List of former monarchies

This is a list of former monarchies, i.e. monarchies which once existed but have since been abolished. (Note: entries in bold refer to groups of kingdoms)

Ancient Near East

 * Early Bronze Age
 * Indus Valley (3300 BC-1300 BC)
 * 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
 * Sindhu-Sauvīra (1300 BC- 518 BC)
 * Magadha Kingdom (until 320 BC)
 * Colchis (–164 BC)
 * Kingdom of Phrygia (until 696 BC)
 * Kingdom of Lydia (until 546 BC)
 * Philistia (until 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–437 BC)
 * Odrysian Kingdom (460 BC–46 AD)
 * Kingdom of Anuradhapura (437 BC–1017 AD)
 * Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)
 * Caucasian Iberia (302 BC–580 AD)
 * Dian Kingdom (c. 300 BC–109 BC)
 * Kingdom of Pontus (291 BC–62 AD)
 * Attalid kingdom (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)
 * 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)
 * Byzantine Empire (330–1204)
 * Taruma Kingdom (358–669)
 * Kamarupa (4th century – 12th century)
 * Melayu Kingdom (4th century – 13th century)
 * Deira (6th century)
 * Europe
 * Athens (until 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
 * Early Lý dynasty (544-602)
 * Brahman Dynasty of Sindh (632-711)
 * Soomra Dynasty (1011-1333)
 * Samma Dynasty (1333-1520)
 * Kedah Kingdom (630–1136)
 * Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (1055–1232)
 * 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)
 * Pagan Kingdom (849–1287)
 * Kingdom of the Kartvels (888–1008)
 * Mon Kingdoms (9th–11th, 13th–16th, 18th centuries)
 * 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)
 * Trần dynasty (1225–1400)
 * Kingdom of Dambadeniya (1220–1345)
 * Singhasari Kingdom (1222–1292)
 * Ahom kingdom (1228–1826)
 * Kingdom of Lan Xang (1353–1707)
 * Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1438)
 * Majapahit Kingdom (1293–1527)
 * Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)
 * Kingdom of Singapura (1299–1398)
 * Kingdom of Gampola (1341–1408)
 * Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767)
 * Joseon Kingdom (1392–1897)
 * Kingdom of Mysore (1399–1947)
 * Garhwal Kingdom (c. 1400–1814)
 * Malacca Sultanate (1400–1511)
 * Kingdom of Kotte (1412–1597)
 * Ryūkyū Kingdom (1429–1879)
 * Kingdom of Imereti (1455–1810)
 * Kingdom of Kakheti (1465–1762)
 * Kingdom of Kartli (1466–1762)
 * Taungoo dynasty (1510–1752)
 * Le dynasty (1428–1789)
 * Kingdom of Lan Na (1292–1775)
 * Sultanate of Maldives (1153–1953, 1954–1968)
 * 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)
 * West Frankish Kingdom (843–987)
 * 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 (1137–1974)
 * Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1341)
 * 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)

Pre-Columbian Americas

 * Kingdom of Chimor (Chimu) (900–1470)
 * K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj (13th century – 1524)
 * Kingdom of Tlaxcallan
 * Inca Empire (1197-1533)

Early Modern

 * Asia
 * Kalhora Dynasty (1701-1783)
 * Kingdom of Sitawaka (1521–1594)
 * Johor Sultanate (1528–1855)
 * Kingdom of Middag (17th century)
 * Kingdom of Kandy (1581–1815)
 * Kingdom of Tungning (1662–1683)
 * Qing Dynasty (1644–1912)
 * Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)
 * Kingdom of Maynila (1500s–1571)
 * Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762–1800)
 * Thonburi Kingdom (1767–1782)
 * Kingdom of Luang Phrabang (1707–1947)
 * Kingdom of Vientiane (1707–1828)
 * Kingdom of Champasak (1707–1904)
 * 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
 * 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)
 * French Empire (1804–1814, 1851-1870)
 * 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)
 * Modern Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
 * Kingdom of France (972–1792, 1814–1848)
 * Russian Empire (1721–1917)
 * German Empire (1871–1918)
 * Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
 * Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910)


 * Asia
 * Talpur Dynasty (1783-1843)
 * Imperial State 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)
 * Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962)
 * Tibet (1912–1951)
 * Empire of Japan (1868–1947)
 * Korean Empire (1897–1910)
 * Kingdom of Laos (1953–1975)
 * Kingdom of Sikkim (1642–1975)
 * Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008)
 * Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885)
 * Nguyen dynasty (1802–1945)
 * Tay Son dynasty (1778–1802)


 * 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)
 * Ethiopian Empire (1270–1974)
 * Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964)
 * 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)