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
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Côte d'Ivoire
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
Eswatini
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
Ghana
- Asante Kingdom
- Dagbon Kingdom
- Portuguese Gold Coast
- Swedish Gold Coast
- Brandenburger Gold Coast
- British Gold Coast
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
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
Malawi
Mali
- Keita dynasty
- Mali Empire
- Songhai Empire
- Sunni dynasty
- Askiya dynasty
- Bamana Empire
- Kénédougou Kingdom
- Massina Empire
- Toucouleur Empire
- Wassoulou Empire
Mauritania
Mauritius
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
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
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
The following is a list of major dynasties of China:- Xia dynasty
- Shang dynasty
- Zhou dynasty
- * Western Zhou
- * Eastern Zhou
- Qin dynasty
- Han dynasty
- * Western Han
- * Eastern Han
- Xin dynasty Three Kingdoms
- * Cao Wei
- * Shu Han
- * Eastern Wu
- Jin dynasty
- * Western Jin
- * Eastern Jin Sixteen Kingdoms
- * Han-Zhao
- * Cheng Han
- * Later Zhao
- * Former Liang
- * Former Yan
- * Former Qin
- * Later Yan
- * Later Qin
- * Western Qin
- * Later Liang
- * Southern Liang
- * Northern Liang
- * Southern Yan
- * Western Liang
- * Hu Xia
- * Northern Yan Northern and Southern dynasties
- * Northern dynasties
- ** Northern Wei
- *** Eastern Wei
- *** Western Wei
- ** Northern Qi
- ** Northern Zhou
- * Southern dynasties
- ** Liu Song
- ** Southern Qi
- ** Liang dynasty
- ** Chen dynasty
- Sui dynasty
- Tang dynasty
- * Wu Zhou Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- * Five Dynasties
- ** Later Liang
- ** Later Tang
- ** Later Jin
- ** Later Han
- ** Later Zhou
- * Ten Kingdoms
- ** Former Shu
- ** Yang Wu
- ** Ma Chu
- ** Wuyue
- ** Min
- ** Southern Han
- ** Jingnan
- ** Later Shu
- ** Southern Tang
- ** Northern Han
- Liao dynasty
- * Western Liao
- Song dynasty
- * Northern Song
- * Southern Song
- Western Xia
- Jin dynasty
- Yuan dynasty
- * Northern Yuan
- Ming dynasty
- * Southern Ming
- Qing dynasty
- * Later Jin
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Empire of China
- Manchukuo
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
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
Kazakhstan
Korea
- Goguryeo Kingdom
- Baekje Kingdom
- Silla Kingdom
- Unified Silla Kingdom
- Goryeo dynasty
- Joseon dynasty
- Korean Empire
- List of monarchs of Korea
- Kim dynasty ''''
Kuwait
Laos
- Lan Xang
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Kingdom of Luang Prabang
- Kingdom of Vientiane
- List of monarchs of Laos
- Kingdom of Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Malaysia
- * Johor
- * Kedah
- * Kelantan
- * Negeri Sembilan
- * Pahang
- * Perak
- * Perlis
- * Selangor
- * Terengganu
- Raj of Sarawak
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
- Kingdom of Ava
- Pagan Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- First Toungoo Empire
- Konbaung dynasty
- List of Burmese monarchs
Nepal
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
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
Syria
Tajikistan
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
Uzbekistan
- Timurid Empire
- Chagatai Khanate
- Uzbek Khanate
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Khwarazmian Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Khanate of Kokand
Vietnam
- Hồng Bàng dynasty
- Âu Lạc
- Nanyue
- Early Lý dynasty
- Ngô dynasty
- Đinh dynasty
- Early Lê dynasty
- Lý dynasty
- Trần dynasty
- Hồ dynasty
- Later Trần dynasty
- Later Lê dynasty
- Mạc dynasty
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Empire of Vietnam
- Domain of the Crown
Yemen
Europe
Andorra
Austria
Bavaria
Belgium
Bohemia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
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
Germany
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
Lithuania
Monaco
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Poland
- Congress Poland
- Kingdom of Poland
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- List of kings of the Piast dynasty
- List of Polish monarchs
Portugal
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
Spain
Andalucía
Aragon
Asturias
Cantabria
Catalonia
Castile
Galicia
León
Majorca
Murcia
Navarre
Valencia
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
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
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
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 CanadaCosta Rica
Grenada
Haiti
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