List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century

This is a list of monarchs who either lost their thrones through deposition by a coup d'état, by a referendum which abolished their throne, or chose to abdicate during the 19th century.

A edit

Afghanistan edit

Algeria edit

Alt-Leiningen edit

amaGaza edit

  • Mawewe Nxumalo, Nkosi of amaGaza 11 Oct 1858 – 18??, deposed or abdicated 18??, restored 18??, reigned until 1862.
  • Mzila Nxumalo, Nkosi of amaGaza, deposed or abdicated 18??, restored 1862, reigned until August 1884.

Antakarana edit

Aremberg edit

  • Ludwig Engelbert, Duke of Aremberg (Herzog von Aremberg) 1778–1801, deposed or abdicated 1801. Died 1820.
  • Prosper Ludwig, Duke of Aremberg (Herzog von Aremberg) 1802–1810, deposed or abdicated 1810. Died 1861.

Bishopric of Augsburg edit

Austria edit

B edit

Grand Duchy of Baden edit

Bahrain edit

Bajini edit

Baku Khanate edit

Balasinor edit

Bambao edit

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg edit

  • Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince–Bishop of Bamberg (Fürstbishof zu Bamberg), deposed in 1802 due to Bamberg's annexation by Bavaria, died 1805.

Banganapalle edit

Baoni edit

  • Sahib Jah, Azam ul-Umara, Rashid ul-Mulk, 'Imad ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Mehdi Husain Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab of Baoni 1859–1883, abdicated in favour of his son, died 1895.

Kingdom of Bavaria edit

  • Ludwig I, King of Bavaria 1825–1848, abdicated 1848, died 1868.

Berg and Cleves edit

Birkenfeld edit

  • Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld, deposed due to Birkenfeld's annexation by France, 1801

Boina Kingdom edit

Bora Bora edit

Barotseland edit

  • Lubosi I, Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief of Barotseland, deposed 1884, restored 1885, died 1916.
  • Akafuna Tatila, Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief of Barotseland, deposed 1885, died 1887.

Bone state edit

Empire of Brazil edit

Brakna edit

Brunswick edit

Buganda edit

  • Mwanga II Kabaka of Buganda 1884–1888 and 1889–1897, died 1897
  • Kalema Kabaka of Buganda 1888–1889, died 1890

Bunyoro edit

Burma edit

C edit

Cambodia edit

Chitral edit

Prince-Bishopric of Constance edit

Imperial Abbey of Corvey edit

Croy-Dülmen edit

D edit

E edit

Egypt Eyalet edit

Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt edit

Elchingen edit

Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen edit

Essen Abbey edit

Ethiopian Empire edit

  • Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I (Fakr Sagad), Elect of God and King of Kings of Ethiopia. Succeeded on the deposition of Emperor Iyasu III, 24 April 1788. Deposed for a second time, 26 July 1789. Regained the throne by force of arms, January 1794. Deposed for the third time, 15 April 1795. Restored December 1795. Deposed for the fourth time, 20 May 1796. Restored again, 4 January 1798. Deposed for the fifth time, 20 May 1799. Restored, 24 March 1800 but was deposed for the sixth, and last time.
  • Demetros, installed 1799 and deposed 1800, reinstated 1800, deposed again 1801.
  • Yohannes III, installed 1840, deposed 1841, reinstated and redeposed 1845, rereinstated 1850, and reredeposed 1851.
  • Sahle Dengel, installed 1832, deposed 1840, restored 1841, deposed again 1845, reinstated again 1845, deposed again 1850, reinstated again 1851 and deposed a last time 1855.
  • Emperor Tewodros II, died 1868.
  • Emperor Tekle Giyorgis II was deposed in 1872 by Kassay Merca who was then proclaimed Emperor Yohannes IV.

F edit

France edit

Frankfurt edit

Prince-Bishopric of Freising edit

Freudenberg edit

Friedberg in der Wetterau edit

Imperial Abbey of Fulda edit

Fürstenberg edit

  • Karl Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg, deposed through the annexation of Fürstenberg by Baden in 1806. Died in 1854.

G edit

Gandersheim Abbey edit

Ganja khanate edit

  • Javad Khan (1786–1804), deposed through the Russian annexation 1804.

