A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations 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. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment preservation or restoration of a Monarchy as a Form of government in a nation 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. A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its

In the UK today, the term is almost indistinguishable from "monarchist," because there are no significant rival claimants to the throne. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Conversely, in 19th-century France, a royalist might be either a Legitimist or an Orléanist, both being monarchists. Legitimists are Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the The Orléanists were a French Right-wing / Center-right Political faction or party which arose out of the French Revolution

More specifically, it may refer to:

• A Cavalier, the nickname given to supporters of King Charles I (and later King Charles II) during the English Civil War
• A Jacobite who supports the claim of James II and his line (the head of which is currently Franz, Duke of Bavaria, the would be King Francis II) as King of England, Scots and Ireland
• A supporter of the restoration of France's monarchy:
  • Chouannerie, a royalist group during the French Revolution
  • Legitimists, French royalists upholding Salic Law
  • Orléanists, who, in late 18th- and 19th century France, supported the Orléanist branch of the French royal family, which came to power in the July Revolution
  • Ultra-royalists, a nineteenth-century reactionary faction of the French parliament
• Supporters of the return of Leopold III as King of the Belgians after the Second World War, also called Leopoldists
• Royalist (Spanish American Revolutions), a supporter of the Spanish Empire during the Hispanic American wars of independence
• A member of the Estonian Royalist Party
• A Loyalist or Tory during the American Revolution
• Ships:
  • HMS Royalist
  • The Royalist
  • TS Royalist

Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War ( 1642 &ndash 1651 Jacobitism was (and to a limited extent remains the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising in twelve of the western departements of France (particularly Brittany and Maine) against the French Legitimists are Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the The Orléanists were a French Right-wing / Center-right Political faction or party which arose out of the French Revolution The term Ultra-Royalists or simply Ultras refers to a Reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 Leopold III (born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (French or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel The Royalists were the American and European supporters of the King of Spain, Ferdinand VII of Spain, during the Spanish American Wars of The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español was one of the largest Empires in history and one of the first Global empires In the 15th and 16th centuries Because Spain was virtually cut off from its colonies during the Peninsular War of 1808–1814 Latin America was in these years ruled by independent juntas The Independent Royalist Party of Estonia (Sõltumatud Kuningriiklased was a Political party (now defunct in early post-Soviet Estonia. This article concerns Loyalists in the American Revolution. For information on the role of those Loyalists in Canadian history after their emigration see United Empire Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist: HMS ''Royalist'' (1807, (18 guns The Royalist was a 142-ton Schooner belonging to the first White Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke. TS Royalist is a Brig owned and operated as a Sail training ship by the Sea Cadet Corps of the United Kingdom.

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