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{{short description|Constitutional monarchy as a system of government in Barbados from 1966 to 2021}}
{{short description|Constitutional monarchy as a system of government in Barbados from 1966 to 2021}}
{{Infobox monarchy
{{Infobox monarchy
| royal_title        = Queen
| royal_title        = Monarch
| realm              = California
| realm              = California
| coatofarms        = Great Seal of California.svg
| coatofarms        = Great Seal of California.svg
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California became a republic within the Commonwealth on December 10, 2029
California became a republic within the Commonwealth on December 10, 2029


The monarchy was created by the California Act 1909 which united four British colonies in California : Northern California , Central California , Shasta and the Inland Colony  The Act also made provisions for admitting Los Angeles as a fifth province of the Dominion in the future, but Angeleno voters rejected this option in a referendum held in 1949 . the Channel Islands became a League of Nations mandate of the Union in 1915. Following a referendum on the subject, California adopted a new constitution in 2029 which abolished the monarchy.
The monarchy was created by the California Act 1909 which made California a self govering Dominion within the Empire . The Act also made provisions for admitting Los Angeles as a province of the Dominion in the future, but Angeleno voters rejected this option in a referendum held in 1949 . the Channel Islands became a League of Nations mandate of the Union in 1915. Following a referendum on the subject, California adopted a new constitution in 2029 which abolished the monarchy.




