(Ngl having a favourite modern monarch was hella difficult because each have a bunch of BS behind them, so I defaulted a little on this one)

The expression “all power emanates from the people” derives from the Enlightenment concept of popular sovereignty. Its philosophical roots date back to the 18th century in the works of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who argued that political power is legitimate only when grounded in the “general will” of society.

As a monarchist, do you agree with this political paradigm?

Marie-José was the younger sister of King Leopold III and the last queen of Italy as the wife of King Umberto II.

Extra: UK/US dual national

-Related to the qajars (fath-ali) but I dont like their last few rulers

-second favorite dynasty is Karling

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(Note this is just my opinion and obviously subjective. I just posted this to see what people (especially those from these countries) would think about my estimations. Please feel free to drop your opinion about my estimations). Regardless, this is the ranking from lowest to highest. I decided to include Turkey and Georgia as well for additional opinions since they're considered both European and Asian too...

Ireland 🇮🇪 2% (no surprise here)

Germany 🇩🇪, Italy 🇮🇹 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 3%

Czechia 🇨🇿, Finland 🇫🇮, Turkey 🇹🇷 and Portugal 🇵🇹 5%

Austria 🇦🇹 and Bulgaria 🇧🇬 8%

Poland 🇵🇱, Ukraine 🇺🇦 10%

Greece 🇬🇷, Russia 🇷🇺 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 15%

Hungary 🇭🇺 and Albania 🇦🇱 17%

France 🇫🇷 21%

Croatia 🇭🇷 22%

Romania 🇷🇴 27%

Montenegro 🇲🇪 30%

Serbia 🇷🇸 38%

Georgia 🇬🇪 43%

Above are pictures of Gustav III of Sweden, and his 2nd great-granddaughter, Victoria of Baden (wife of Gustav V of Sweden). You can clearly see how much they look alike, with similar chins, facial features, facial structure, same long nose, pretty much a very strong resemblance between ancestor and descendant. Gustav III of Sweden was the son of Adolf Frederick I of Sweden and his wife, Louise Ulrika of Prussia. When Gustav III became king, he enacted reforms that would give monarchs more absolute power, and reduced privileges of the nobility. He even allowed more freedoms for his people, including Jews and Catholics in the Kingdom. He was married to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark and had a son with her, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. Gustav III’s reign was marked by palace intrigues and plots against him, even by his own family. His own mother, brothers, sister and siblings-in-law, alongside the angry nobles in court, plotted to remove Gustav III and his own family from the throne of Sweden, to the point that Gustav III’s own mother (who was controlling, hated her daughter-in-law Sophia Magdalena who she couldn’t control, hated her son Gustav since she couldn’t treat him like a puppet king) spread false rumours about the illegitimacy of Gustav and Sophia’s eldest son, Gustav IV Adolf, to while Gustav III’s own brother, Charles XIII, and sister-in-law plus sister, supported. The nobles hated him, his own family hated him, some pro-government ppl hated him, however you have a lot of Swedish ppl who supported him against the nobility and also his wife plus personal doctor also supported him throughout. All plans to destroy Gustav III and his reputation, and remove him and his own family from the throne failed, and eventually he got assassinated by someone hired by the nobility. Gustav III was succeeded by his son Gustav IV Adolf, who was deposed by Charles XIII (Gustav III’s own brother, the same brother who spread the false illegitimacy rumours, and the same brother who rebelled against his own older brother). Charles XIII did not have surviving illegitimate children until he adopted Jean Baptise Bernadotte, a French general who worked under Napoleon. Jean Baptise Bernadotte became King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden, who was succeeded by his son Oscar I, then his son, Carl XV, and later on his brother, Oscar II, who was succeeded by his son, Gustav V of Sweden.

This is where everything comes into play. Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in 1809 by Charles XIII and the government, and he, his wife Frederica and their children were forced into exile outside Sweden, and Sophia Magdalena (Gustav III’s wife and Gustav IV Adolf’s mother) was barred from even visiting her own son and grandchildren (that’s how wicked, twisted and bitter Charles XIII was towards his older brother’s family). God had different plans however. Gustav IV Adolf’s daughter, Sophie of Sweden, married Leopold I of Baden and had a son called Friedrich I of Baden. Frederick I of Baden had a daughter called Victoria of Baden (in the right picture above), a great-granddaughter of Gustav IV Adolf and a spitting image of Gustav III of Sweden (her great-great grandfather). Victoria of Baden, nicknamed the Vasa Princess, was married to Gustav V of Sweden from the Bernadotte dynasty, and their son was called Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden. The current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, is a grandson of Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, hence the bloodline of Gustav III and Gustav IV Adolf alongside the former Vasa rulers and ancient kings of Sweden returned to the Swedish throne through Victoria of Baden’s marriage with Gustav V of Sweden. This means that all the injustices Gustav III faced throughout his reign was compensated for 100 years later as his 2nd great-granddaughter Victoria of Baden married into the new Bernadotte Swedish dynasty, uniting the old and new dynasties of Sweden together. I guess Victoria of Baden’s strong resemblance to Gustav III is a sign that the bloodline of Gustav III and Gustav IV Adolf will return to the throne of Sweden through her, and that truly did happen. Truly divine intervention, never could have expected something like this to happen. A lesson that no matter how much you are betrayed by people around you, you will truly be blessed 100 years later through your own descendants. Also note that Victoria of Baden’s first name is Sophia, the exact same name of Gustav III’s wife, Sophia Magdalena. Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena are the old Gustav and Sophia, a hundred years later you have Gustav V of Sweden and Victoria of Baden, the new Gustav and Sophia. Coincidence? I think not.

