A pretender is one who maintains or is able to maintain a claim that they are entitled to a position of honor or rank, which may be occupied by an incumbent (usually more recognized), or whose powers may currently be exercised by another person or authority. Most often, it refers to a former monarch, or descendant thereof, whose throne is occupied, is claimed by a rival, or has been abolished. In some cases, including this article, the term claimant is preferred. Here's a list. (NOTE: Not all claimants need to be active, or even have supporters. As long as they have a claim, they're welcome in this list)
Portrait | Name & Title | Nationality Country of Claim |
Arms | House/Dynasty |
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Richard V
King of Scotland |
English Scottish |
Hanover | ||
Charles V
King of Scotland |
Scottish | House of Fitz-James Stuart | ||
Duarte Pio
Rei de Portugal |
Portuguese (Miguelist) |
Bragança | ||
Alfonso XV Rei de España |
Portuguese Spanish (Carlist) French (Legitimist) |
Bourbon-Anjou
Borbón-Anjou | ||
Louis XX
Roi de France |
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Jean IV
Roi des Français |
French (Orleanist) |
Orléans | ||
Aimone II
Roi de France |
French (Savoyist) |
Savoie-Aoste | ||
Napoléon VII
Empereur des Français |
French (Bonapartist) |
Bonaparte | ||
Prince Louise-Eugénie Bonaparte VI König von Westfalen |
Württemberg
(Bonapartist) | |||
Joseph Napoleon Monarca de España |
Spanish
(Bonapartist) | |||
Princess Louise Bonaparte
Monarch van Holland |
Dutch (Bonapartist) | |||
Fawzia
Queen of Mauretania |
Mauretanian | Lagidai-Volubilis | ||
Mohammed
سلطان موريتانيا (sultan muritania) |
سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين (Alawi dynasty) | |||
Adrian I
King of Warrenia |
Warrenian | Orleans | ||
Maximilian I
Emperador de México |
Danubian Mexican |
Götzen-Iturbide | ||
Nicholas III Император Всероссийский Imperator Vserossiyskiy |
Russian | Гольштейн-Готторп-Романовской (Gol'shteyn-Gottorp-Romanovskoy) | ||
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimora
Император Всероссийский | ||||
Prince Alexis Andreevich Romanov
Император Всероссийский | ||||
Francis II King of the United Kingdom |
German British (Jacobite) |
Wittelsbach | ||
Bernard II
Koning der Nieuw Holland |
Dutch New Hollander |
Oranje-Glücksburg | ||
Aleksandr Ксѭжѧ варшавски Książę warszawski |
German Polish |
Sasko-Gessapski | ||
Phillip Radziwiłł
Król Polski |
Polish | Royal House of Radziwiłł | ||
Prince Inigo
Lietuvos karalius |
Lithuanian | Urach | ||
Ernst-Johann Biron
Herzog von Kurland |
Latvia | Biron | ||
Constantine, Prince of Finland
Suomen kuningas |
Finnish | Glücksburg | ||
Pedro III Imperador do Brasil |
Brazilian | Orléans e Bragança | ||
Isabella Antoinette
Monarca de Araucania y Patagonia Monarque d'Araucanie et de Patagonie |
Chile | Royal House fo Tounens
Casa Real de Tounens Royal House of Touens | ||
Shaheer II سلطان عدل (Sultan e'Adal) |
Djiboutian | والاسهما (Walashma) | ||
Ghalib II bin Awadh al-Qu'aiti
سلطان عدن sultan eadn |
Arabia | سلالة القعيطي
(Qu'aiti Dynasty) | ||
Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr
