List_of_monarchs_who_were_Freemasons Knowpia

This is a list of monarchs who were Freemasons, and lists individual monarchs chronologically under the countries they ruled, monarchs who ruled more than one country are listed under the one they are most known for, or the dominant nation in a personal union (i.e. Christian X listed under Denmark and not Iceland). Those listed below were members of a Freemason Lodge sometime during their lives. Some, like Alexander I of Russia, would later outlaw Freemasonry in their territories, while others would continue supporting the organization for the rest of their lives.

Andorra edit

Jules Grévy^[1]^[2]
Alexandre Millerand^[3]
Gaston Doumergue^[2]^[4]^[5]
Paul Doumer – Grand Secretary of the Grand Orient of France (1892)^[6]^[7]^[8]

Anhalt-Köthen edit

Friedrich-Ferdinand

Afghanistan edit

Habibullah Khan^[9]^[10]

Baden edit

Karl Friedrich – Grandmaster of the National Lodge of Baden

Bavaria edit

Maximilian I Joseph

Belgium edit

Leopold I

Bikaner edit

Ganga Singh^[11]

Brandenburg-Ansbach edit

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
Karl Alexander – Amicus eminens et protector ordinis in Franconia

Brandenburg-Bayreuth edit

Brazil edit

Pedro I

Breslau edit

Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch
Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein

Brunswick edit

Karl I
Ferdinand^[12] (also Order of the Illuminati)

Bulgaria edit

Alexander I

Carnatic edit

Ghulam Husain Ali Khan^[13]

Cooch Behar edit

Nripendra Narayan^[14]

Courland edit

Karl Christian Joseph – Superior et Protector Ordinis in Saxonia^[15]

Denmark edit

Fredrik V
Fredrik VI
Christian IX
Fredrik VII
Christian VIII – Grandmaster of the Danish Order of Freemasons
Fredrik VIII
Christian X

Egypt edit

Frankfurt edit

Eugène de Beauharnais – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy (1805-1814), Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Italy^[12]

Ghana edit

Ofori Atta I (Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa) – (1912-1943)
Azzu Mate Kole II (Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area) – (1939-1990)
Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II (Asantehene) – (1931-1970)
Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II (Gyaasehene of Akuapem and Amanokromhene) – (1975-2005)
Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, Asantehene, 1931 – 1970
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II (Asantehene) – (1999–present), Grand Patron, Grand Lodge of Ghana and Sword Bearer, United Grand Lodge of England

Greece edit

Geórgios II

Gwalior edit

Jiwajirao Scindia^[17]

Germany edit

Wilhelm I^[15]
Friedrich III – Master of the Order, Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany^[15]

Hanover edit

Ernst August – Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Hanover
Georg V – Protector of Freemasonry in Hanover, Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Hanover

Hawaii edit

Hesse-Darmstadt edit

Ludwig VIII
Ludwig X (also Order of the Illuminati)

Holland edit

Lodewijk I – Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France (1805)

Holy Roman Empire edit

Franz I^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

Hyderabad edit

Mir Osman Ali Khan^{[citation needed]}

Jaipur edit

Bhawani Singh

Jordan edit

Hussein bin Talal^[24]

Mascara edit

Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyiddīn

Mecklenburg-Schwerin edit

Friedrich Ludwig

Mecklenburg-Strelitz edit

Adolph Friedrich IV
Karl II – Patron of the united Lodges of the dominions of the Electorate of Brunswick, Duchy of Mecklenburg, Principalities of Münster-Waldeck and Hildesheim

Mexico edit

Moldavia edit

Montenegro edit

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš^[27]

Mysore edit

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar^[28]^[11]

Naples edit

Gioacchino I

Netherlands edit

Willem II^[29]

Norway edit

Haakon VII

Ottoman Empire edit

Murad V^[30]^[31]

Pataudi edit

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi^[11]^[17]

Patiala edit

Bhupinder Singh^[14]

Perak edit

Idris Shah II

Poland edit

Stanisław II August

Portugal edit

Prussia edit

Rampur edit

Raza Ali Khan – Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of India^[13]

Reuss-Lobenstein edit

Heinrich LXXII

Romania edit

Russia edit

Aleksandr I^{[citation needed]}

Sarawak edit

James Brooke^[34]

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha edit

Ernst II

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg edit

Johann Adolf
Ernst II (also Order of the Illuminati)

Saxe-Meiningen edit

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach edit

Karl August (also Order of the Illuminati)

Serbia edit

Sikh Empire edit

Duleep Singh^[11]^[37]

Spain edit

José I – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France (1805)^[38]
Amadeo I^[39]

Sweden edit

Adolf Fredrik – Master of a Stockholm lodge
Gustaf III – Vicar of Solomon^[40]
Karl XIII – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and Army Master of the Order of Strict Observance
Karl XIV Johan – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
Oscar I – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
Karl XV – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
Oscar II – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
Gustaf V – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons
Gustaf VI Adolf – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons

United Kingdom edit

James VI – Fellowcraft Freemason (Lodge Scoon and Perth No. 3 in Perth) (1601-1625)
George IV – Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England (1790-1813)^[41]
William IV^[41]
Edward VII – Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (1874-1901)^[41]
Edward VIII^[41]
George VI – Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (1936-1937)^[41]

Wallachia edit

Westphalia edit

Jérôme I – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Westphalia

Wurttemberg edit

Yugoslavia edit

Aleksandar I^[36]

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