Ghazni edit

Greece edit

Guria edit

Gutenzell Abbey edit

Gottschee edit

  • Wilhelm I of Gottschee 1800–1809 and 1815–1822, lost his domain to Austria-Hungary, restored 1815, died 1822.

Gowa edit

H edit

Haiti edit

Kingdom of Hanover edit

Kingdom of Hawaii edit

Emirate of Harar edit

Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller, Heitersheim edit

Herford Abbey edit

Electorate of Hesse edit

Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim edit

Hohengeroldseck edit

Hohenlohe-Langenburg edit

Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen edit

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein edit

Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst edit

Hohenzollern-Hechingen edit

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen edit

Holy Roman Empire edit

Holland edit

  • Louis I deposed 1810
  • Louis II deposed 1810, when Holland annexed by France.

Hsamönghkam edit

  • Maung Shwe E myosa of Hsamönghkam 1825–1834, deposed or abdicated 1834, restored 18xx, reigned until 1847.
  • Maung Me myosa of Hsamönghkam 1834–18xx, deposed or abdicated 18xx, restored 1847, reigned until 1848.
  • Maung Lin myosa of Hsamönghkam 1867, deposed or abdicated 1867, restored 1876, reigned until 18xx.
  • Maung Shwe Min myosa of Hsamönghkam 1848–1867, deposed or abdicated 1867, restored 1885, reigned until 1886.

Hsenwi edit

  • Sao Hseng Naw Hpa saopha of Hsenwi 1845–1848, deposed or abdicated 1848restored 1853, deposed or abdicated 1855, restored 1867, deposed or abdicated 1869, restored 1874, deposed or abdicated 1875, restored 1876, reigned until 1879.
  • Sao Hpa Mawng Hpa saopha of Hsenwi 1858–1860, deposed or abdicated 1860, restored 1863, deposed or abdicated 1864.

Huahine edit

Kingdom of Hungary edit

I edit

County of Isenburg edit

  • Ernst Kasimir III count of Isenburg 1801–1810, deposed by the French occupation 1810.

Isenburg-Birstein edit

Isenburg-Meerholz edit

Isenburg-Wächtersbach edit

Itsandra edit

Imereti edit

  • King Solomon II, deposed after his kingdom was annexed by Russia, 20 February 1810.

Italy edit

J edit

Jelebu edit

K edit

Kaisersheim Abbey edit

  • Franz Xaver Müller prince-abbot of Kaiserheim 1783–1803, deposed through the annexation by Bavaria.

Käppel edit

Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti edit

Karangasem edit

Kasanzi edit

  • Mbumba of Kasanzi, Yaka of Kasanzi ?-1848, deposed or abdicated 1848, restored 1853 and reigned until ?

Kazembe edit

  • Kazembe IX Lukwesa Mpanga Mwata Kazembe of Kazembe 1872–1883, deposed or abdicated 1883, restored 1885, deposed, abdicated or died 1886.
  • Kazembe X Kanyembo Ntemena Mwata Kazembe of Kazembe 1883–1885, deposed of abdicated 1885, restored 1886, died 1904.

Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten edit

deposed by the annexation by Bavaria.

Knyphausen edit

Cologne edit

Kyawkku Hsiwan edit

  • Nga Shwe Maung I Ngwegunhmu of Kyawkku Hsiwan 1844–1852, deposed or abdicated 1852, restored 1856, reigned until 1863.

L edit

Laihka edit

  • Sao Hkam Mawng saopha of Laikha 1860–1862, deposed or abdicated 1862, restored 1868, reigned until 1879.

Lawksawk edit

  • Sao Waing saopha of Lawksawk 1854–1881, deposed or abdicated 1881, restored 1886, reigned until January 1887.

Lindau Abbey edit

Loilong edit

  • Hkun Pu Ngwegunhmu of Loilong 1856–1880, deposed or abdicated 1880, died 1882.

Loimaw edit

Lombardo-Veneto edit

Lozi edit

  • Mubukwanu Litunga of the Lozi ?-18th century, deposed in the 18th century.

