monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

is the head of state of a

monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, reigns as head of state for the rest of their life, or until abdication. The extent of the authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutio ...

, who holds the office for life or until abdication. Monarch or Monarchy may also refer to:

Biology

* ''Danaus'' (genus), a genus of butterflies commonly called monarchs :* ''

Danaus plexippus The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. I ...

'', the North American butterfly most commonly referred to as the monarch butterfly *

Monarch flycatcher The monarchs or monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and Grallina, magpie-larks. Monarchids are small insectivore, insectivorous songbirds with l ...

or ''Monarchidae'', a family of passerine birds

Places

Canada

Monarch, Alberta Monarch is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County. It is located on Highway 3A, approximately northwest of Lethbridge. It was formerly a village, existing as such from about 1913 to about 1939. Climate Monarch has ...

Monarch Icefield The Monarch Icefield is the northernmost of a series of large continental icecaps studding the heights of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada. Located southeast of the town of Bella Coola and west of th ...

, a large continental icecap in British Columbia * Monarch Mountain (British Columbia), a summit of the Pacific Ranges in British Columbia * Monarch Mountain (Alberta), a peak in the Victoria Cross Ranges * The Monarch (Canadian Rockies), a mountain

United States

* Monarch, Colorado * Monarch, Montana * Monarch, Virginia * Monarch, West Virginia * Monarch, Wyoming *

Monarch Lake Monarch Lake is a reservoir in Grand County, Colorado located within the Arapaho National Recreation Area. The reservoir is adjacent to the Indian Peaks Wilderness on its north and east sides. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail pass ...

, a reservoir in Colorado * Monarch Mountain (ski area), Colorado *

Monarch Pass Monarch Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. Location and basic details The pass is located on the Continental Divide at the southern end of the Sawatch Range alon ...

, Colorado

Entertainment

Film

* ''Monarch'' (film), a 2000 British costume drama involving Henry VIII *

Monarch Film Corporation The Monarch Film Corporation was a British film distribution company active during the 1940s and 1950s. It specialised in supplying second features to British cinemas. The company handled a mixture of British and American films, as well as the Aust ...

, a British film distribution company *Monarch Films, an American production company owned by John R. Freuler *Monarch, a fictional organization in the

MonsterVerse The Monsterverse (also stylized as MonsterVerse) is an American multimedia franchise and shared universe featuring Godzilla, King Kong, and other characters owned and created by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd. The franchise consists of five films and two tel ...

film franchise *HMS ''Monarch'', a fictional Royal Navy warship from the 2017 film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales''

Comics

Monarch (comics) Monarch is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains. The first Monarch is Hank Hall, formerly Hawk, who later renames himself Extant for the '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time'' crossover event. The second Monarch is a quantum field duplicat ...

, a DC Comics supervillain * ''The Monarchy'' (comics), a Wildstorm comic

Music

* Monarch (American band), a Los Angeles indie electro-pop band *

Monarch (French band) Monarch (in the U.S. often stylised Monarch!) was a French doom metal band from Bayonne, formed in 2002. History The band were formed in 2002 in Bayonne, France. In 2004, they released their debut, a double CD with three tracks. Since then the ban ...

, a French drone doom band *

Monarchy (band) Monarchy were a British-based Australian electronic music duo consisting of Andrew Armstrong (also known as Andrew "Friendly" Kornweibel; producer, DJ) and Ra Black (also known as Ra Khahn; vocals, lyrics). Based in London, the duo was previousl ...

, English synthpop duo *

Michael Monarch Michael Monarch (born July 5, 1950) is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work with the band Steppenwolf. Monarch was born in Los Angeles. As the original lead guitarist with Steppenwolf (1967 through most of 1969), ("Guitarist Mon ...

(born 1950), American guitarist *

The Monarch (production team) The Monarch is a music production and songwriting duo originally from Orlando, Florida, consisting of Andre "Dre" Davidson and Sean "Sean D" Davidson. Currently residing in Los Angeles, they are best known for producing and co-writing Tiesto "Bot ...

, an American music production duo *''Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)'', a 1999 album by Canadian singer Feist *''

I, Monarch ''I, Monarch'' is the third studio album by Florida death metal band Hate Eternal. It was released June 28, 2005, on Earache Records. Track listing # Personnel Hate Eternal * Erik Rutan - guitars, vocals * Derek Roddy Derek Roddy (born ...

'', 2005 album by Hate Eternal * "Monarch" (song), a 2012 song by Delerium, featuring Nadina

Television

* ''Monarchy'' (TV series), a documentary television series about the British monarchy * ''Monarch'' (American TV series), a 2022 American series about country music *'' Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac'', an anime television series *'' Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'', a 2023 American TV series *The Monarch, a villain on the animated television series ''The Venture Bros.''

Video games

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Lord Monarch is a real-time strategy war game by Nihon Falcom. The game is considered to be part of the '' Dragon Slayer'' series. It was originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801, ported 1992 to the Super Famicom and 1994 to the Mega Drive. In 1997, ...

