List of Minor Planets Named After People - Monarchs and Royalty

Monarchs and Royalty

• 12 Victoria (officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but also honours Queen Victoria)
• 45 Eugenia (Empress Eugénie), with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
• 115 Thyra (Thyra, consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark)
• 216 Kleopatra (Cleopatra VII of Egypt)
• 220 Stephania (Princess Stéphanie of Belgium)
• 295 Theresia (Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen consort of Germany)
• 326 Tamara (Queen Tamar of Georgia)
• 344 Desiderata (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway)
• 359 Georgia (King George II of Great Britain)
• 392 Wilhelmina (Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)
• 525 Adelaide (Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV of the United Kingdom)
• 545 Messalina (Messalina, Roman empress)
• 546 Herodias (Herodias, wife of Herod II and mother of Salome)
• 562 Salome (Salome, daughter of Herod II and Herodias)
• 598 Octavia (Claudia Octavia, Roman empress)
• 650 Amalasuntha (Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths)
• 653 Berenike (Berenice II, Egyptian queen)
• 689 Zita (Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma)
• 816 Juliana (Queen Juliana of the Netherlands)
• 823 Sisigambis (Sisygambis, mother of Darius III of Persia)
• 831 Stateira (Stateira, wife of Artaxerxes II of Persia)
• 832 Karin (Karin Månsdotter, wife of Eric XIV of Sweden)
• 888 Parysatis (Parysatis, wife of Darius II of Persia)
• 911 Agamemnon (Agamemnon)
• 1068 Nofretete (Nefertiti)
• 1128 Astrid (Astrid of Sweden)
• 2436 Hatshepsut (Pharaoh Hatshepsut)
• 3362 Khufu (Pharaoh Khufu)
• 4414 Sesostris (Greek version of Senusret, name of three pharaohs)
• 4415 Echnaton (Pharaoh Akhenaten; German spelling of his name)
• 4416 Ramses (pharaoh Ramses II)
• 4568 Menkaure (Pharaoh Menkaure)
• 4721 Atahualpa (Atahuallpa)
• 4846 Tuthmosis (Thutmose, name of four pharaohs)
• 4847 Amenhotep (pharaoh Amenhotep IV)
• 4848 Tutenchamun (pharaoh Tutankhamun)
• 4906 Seneferu (Pharaoh Sneferu)
• 5009 Sethos (Greek version of Seti, name of two pharaohs)
• 5010 Amenemhet (Amenemhet, name of four pharaohs)
• 5242 Kenreimonin (Empress Dowager Kenrei)
• 7117 Claudius (Emperor Claudius)
• 7207 Hammurabi (Hammurabi)
• 7208 Ashurbanipal (Ashurbanipal)
• 7209 Cyrus (Cyrus II of Persia)
• 7210 Darius (Darius I of Persia)
• 7211 Xerxes (Xerxes I of Persia)
• 7212 Artaxerxes (Artaxerxes II of Persia)
• 8740 Václav (Václav I, Duke of Bohemia)
• 10293 Pribina (Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality)
• 11014 Svätopluk (Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia)
• 16951 Carolus Quartus (Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia)
• 18349 Dafydd (Dafydd ap Llywelyn, prince of Wales)
• 20969 Samo (Samo, ruler of Samo’s Empire)
• 25340 Segoves (Segoves, Celtic duke)
• 44613 Rudolf (Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary)
• 48844 Belloves (Belloves, Celtic duke)
• 53285 Mojmír (Mojmír I, ruler of Great Moravia)