# List of monarchs who abdicated

This is a list of monarchs who have abdicated. Some monarchs have been forced to abdicate. The list is chronological.

## List

| Ruler | Country | Position | Abdication date | Successor/Fate |
| Kuai of Yan | State of Yan | King of Yan | 318 BC | Zi Zhi |
| Wuling of Zhao | State of Zhao | King of Zhao | 299 BC | Huiwen of Zhao |
| Liu Ying | Western Han dynasty | Emperor of China | 10 January AD 9 | Wang Mang |
| Xian of Han | Eastern Han dynasty | Emperor of China | 11 December 220 | Wen of Cao Wei |
| Cao Huan | Cao Wei | Emperor of China | 4 February 266 | Wu of Jin |
| Diocletian | Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 1 May 305 | Galerius |
| Maximian | Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 1 May 305 | Constantius Chlorus |
| Maximian | Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 11 November 308 | Licinius |
| Lü Guang | Later Liang | Heavenly King | 339 | Yin of Later Liang |
| Vetranio | Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 25 December 350 | Constantius II |
| An of Jin | Jin dynasty | Emperor of China | 20 December 403 | Wudao of Huan Chu |
| Constantine III | Western Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 411 | Honorius |
| Gong of Jin | Jin dynasty | Emperor of China | 5 July 420 | Wu of Liu Song |
| Avitus | Western Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 17 October 456 | Majorian |
| Xianwen of Northern Wei | Northern Wei | Emperor of China | 20 September 471 | Xiaowen of Northern Wei |
| Glycerius | Western Roman Empire | Roman emperor | 24 June 474 | Julius Nepos |
| Shun of Liu Song | Liu Song | Emperor of China | 29 May 479 | Gao of Southern Qi |
| He of Southern Qi | Southern Qi | Emperor of China | 502 | Wu of Liang |
| Xiaojing of Eastern Wei | Eastern Wei | Emperor of China | 550 | Wenxuan of Northern Qi |
| Xiao Dong | Liang dynasty | Emperor of China | 551 | Hou Jing |
| Jing of Liang | Liang dynasty | Emperor of China | 557 | Wu of Chen |
| Gong of Western Wei | Western Wei | Emperor of China | 557 | Xiaomin of Northern Zhou |
| Wucheng of Northern Qi | Northern Qi | Emperor of China | 8 June 565 | Houzhu of Northern Qi |
| Xuan of Northern Zhou | Northern Zhou | Emperor of China | 1 April 579 | Jing of Northern Zhou |
| Jing of Northern Zhou | Northern Zhou | Emperor of China | 581 | Wen of Sui |
| Yang of Sui | Sui dynasty | Emperor of China | 8 December 617 | Gong of Sui |
| Gong of Sui | Sui dynasty | Emperor of China | 12 June 618 | Gaozu of Tang |
| Yang Tong | Sui dynasty | Emperor of China | 23 May 619 | Wang Shichong |
| Gaozu of Tang | Tang dynasty | Emperor of China | 4 September 626 | Taizong of Tang |
| Kōgyoku | Japan | Empress of Japan | 12 July 645 | Kōtoku |
| Jitō | Japan | Empress of Japan | 22 August 697 | Monmu |
| Wu Zhao | Wu Zhou | Emperor of China | 21 February 705 | Zhongzong of Tang |
| Ruizong of Tang | Tang dynasty | Emperor of China | 8 September 712 | Xuanzong of Tang |
| Genmei | Japan | Empress of Japan | 3 October 715 | Genshō |
| Theodosius III | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 25 March 717 | Leo III |
| Genshō | Japan | Empress of Japan | 3 March 724 | Shōmu |
| Ceolwulf | Northumbria | King of Northumbria | 737 | Eadberht |
| Shōmu | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 19 August 749 | Kōken |
| Xuanzong of Tang | Tang dynasty | Emperor of China | 12 August 756 | Suzong of Tang |
| Eadberht | Northumbria | King of Northumbria | 758 | Oswulf |
| Kōken | Japan | Empress of Japan | 7 September 758 | Junnin |
| Junnin | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 6 November 764 | Shōtoku |
| Kōnin | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 30 April 781 | Kanmu |
| Shunzong of Tang | Tang dynasty | Emperor of China | 28 August 805 | Xianzong of Tang |
| Heizei | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 May 809 | Saga |
| Staurakios | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 2 October 811 | Michael I Rangabe |
| Michael I Rangabe | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 11 July 813 | Leo V |
| Saga | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 29 May 823 | Junna |
| Junna | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 22 March 833 | Ninmyō |
| Yōzei | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 4 March 844 | Kōkō |
| Ninmyō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 4 May 850 | Montoku |
