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Famous Monarchies Abolished
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Country↕ | Year Abolished↕ | Last Monarch↕ | Dynasty↕ | Cause↕ | Notes↕ |
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France (First abolition) | 1792 | Louis XVI | Bourbon | French Revolution | National Convention declared France a republic, Louis XVI guillotined in January 1793 |
Portugal | 1910 | Manuel II | Braganza | Republican revolution | 5 October Revolution ended 770-year Portuguese monarchy, Manuel exiled to England |
China | 1912 | Puyi | Qing | Xinhai Revolution | Six-year-old Puyi abdicated, ended 2,000 years of imperial Chinese history |
Russia | 1917 | Nicholas II | Romanov | February Revolution | Abdicated amid WWI collapse, family executed by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg in 1918 |
Austria-Hungary | 1918 | Charles I and IV | Habsburg | WWI defeat and dissolution | Multi-ethnic empire collapsed into successor states, Habsburgs banned from Austria |
Germany | 1918 | Wilhelm II | Hohenzollern | WWI defeat and revolution | Kaiser abdicated and fled to Netherlands, Weimar Republic declared |
Ottoman Empire | 1922 | Mehmed VI | Osmanli | Turkish War of Independence | Ataturk abolished sultanate, ending 623 years of Ottoman rule, caliphate abolished 1924 |
Spain (Second abolition) | 1931 | Alfonso XIII | Bourbon | Second Republic proclaimed | Municipal elections signalled loss of popular support, Alfonso left country without abdicating |
Italy | 1946 | Umberto II | Savoy | Post-WWII referendum | 54 percent voted to abolish monarchy after fascist collaboration, May King reigned just 34 days |
Bulgaria | 1946 | Simeon II | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Communist referendum | 9-year-old king removed by Soviet-backed plebiscite, later returned as elected prime minister |
Romania | 1947 | Michael I | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Communist pressure | Forced to abdicate at gunpoint by Gheorghiu-Dej, ended Romanian monarchy |
Egypt | 1953 | Fuad II | Muhammad Ali | Free Officers Revolution | Nasser's coup forced Farouk to abdicate in favor of baby Fuad, republic declared year later |
Iraq | 1958 | Faisal II | Hashemite | 14 July Revolution | Military coup killed Faisal II and royal family, ended British-backed monarchy |
Greece | 1973 | Constantine II | Gluecksburg | Junta referendum and 1974 confirmation | Abolished twice by Greek junta then by 1974 democratic referendum after regime fell |
Ethiopia | 1974 | Haile Selassie | Solomonic | Derg military coup | Ended a dynasty claiming descent from King Solomon, emperor died mysteriously in captivity |
Iran | 1979 | Mohammad Reza Shah | Pahlavi | Islamic Revolution | Shah fled into exile, Ayatollah Khomeini returned and declared Islamic Republic |
Nepal | 2008 | Gyanendra | Shah | Constituent Assembly vote | Abolished after civil war and royal massacre of 2001, ended world's last Hindu kingdom |
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