Monarchy of California
| Monarch of California | |
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| Details | |
| Style | His Majesty |
| Formation | 10 December 1931 |
| Abolition | 10 December 2029 |
| Residence | Government House[1] |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
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 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.
List of monarchs
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 | |
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.svg){kind=small} Sovereigns of California
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
| Prime ministers: Frank Merriam , Culbert Olson, Earl Warren | |||||
| Territorial change: 1949: Doramos splits from California and returns to British Rule | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
- ↑ Lennox, Doug (2009), Now You Know Royalty, Dundurn Press, p. 102, ISBN 9781770704060