Lübeck edit

M edit

Kingdom of Madagascar edit

Archbishopric of Mainz edit

Sultanate of the Maldives edit

Mangareva edit

Manyika edit

  • Cikanga Nyarumwe II mambo of Manyika 1796–1807, deposed or abdicated 1807 restored 1818, reigned until 1822–

Mayotte edit

Mergentheim edit

  • Karl II Ludwig Johann Erzherzog von Österreich Prince-Grand Master of Mergentheim (Fürst und Hoch-und Deutschmeister des Deutschen Ordens in deutschen und wälschen Landen, Administratoren des Hochmeistertums in Preussen, Herrn zu Freudenthal und Eulenberg) 1801–1804, deposed or abdicated 1804, died 1847.
  • Anton Viktor Joseph Raymund Erzherzog von Österreich Prince-Grand master of Mergentheim (Fürst und Hoch-und Deutschmeister des Deutschen Ordens in deutschen und wälschen Landen, Administratoren des Hochmeistertums in Preussen, Herrn zu Freudenthal und Eulenberg) 1804–1809, deposed or abdicated 1809, died 1835.

Mexico edit

Mingrelia edit

Duchy of Modena edit

Mughal Empire edit

Mosquito Nation edit

Mukhrani edit

  • Constantine IV, deposed on the annexation of his principality by the Tsar of Russia, 1801.

Mwali edit

N edit

Naning Kingdom edit

Kingdom of Naples edit

Duchy of Nassau edit

  • Adolf, Duke of Nassau, deposed 1866

Nassau-Orange-Fulda edit

Sultanate of Ndzuwani edit

Neu-Leiningen edit

Negeri Sembilan edit

Kingdom of the Netherlands edit

  • William I, King of the Netherlands, abdicated 1840

Niu'atuputapu edit

  • Uiliame Latumailangi, 7th Ma'atu of Niu'atuputapu, ceded the island of Niu'atuputapu to King George Tupou I on 4 June 1862, when Niu'atuputapu became an integral part of the Kingdom of Tonga.

Norway edit

O edit

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück edit

Ottoman Empire edit

Olbrück edit

Oman edit

Oran edit

P edit

Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn edit

Papal States edit

  • Pope Pius VII, deposed as ruler of the Papal States 1809, restored 1814
  • Pope Pius IX, deposed as ruler of the Papal States 1870

Duchy of Parma edit

Prince-Bishopric of Passau edit

Portugal edit

Q edit

Quba Khanate edit

Quedlinburg Abbey edit

Qusantine edit

R edit

Rai'atea edit

Reuss-Schleiz edit

  • Heinrich XLII count of Reuss-Schleiz 1784–1802, deposed or abdicated 1802, died 1818.

Reuss-Lobenstein edit

Romania edit

Russian Empire edit

Ryukyu Kingdom edit

  • Sho Tai, deposed and his kingdom abolished in 1879; died 1901.

S edit

Kingdom of Sardinia edit

Saxe-Altenburg edit

Saxe-Meiningen edit

Serbia edit

Shaki Khanate edit

Shewa edit

  • Haile Melekot, prince of Shewa, deposed 1859.
  • Seyfe Sahle Selassie, prince of Shewa, seized the throne 1859, deposed 1859, restored 1860.
  • Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia, king of Shewa 1855–1856, deposed 1856, restored 1865 as king, terminated the separate state 1889 uniting it to Ethiopia where he ascended as emperor.

Spain edit

Sri Lanka edit

  • Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe, the last king in a 2500-year-old monarchy, deposed by the British in 1816. Deported to South India together will all claimants to the throne to extinguish the national royal line. Kept as a prisoner for 17 years where he died at the Vellor Fort at age 52.

Sungai Ujong edit

Sudan edit

Svaneti edit

Sweden edit

T edit

Tahiti edit

  • Pōmare V, King of Tahiti 1877–1880. Ceded Tahiti to France on 29 June 1880.

Trarza edit

Principality of Trinidad edit

  • James Harden-Hickey, king of Trinidad 1893–1895, deposed by British then Brazilian, occupation.

Tulsipur edit

  • "Chauhan" Raja Drig Narayan Singh of House of Tulsipur deposed following the 1857 Mutiny.

Grand Duchy of Tuscany edit

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies edit

U edit

V edit

Viet Nam edit

W edit

Wassulu edit

  • Samori ibn Lafiya Ture, Fama of Wassulu 1870–1884, Almami of Wassulu 1884–1898. Deposed 29 September 1898.

Prince-Bishopric of Worms edit

X edit

Y edit

Z edit

Sultanate of Zanzibar edit

Zemio edit

  • Zangabirou, ruler of Zemio ? -ca. 1855, died ca. 1858

See also edit