| Seiwa | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 December 876 | Yōzei |
| Uda | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 4 August 897 | Daigo |
| Ai of Tang | Tang dynasty | Emperor of China | 12 May 907 | Taizu of Later Liang |
| Daigo | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 16 October 930 | Suzaku |
| Rui of Yang Wu | Yang Wu | Emperor of China | 937 | Liezu of Southern Tang |
| Suzaku | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 16 May 946 | Murakami |
| Yin of Later Han | Later Han | Emperor of China | 951 | Taizu of Later Zhou |
| Gong of Later Zhou | Later Zhou | Emperor of China | 960 | Taizu of Song |
| Reizei | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 27 September 969 | En'yū |
| En'yū | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 24 September 984 | Kazan |
| Kazan | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 1 August 986 | Ichijō |
| John XVIII | Papal States | Pope | July 1009 | Sergius IV |
| Ichijō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 16 July 1011 | Sanjō |
| Sanjō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 10 March 1016 | Go-Ichijō |
| Go-Suzaku | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 5 February 1045 | Go-Reizei |
| Benedict IX | Papal States | Pope | July 1045 | Gregory VI |
| Michael VI Bringas | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 30 August 1057 | Isaac I Komnenos |
| Isaac I Komnenos | Byzantine Empire | Byzantine emperor | 22 November 1059 | Constantine X Doukas |
| Romanos IV Diogenes | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 1 October 1071 | Michael VII Doukas |
| Go-Sanjō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 January 1073 | Shirakawa |
| Nikephoros III Botaneiates | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 1 April 1081 | Alexios I Komnenos |
| Shirakawa | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 3 January 1087 | Horikawa |
| Henry IV | Holy Roman Empire | Holy Roman Emperor | 1105 | Henry V |
| Toba | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 25 February 1123 | Sutoku |
| Huizong of Song | Song dynasty | Emperor of China | 18 January 1126 | Qinzong of Song |
| Sutoku | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 5 January 1142 | Konoe |
| Eric III | Denmark | King of Denmark | 1146 | Sweyn III Canute V Valdemar I |
| Go-Shirakawa | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 5 September 1158 | Nijō |
| Gaozong of Song | Song dynasty | Emperor of China | 24 July 1162 | Xiaozong of Song |
| Nijō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 3 August 1165 | Rokujō |
| Rokujō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 9 April 1168 | Takakura |
| Dermot McMurrough | Leinster | King of Leinster | 1169 | Domhnall Caomhánach |
| Takakura | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 March 1180 | Antoku |
| Xiaozong of Song | Song dynasty | Emperor of China | 18 February 1189 | Guangzong of Song |
| Guangzong of Song | Song dynasty | Emperor of China | 24 July 1194 | Ningzong of Song |
| Go-Toba | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 February 1198 | Tsuchimikado |
| Władysław III Spindleshanks | Duchy of Poland | High Duke of Poland | 1206 | Leszek the White |
| Tsuchimikado | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 12 December 1210 | Juntoku |
| Juntoku | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 13 May 1221 | Chūkyō |
| Chūkyō | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 29 July 1221 | Go-Horikawa |
| Shenzong of Western Xia | Western Xia | Emperor of China | 1223 | Xianzong of Western Xia |
| Go-Horikawa | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 17 November 1232 | Shijō |
| Go-Saga | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 16 February 1246 | Go-Fukakusa |
| Kameyama | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 6 March 1274 | Go-Uda |
| Waldemar | Kingdom of Sweden | King of Sweden | 1277 (deposed 1275) | Magnus III |
| Go-Uda | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 27 November 1287 | Fushimi |
| Celestine V | Papal States | Pope | 13 December 1294 | Boniface VIII |
| John Balliol | Kingdom of Scotland | King of Scots | 10 July 1296 | Robert I |
| Fushimi | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 30 August 1298 | Go-Fushimi |
| Go-Fushimi | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 2 March 1301 | Go-Nijō |
