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2 Deposed European or American Sovereign Houses

In these countries there are now republics.

AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the: Habsburg-LothringenHabsburg (also spelled Hapsburg was one of the ruling houses of Europe: rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282 1453, archdukes 1453 1804, and emperors 1804 1918), kings of Bohemia 1526 1618 and 1621 1918, kings of Spain ( 1516 1700), and Holy Roman Emperors for

BavariaWith an area of 70,553 km² and 11. 6 million inhabitants, the Free State of Bavaria ( German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundeslander of Germany. Its capital is Munich. Geography Bavaria shares international borders with Au: WittelsbachThe Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German state of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been a kingdom since 1806. The family p

BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America.: BraganzaBraganca is the name of a royal house, which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. History The House of Braganca was a collateral line of the house of Aviz, which ruled Portugal from 1385 until the Habsburg seizure o (Bragança)

FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.: Bourbon (royal)

France: Bonaparte (Imperial)

Germany: Hohenzollern

Greece: Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Hungary: Habsburg-Lothringen

Italy: Savoy

Portugal: Braganza (Bragança)

Romania: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Russia: Romanov

Serbia and Yugoslavia: Karadjordjevic

3 Other Reigning Sovereign Houses

Most Royal Families do not have surnames: those that have adopted them rarely use them. They are referred to instead by their titles, often related to an area ruled or once ruled by that family. The name of the Royal House is not a surname, just a way of identifying individuals.

The example where a Royal House has adopted a surname is the United Kingdom. Britain's Royal House is the House of Windsor. However, following a decision by Queen Elizabeth II, descendants of Her Majesty and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, have a different surname to that of the Royal House. It combines the surnames of both of their parents, namely Mountbatten-Windsor. Similarly, though the British Royal House name under Queen Victoria and King Edward VII was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the personal surname of Victoria's descendants was Wettin. In 1917, both the Royal House name and surname were changed to Windsor.

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