Aroyalist supports a particularmonarch ashead of state for a particularkingdom, or of a particulardynastic claim. In the abstract, this position isroyalism. It is distinct frommonarchism, 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 arepublic.

In theUnited Kingdom, the term is currently almost indistinguishable from "monarchist", as there are no significant rival claimants to the throne. Conversely, in 19th-century France, a royalist might be either aLegitimist,Bonapartist, or anOrléanist, all being monarchists.

• TheWars of the Roses were fought between theYorkists and theLancastrians
• During theEnglish Civil War the Royalists orCavaliers supported KingCharles I and, in the aftermath, his son KingCharles II
• Following theGlorious Revolution, theJacobites supported the deposedJames II and his Stuart successors to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Following theGlorious Revolution, theLoyalists supported the Williamite dynasty, and after the ascension ofGeorge I to the British throne in 1714, the Hanoverian dynasty to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland

• During theRussian Civil War, the Royalists constituted a part of theWhite Army.

• During, and especially towards the end of,World War II in Yugoslavia, the royalistChetniks supported the exiledking of Yugoslavia.

• Legitimists, French royalists upholdingSalic Law
  • Chouannerie, a royalist group during theFrench Revolution
  • Ultra-royalists, a 19th-century reactionary faction of the French parliament
• Orléanists, who, in late 18th and 19th century France, supported the Orléans branch of theHouse of Orléans, which came to power in the French monarchJuly Revolution
• Bonapartists, supporters of the Bonaparte imperial line.

• Nanboku-cho Seijunron (南北朝正閏論) – The debate on legitimacy in theNanboku-cho period. The Southern and Northern dynasties are in conflict; thepresent emperor is part of the Northern dynasty.
• Tenno Kikan Setsu (天皇機関説,Emperor Organ Theory) – Based on the theory of state juridical person represented by the German public law scholarGeorg Jelinek, the constitutional scholarMinobe Tatsukichi and others advocated this theory.
• Tenno Shuken Setsu (天皇主権説, Imperial Sovereignty Theory) –Hozumi Yatsuka,Uesugi Shinkichi and others opposed the Tenno Kikan Setsu and argued that the sovereignty was with the emperor.
• Tennosei (天皇制) orkokutai (国体) – In modern Japan, all political parties, with the exception of theJapanese Communist Party (JCP), recognise the Emperor System. In recent years, even the JCP has weakened its opposition to the emperor system to accommodate the majority of the population who recognise him.
• Anti-monarchism (Tennōsei haishiron (天皇制廃止論)) – Somefar-left extremists call for the abolition of the emperor system, but most of the Japanese people recognise the emperor and support for this is infinitesimal.^[1]

• Union of Arras, states of theNetherlands loyal toPhilip II
• Orangism in theNetherlands,Belgium, andLuxembourg
• Supporters of the return ofLeopold III as King of the Belgians after theSecond World War, also called Leopoldists

• Miguelist, a supporter of KingMiguel

• Alfonsism
• Carlist, a Spanish legitimist
• Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), a supporter of continuedSpanish rule during theLatin American wars of independence

• DuringWorld War II the royalists were Italians who supportedVictor Emmanuel III and the government ofPietro Badoglio after the Fascist dictatorBenito Mussolini was overthrown.

• Chinese Empire Reform Association (Royalist Society) in the lateQing dynasty, an organisation that supported the pro-reformGuangxu Emperor and advocatedconstitutional monarchy as a peaceful political reform, against both the conservative rulers (such as theEmpress Dowager Cixi) who opposed any reform and theTongmenghui which sought to overthrow theChinese monarchy and establish theRepublic of China)
• Royalist Party: This militant party was established during theXinhai Revolution, and was vehemently opposed to the new Republic of China. It tried to use politics and later violence in order to restore the Qing dynasty or at least some form of monarchy, but failed.

TheFUNCINPEC Party (Khmer:ហ្វ៊ុនស៊ិនប៉ិច;French:Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et coopératif),National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia is a royalist political party in Cambodia founded in 1981. The party draws its inspiration from the political legacy of the former King of Cambodia,Norodom Sihanouk.

TheConstitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI) (Persian:حزب مشروطه ايران) is a liberal democratic party founded in 1994 (originally as theConstitutional Movement of Iran) and is based in exile. The party favors aconstitutional monarchy in Iran but isn't opposed to a republic based on referendum. It also supports returning ofCrown PrinceReza Pahlavi as the nextshah of Iran.^[2]

• Loyalists during theAmerican Revolution (and the ensuingAmerican Revolutionary War) wereAmerican colonists opposed to seceding from theKingdom of Great Britain and instead remained loyal to the British Crown. After the war ended in independence for the Thirteen Colonies, many loyalists emigrated north toBritish North America (Present-dayCanada), referring to themselves as theUnited Empire Loyalists.

• Johor Royalists Club is a non-governmental organization which was founded in the State ofJohor, within the Federation ofMalaysia, on 23 March 2015. Its mission is to restore the "Order", and its objectives are to support the monarchy of Johor; to create awareness of the heritage of the monarchy of Johor; and to close up racial relations through the monarchy of Johor. Its membership is open to pure Johoreans (Anak Jati Johor) who, and both of whose parents, were born in Johor, and are loyal (and only loyal) to theSultan of Johor. It operates in the form of a people's congress, and has a standing committee to manage the day-to-day affairs.^[3]

TheRastriya Prajatantra Party was founded on the principles ofdemocracy,constitutional monarchy,nationalism andeconomic liberalization.^[4] When themonarchy was abolished in 2008 and Nepal was declared asecular state, theRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal changed its constitution to support monarchy and the re-establishment of theHindu state.^[5]

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• Loyalism
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