List of kingdoms and royal dynasties

This is a list of kingdoms and royal dynasties, organized by geographic region.

Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification.

Africa

Algeria

Numidia
Mauretania Caesariensis
Vandal Kingdom
Kingdom of Altava
Kingdom of the Aurès
Mauro-Roman Kingdom
Emirate of Tlemcen
Rustamid dynasty
Sulaymanid dynasty
Zirid Dynasty
Hammadid dynasty
Kingdom of Tlemcen
Hafsids of Béjaïa
Ottoman Algeria
Emirate of Abdelkader

Angola

Kingdom of Kongo

Benin

Kingdom of Dahomey
Kingdom of Ouidah
Kingdom of Porto-Novo

Burkina Faso

Mossi Kingdoms

Burundi

Kingdom of Burundi
German East Africa
Ruanda-Urundi

Cameroon

Kingdom of Bamum

Central African Republic

Central African Empire

Chad

Kanem Empire
Duguwa dynasty
Sayfawa dynasty
Bornu Empire
Kingdom of Baguirmi
Wadai Empire

Congo (Brazzaville)

Anziku Kingdom
Kingdom of Loango

Congo (Kinshasa)

Kingdom of Luba
Kingdom of Lunda
Kuba Kingdom
South Kasai

Côte d'Ivoire

Kong Empire
Kingdom of Sanwi

Egypt

First Dynasty of Egypt
Second Dynasty of Egypt
Third Dynasty of Egypt
Old Kingdom
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Tenth Dynasty of Egypt
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Abydos dynasty
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Late Period of ancient Egypt
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt
Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic dynasty
Roman Egypt
Diocese of Egypt
Sasanian Egypt
Ayyubid dynasty
Mamluk Sultanate
Tulunids
Ikhshidid dynasty
Egypt Eyalet
Muhammad Ali dynasty
Khedivate of Egypt
Sultanate of Egypt
Kingdom of Egypt

Eritrea

Medri Bahri

Eswatini

House of Dlamini

Ethiopia

Harla Kingdom
Sultanate of Showa
Sultanate of Dawaro
Kingdom of Damot
Zagwe dynasty
Sultanate of Ifat
Walashma dynasty
Ennarea
Ethiopian Empire
Solomonic dynasty
Kingdom of Kaffa
Sultanate of Harar
Imamate of Aussa
Emirate of Harar
Sultanate of Aussa
Italian East Africa

Gabon

Kingdom of Orungu

Ghana

Asante Kingdom
Dagbon Kingdom
Portuguese Gold Coast
Swedish Gold Coast
Brandenburger Gold Coast
British Gold Coast

Guinea

Imamate of Futa Jallon

Guinea-Bissau

Kaabu

Kenya

Kenya (1963–1964)

Lesotho

House of Moshoeshoe

Libya

Battiadae
Libya (satrapy)
Africa (Roman province)
Aghlabids
Spanish Tripoli
Hospitaller Tripoli
Ottoman Tripolitania
Karamanli dynasty
Italian Tripolitania
Italian Cyrenaica
Italian Libya
British Military Administration (Libya)
Emirate of Cyrenaica
Kingdom of Libya

Madagascar

Merina Kingdom
Boina Kingdom

Malawi

Malawi (1964-1966)

Mali

Keita dynasty
Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
Sunni dynasty
Askiya dynasty
Bamana Empire
Kénédougou Kingdom
Massina Empire
Toucouleur Empire
Wassoulou Empire

Mauritania

Ghana Empire

Mauritius

Isle de France (Mauritius) (1715–1792) (1804–1810)
British Mauritius
Mauritius (1968–1992)

Morocco

Mauretania
Mauretania Tingitana
Kingdom of Nekor
Barghawata
Midrarid dynasty
Idrisid dynasty
Almoravid dynasty
Almohad Caliphate
Marinid Sultanate
Wattasid dynasty
Saadi Sultanate
Alaouite dynasty
Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Morocco

Mozambique

Gaza Empire

Nigeria

Kingdom of Kano
Sultanate of Kano
Kano Emirate
Oyo Empire
Oba of Benin
Obi
Sokoto Caliphate
Sokoto Sultanate Council
Ooduan dynasties of Yorubaland
Kingdom of Bonny
Kingdom of Nri

