Pretender

:This page is about the word Pretender as it applies to a monarchy. For other meanings, see Pretender (disambiguation).

Some modern pretenders

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State

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Pretender

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Link to Past Monarchy

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Austria

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Crown Prince Otto

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son of the last Emperor-King, Karl I of Austria

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Albania

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Crown Prince Leka Zogu

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son of the last king, Zog of Albania

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Albania

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Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg

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Descendant of Scanderbeg

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Bavaria

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Grand Duke Franz, Duke of Bavaria

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head of the Wittelsbach family of Bavaria's last King Ludwig III

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Brazil

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Prince Dom Luiz of Orleans-Braganza

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head of the Vassouras branch of the last Brazilian Emperor Pedro II

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Burma

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Crown Prince Shwebomin

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claims distant descent from the Bagan line of emperors of the first Burmese empire through Sinbyushin

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France

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Henri, Comte de Paris, Duc de France (Orleanist-Legitimist*: generally accepted)

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descendant of Louis-Philippe of France

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France

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Louis-Alphonse, Duc d'Anjou (Legitimist: minority support)

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descendant of Louis XIV of France

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France

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Charles Bonaparte (Bonapartist)

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descendant of Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte

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Germany and Prussia

Related Topics:
Germany - Prussia

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Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia

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descendant of the last Emperor, Wilhelm II

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Hawai'i

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Quentin Kawananakoa

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senior of the remaining relatives of Queen Liliuokalani

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Hungary

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Crown Prince Otto

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son of the last King-Emperor, Charles IV of Hungary

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Iran

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Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi II

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son of the last Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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Iraq

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Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein

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cousin of the last king, Faisal II

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Ireland

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Several, though O'Conor Don regarded as most senior.

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See below, under "British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish Pretenders"

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Italy

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Crown Prince Victorio Emanuele

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son of the last king, Humbert II of Italy

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Korea

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Won, Prince of Korea

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Prince Gu's adopted son from one of the descendant of Prince Gang of Korea

Related Topics:
Prince Gu - Prince Gang of Korea

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Mexico

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Maximilian von Goetzen-Iturbide

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descendant of Prince Salvador de Iturbide who was the grandson of Emperor Agustín of Mexico and the adopted son of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico

Related Topics:
Prince Salvador de Iturbide - Emperor Agustín of Mexico - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico

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Montenegro

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Nikola, Prince of Montenegro

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descendant of the last king, Nikola I of Montenegro

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Pindo

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Ladislas, 4th Duke of Pindo

Related Topics:
Ladislas - Duke of Pindo

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nephew of the 1st duke Julius I

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Portugal

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Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança

Related Topics:
Duarte Pio - Duke of Bragança

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great grandson of king Miguel I

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Portugal

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Rosario Saxe Coburg Braganza, Duke of Bragança

Related Topics:
Rosario Saxe Coburg Braganza - Duke of Bragança

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descendant of the duchess Maria Pia de Saxe Coburg Braganza

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Russia

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Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia

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descendant of the former Emperor Alexander II

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Serbia and Yugoslavia

Related Topics:
Serbia - Yugoslavia

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Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

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son of the last king, Peter II

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Vatican City/Catholic Church

Related Topics:
Vatican City - Catholic Church

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A number of dissident Catholics have claimed that the Holy See has been empty for varying periods of time, usually marking from the death of either Pope Pius XII or Pope Paul VI. Some groups of these have elected pretenders to the Holy See, see sedevacantism for details.

Related Topics:
Holy See - Pope Pius XII - Pope Paul VI - Sedevacantism

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Vietnam

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Crown Prince Bao Long

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son of the last emperor of the Nguy?n Dynasty, Bao Dai

Related Topics:
Nguy?n Dynasty - Bao Dai

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