==List of monarchs==
==List of monarchs==
===The British Crown (1848–1939)===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:8%;" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" |{{nowrap|Regnal name}}<br /> <small>(Birth–Death)<br /> Royal dynasty</small>
! style="width:30%;" colspan=2 |Reign over California
! rowspan="2" style="width:20%;" |Full name
! rowspan="2" style="width:20%;" |Consort
|-
!Start
!End
|-
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |[[File:Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|35px]] '''Sovereign of the [[Colony of California]]'''
|-style="background:#eee;"
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[[File:Dronning victoria.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |'''[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]'''<br /><small>(1819–1901)<br />[[House of Hanover]]</small>
|20 June 1837
|1 January 1901
|Alexandrina Victoria
| [[Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Lieutenant governors : </u> [[David C. Broderick]], [[Samuel Purdy]], [[Robert M. Anderson]], [[Albert Joseph Wallace]] , [[Robert M. Anderson]] , [[Joseph Walkup]] , [[Isaac N. Quinn]] , [[Pablo de la Guerra]] , [[John F. Chellis]] , [[Tim N. Machin]],  [[William Holden]] , [[William Irwin]] , [[John Mansfield]] , [[John Daggett]] , [[Stephen M. White]] , [[John B. Reddick]] ,  [[Spencer G. Millard]] , [[William T. Jeter]] , [[Jacob H. Neff]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Premiers:</u>  [[Peter Hardeman Burnett]] , [[John McDougal]], [[John Bigler]], [[J. Neely Johnson]] , [[John B. Weller]] , [[Milton Latham]] , [[John G. Downey]]  , [[Leland Stanford]] , [[Frederick Low]] , [[Henry Huntly Haight]] ,  [[Newton Booth]] , [[Romualdo Pacheco]] , [[William Irwin]] , [[George Clement Perkins]] , [[George Stoneman]] , [[Washington Bartlett]] , [[Robert Waterman]]  , [[Henry Markham]] , [[James Budd]] , [[Henry Gage]]
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" |[[File:Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg|35px]] '''Sovereigns of the [[Union of California]]'''
|-style="background:#eee;"
| rowspan="3" align="center"|[[File:Dronning victoria.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="3" align="center"|'''[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]'''<br /><small>(1819–1901)<br />[[House of Hanover]]</small>
|1 January 1901
|22 January 1901
|Alexandrina Victoria
|[[Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|-
| colspan="4" |<u>Governor-general:</u> Jacob H. Neff
|-
| colspan="4" |<u>Prime minister:</u> Henry Gage
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan= 6 " align="center" |[[File:Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg|35px]] Sovereigns of California
|-style="background:#eee;"
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[[File:Edward VII.-Großbritannien.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |'''[[Edward VII]]'''<br /><small>(1841–1910)<br />[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]</small>
|22 January 1901
|6 May 1910
|Albert Edward
|[[Alexandra of Denmark]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Governors-general: </u> Jacob H. Neff, [[Alden Anderson]], [[Warren R. Porter]], [[Albert Joseph Wallace]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Henry Gage , [[George Pardee]], [[James Gillett]], [[Hiram Johnson]]
|-style="background:#eee;"
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[[File:George V of the UK (head).png|100px]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |'''[[George V]]'''<br/><small>(1865–1936)<br/>[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (until 1917)<br/>[[House of Windsor]] (after 1917)</small>
|6 May 1910
|10 December 1931
|George Frederick Ernest Albert
|[[Mary of Teck]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Governors-general: </u> Albert Joseph Wallace, [[John Morton Eshleman]], [[Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman]], [[Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster]], [[John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven|John Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven]], [[The Earl of Bessborough]]
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Hiram Johnson , [[William Stephens]], [[Friend Richardson]], [[C. C. Young]], [[James Rolph]]
|-style="background:#eee;"
|}
===The Californian Crown (1931– 2029)===
===The Californian Crown (1931– 2029)===
In 1931 the Californian Crown emerged as an independent entity from that of the British Crown due to the [[Statute of Westminster 1931]].
In 1931 the Californian Crown emerged as an independent entity from that of the British Crown due to the [[Statute of Westminster 1931]].
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|colspan=4|<u>Governors general:</u> The Earl of Bessborough, [[John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|the Lord Tweedsmuir]]
|colspan=4|<u>Governors general:</u> The Earl of Bessborough, [[John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|the Lord Tweedsmuir]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> [[James Rolph]], Frank Merriam  
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> James Rolph, [[Frank Merriam]]
|-style="background:#eee;"
|-style="background:#eee;"
|rowspan=3 align="center"|[[File:Prince-Edward-Duke-of-Windsor-King-Edward-VIII (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan=3 align="center"|[[File:Prince-Edward-Duke-of-Windsor-King-Edward-VIII (cropped).jpg|75px]]
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|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]
|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Governors general:</u> The Lord Tweedsmuir, [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|the Earl of Athlone]], [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|the Viscount Alexander of Tunis]]
|colspan=4|<u>Governors-general :</u> The Lord Tweedsmuir, [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|the Earl of Athlone]], [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|the Viscount Alexander of Tunis]] , [[Shin Sung-mo]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Frank Merriam , [[Culbert Olson]], [[Earl Warren]]
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Frank Merriam , [[Culbert Olson]], [[Earl Warren]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Territorial change:</u> 1949: Doramos splits from California and returns to British Rule
|colspan=4|<u>Territorial change:</u> 1949: the Channel Islands are given to Los Angeles
|-style="background:#eee;"
|-style="background:#eee;"
|rowspan=3 align="center"|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II 1959.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan=3 align="center"|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II 1959.jpg|75px]]
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|[[Philip Mountbatten]]
|[[Philip Mountbatten]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Governors general:</u> Shin Sung-mo , [[Adolfo López Mateos]], [[Henry, Duke of Gloucester]], [[Emmanuel Pelaez]], [[Choi Kyu-hah], [[Bruce R. McConkie]], [[Ezra Taft Benson]], [[Howard W. Hunter]], [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], [[Thomas S. Monson]], [[Russell M. Nelson]], [[David Johnston]], [[Julie Payette]], [[Mary Simon]] , [[Park Shin Ho ]]
|colspan=4|<u>Governors general:</u> Shin Sung-mo , [[Adolfo López Mateos]], [[Henry, Duke of Gloucester]], [[Emmanuel Pelaez]], [[Choi Kyu-hah]], [[Bruce R. McConkie]], [[Ezra Taft Benson]], [[Howard W. Hunter]], [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], [[Thomas S. Monson]], [[Russell M. Nelson]], [[David Johnston]], [[Julie Payette]], [[Mary Simon]] , [[Park Shin Ho ]]
|-
|-
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Earl Warren, [[Shinobu Miyake]], [[Nanoka Kiba]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Jerry Brown]], [[Kagome Higurashi]], [[George Deukmejian]], [[Pete Wilson]] , [[Kim Campbell]], [[Jean Chrétien]], [[Helen Zille]], [[Gray Davis]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] , [[Gavin Newsom]] , [[Lee Na Yeon]]
|colspan=4|<u>Prime ministers:</u> Earl Warren, [[Shinobu Miyake]], [[Nanoka Kiba]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Jerry Brown]], [[Kagome Higurashi]], [[George Deukmejian]], [[Pete Wilson]] , [[Kim Campbell]], [[Jean Chrétien]], [[Helen Zille]], [[Gray Davis]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] , [[Gavin Newsom]] , [[Lee Na Yeon]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 22 September 2022

Monarch of California
Great Seal of California.svg
Coat of arms of California
Charles, Prince of Wales in 2021 (cropped) (3).jpg
Charles III
Details
StyleHis Majesty
Formation10 December 1931
Abolition10 December 2029
ResidenceGovernment House[1]
AppointerHereditary



From 1909 to 2029 , the Dominion of California was a self-governing country that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the British Empire and later in 1957 , the United Australasian Commonwealth. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of the Dominion of California.

