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A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 for a particular kingdom
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, or of a particular dynastic
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
 claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism
Monarchism

Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy as a form of government in a nation. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the Monarch....
, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist is applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that has been recently overthrown to form a republic
Republic

A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch but in which the people have an impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica....
.

In the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 today, the term is almost indistinguishable from "monarchist," because there are no significant rival claimants to the throne.






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A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 for a particular kingdom
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
, or of a particular dynastic
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
 claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism
Monarchism

Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy as a form of government in a nation. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the Monarch....
, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist is applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that has been recently overthrown to form a republic
Republic

A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch but in which the people have an impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica....
.

In the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 today, the term is almost indistinguishable from "monarchist," because there are no significant rival claimants to the throne. Conversely, in 19th-century France, a royalist might be either a Legitimist
Legitimists

Legitimists are Monarchism in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law....
 or an Orléanist
Orléanist

The Orl?anists were a France right-wing/center-right political faction or political party which arose out of the French Revolution, and ceased to have a separate existence shortly after the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870....
, both being monarchists.

More specifically, it may refer to:
  • A Royalist (cavalier), supporters of King Charles I (and later King Charles II) during the English Civil War
  • A Jacobite
    Jacobitism

    Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the House of Stuart kings to the thrones of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....
     who supports the claim of James II and his line (the head of which is currently Franz, Duke of Bavaria, the would be King Francis II) as King of England, Scots and Ireland
  • A supporter of the restoration of France's monarchy:
    • Chouannerie
      Chouannerie

      The Chouannerie was a House of Bourbon uprising in twelve of the western departments of Frances of France against the French Revolution, the First French Republic, and even for a time under the First French Empire....
      , a royalist group during the French Revolution
    • Legitimists
      Legitimists

      Legitimists are Monarchism in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the Salic Law....
      , French royalists upholding Salic Law
    • Orléanist
      Orléanist

      The Orl?anists were a France right-wing/center-right political faction or political party which arose out of the French Revolution, and ceased to have a separate existence shortly after the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870....
      s, who, in late 18th- and 19th century France, supported the Orléanist branch of the French royal family, which came to power in the July Revolution
    • Ultra-royalist
      Ultra-royalist

      The term Ultra-Royalists or simply Ultras refers to a reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration....
      s, a nineteenth-century reactionary faction of the French parliament
  • Supporters of the return of Leopold III
    Leopold III of Belgium

    Leopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin I of Belgium....
     as King of the Belgians after the Second World War, also called Leopoldists
  • Royalist (Spanish American Revolutions)
    Royalist (Spanish American Revolutions)

    The Royalists were the Americas and European supporters of the List of Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand VII of Spain, during the South American Wars of Independence, between 1808-1829....
    , a supporter of the Spanish Empire
    Spanish Empire

    The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries....
     during the Hispanic American wars of independence
    Hispanic American wars of independence

    The Hispanic American wars of independence refer to the numerous wars against Mid-nineteenth century Spain in Hispanic America that took place during the early 19th century, from 1808 until 1829 and resulted in the creation of a chain of newly independent countries stretching from Argentina and Chile in the south to Mexico in the north....
  • A member of the Estonian Royalist Party
  • A Loyalist
    Loyalist (American Revolution)

    Loyalists were Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain during and after the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men by the Patriot , those that supported the American cause....
     or Tory during the American Revolution
  • Ships:
    • HMS Royalist
      HMS Royalist

      Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:* HMS Royalist , . Built in 1807, at Sandwich, a Cruizer class brig-sloop brig sloop which had an active career during the Napoleonic Wars....
    • The Royalist
      The Royalist

      The Royalist was a 142-ton schooner belonging to the first White Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke. Brooke purchased it with money he had inherited from his father and intended to use it in expeditions to the East Indies....
    • TS Royalist
      TS Royalist

      TS Royalist is a brig owned and operated as a sail training ship by the Sea Cadet Corps of the United Kingdom....