Rwanda

Kingdom of Rwanda

Senegal

Jolof Empire
Imamate of Futa Toro

Somalia

Adal Sultanate
Ajuran Sultanate
Habr Yunis Sultanate
Isaaq Sultanate

South Africa

List of Xhosa Chiefs
List of Xhosa Kings
Zulu Kingdom
Union of South Africa

South Sudan

Azande Kingdom
Shilluk Kingdom

Sudan

Kingdom of Kush
Alodia
Makuria
Funj Sultanate
Sultanate of Darfur
Mahdist State

Tanzania

Kilwa Sultanate
Tanganyika
Sultanate of Zanzibar

Tunisia

Hafsid dynasty
List of Beys of Tunis
Husainid dynasty
Kingdom of Tunisia

Uganda

Ankole
Buganda
Kingdom Of Bunyoro
Busoga
Tooro
Uganda (1962–1963)

Zambia

Barotseland
Chitimukulu

Zimbabwe

Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Kingdom of Mutapa
Rozvi Empire
Mthwakazi

Asia

Afghanistan

Ghaznavids
Durrani Empire
Emirate of Afghanistan
Kingdom of Afghanistan

Bahrain

State of Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain

Bangladesh

Sultanate of Bengal

Bhutan

House of Wangchuck

Brunei

Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888)
Sultan of Brunei

Cambodia

Funan
Chenla
Khmer Empire
Post-Angkor period
Kingdom of Cambodia

China

The following is a list of major dynasties of China:

Xia dynasty (夏朝) (2070–1600 BC)
Shang dynasty (商朝) (1600–1046 BC)
Zhou dynasty (周朝) (1046–256 BC)
- Western Zhou (西周) (1046–771 BC)
- Eastern Zhou (東周) (770–256 BC)
Qin dynasty (秦朝) (221–207 BC)
Han dynasty (漢朝) (202 BC–AD 9, AD 25–220)
- Western Han (西漢) (202 BC–AD 9)
- Eastern Han (東漢) (25–220)
Xin dynasty (新朝) (9–23)
Three Kingdoms (三國) (220–280)
- Cao Wei (曹魏) (220–280)
- Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263)
- Eastern Wu (東吳) (222–280)
Jin dynasty (晉朝) (266–420)
- Western Jin (西晉) (266–316)
- Eastern Jin (東晉) (317–420)
Sixteen Kingdoms (十六國) (304–439)
- Han-Zhao (漢趙) (304–329)
- Cheng Han (成漢) (304–347)
- Later Zhao (後趙) (319–351)
- Former Liang (前涼) (320–376)
- Former Yan (前燕) (337–370)
- Former Qin (前秦) (351–394)
- Later Yan (後燕) (384–409)
- Later Qin (後秦) (384–417)
- Western Qin (西秦) (385–400, 409–431)
- Later Liang (後涼) (386–403)
- Southern Liang (南涼) (397–414)
- Northern Liang (北涼) (397–439)
- Southern Yan (南燕) (398–410)
- Western Liang (西涼) (400–421)
- Hu Xia (胡夏) (407–431)
- Northern Yan (北燕) (407–436)
Northern and Southern dynasties (南北朝) (386–589)
- Northern dynasties (北朝) (386–581)
  - Northern Wei (北魏) (386–535)
    - Eastern Wei (東魏) (534–550)
    - Western Wei (西魏) (535–557)
  - Northern Qi (北齊) (550–577)
  - Northern Zhou (北周) (557–581)
- Southern dynasties (南朝) (420–589)
  - Liu Song (劉宋) (420–479)
  - Southern Qi (南齊) (479–502)
  - Liang dynasty (梁朝) (502–557)
  - Chen dynasty (陳朝) (557–589)
Sui dynasty (隋朝) (581–619)
Tang dynasty (唐朝) (618–690, 705–907)
- Wu Zhou (武周) (690–705)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五代十國) (907–979)
- Five Dynasties (五代) (907–960)
  - Later Liang (後梁) (907–923)
  - Later Tang (後唐) (923–937)
  - Later Jin (後晉) (936–947)
  - Later Han (後漢) (947–951)
  - Later Zhou (後周) (951–960)
- Ten Kingdoms (十國) (907–979)
  - Former Shu (前蜀) (907–925)
  - Yang Wu (楊吳) (907–937)
  - Ma Chu (馬楚) (907–951)
  - Wuyue (吳越) (907–978)
  - Min (閩) (909–945)
  - Southern Han (南漢) (917–971)
  - Jingnan (荊南) (924–963)
  - Later Shu (後蜀) (934–965)
  - Southern Tang (南唐) (937–976)
  - Northern Han (北漢) (951–979)
Liao dynasty (遼朝) (916–1125)
- Western Liao (西遼) (1124–1218)
Song dynasty (宋朝) (960–1279)
- Northern Song (北宋) (960–1127)
- Southern Song (南宋) (1127–1279)
Western Xia (西夏) (1038–1227)
Jin dynasty (金朝) (1115–1234)
Yuan dynasty (元朝) (1271–1368)
- Northern Yuan (北元) (1368–1635)
Ming dynasty (明朝) (1368–1644)
- Southern Ming (南明) (1644–1662)
Qing dynasty (清朝) (1636–1912)
- Later Jin (後金) (1616–1636)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864)
Empire of China (1915–1916)
Manchukuo (1932–1945)

