This template is intended to standardise monarchical succession tables.

A full listing of parameters follows, with X being replaced by the appropriate row number.

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage

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Name

The name parameter is mandatory when adding a new row otherwise the entire row will not display. If the name is unknown but other information is, simply enter "Unknown" as the name. It is recommended that the name by which the monarch is generally known be bolded.

East Asian monarchs

For East Asian monarchies, where sovereigns customarily had several names, use the sub-template {{Succession table monarch/Orient}} in the name parameter.

Parameters in this sub-template follow:

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Egypt

For Egypt and related states, use the sub-template {{Succession table monarch/Egypt}} in the name parameter.

Parameters in this sub-template follow.

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Optional parameters

nicknameX
The person's main nickname. It is automatically italicised.
nativeX
The person's name in their native language or languages. Where appropriate, use a multilingual support template such as {{Lang-no}} or {{Lang-uz}}.
lifeX
For preference, use an age calculation template here rather than bare dates.
reignstartX
Date or year the person's reign commenced. Otherwise enter "unknown".
reignendX
Date or year the person's reign ended. Otherwise, enter "unknown" or "incumbent", as applicable.
notesX
This space is mainly for succession information, but other significant data can be added as long as it is succinct. For longer notes, either use ref tags to create a Notes section later in the article, or add it to the appropriate article rather than here.
Examples of information that can be added:
"Son of..."
"Elected after disputed succession"
"Second reign"
"First female sovereign"
familyX
Name of dynasty/house/family. Can be used in cases of elective succession as well as the commoner dynastic succession.
imageX
Image size is set at 80px. Square brackets are not needed.
altX
Alternative text for image.

All parameters

The template with all parameters numbered
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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
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Examples

Basic examples of this template's usage follow. Note the use of the nickname and native parameters.

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
Elizabeth I
  • The Virgin Queen
(1533-09-07)7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603(1603-03-24) (aged 69)17 November 15581603Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne BoleynTudorElizabeth I
Jigme Khesar Namgyel
  • Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
b. 21 February 198014 December 2006incumbentSon of Jigme SingyeWangchuck

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
Elizabeth I
  • The Virgin Queen
(1533-09-07)7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603(1603-03-24) (aged 69)17 November 15581603Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne BoleynTudorElizabeth I
Jigme Khesar Namgyel
  • Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
b. 21 February 198014 December 2006incumbentSon of Jigme SingyeWangchuck

The following examples demonstrate the use of {{Succession table monarch/Orient}}.

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
  • Guāngxù 光緒 Reign name
  • Dézōng 德宗 Temple name
  • Jǐngdì 景帝 Posthumous name
  • Zǎitián 載湉 Given name
(1871-08-14)14 August 1871 - 14 November 1908(1908-11-14) (aged 37)25 February, 187514 November, 1908Nephew of Empress Dowager CixiAisin GioroThe Guangxu Emperor
  • Genmei 元明天皇 Posthumous name
  • Abe-hime Given name
660 – 29 December 721(721-12-29) (aged 61)707715Daughter of Emperor TenmuYamato
(1397-05-07)7 May 1397 - 18 May 1450(1450-05-18) (aged 53)18 September 141818 May 1450Son of Taejong.Yi
  • Nguyễn Thế Tổ Temple name
  • Gia Long Era name
  • Thế Tổ Cao Hoàng đế Posthumous name
  • Nguyễn Phúc Ánh Given name
(1762-02-08)8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820(1820-02-03) (aged 57)18023 February, 1820Established Nguyễn dynastyNguyễnGia Long

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
  • Guāngxù 光緒 Reign name
  • Dézōng 德宗 Temple name
  • Jǐngdì 景帝 Posthumous name
  • Zǎitián 載湉 Given name
(1871-08-14)14 August 1871 - 14 November 1908(1908-11-14) (aged 37)25 February 187514 November 1908Nephew of Empress Dowager CixiAisin GioroThe Guangxu Emperor
  • Genmei 元明天皇 Posthumous name
  • Abe-hime Given name
660 – 29 December 721(721-12-29) (aged 61)707715Daughter of Emperor TenmuYamato
(1397-05-07)7 May 1397 - 18 May 1450(1450-05-18) (aged 53)18 September 141818 May 1450Son of Taejong.Yi
  • Nguyễn Thế Tổ Temple name
  • Gia Long Era name
  • Thế Tổ Cao Hoàng đế Posthumous name
  • Nguyễn Phúc Ánh Given name
(1762-02-08)8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820(1820-02-03) (aged 57)18023 February 1820Established Nguyễn dynastyNguyễnGia Long

The following example demonstrates the use of {{Succession table monarch/Egypt}}.

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
d. 1425 BC1479 BC1425 BCSon of Thutmose IIThutmosid dynastyThutmose III

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NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
d. 1425 BC1479 BC1425 BCSon of Thutmose IIThutmosid dynastyThutmose III