'', a 1991 strategy war video game *'' Monarch: The Butterfly King'', a 2007 video game * Monarch, the callsign of the player character from

Project Wingman ''Project Wingman'' is a combat flight-action video game developed by Sector D2 and published by Humble Games. It was released on 1 December 2020 on Microsoft Windows with optional VR support for the whole game. It was later released on 28 Octob ...

Ships

*, several ships in the British Royal Navy * * MS ''Monarch'' (formerly ''Monarch of the Seas''), a 1990 cruise ship * ''Monarch''-class coastal defense ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy **, the lead ship of the class ** ''Ersatz Monarch''-class battleships, cancelled replacement class * CS ''Monarch'', any of several cable-laying ships

Sports

Carolina Monarchs The Carolina Monarchs were a short-lived ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum, succeeding the ECHL Greensboro Monarchs, some of whose owners accepted an expansion pro ...

, a 1995–1997 Greensboro ice hockey team in the American Hockey League *

Dresden Monarchs The Dresden Monarchs are an American football team from Dresden, Germany. They have been a member of the first tier German Football League since 2002 and play in its Northern Division. In 2021 they were GFL champions after having won German Bowl ...

, an American football club from Dresden, Germany *

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...

, a speedway team in Scotland *

Greensboro Monarchs The Greensboro Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Monarchs joined the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) as an expansion franchise prior to the start of the 1989–90 season and surrendered the fran ...

, a 1989–1995 Carolina ice hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League *

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

, a former professional baseball team in Missouri, United States *

London Monarchs The London Monarchs were a professional American football team in NFL Europe and its predecessor league, the World League of American Football (WLAF). The Monarchs played their final season in 1998 as the England Monarchs. In 1999, they were re ...

, a UK American football team in NFL Europe *

Manchester Monarchs (AHL) The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They played in Manchester, New Hampshire, at the SNHU Arena. They were the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL) Los Angeles Kings duri ...

, a 2001–2015 ice hockey team in New Hampshire, United States *

Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) The Manchester Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which began play in the 2015–16 ECHL season, 2015–16 season. Based in Manchester, New Hampshire, and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings, the ...

, a 2015–2019 ice hockey team in New Hampshire, United States * Melbourne Monarchs, a team in the Australian Baseball League *

Methodist Monarchs The Methodist Monarchs are the athletic teams that represent Methodist University, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports. The Monarchs compete as members of the USA South Athletic Conference (USA So ...

, the athletic teams of Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina * Mimico Monarchs, a junior ice hockey team in Ontario, Canada *

Old Dominion Monarchs The Old Dominion Monarchs are composed of 18 college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams representing Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, Virginia. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, s ...

, the athletic teams from Old Dominion University in Virginia, United States *

Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009. They played their home games at ARCO Aren ...

, a former professional basketball team in California, United States * Winnipeg Monarchs (disambiguation), various ice hockey teams from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Vehicles

Monarch (automobile) The Monarch was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Monarch Motor Car Company from 1913 to 1916. History Joseph Bloom founded the company in the spring of 1913 and by August, the company moved into the former Carhartt Motor Car Comp ...

, a car built in Detroit, Michigan from 1913 to 1917 * ''Monarch'' (locomotive), a British articulated locomotive *

Monarch (marque) Monarch was an automobile marque produced by Ford Canada from 1946 through 1957 and from 1959 to 1961. The Monarch was marketed as its own brand of car rather than as a Ford, with its own model names which included Richelieu, Lucerne and Sceptr ...

, a Ford of Canada brand name * ''Monarch'' (sternwheeler), an American steamboat * Marske Monarch, a glider *

Mercury Monarch The Mercury Monarch is a compact automobile that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford from the 1975 to 1980 model years. Designed as the original successor for the Mercury Comet, the Monarch was marketed as a luxury compact vehicle; ...

, a midsize American sedan built from 1975 to 1980 * MIT ''Monarch A'', a 1983 American human-powered aircraft * MIT ''Monarch B'', a 1984 American human-powered aircraft * Miles Monarch, a British light aeroplane of the 1930s * The Butterfly Monarch, an American autogyro design

Other uses

* Monarch (range), a brand for home appliances from the Malleable Iron Range Company * Monarch (software), data capture and extraction software *

Monarch Airlines (1946–1950) Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline in 2004 before aban ...

, an American airline *

Monarch Airlines Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British Air charter, charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline in 2004 ...

(1967–2017), a British airline *

Monarch Beverage Company The Monarch Beverage Company Inc is a diversified, international beverage company based in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The company's CEO is Jacques Bombal. The company was founded in 1965 by Frank Armstrong. Monarch Beverage Company ...

, a drink bottler in Atlanta, Georgia, United States * Monarch Beverage, Inc., a drinks distributor in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States *Monarch, a

paper size Paper size refers to Technical standard, standardized dimensions for sheets of paper used globally in stationery, printing, and technical drawing. Most countries adhere to the ISO 216 standard, which includes the widely recognized A series ( ...

Monarch High School (disambiguation) Monarch High School can refer to several different schools: *Monarch School (San Diego) in California *Monarch High School (Colorado) The Monarch High School (MHS) is a secondary school located in Louisville, Colorado, and is part of the B ...

, several schools