India

Yaduvanshi dynasty
Yadava dynasty
Abhira dynasty
Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)
Kachari Kingdom
Mlechchha dynasty
Koch dynasty
Khen dynasty
Chutia Kingdom
Danava dynasty
Bhauma dynasty
Varman dynasty
Ahom kingdom
Gajapati Empire
Mahameghavahana dynasty
Eastern Ganga dynasty
Rashtrakuta dynasty
Sena dynasty
Shunga Empire
Chola dynasty
Chera dynasty
Kamarupa kingdom
Kamata kingdom
Pallava dynasty
Rajput dynasties
Sukarchakiya dynasty
Soomra dynasty
Maurya Empire
Manikya dynasty
Mughal Empire
Pandiyan dynasty
Satavahana dynasty
Vijaynagar Empire
Maratha Empire
Gupta dynasty
Chalukya dynasty
Delhi Sultanate
Tuluva dynasty
Dominion of India
Sikkim

Indonesia

Aceh Sultanate
Deli Sultanate
Demak Sultanate
Galuh Kingdom
Gowa Sultanate
Jambi Sultanate
Janggala
Kahuripan
Kalingga Kingdom
Kantoli
Kediri Kingdom
Kingdom of Pajang
Kingdom of Tallo
Kutai Kingdom
Luwu
Majapahit
Mataram kingdom
Mataram Sultanate
Pagaruyung Kingdom
Palembang Sultanate
Peureulak Sultanate
Samudera Pasai Sultanate
Singasari
Srivijaya
Sultanate of Bacan
Sultanate of Banjar
Sultanate of Bima
Sultanate of Buton
Sultanate of Jailolo
Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
Sultanate of Serdang
Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura
Sultanate of Ternate
Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Yogyakarta
Sunda Kingdom
Surakarta Sunanate
Tarumanagara

Iran

Median dynasty
Achaemenid dynasty
Parthian Empire
Sasanian dynasty
Ilkhanate
Safavid dynasty
Afsharid dynasty
Zand dynasty
Qajar dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty

Iraq

Abbasid dynasty
Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy
Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)
List of kings of Iraq

Israel

Davidic line
Kingdom of Judah
List of Kings of Judah
King Saul
King Solomon
Tribe of Judah
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
Hasmonean Kingdom
Herodian Kingdom
Kingdom of Jerusalem

Japan

Imperial House of Japan – Also known as the Yamato dynasty
Ryukyu Kingdom

Jordan

List of kings of Jordan
Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)

Kazakhstan

Kazakh Khanate

Korea

Goguryeo Kingdom
Baekje Kingdom
Silla Kingdom
Unified Silla Kingdom
Goryeo dynasty
Joseon dynasty
Korean Empire
List of monarchs of Korea
Kim dynasty (as a republic but in hereditary dictatorship context)

