   popular monarchy is a system of monarchical governance in which the monarch's title is linked with a popular mandate rather than a constitutional state.. it was the norm in some places (such as scotland) from the middle ages, and was occasionally used in 19th- and 20th-century europe, often reflecting the results of a populist revolution. thus during the french revolution louis xvi had to change his title to indicate he was the monarch of the people rather than sovereign ruler of the land. currently, belgium has the only explicit popular monarchy. constitutional monarchy in the modern sense can be considered an evolution of the idea, as such constitutions generally place sovereignty with the people, not the monarch. ==examples== {| class="wikitable" |- valign="top" align="left" ! country!! title !! notes |- valign="top" | holy roman empire || king of the romans || title of the elected emperor-to-be |- valign="top" | kingdom of croatia || king of the croats || kralj hrvata in croatian, rex chroatorum in medieval latin, which was later extended to king of the croats and the dalmatians (kralj hrvata i dalmatinaca or rex chroatorum dalmatarumque) |- valign="top" | kingdom of portugal || king of the portuguese || the first portuguese king, afonso henriques, used the style king of the portuguese (rex portugalensium), to remember that he was elected on the battlefield, after the battle of ourique (1139), by his fellows and subjects; their descendants, instead, used the style of king of portugal (rex portugaliae or later in portuguese: rei de portugal). |- valign="top" | kingdom of france || king of the french || used by louis xvi from 1791 to 1792, and by louis philippe i from 1830 until 1848. |- valign="top" | french empire || emperor of the french || used by napoleon i, napoleon ii (however briefly and ceremonially), and napoleon iii during their various reigns |- valign="top" | kingdom of belgium || king of the belgians || used since the constitutional oath of leopold i in 1831. the belgian popular monarchy is the sole currently in use. the holders of the title have been leopold i, leopold ii, [[albert i of belgium|
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