
- Kingdom of León (910 – 1230)
- Kingdom of Croatia (c. 925 – 1102, 1527 – 1868)
- Kingdom of England (927 – 1649, 1660 – 1707)
- Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles (933 – late Middle Ages)
- Kingdom of Deheubarth (950 – 1197)
- Kingdom of Viguera (970 – 1005)
- Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages (1000 – 1570)
- Kingdom of Mann and the Isles (1079 – 1266)
- Kingdom of Poland (1025 – 1385, 1385 – 1569)
- Kingdom of Aragon (1035 – 1707)
- Kingdom of Duklja (1053 – 1100)
- Kingdom of Cyprus (1192 – 1489)
- Kingdom of Sicily (1130 – 1816)
- Kingdom of Portugal (1139 – 1910)
- Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Rus) (1199 – 1349)
- Kingdom of Thessalonica (1204 – 1224)
- Kingdom of Bohemia (1212 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) (1217 – 1346)
- Kingdom of Valencia (1237 – 1707)
- Kingdom of Lithuania (1251 – 1263, 1918)
- Kingdom of Majorca (1262 – 1349)
- Kingdom of Albania (1272 – 1368)
- Kingdom of Naples (1285 – 1816)
- Kingdom of Bosnia (1377 – 1463)
- Kingdom of Poland (1025 – 1385, 1385 – 1569)
- Africa
- Kingdom of Makuria (350 AD – 1276, 1286 – 1317)
- Kanem Empire (c. 700 AD – 1376)
- Kingdom of Nekor (710 AD – 1019)
- Ghana Empire (c. 750 AD – c. 1235)
- Kingdom of Nri (1043 – 1911)
- Kingdom of Sine (1100 – 1969)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121 – 1269)
- Ethiopian Empire (1137 – 1936)
- Ayyubid Sultanate (1171 – 1341)
Pre-Columbian Americas
- Kingdom of Chimor (Chimu) (900 – 1470)
- K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj (13th Century – 1524)
- Kingdom of Tlaxcallan
Early Modern
- Asia
- Kingdom of Sitawaka (1521 – 1594)
- Johor Sultanate (1528 – 1855)
- Kingdom of Middag (17th Century)
- Kingdom of Kandy (1581 – 1815)
- Kingdom of Tungning (1662 – 1683)
- Kingdom of Nepal (1768 – 2008)
- Kingdom of Maynila (1500s – 1571)
- Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762 – 1800)
- Europe
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1526 – 1571)
- Kingdom of Croatia (c. 925 – 1102, 1527 – 1868)
- Royal Hungary (1570 – 1867)
- Kingdom of England (927 – 1707, 1660 – 1707)
- Kingdom of Ireland (1541 – 1651, 1659 – 1801)
- Kingdom of Livonia (1570 – 1578)
- Kingdom of Ireland (1541 – 1651, 1659 – 1801)
- Kingdom of Scotland (843 – 1707, 1660 – 1707)
- Kingdom of Prussia (1701 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Great Britain (1707 – 1801)
- Kingdom of Sardinia (1720 – 1861)
- Africa
- Mali Empire (c. 1230 – c. 1600)
- Mamluk Sultanate (1250 – 1517)
- Mankessim Kingdom (1252 – 1873)
- Ifat Sultanate (1285 – 1415)
- Warsangali Sultanate (1218–1886)
- Ajuran Sultanate (13th Century – 17th Century)
- Songhai Empire (c. 1340 – 1591)
- Jolof Empire (c. 1350 – 1549)
- Bornu Empire (c. 1380 – 1893)
- Kingdom of Kongo (c. 1390 – 1914)
- Kingdom of Kaffa (c. 1390 – 1897)
- Adal Sultanate (c. 1415 – 1559)
- Benin empire (c. 1440 – 1897)
- Kingdom of Mutapa (c. 1450 – 1698)
- Kingdom of Fez (1472 – 1554)
- Kingdom of Loango (15th Century – 19th Century)
- Kasanze Kingdom (c. 1500 – 1648)
- Kingdom of Koya (1505 – 1896)
- Denanke Kingdom (1514 – 1776)
- Kingdom of Baguirmi (1522 – 1897)
- Kingdom of Matamba (1530 – 19th Century)
- Cayor Kingdom (1549 – 1879)
- Kingdom of Luba (1585 – 1889)
- Dendi Kingdom (1591 – 1901)
- Igala Kingdom (16th Century – 1901)
- Dahomey (c. 1600 – 1900)
- Kasanje Kingdom (1620 – 1910)
- Kuba Kingdom (1625 – 1900)
- Ouaddai Kingdom (1635 – 1912)
- Kénédougou Kingdom (c. 1650 – 1898)
- Geledi Sultanate – (c. late 17th Century – 1910)
- Ashanti Empire (c. 1701 – 1957)
- Oceania
- Kingdom of Hawaii (1795 – 1893)
- Kingdom of Uvea (Wallis island) (1767 –)
- Americas
- New Kingdom of Granada (16th Century – 1739)
Modern
- Europe
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801 – 1922)
- Kingdom of Italy (1805 – 1814, 1861 – 1946)
- Kingdom of Bavaria (1806 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Saxony (1806 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Württemberg (1806 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Westphalia (1807 – 1813)
- Kingdom of Hanover (1814 – 1866)
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815 – 1822)
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816 – 1861)
- Kingdom of Greece (1832 – 1924, 1935 – 1974)
- Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816)
- Kingdom of Romania (1881 – 1947)
- Kingdom of Serbia (1882 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908 – 1946)
- Kingdom of Montenegro (1910 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Lithuania (1251 – 1263, 1918)
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918 – 1943)
- Kingdom of Iceland (1918 – 1944)
- Albanian Kingdom (1928 – 1939)
- Kingdom of Greece (1832 – 1924, 1935 – 1974)
- Modern Kingdom of Hungary (1920 – 1946)
- Kingdom of France (972 – 1792, 1814 – 1848)
- Russian Empire (1721 – 1917)
- Empire of Germany (1871 – 1918)
- Austria-Hungary (1867 – 1918)
- Kingdom of Portugal (1139 – 1910)
- Asia
- Empire of Iran (1925 – 1979)
- Kingdom of Hejaz (1916 – 1925)
- Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920)
- Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922 – 1924)
- Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926 – 1973)
- Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926 – 1932)
- Kingdom of Iraq (1932 – 1958)
- Tibet (1912 – 1951)
- Empire of Japan (1868 – 1947)
- Korean Empire (1897 – 1910)
- Kingdom of Nepal (1768 – 2008)
- Africa
- Zulu Kingdom (1816 – 1897)
- Yeke Kingdom (c. 1856 – 1891)
- Kingdom of Egypt (1922 – 1953)
- Kingdom of Libya (1951 – 1969)
- Kingdom of Tunisia (1956 – 1957)
- Kingdom of Burundi (1962 – 1966)
- Empire of Ethiopia (1270 – 1974)
- Central African Empire (1976-1979)
- The Americas
- First Empire of Haiti (1804 – 1806)
- Kingdom of Haiti (1811 – 1820)
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815 – 1822)
- First Mexican Empire (1821 – 1823)
- Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889)
- Second Empire of Haiti (1849 – 1859)
- Second Mexican Empire (1863 – 1867)