Kuwait

List of emirs of Kuwait

Laos

Lan Xang
Kingdom of Champasak
Kingdom of Luang Prabang
Kingdom of Vientiane
List of monarchs of Laos
Kingdom of Laos

Lebanon

County of Tripoli
Mount Lebanon Emirate

Malaysia

Malaysia
- Johor
- Kedah
- Kelantan
- Negeri Sembilan
- Pahang
- Perak
- Perlis
- Selangor
- Terengganu
Raj of Sarawak

Maldives

Sultanate of the Maldive Islands

Mongolia

List of Mongol Khans
Mongol Empire
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia

Myanmar

Kingdom of Ava
Pagan Kingdom
Kingdom of Mrauk U
First Toungoo Empire
Konbaung dynasty
List of Burmese monarchs

Nepal

Gorkha Kingdom
Kingdom of Nepal
Shah dynasty
Upper Mustang

Oman

Omani Empire
Muscat and Oman
List of rulers of Oman

Pakistan

Dominion of Pakistan
Amb State
Bahawalpur State
Chitral State
Dir State
Hunza State
Kalat State
Kharan State
Khayrpur State
Las Bela State
Makran State
Nagar State
Swat State
Talpur dynasty

Philippines

Sultanate of Maguindanao
Sultanate of Sulu

Qatar

Emir of Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Emirate of Diriyah
Kingdom of Hejaz
Kingdom of Nejd
King of Saudi Arabia
House of Saud
Umayyad dynasty
Abbasid dynasty

Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura Kingdom
Kingdom of Jaffna
Kingdom of Kandy
Kingdom of Kotte

Syria

Kingdom of Syria

Tajikistan

Samanid Empire

Thailand

Lavo Kingdom
Sukhothai Kingdom
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Thonburi Kingdom
Patani Kingdom
Chakri dynasty
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)
Lan Na
Kingdom of Chiang Mai
Monarchy of Thailand
List of Thai monarchs

United Arab Emirates

Rulers of UAE
House of Al-Falasi
Al Nahyan family
Al Qasimi
Al Nuaim
Al Sharqi

Uzbekistan

Timurid Empire
Chagatai Khanate
Uzbek Khanate
Emirate of Bukhara
Khwarazmian Empire
Khanate of Khiva
Khanate of Kokand

Vietnam

Hồng Bàng dynasty (2879–258 BC)
Âu Lạc (257–179 BC)
Nanyue (204–111 BC)
Early Lý dynasty (AD 544–602)
Ngô dynasty (AD 939–965)
Đinh dynasty (AD 968–980)
Early Lê dynasty (AD 980–1009)
Lý dynasty (AD 1009–1225)
Trần dynasty (AD 1225–1400)
Hồ dynasty (AD 1400–1407)
Later Trần dynasty (AD 1407–1413)
Later Lê dynasty (AD 1428–1527, AD 1533–1789)
Mạc dynasty (AD 1527–1677)
Tây Sơn dynasty (AD 1778–1802)
Nguyễn dynasty (AD 1802–1945)
Empire of Vietnam
Domain of the Crown

Yemen

Yemeni Zaidi State
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Mahra Sultanate

Europe

Andorra

List of Co-Princes of Andorra

Austria

Duchy of Austria
Archduchy of Austria
Austrian Empire
Austria-Hungary

Bavaria

Duchy of Bavaria
Electorate of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria

Belgium

Monarchy of Belgium

Bohemia

Duchy of Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
Crown of Bohemia
List of rulers of Bohemia

Bulgaria

First Bulgarian Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Bulgarian royal family

Denmark

Monarchy of Denmark

Finland

Grand Duchy of Finland
List of Finnish monarchs

France

Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Arles
First French Empire
Second French Empire
Duchy of Brittany
Duchy of Burgundy
Duchy of Lorraine
Duchy of Normandy
Kingdom of Corsica (1736)
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

Greece

Macedonian Empire
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Thessalonica
List of kings of Greece
List of Greek royal consorts
Kingdom of Greece

