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List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 18th century

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Monarchs deposed in the 18th century

This page has the monarchs who either lost their thrones through deposition by a coup d'état, by a referendum which abolished their throne, or chose to abdicate between 1700 and 1800

  • Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Chait Singh Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Benares, deposed 1781.
  • Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswick, deposed 1702, restored 1704, died 1714.
  • Louis XVI, King of France, deposed 1792, executed 1793.
  • Jayaprakasamalla King (Rajadhiraja Paramesvara Paramabhattaraka Sri Sri N.N. Vijayarajye Nepala) of Kantipura 1735-1746, deposed or abdicated 1746, restored 1752, reigned until 25 September 1768.
  • Jayamahendramalla, King (Rajadhiraja Paramesvara Paramabhattaraka Sri Sri N.N. Vijayarajye Nepala) of Lalitapura 1709, deposed or abdicated 1709, restored 1709, reigned until 1714.
  • Simon August of Lippe-Detmold, Count and Noble Lord (Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe) of Lippe-Detmold 1734-1749, deposed or abdicated 1749. Died 1782.
  • Philip IV, King of Naples (and Spain), lost control of Naples 1707, abandoned claims 1713
  • Charles VI, King of Naples (and Holy Roman Emperor), ceded control 1735
  • Charles VII, King of Naples, abdicated 1759
  • Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, deposed 1799, restored later that year, deposed again 1806, restored 1815
  • Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia, deposed 1741
  • Peter III, Emperor of Russia, deposed 1762
  • "Charles III," Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne, abandoned his claims 1714
  • Philip V, King of Spain, abdicated 1724, reinstated later that year

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