| Hanazono | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 29 March 1318 | Go-Daigo |
| Edward II | Kingdom of England | King of England | 20 January 1327 | Edward III |
| Andronikos II Palaiologos | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 24 May 1328 | Andronikos III Palaiologos |
| Kōgon | Northern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 7 July 1333 | Kōmyō |
| Go-Daigo | Southern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 September 1339 | Go-Murakami |
| Irene Palaiologina | Empire of Trebizond | Empress of Trebizond | 17 July 1341 | Anna |
| Magnus VII | Norway | King of Norway | 15 August 1343 | Haakon VI |
| Kōmyō | Northern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 18 November 1348 | Sukō |
| Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi | Majapahit Empire | Queen of Majapahit | 1350 | Hayam Wuruk |
| Sukō | Northern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 26 November 1351 | Go-Kōgon |
| John VI Kantakouzenos | Eastern Roman Empire | Byzantine emperor | 10 December 1354 | John V Palaiologos |
| Hugh IV | Kingdom of Cyprus | King of Cyprus | 24 November 1358 | Peter I |
| Go-kōgon | Northern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 9 April 1371 | Go-En'yū |
| Go-En'yū | Northern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 24 May 1382 | Go-Komatsu |
| Chōkei | Southern Court of Japan | Emperor of Japan | 1383 | Go-Kameyama |
| Go-Kameyama | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 19 November 1392 | Go-Komatsu |
| Richard II | Kingdom of England | King of England | 29 September 1399 | Henry IV |
| Albert | Kingdom of Sweden | King of Sweden | 1405 (deposed 1389) | Margaret |
| Go-Komatsu | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 5 October 1412 | Shōkō |
| Gregory XII | Papal States | Pope | 4 July 1415 | Martin V |
| Murad II | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Sultan | August 1444 | Mehmed II |
| Go-Hanazono | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 21 August 1464 | Go-Tsuchimikado |
| Charles I | Norway | King of Norway | June 1450 | Christian I |
| Afonso V | Kingdom of Portugal | King of Portugal | 11 November 1477 | John II |
| John II | Kingdom of Portugal | King of Portugal | 15 November 1477 | Afonso V |
| Catherine Cornaro | Kingdom of Cyprus | Queen of Cyprus | 26 February 1489 | Island annexed by the Republic of Venice |
| Bayezid II | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Sultan | 25 April 1512 | Selim I |
| Charles I | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 16 January 1556 | Philip II |
| Charles V | Holy Roman Empire | Holy Roman Emperor | 27 August 1556 | Ferdinand I |
| Mary I | Kingdom of Scotland | Queen of Scots | 24 July 1567 | James VI |
| Ōgimachi | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 17 December 1586 | Go-Yōzei |
| Go-Yōzei | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 9 May 1611 | Go-Mizunoo |
| Go-Mizunoo | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 22 December 1629 | Meishō |
| Meishō | Japan | Empress of Japan | 14 November 1643 | Go-Kōmyō |
| Christina | Kingdom of Sweden | Queen of Sweden | 6 June 1654 | Charles X Gustav |
| Go-Sai | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 5 March 1663 | Reigen |
| John II Casimir Vasa | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | King of Poland | 16 September 1668 | Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki |
| Reigen | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 2 May 1687 | Higashiyama |
| James II and VII | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Scotland | King of England and Scotland | 11 December 1688 | William III and II Mary II |
| Augustus II | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | King of Poland | 24 September 1706 | Stanisław Leszczyński |
| Higashiyama | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 27 July 1709 | Nakamikado |
| Ulrica Eleanor | Kingdom of Sweden | Queen of Sweden | 29 February 1720 | Frederick |
| Philip V | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 14 January 1724 | Louis I |
| Victor Amadeus II | Kingdom of Sardinia | King of Sardinia | 3 September 1730 | Charles Emmanuel III |
| Ahmed III | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Sultan | 1 October 1730 | Mahmut I |
| Nakamikado | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 13 April 1735 | Sakuramachi |
| Sakuramachi | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 9 June 1747 | Momozono |