الإمام - ملك اليمن al'iimam - malik alyaman |
سلالة رشيد
(Rassid Dynasty) | |||
Haitham bin Tariq
سلطان عمان sultan eaman |
بيت البوسعيد
(House of Busaid) | |||
Jin Yuzhang 大清皇帝 (Dà Qīng Huángdì) |
Manchurian Chinese |
ᡤᡝᡥᡠᠩᡤᡝ ᠶᠣᠰᠣ (Aisin Gioro) | ||
Aristobulus II የሶርያ ንጉስ (Shagusi) |
Syrian | ሃሰመይት
(Hasmonean) | ||
Ahmad Shah له کابل څخه د پارس پاچا (Laah Kabul Sakha da Paaraas Paacha) |
East Persian | بارکزی
(Barakzai) | ||
Rahmatullah Ali Shah
له کابل څخه د پارس پاچا (Laah Kabul Sakha da Paaraas Paacha) | ||||
Mamoru Shō (Rūchū Kukuwō) |
Japanese Ryukyuan |
(Shō) | ||
Tokugawa Tsunenari (Shōgun) |
Japanese | (Tokugawa) | ||
Guy Georges Vĩnh San
皇帝 |
Vietnamese | 阮 (Nguyễn) | ||
Quentin Kawānanakoa
Aliʻi o Hawaii |
Hawaiian | Hale Ali'i o Kawānanakoa
(Royal House of Kawānanakoa) | ||
David Kawānanakoa II
Aliʻi o Hawaii | ||||
Prince Bahadur Jah Zafar दिल्ली के सुल्तान dillee ke sultaan |
Ganges | मुगल (Mughal Dynasty) | ||
Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy
दिल्ली के सुल्तान | ||||
Rob Kardashian
Հայաստանի միապետ Hayastani miapet |
Armenia | Քարդաշյան
(K’ardashyan) | ||
Darush Hosayn Ayrom
Azərbaycan şahı |
Azerbaijan | Hüseyn Ayrom
(House of Ayrom) | ||
Udayanraje Bhosale मराठ्यांचे छत्रपती Marāṭhyān̄cē chatrapatī |
Chapora | भोसले
(Bhosale) | ||
Anant Pratap Deo उड़ीसा के राजा udeesa ke raaja |
Orissan | N/A | नागा राजवंश Naga Dynasty | |
Bokassa II
Empereur du Kanem |
Kanem | Sayfawa dynasty | ||
Soe Win ဗမာပြည်ရဲ့ ဘုရင် bamarpyirae bhurain |
Burmese | ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ် Konbaung | ||
Supayalat
ဗမာပြည်ရဲ့ ဘုရင် | ||||
Sayyid Abdusattar Alimi
Buxoro amiri |
Uzbekistani | Mangudlar sulolasi
(Manghud dynasty) | ||
Sayid Rahim Abdullah
Xiva xoni |
Xongirod
(Khongirad) | |||
Fuad II
K𐤉𐤍g 𐤏𐤅 c𐤀𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤀g𐤄 King of Carthage |
Carthaginian | H𐤀𐤍𐤏 dy𐤍𐤀𐤔𐤕y
(Hanno Dynasty) | ||
Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said
سلطان زنجبار sultan zanjibar |
Tanzanian | بوسعيد
Busaid | ||
Bashir
قۇمۇل خان |
Uyghuristan | قۇمۇل خانلىقىنىڭ خان جەمەتى
Royal Family of the Kumul Khanate | ||
Shahbaz Pahlbod
ގްރޭންޑް ޑޫކް އޮފް ދަ މޯލްޑިވްސް އެވެ |
Maldives | ހައުސް އޮފް ޕަހުލްބޮޑް
(House of Pahlbod) | ||
Imaam Maxamed Yuusuf Cali
Imaan ee Hiraab |
Somalia | Guriga Boqortooyada Hirabb
(Royal House of Hirabb) | ||
Burhan Boqor Muse
Suldaan Majeerteen |
Qoyska Boqortooyada Majeerteen
(Royal Family of Majeerteen) | |||
Daud Mahamed
Suldaanka Somaliland |
Reer Isaaq
(Issaq Dynasty) | |||
Wangchuk Namgyal
सिक्किमको चोग्याल Sikkimakō cōgyāla |
Nepal | नामग्याल
(Namgyal) | ||
Fumo `Umar ibn Ahmad II
Mafulme wa Wituland سلطان ويتولاند (sultan waytawland) |
Kenya | N/A | البيت الملكي في Wituland
Nyumba ya Kifalme ya Wituland Royal House of Wituland | |
Mohammad Abdullah Hassan III
Amiir al-Mu'minin oo ka tirsan Boqortooyada Theocratic ee Derwish |
Ethiopia | N/A | ||
Julio I
Mfalme wa Kongo |
Congo | maji ya pink
Água Rosada | ||
Alfonso IV
Mfalme wa Kongo | ||||
Lubosi II Imwiko
Litunga of Barotseland |
Zambia | Royal House of Barotseland |
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