And how did they become royalty? I'm sure they must have started from somewhere.. perhaps the people of their country decided and made them king... anyone knows? ;)
2007-07-01 20:33:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Ton of them: Japan, Sweden, Jordan come to mind. Lots of islands in the Pacific, too. Usually the local governments form as fiefdoms, and they get bigger and join together and appoint a leader, and it becomes hereditary.
2007-07-01 20:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is very broad. There are loads of German's princes who've kept their titles but not their lands. In Europe alone there are at least 10 monarchies (including Britain). There are no countries with monarchies in the mainland of the Americas although a number of Caribbean islands have monarchs from Europe as their Head of State e.g. Bermuda had Queen Elizabeth II of the UK, The Netherlands Antilles have Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
There are a large number of monarchies in Asia including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. I believe there are no monarchies (over entire countries) in Africa - there is a Zulu king.
In Polynesia there are at least two - Tonga and Brunei and of course Queen Elizabeth II is queen of Australia and New Zealand.
2007-07-02 06:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The link below has a list of all current monarchs (and, by extension, royal families). There are also many "royal" families still in existence from deposed monarchies. Many of them still consider themselves to be "royal", though with no throne that claim is questionable.
2007-07-02 13:44:07 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