| Charles VII and V | Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Naples | King of Naples and Sicily | 6 October 1759 | Ferdinand IV and III |
| Go-Sakuramachi | Japan | Empress of Japan | 23 May 1770 | Go-Momozono |
| Stanislaus II Augustus | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | King of Poland | 7 January 1795 | Third Partition of Poland |
| Qianlong | China (Qing dynasty) | Emperor of China | 9 February 1796 | Jiaqing |
| Rana Bahadur Shah | Kingdom of Nepal | King of Nepal | 8 March 1799 | Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah |
| Charles Emmanuel IV | Kingdom of Sardinia | King of Sardinia | 4 June 1802 | Victor Emmanuel I |
| Francis II | Holy Roman Empire | Holy Roman Emperor | 6 August 1806 | Empire collapsed |
| Charles IV | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 19 March 1808 | Ferdinand VII |
| Ferdinand VII | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 6 May 1808 | Joseph I |
| Gustav IV Adolf | Kingdom of Sweden | King of Sweden | 29 March 1809 | Charles XIII |
| Louis Bonaparte | Kingdom of Holland | King of Holland | 2 July 1810 | Napoléon Louis Bonaparte |
| Joseph I | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 11 December 1813 | Ferdinand VII |
| Frederick VI | Norway | King of Norway | 14 January 1814 | Christian Frederick |
| Napoleon I | First French Empire | Emperor of the French | 11 April 1814 | Bourbon Restoration |
| Christian Frederick | Norway | King of Norway | 10 October 1814 | Charles II |
| Kōkaku | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 7 May 1817 | Ninkō |
| Victor Emmanuel I | Kingdom of Sardinia | King of Sardinia | 13 March 1821 | Charles Felix |
| Pedro IV | Kingdom of Portugal | King of Portugal | 28 May 1826 | Maria II |
| Charles X | Kingdom of France | King of France | 2 August 1830 | Louis Philippe I |
| Louis XIX | Kingdom of France | King of France | 2 August 1830 | Louis Philippe I |
| Pedro I | Empire of Brazil | Emperor of Brazil | 7 April 1831 | Pedro II |
| Miguel | Kingdom of Portugal | King of Portugal | 26 May 1834 | Maria II |
| William I | Kingdom of the Netherlands | King of the Netherlands | 7 October 1840 | William II |
| Rajendra Bikram Shah | Kingdom of Nepal | King of Nepal | 12 May 1847 | Surendra Bikram Shah |
| Louis Philippe | Kingdom of France | King of the French | 24 February 1848 | Monarchy abolished |
| Ferdinand I | Austrian Empire | Emperor of Austria | 2 December 1848 | Franz Joseph I |
| Charles II | Duchy of Parma | Duke of Parma | 14 March 1849 | Charles III |
| Charles Albert | Kingdom of Sardinia | King of Sardinia | 23 March 1849 | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Leopold II | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | Grand Duke of Tuscany | 21 July 1859 | Ferdinand IV |
| Isabella II | Kingdom of Spain | Queen of Spain | 25 June 1870 | Amadeo I |
| Amadeo I | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 11 February 1873 | Monarchy abolished |
| Milan II | Kingdom of Serbia | King of Serbia | 6 March 1889 | Alexander I |
| Liliuokalani | Kingdom of Hawaii | Queen of Hawaii | 24 January 1895 (relinquished power on 17 January 1893) | Monarchy abolished |
| Oscar II | Kingdom of Norway | King of Norway | 26 October 1905 | Haakon VII |
| Sunjong | Korean Empire | Emperor of Korea | 29 August 1910 | Annexed by Japan |
| Xuantong | China (Qing dynasty) | Emperor of China | 12 February 1912 | Monarchy abolished |
| Hongxian | Empire of China | Emperor of China | 22 March 1916 | Monarchy abolished |
| Nicholas II | Russian Empire | Emperor of Russia | 15 March 1917 | Monarchy abolished |
| Ferdinand I | Kingdom of Bulgaria | Tsar of the Bulgarians | 3 October 1918 | Boris III |
| Wilhelm II | German Empire Kingdom of Prussia | German Emperor and King of Prussia | 9 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Marie-Adélaïde | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 14 January 1919 | Charlotte |
| Constantine I | Kingdom of Greece | King of the Hellenes | 27 September 1922 | George II |
| Hussein | Kingdom of Hejaz | King of Hejaz | 3 October 1924 | Ali |
| Taimur bin Feisal | Sultanate of Oman | Sultan of Oman | 10 February 1932 | Said bin Taimur |
| Prajadhipok | Kingdom of Thailand | King of Siam | 2 March 1935 | Ananda Mahidol |
| Edward VIII | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | King of the United Kingdom | 11 December 1936 | George VI |