California became a republic within the Commonwealth on December 10, 2029

The monarchy was created by the California Act 1909 which made California a self govering Dominion within the Empire . The Act also made provisions for admitting Los Angeles as a province of the Dominion in the future, but Angeleno voters rejected this option in a referendum held in 1949 . the Channel Islands became a League of Nations mandate of the Union in 1915. Following a referendum on the subject, California adopted a new constitution in 2029 which abolished the monarchy.


List of monarchs

The British Crown (1848–1939)

Portrait Regnal name
(Birth–Death)
Royal dynasty 		Reign over California Full name Consort
Start End
Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg Sovereign of the Colony of California
Dronning victoria.jpg Victoria
(1819–1901)
House of Hanover 		20 June 1837 1 January 1901 Alexandrina Victoria Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Lieutenant governors : David C. Broderick, Samuel Purdy, Robert M. Anderson, Albert Joseph Wallace , Robert M. Anderson , Joseph Walkup , Isaac N. Quinn , Pablo de la Guerra , John F. Chellis , Tim N. Machin, William Holden , William Irwin , John Mansfield , John Daggett , Stephen M. White , John B. Reddick , Spencer G. Millard , William T. Jeter , Jacob H. Neff
Premiers: Peter Hardeman Burnett , John McDougal, John Bigler, J. Neely Johnson , John B. Weller , Milton Latham , John G. Downey , Leland Stanford , Frederick Low , Henry Huntly Haight , Newton Booth , Romualdo Pacheco , William Irwin , George Clement Perkins , George Stoneman , Washington Bartlett , Robert Waterman , Henry Markham , James Budd , Henry Gage
Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg Sovereigns of the Union of California
Dronning victoria.jpg Victoria
(1819–1901)
House of Hanover 		1 January 1901 22 January 1901 Alexandrina Victoria Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Governor-general: Jacob H. Neff
Prime minister: Henry Gage
Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg Sovereigns of California
Edward VII.-Großbritannien.jpg Edward VII
(1841–1910)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 		22 January 1901 6 May 1910 Albert Edward Alexandra of Denmark
Governors-general: Jacob H. Neff, Alden Anderson, Warren R. Porter, Albert Joseph Wallace
Prime ministers: Henry Gage , George Pardee, James Gillett, Hiram Johnson
George V of the UK (head).png George V
(1865–1936)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917)
House of Windsor (after 1917) 		6 May 1910 10 December 1931 George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Governors-general: Albert Joseph Wallace, John Morton Eshleman, Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, John Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, The Earl of Bessborough
Prime ministers: Hiram Johnson , William Stephens, Friend Richardson, C. C. Young, James Rolph

The Californian Crown (1931– 2029)

In 1931 the Californian Crown emerged as an independent entity from that of the British Crown due to the Statute of Westminster 1931.

Portrait Regnal name Reign Full name Consort
Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg Sovereigns of California
George V of the united Kingdom.jpg George V
(1865–1936)
House of Windsor 		11 December 1931 20 January 1936 George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Governors general: The Earl of Bessborough, the Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime ministers: James Rolph, Frank Merriam
Prince-Edward-Duke-of-Windsor-King-Edward-VIII (cropped).jpg Edward VIII
(1894–1972)
House of Windsor 		20 January 1936 11 December 1936 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David none
Governor general: The Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime minister: Frank Merriam
King George VI of England, formal photo portrait, circa 1940-1946.jpg George VI
(1895–1952)
House of Windsor 		11 December 1936 6 February 1952 Albert Frederick Arthur George Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Governors-general : The Lord Tweedsmuir, the Earl of Athlone, the Viscount Alexander of Tunis , Shin Sung-mo
Prime ministers: Frank Merriam , Culbert Olson, Earl Warren
Territorial change: 1949: the Channel Islands are given to Los Angeles
Queen Elizabeth II 1959.jpg Elizabeth II
(1926–2022)
House of Windsor 		6 February 1952 8 September 2022 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Philip Mountbatten
Governors general: Shin Sung-mo , Adolfo López Mateos, Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Emmanuel Pelaez, Choi Kyu-hah, Bruce R. McConkie, Ezra Taft Benson, Howard W. Hunter, Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, Russell M. Nelson, David Johnston, Julie Payette, Mary Simon , Park Shin Ho
Prime ministers: Earl Warren, Shinobu Miyake, Nanoka Kiba, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, Kagome Higurashi, George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson , Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Helen Zille, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger , Gavin Newsom , Lee Na Yeon
Charles, Prince of Wales in 2021 (cropped) (3).jpg Charles III
(b. 1948)
House of Windsor 		8 September 2022 10 December 2029 Charles Philip Arthur George Camilla Shand
Governors general: Park Shin Ho
Prime ministers: Lee Na Yeon
  1. ↑ Lennox, Doug (2009), Now You Know Royalty, Dundurn Press, p. 102, ISBN 9781770704060
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