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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 37 KB) Summary Map of the various kingdoms of the world that share Elizabeth II as their sovereign. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 37 KB) Summary Map of the various kingdoms of the world that share Elizabeth II as their sovereign. ...
The Commonwealth Realms, shown in pink A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth of Nations that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. ...
The Flag of England The Kingdom of England was a kingdom located in Western Europe, in the southern part of the island of Great Britain. ...
Mont Saint Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ...
Anjou is a former county (c. ...
Capital Bordeaux Land area¹ 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset (PS) (since 1998) Population - Jan. ...
Ireland in the century prior to the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169 is probably best described as a national kingdom lacking a settled monarchy, the kingship being disputed by three regional dynasties. ...
National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English and Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS...
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535â1542 were a series of parliamentary measures by which the legal system of Wales was annexed to England and the norms of English administration introduced in order to create a single state and a single legal jurisdiction, which is frequently referred to as England...
Capital Dublin Head of state King of Ireland Kings representative: Variously called Judiciar, Lord Deputy or Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Head of government: Chief Secretary for Ireland Parliament: Irish House of Commons and Irish House of Lords The Kingdom of Ireland was the name given to the English-ruled...
Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital London Head of State King of Great Britain Head of Government Prime Minister Parliament House of Commons, House of Lords This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800). ...
A stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder meaning representative of state, a literal translation of the French lieutenant or the Latin locum tenans) was the person who ruled an area in the name of the land owner, in the Netherlands (which included present-day Belgium) from the 15th to the 18th century. ...
Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ...
The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances. ...
- Personal union with England and Ireland from 1603 to 1707 (when England and Scotland were joined together in the Kingdom of Great Britain)
- Personal union with the Netherlands from 1689 to 1702, with the Stadtholder of most of the provinces of the Netherlands also serving as King of Scotland, England and Ireland. The actual situation was slightly more complex with the Dutch provinces Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht entering into personal union in 1672, Gelderland and Overijssel in 1675 and Drenthe in 1696. Only 2 Dutch provinces never entered into the personal union: Friesland and Groningen.
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Capital Edinburgh Government Monarchy Head of State King of Scots Parliament Parliament of Scotland Currency Pound Scots This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Scotland (843-1707). ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area â Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population â Total (mid-2004) â Total (2001 Census) â Density Ranked...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital London Head of State King of Great Britain Head of Government Prime Minister Parliament House of Commons, House of Lords This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800). ...
Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ...
Capital Middelburg Queens Commissioner drs. ...
Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ...
Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Jan Kamminga Area - Total - % water 2nd 5137 km² ?% Population - Total (2004) - Density 4th 1,966,929 379/km² Anthem Ons Gelderland For the historical duchy also called Gelderland, see Guelders Gelderland (English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern...
Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ...
Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ...
Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ...
The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital London Head of State King of Great Britain Head of Government Prime Minister Parliament House of Commons, House of Lords This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800). ...
The Union Flag, in its modern form, was first adopted in 1801. ...
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Capital Ajaccio Land area¹ 8,680 km² Regional President ² Ange Santini (UMP) (since 2004) Population - Jan. ...
The Union Flag, in its modern form, was first adopted in 1801. ...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...
Former National motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin: From Unity, strength} Official languages Afrikaans, English. ...
Flag of Tanganyika Tanganyika was an East African republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, named after Lake Tanganyika, which formed its western border. ...
Current - Canada, through the Statute of Westminster in 1931
- Australia, through adoption of the Statute of Westminster in 1942 (retroactive to 1939)
- New Zealand, through adoption of the Statute of Westminster in 1947
- Jamaica, through independence in 1962
- Barbados, through independence in 1966
- The Bahamas, through independence in 1973
- Grenada, through independence in 1974
- Papua New Guinea, through independence in 1975
- The Solomon Islands, through independence in 1978
- Tuvalu, through independence in 1978
- Saint Lucia, through independence in 1979
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, through independence in 1979
- Antigua and Barbuda, through independence in 1981
- Belize, through independence in 1981
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, through independence in 1983
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