| Carol II | Kingdom of Romania | King of Romania | 6 September 1940 | Michael I |
| Rezā Shāh | Iran | Shah of Iran | 16 September 1941 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Bảo Đại | Vietnam | Emperor of Vietnam | 25 August 1945 | Monarchy abolished |
| Victor Emmanuel III | Kingdom of Italy | King of Italy | 9 May 1946 | Umberto II |
| Michael I | Kingdom of Romania | King of Romania | 30 December 1947 | Monarchy abolished |
| Wilhelmina | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Queen of the Netherlands | 4 September 1948 | Juliana |
| Leopold III | Kingdom of Belgium | King of the Belgians | 16 July 1951 | Baudouin |
| Farouk I | Kingdom of Egypt | King of Egypt | 26 July 1952 | Fuad II |
| Talal | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | King of Jordan | 11 August 1952 | Hussein |
| Norodom Sihanouk | Kingdom of Cambodia | King of Cambodia | 3 March 1955 | Norodom Suramarit |
| Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani | State of Qatar | Emir of Qatar | 24 October 1960 | Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani |
| Saud | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | King of Saudi Arabia | 2 November 1964 | Faisal |
| Charlotte | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 12 November 1964 | Jean |
| Mohammed Zahir Shah | Afghanistan | King of Afghanistan | 24 August 1973 | Monarchy abolished |
| Sisavang Vatthana | Laos | King of Laos | 2 December 1975 | Monarchy abolished |
| Juliana | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Queen of the Netherlands | 30 April 1980 | Beatrix |
| Letsie III | Kingdom of Lesotho | King of Lesotho | 25 January 1995 | Moshoeshoe II |
| Jean | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | Grand Duke of Luxembourg | 7 October 2000 | Henri |
| Norodom Sihanouk | Kingdom of Cambodia | King of Cambodia | 7 October 2004 | Norodom Sihamoni |
| Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah | State of Kuwait | Emir of Kuwait | 24 January 2006 | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Kingdom of Bhutan | King of Bhutan | 9 December 2006 | Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck |
| Benedict XVI | Vatican City State | Pope | 28 February 2013 | Francis |
| Beatrix | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Queen of the Netherlands | 30 April 2013 | Willem-Alexander |
| Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | State of Qatar | Emir of Qatar | 25 June 2013 | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
| Albert II | Kingdom of Belgium | King of the Belgians | 21 July 2013 | Philippe |
| Juan Carlos I | Kingdom of Spain | King of Spain | 19 June 2014 | Felipe VI |
| Muhammad V (Sultan of Kelantan) | Malaysia | Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia | 6 January 2019 | Abdullah (Sultan of Pahang) |
| Akihito | Japan | Emperor of Japan | 30 April 2019 | Naruhito |
| Margrethe II | Kingdom of Denmark | Queen of Denmark | 14 January 2024 | Frederik X |

### Subnational monarchs

| Ruler | Country | Position | Abdication date | Successor/Fate |
| Fulk V | County of Anjou | Count of Anjou | 2 June 1129 | Geoffrey V |
| Amadeus VIII | Duchy of Savoy | Duke of Savoy | 5 February 1440 | Louis I |
| Hassan X | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1701 | Ibrahim Muzhir Al-Din I |
| Amina I | Maldive Islands | Sultana of the Maldive Islands | 1754 | Amina II |
| Alexander | Principality of Bayreuth Principality of Ansbach | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 2 December 1791 | Sold to Prussia |
| Günther Friedrich Karl I | Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 19 August 1835 | Günther Friedrich Karl II |
| Ludwig I | Kingdom of Bavaria | King of Bavaria | 21 March 1848 | Maximilian II |
| Karl | Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 27 August 1848 | Karl Anton |
| Joseph | Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg | Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 30 November 1848 | Georg |
| Bernhard II | Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen | Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 20 September 1866 | Georg II |
| Shō Tai | Ryūkyū Kingdom | King of Ryukyu | 16 October 1872 | Annexed by Japan |
| Günther Friedrich Karl II | Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 17 July 1880 | Charles Gonthier |
| Ibrahim Nooraddeen | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1886 | Muhammad Mueenuddeen I |
