Current Monarchies That Were Abolished and Then Restored
| Country |
Year Abolished |
Annotations |
Year Restored |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventeen Provinces, part of the Holy Roman Empire and held by the Habsburgs | 1581 | Dutch Republic established | 1806 | |
| England, Scotland and Ireland | 1649 | Commonwealth of England established | 1660 | |
| Spain | 1873 | First Spanish Republic established | 1874 | |
| 1931 | Second Spanish Republic established, then restored in 1947 (de jure), initially under the regency of Francisco Franco | 1975 |
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| Ankole | 1967 | Four traditional Ugandan monarchies abolished by government under new constitution of Milton Obote | 1993 | |
| Buganda | ||||
| Bunyoro | ||||
| Toro | ||||
| Cambodia | 1970 | Coup d'état | 1975 | |
| 1976 | King forced into exile once again by Khmer Rouge | 1993 | ||
| Rwenzururu, a part of Uganda | 1982 | Abolished by the government. | 2009 |
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