European Sovereigns, 2017: Three Monarchist Fantasies

It is tempting when trying to imagine exactly what we monarchists would like Europe to look like to combine monarchies that never actually existed at the same time. But on this page I have not done so, instead sticking strictly to theoretical restorations of the status quo that prevailed at the beginning (January) of three crucial years of European history: 1914, 1848, and 1789. In the disputed case of France, I have favoured the Orleans line for "1848" and the Spanish Bourbon line for "1789," following a similar pattern (junior vs. senior line respectively) for the Two Sicilies. For Saxony I have somewhat arbitrarily favoured the male but morganatic line for "1789" and the adoptive female line for "1848." For "1848" and "1789," states other than empires, kingdoms, and electorates are omitted since there would have been so many. In all three cases the currently existing monarchies when present at all are left as they actually are. Note that the German kingdoms listed in "1848" except for Hannover still existed in 1914, but were part of the German Empire, a more centralized state than the Holy Roman Empire ever was. I have chosen for these particular charts not to regard the Ottoman Empire as "European," though it still occupied a significant part of Europe in 1848 and even more in 1789.

"1914" in 2017
CountrySovereignBornAcceded
BulgariaKing Simeon II16 Jun193728 Aug1943
United KingdomQueen Elizabeth II21 Apr19266 Feb1952
GreeceKing Constantine II6 Jun19406 Mar1964
SerbiaKing Alexander II17 Jul19453 Nov1970
DenmarkQueen Margrethe II16 Apr194014 Jan1972
SwedenKing Carl XVI Gustaf30 Apr194619 Sep 1973
ItalyKing Vittorio Emanuele IV12 Feb193718 Mar1983
MontenegroKing Nikola II7 Jul194424 Mar1986
LiechtensteinPrince Hans Adam II14 February 194513 November 1989
NorwayKing Harald V21 Feb193717 Jan1991
Russian EmpireEmpress Maria I23 Dec195321 Apr1992
German EmpireEmperor Georg Friedrich I10 Jun197625 Sep1994
LuxembourgGrand Duke Henri16 Apr19557 Oct 2000
MonacoPrince Albert II14 March19586 April2005
Austro-Hungarian EmpireEmperor Karl II11 Jan19614 Jul2011
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander27 April196730 April2013
BelgiumKing Philippe I15 Apr 196021 Jul2013
SpainKing Felipe VI30 Jan196819 Jun2014
RomaniaQueen Margareta26 Mar19495 Dec2017

"1848" in 2015
CountrySovereignBornAcceded
United KingdomQueen Elizabeth II21 Apr19266 Feb1952
GreeceKing Constantine II6 Jun19406 Mar1964
DenmarkQueen Margrethe II16 Apr194014 Jan1972
Sweden & NorwayKing Carl XVI Gustaf30 Apr194619 Sep 1973
WürttembergKing Carl II1 Aug193615 Apr1975
PortugalKing Duarte III14 May194524 Dec1976
SardiniaKing Vittorio Emanuele IV12 Feb193718 Mar1983
HannoverKing Ernst August V26 Feb19549 Dec1987
Russian EmpireEmpress Maria I23 Dec195321 Apr1992
PrussiaKing Georg Friedrich I10 Jun197625 Sep1994
BavariaKing Franz I14 Jul19338 Jul1996
FranceKing Henri VII14 Jun193319 Jun1999
Two SiciliesKing Carlo I24 Feb196320 Mar2008
Austrian EmpireEmperor Karl II11 Jan19614 Jul2011
SaxonyKing Alexander I12 Feb195423 Jul2012
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander27 April196730 April2013
BelgiumKing Philippe I15 Apr 196021 Jul2013
SpainKing Felipe VI30 Jan196819 Jun2014

"1789" in 2015
CountrySovereignBornAcceded
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II21 Apr19266 Feb1952
Naples & SicilyKing Carlo VIII16 Jan19383 Feb1964
Denmark & NorwayQueen Margrethe II16 Apr194014 Jan1972
SwedenKing Carl XVI Gustaf30 Apr194619 Sep 1973
PortugalKing Duarte III14 May194524 Dec1976
SardiniaKing Vittorio Emanuele IV12 Feb193718 Mar1983
HannoverElector Ernst August VI26 Feb19549 Dec1987
FranceKing Louis XX25 Apr197430 Jan1989
Russian EmpireEmpress Maria I23 Dec195321 Apr1992
PrussiaKing Georg Friedrich I10 Jun197625 Sep1994
BavariaElector Franz I14 Jul19338 Jul1996
Holy Roman Empire
Bohemia & Hungary		Emperor Karl IX11 Jan19614 Jul2011
SaxonyElector Rüdiger I23 Dec19536 Oct2012
SpainKing Felipe VI30 Jan196819 Jun2014
Poland(Elected King)

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