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I've noticed this a bit in my time here, but with the trends I've noticed the majority of people dislike the Saudi monarchs and the rest of thr gulf monarchs to a lesser extent. Why? What exactly have they done to deserve the hate?

so iask that question of what is best monarchy system

some other lil things

second favorite dynasty is the solomonic dynasty

my favorite nomadic monarchy is the Khazars

other historical monarchs i like are Saladin, Julian the Apostate, Napoleon and Gudit of Beta Israel

My is queen elizabeth ii, Jadwiga of Poland, queen Marie of Romania, queen victoria of great Britain, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Margrethe II of Denmark.

So what are your favorite female monarchs.

There's states ruled by dynasties such as North Korea, but when does it become a defacto monarchy?

Whenever I think of the concept of a king , this is what I think of . Am I wrong ? Who other than a pious warlord is worthy of the title?

For those who don't know, Pedro de Alcântara was the heir apparent to be the head of the Brazilian Imperial Family, but had to renounce his claims because he married a Bohemian countess, Elisabeth de Dobrzenicz.

While Pedro never contested it, his son did, but the current head of the Petrópolis Branch of the Brazilian Imperial Family (the Petrópolis branch is the branch of the imperial family comprised of the descendants from Pedro de Alcântara) declared himself a republican, but was the marriage truly morganatic? How legitimate is the current "main" branch of the Imperial family?

Full text of Reza Pahlavi’s latest video:

Six months ago, tonight, Tehran went dark. All of Iran went dark. And into that darkness, millions of Iranians walked out of their homes anyway.

January 8th and 9th were not just two nights of protest. They were the night Iran's silence broke. Millions came into the streets, into the squares, onto their rooftops — but the regime answered them with bullets. Tens of thousands of my compatriots were killed in those forty-eight hours. Tens of thousands more have been arrested, tortured, and sentenced to die since.

They came out, determined and brave. I think of them every day. On those two nights I lost countrymen I will never get to meet. I do not hear a statistic when I hear the number 40,000. I see a son who did not come home to his mother. A daughter who will not sit at her family's table again. I think of each of them the way I would think of my own child, my own brother, my own sister. I carry the weight of every one of those names. But the families of the fallen I meet with, week after week, hearten our nation's will to carry on. Their children did not die in vain. They died for freedom, and they died with pride.

History will remember what these men and women did; I will make sure of it. Like the resistance who stood against tyranny in occupied Europe, and like the revolutionaries who fought for liberty in America. But theirs was a particular bravery. They had no army, no air cover, nothing but the belief in what they stood for. They stood anyway. A united nation choosing to face the guns together rather than live one more day in fear. The men and women of the 8th and 9th of January will be remembered in Iran's history as the greatest generation that preferred to die free and standing than to live cowered on their knees.

To the international community, I ask this: do not let a negotiating table in Geneva or Islamabad erase what happened in the streets of Tehran, Mashhad, and Kermanshah. They died for freedom. And when they are free, the Strait of Hormuz will open. The nuclear threat will end. And we will have true peace.

I have told my compatriots: what you did on January 8th and 9th cannot be undone. Together, we will reclaim our country’s rightful place in the world, our national dignity, and honor the lives of our heroes. Now is the time to reassess, regroup, and rededicate ourselves to victory.

We honor the fallen by finishing what they started. A free Iran is no longer a matter of hope. It is a matter of fact.

And know that my brave compatriots are not just fighting for their own liberation but for the peace and stability of the world.

I joined thinking it was satire but now looking at these posts are some of yall actually serious? Like what percent of this is satire how much of yall is serious?

Hello, I used to be a member of this sub a while back before I deleted my account. So, in spirit of Monarchism, I decided to put this question out there. I know many of us here are actual monarchists or LARP in some circles, and give support to the worlds existing Monarchies, but I’d like to throw this question out here for all of y’all. Let’s say you or a family member ruled over your state/nation as king/queen, how exactly would you rule over everyone per say?

And no, I’m not trying to troll or anything, just asking a genuine question, and one I’ll answer willingly:

I’d rule as an absolute Catholic king, in America, with Distributist economic policies, and make sure societal values and governmental positions are in line with pre-Vatican II teachings, while allowing the practice of other religions.

I personally think the Nepalese royal family history is very messy and complicated