Talk:List of heads of former ruling families
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inconsistency
editif the page is named ,,Heads of former ruling families" not ,,List of current pretenders" it shouldn't be there Dalai Lama and one person should not occupy more than one seat e.g Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen is a contender to the throne of Saxony and Poland:
| State | Pretender | Since | House | Claim | Succession | Abolition | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saxony Kingdom of Saxony  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Rüdiger | 6 October 2012 | Wettin | Great-grandson of King Friedrich August III (1904–1918). | Hereditary | 1918\1815 |
should be on the list:
Juan José of Moctezuma de Tultengo, Ghalib II al-Qu'aiti, Mokanbabu Rajah (possibly the closest relative of Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha king of Kandy), Jason Brooke, Simon Egerton Scrope, Joachim, 8th Prince Murat, Ewuare II - his ancestors were kings of an independent state and he is not king of an independent Benin, and the descendants of the dynasty Keita live
7 people are called kings of Jerusalem
185.241.198.68 18:47, 10 November 2020
King Charles III would be King of Fiji - if the monarchy was restored there.
editKing Charles III would be King of Fiji - if the monarchy was restored there.
He can be regarded as the claimant to the position of 'Tui Viti' since the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. - (161.29.124.142 (talk) 11:56, 6 February 2025 (UTC))
- Shouldn't it be Epenisa Cakobau? Fiji had a united native monarchy prior to the British crown. TansoShoshen (talk) 07:21, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
Yi Jun
editKorean Wikipedia includes another pretender to the head of the House of Yi: ko:이준_(1961년). I first found this while noticing unfree files on Commons. TansoShoshen (talk) 21:58, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
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