Georgia

Bagrationi dynasty
Kingdom of Georgia

Germany

List of German monarchs
Holy Roman Empire
German Empire

Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

Italy

Kingdom of Italy
House of Savoy
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Kingdom of Naples
Papal States
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Duchy of Florence
Duchy of Milan
Duchy of Savoy

Liechtenstein

Monarchy of Liechtenstein
Royal House of Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Lithuania

Monaco

Prince of Monaco
Promotion of the Monegasque Family

Moldova

Principality of Moldavia

Netherlands

Monarchy of the Netherlands
House of Orange-Nassau
Kingdom of Holland

Norway

Monarchy of Norway

Luxembourg

Duchy of Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Poland

Congress Poland
Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
List of kings of the Piast dynasty
List of Polish monarchs

Portugal

House of Braganza
Kingdom of Portugal
Monarchy of the North

Romania

Kingdom of Romania

Russia

House of Romanov
List of Russian rulers
Russian Empire
Tsardom of Russia
Golden Horde
Grand Principality of Moscow
Khanate of Astrakhan
Khanate of Kazan
Khanate of Sibir
House of Ak-Kebek

Slovenia

Counts of Celje

Spain

Royal House of Spain

Andalucía

Emirate of Córdoba
Emirate of Granada

Aragon

Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon

Asturias

Kingdom of Asturias
Prince of Asturias

Cantabria

Duchy of Cantabria

Catalonia

Count of Barcelona
County of Barcelona
House of Barcelona
Principality of Catalonia

Castile

Crown of Castile
Kingdom of Castile

Galicia

Kingdom of Galicia

León

Kingdom of León
List of Leonese monarchs

Majorca

Kingdom of Majorca

Murcia

Taifa of Murcia

Navarre

Kingdom of Navarre

Valencia

Kingdom of Valencia

Sweden

List of Swedish monarchs

Turkey

Seljuk Empire
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman dynasty

Ukraine

Kievan Rus'
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
Cossack Hetmanate
Khanate of Crimea

United Kingdom

England

House of Wessex
House of Knýtlinga
House of Godwin
House of Normandy
House of Plantagenet
House of Lancaster
House of York
House of Tudor
House of Stuart
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
List of English monarchs

Scotland

Guardian of Scotland
House of Stuart
Kingdom of Alba
Kingdom of the Isles
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
List of Scottish monarchs
Scottish monarchs' family tree

Wales

King of Wales
Principality of Wales
Prince of Wales
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Americas

Mosquito Coast

Miskitu Kingdom

Antigua and Barbuda

Monarchy of Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Monarchy of the Bahamas

Barbados

Monarchy of Barbados

Belize

Monarchy of Belize

Bolivia

Aymara kingdoms
Afro-Bolivian monarchy

Brazil

House of Braganza
House of Orléans-Braganza
Brazilian Imperial Family
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Kingdom of Brazil
Empire of Brazil
Monarquia Brasileira Isabel I of Brazil

Canada

See also Monarchism in Canada

Monarchist League of Canada
United Empire Loyalist

Costa Rica

Cacicazgo of Talamanca
Kingdom of Talamanca

Grenada

Monarchy of Grenada

Haiti

Kingdom of Haiti
First Empire of Haiti
Second Empire of Haiti

Jamaica

Monarchy of Jamaica

Mexico

Aztec Empire
Emperor of Mexico
First Mexican Empire
Second Mexican Empire
List of Mexican consorts
List of Tenochtitlan rulers
House of Iturbide
House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Peru

Inca Empire
Kingdom of Cusco

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Monarchy of Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

United States

Fighting Loyalists (American Revolution)
Loyalist (American Revolution)

Oceania

Australia

Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
Monarchy of Australia

Hawaii

House of Kamehameha
Kingdom of Hawaii

New Zealand

Monarchy of New Zealand
Māori King Movement

Papua New Guinea

Monarchy of Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Monarchy of the Solomon Islands

Tahiti

Kingdom of Tahiti

Tonga

Tuʻi Tonga Empire
List of monarchs of Tonga

Tuvalu

Monarchy of Tuvalu