A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch. Most often, the term royalist is applied to a supporter of a current regime or one that has been recently overthrown to form a republic.
In the United Kingdom today, the term is almost indistinguishable from "monarchist", because there are no significant rival claimants to the throne. Conversely, in 19th-century France, a royalist might be either a Legitimist, Bonapartist, or an Orléanist, all being monarchists.
The Wars of the Roses were fought between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians
During the English Civil War the Royalists or Cavaliers supported King Charles I and, in the aftermath, his son King Charles II
Following the Glorious Revolution, the Jacobites supported the deposed James II and his successors
Following the Glorious Revolution, the Loyalists supported of the new dynasty and/or the British Empire
During the Russian Civil War, the Royalists constituted a part of the White Army
During and especially towards at the end of World War II, the Royalist Chetniks supported the exiled King of Yugoslavia (Serbia) against the German nazis and the communists.
Legitimists, French royalists upholding Salic Law
Chouannerie, a royalist group during the French Revolution
Ultra-royalists, a 19th-century reactionary faction of the French parliament
Orléanists, who, in late 18th and 19th century France, supported the Orléans branch of the House of Bourbon, which came to power in the French monarch July Revolution
Bonapartists, supporters of the Bonaparte imperial line.
Union of Arras, states of the Netherlands loyal to Philip II
Orangism in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
Supporters of the return of Leopold III as King of the Belgians after the Second World War, also called Leopoldists
Miguelist, a supporter of King Miguel
Carlist, a Spanish legitimist
Royalist (Spanish American Revolution), a supporter of the Spanish Empire during the Spanish American wars of independence
During World War II the Royalists were Italians who supported Victor Emmanuel III and the government of Pietro Badoglio after the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown.
Baohuang Hui (the Royalist Society, lit. the Rescue Emperor Society) in late Qing Dynasty, an organisation that supported the pro-reform Guangxu and advocated constitutional monarchy as a peaceful political reform, against both the conservative rulers (such as Cixi) who opposed any reform and the Tongmenghui who sought to overthrow the monarchy and establish the Republic of China
The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI) (Persian: حزب مشروطه ايران - لیبرال دموکرات) is a liberal democratic party founded in 1994 (originally as the Constitutional Movement of Iran) and is based in exile. The party favors a constitutional monarchy in Iran but isn't opposed to a republic based on referendum. It also supports returning of current Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as the next shah of Iran.
Loyalists during the American Revolution were American colonists opposed to secession from the British Empire and who remained loyal to the British Crown. After the Revolution, many emigrated north to the remaining British territories in what is now modern Canada, calling themselves the United Empire Loyalists.
The Johor Royalists Club (or 柔佛保皇党) is a non-governmental organization which was founded in the State of Johor, within the Federation of Malaysia, on 23 March 2015. Its objectives are to support the monarchy of Johor; to create awareness of the heritage of the monarchy of Johor; and to close up racial relations through the monarchy of Johor. Its membership is open to pure Johoreans (or Anak Jati Johor) who, and both of whose parents, were born in Johor, and are loyal to the Sultan of Johor. It operates in the form of a people's congress, and has a standing committee to manage the day-to-day affairs.
