List of monarchs who were Freemasons

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King Christian X of Denmark in Masonic regalia.

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

Anhalt-Köthen

Afghanistan

Baden

Bavaria

Belgium

Bikaner

Brandenburg-Ansbach

Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Brazil

Breslau

Brunswick

Bulgaria

Carnatic

Cooch Behar

Courland

Denmark

Egypt

Frankfurt

Ghana

Greece

Gwalior

Germany

Hanover

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

Hawaii

Hesse-Darmstadt

Holland

Holy Roman Empire

Hyderabad

Jaipur

Jordan

Mascara

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

  • 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

Moldavia

Montenegro

Mysore

Naples

Netherlands

Norway

Ottoman Empire

Pataudi

Patiala

Perak

Poland

Portugal

Prussia

Rampur

Reuss-Lobenstein

Romania

Russia

Sarawak

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Saxe-Meiningen

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Serbia

Sikh Empire

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Wallachia

Westphalia

  • Jérôme I – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Westphalia

Wurttemberg

Yugoslavia

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