Table of Monarchies in Europe
| State | Type | Succession | Incumbent | Born | Age | Reigns since | First-in-line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | co-principality | special case: two co-princes |
J. E. Vives i Sicília (Bishop of Urgell) |
24 July 1949 | 63 y. | 12 May 2003 | None; appointed by the pope |
| François Hollande (President of France) |
12 August 1954 | 58 y. | 15 May 2012 | None; elected by the French in 2017 | |||
| Belgium | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Albert II | 6 June 1934 | 78 y. | 9 August 1993 | heir apparent: Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (eldest child) |
| Denmark | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Margrethe II | 16 April 1940 | 72 y. | 14 January 1972 | heir apparent: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (eldest son) |
| Liechtenstein | principality | agnatic primogeniture | Hans-Adam II | 14 February 1945 | 67 y. | 13 November 1989 | heir apparent: Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (eldest son) |
| Luxembourg | grand duchy | absolute primogeniture | Henri | 16 April 1955 | 57 y. | 7 October 2000 | heir apparent: Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (eldest child) |
| Monaco | principality | male-preference cognatic primogeniture | Albert II | 14 March 1958 | 54 y. | 6 April 2005 | heiress presumptive: Caroline, Princess of Hanover (elder sister) |
| Netherlands | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Beatrix | 31 January 1938 | 74 y. | 30 April 1980 | heir apparent: Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (eldest child) |
| Norway | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Harald V | 21 February 1937 | 75 y. | 17 January 1991 | heir apparent: Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (only son) |
| Spain | kingdom | male-preference cognatic primogeniture | Juan Carlos I | 5 January 1938 | 74 y. | 22 November 1975 | heir apparent: Felipe, Prince of Asturias (only son) |
| Sweden | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Carl XVI Gustaf | 30 April 1946 | 66 y. | 15 September 1973 | heiress apparent: Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (eldest child) |
| United Kingdom | kingdom | absolute primogeniture | Elizabeth II | 21 April 1926 | 86 y. | 6 February 1952 | heir apparent: Charles, Prince of Wales (eldest child) |
| Vatican City | theocracy | elective monarchy | Benedictus XVI | 16 April 1927 | 85 y. | 19 April 2005 | None; elected in papal conclave |
| I^ Caroline is, as the ruling prince's eldest sister, the current heiress presumptive.
II^ The monarch of the United Kingdom is also the sovereign of the fifteen other Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean; Belize in Central America; Canada in North America; and Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu in Oceania. |
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