| Alexander | Principality of Bulgaria | Prince of Bulgaria | 7 September 1886 | Ferdinand I |
| Muhammad Mueenuddeen I | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1888 | Ibrahim Nooraddeen |
| Muhammad Imaaduddeen V | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1893 | Muhammad Shamsuddeen III |
| Muhammad Shamsuddeen III | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1893 | Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI |
| Rama Varma XV | Kingdom of Cochin | Maharaja of Cochin | December 1914 | Rama Varma XVI |
| Ernest Augustus | Duchy of Brunswick | Duke of Brunswick | 8 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Ernest Louis | Grand Duchy of Hesse | Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine | 9 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| William Ernest | Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 9 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Bernhard III | Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen | Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 10 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Heinrich XXIV | Principality of Reuss-Greiz | Prince Reuss of Greiz | 10 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Frederick Augustus II | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | Grand Duke of Oldenburg | 11 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Heinrich XXVII | Principality of Reuss-Gera | Prince Reuss Younger Line | 11 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Joachim Ernst | Duchy of Anhalt | Duke of Anhalt | 12 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Leopold IV | Principality of Lippe | Prince of Lippe | 12 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Ludwig III | Kingdom of Bavaria | King of Bavaria | 13 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Frederick Augustus III | Kingdom of Saxony | King of Saxony | 13 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Ernst II | Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg | Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 13 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Friedrich | Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont | Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 13 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Frederick Francis IV | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 14 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Charles Edward | Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 14 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Adolf II | Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe | Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 15 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Frederick II | Grand Duchy of Baden | Grand Duke of Baden | 22 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Günther Victor | Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 22 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| William II | Kingdom of Württemberg | King of Württemberg | 30 November 1918 | Monarchy abolished |
| Hassan Nooraddeen II | Maldive Islands | Sultan of the Maldive Islands | 1943 | Abdul Majeed Didi |
| Charles Vyner Brooke | Kingdom of Sarawak | Rajah of Sarawak | 1 July 1946 | Monarchy abolished |
| Omar Ali Saifuddien III | Brunei Darussalam | Sultan of Brunei | 4 October 1967 | Hassanal Bolkiah |
| Said bin Taimur | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman | Sultan of Muscat and Oman | 23 July 1970 | Qaboos bin Said |
| Ahmad Shah | Sultanate of Pahang | Sultan of Pahang | 11 January 2019 | Abdullah |

## Gallery

* To move to Rome, Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated on her own initiative at Upsala Castle, 6 June 1654
* King Gustav IV Adolph of Sweden was seized by rebels at Stockholm Palace on 13 March 1809, forcing him to abdicate two weeks later.
* Napoleon's first abdication, signed at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 4 April 1814
* Dom Pedro I, ruler of the Empire of Brazil, delivers his abdication letter on 7 April 1831
* Instrument of abdication signed by King Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George, 10 December 1936
* Benedict XVI in the popemobile at his final Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square on 27 February 2013
* Juan Carlos signing his own abdication law in front of PM Rajoy, June 2014