List of monarchs who were Freemasons
This is a list of monarchs who were
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
- Karl Friedrich – Grandmaster of the National Lodge of Baden
Bavaria
Belgium
Bikaner
Brandenburg-Ansbach
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
- Karl Alexander – Amicus eminens et protector ordinis in Franconia
Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Brazil
Breslau
Brunswick
- Karl I
- Order of the Illuminati)
Bulgaria
- Alexander I
Carnatic
Cooch Behar
Courland
- Karl Christian Joseph – Superior et Protector Ordinis in Saxonia[15]
Denmark
- Fredrik V
- Fredrik VI
- Christian IX
- Fredrik VII
- Christian VIII – Grandmaster of the Danish Order of Freemasons
- Fredrik VIII
- Christian X
Egypt
- Tawfiq[16]
- Abbas II
- Hussein Kamel
- Fuad I
- Farouk
Frankfurt
- Eugène de Beauharnais – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy (1805-1814), Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Italy[12]
Ghana
- Ofori Atta I (Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa) – (1912-1943)
- Konor of the Manya Krobo Traditional Area) – (1939-1990)
- Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II (Asantehene) – (1931-1970)
- Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II (Gyaasehene of Akuapem and Amanokromhene) – (1975-2005)
- Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, Asantehene, 1931 – 1970
- Otumfuo Osei Tutu II (Asantehene) – (1999–present), Grand Patron, Grand Lodge of Ghana and Sword Bearer, United Grand Lodge of England
Greece
Gwalior
Germany
- Wilhelm I[15]
- Friedrich III – Master of the Order, Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany[15]
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
- Ludwig VIII
- Ludwig X (also Order of the Illuminati)
Holland
- Lodewijk I – Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France (1805)
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
- Augustin I
- Maximilian I[25]
Moldavia
Montenegro
Mysore
Naples
Netherlands
Norway
- Haakon VII
Ottoman Empire
Pataudi
Patiala
Perak
- Idris Shah II
Poland
Portugal
- Pedro IV
- Fernando II
Prussia
Rampur
- Raza Ali Khan – Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of India[13]
Reuss-Lobenstein
Romania
- Alexandru Ioan I
- Carol II
Russia
Sarawak
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Johann Adolf
- Ernst II (also Order of the Illuminati)
Saxe-Meiningen
- Karl Friedrich III
- Karl Wilhelm
- Georg I Friedrich Karl
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Karl August (also Order of the Illuminati)
Serbia
Sikh Empire
Spain
- José I – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France (1805)[38]
- Amadeo I[39]
Sweden
- Adolf Fredrik– Master of a Stockholm lodge
- Gustaf III – Vicar of Solomon[40]
- Karl XIII – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and Army Master of the Order of Strict Observance
- Karl XIV Johan – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
- Oscar I – Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
- Karl XV– Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
- Oscar II– Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
- Gustaf V– Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons
- Gustaf VI Adolf– Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons
United Kingdom
- James VI– Fellowcraft Freemason (Lodge Scoon and Perth No. 3 in Perth) (1601-1625)
- Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England (1790-1813)[41]
- William IV[41]
- Edward VII – Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (1874-1901)[41]
- Edward VIII[41]
- George VI – Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (1936-1937)[41]
Wallachia
Westphalia
- Jérôme I – Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Westphalia
Wurttemberg
Yugoslavia
References
- ^ Daniel Ligou. Dictionnaire de la Franc-Maçonnerie. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2006.
- ^ a b Marc de Jode, Monique Cara and Jean-Marc Cara (eds.). Dictionnaire universelle de la Franc-Maçonnerie. Larousse, 2011.
- ^ Initiated in "L'Amitiée Lodge" on 21 May 1883 (Histoire de la Franc-maçonnerie en France - Faucher and Ricker 1967)
- ^ Dictionnaire de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Daniel Ligou, Presses Universitaires de France, 2006)
- ^ Ce que la France doit aux francs-maçons (Laurent KUPFERMAN, Emmanuel PIERRA, ed. Grund, 2012)
- ^ Dictionnaire de la Franc-Maçonnerie, page 363 (Daniel Ligou, Presses Universitaires de France, 2006)
- ^ Dictionnaire universelle de la Franc-Maçonnerie, page 245 (Marc de Jode, Monique Cara and Jean-Marc Cara, ed. Larousse, 2011)
- ^ Histoire de la Franc-Maçonnerie française (Pierre Chevallier, ed. Fayard, 1975)
- ^ "Amir Habibullah Khan: Afghan Reformer and Freemason".
- ^ McMahon, Henry A (1939). An Account of the Entry of H. M. Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghanistan into Freemasonry. London, UK: Favil Press, Ltd.
- ^ a b c d "Masonindia.in".
- ^ a b Denslow, William R (1957). 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Columbia, Missouri, USA: Missouri Lodge of Research.
- ^ a b Freemasonry comes to India masonindia.in
- ^ a b "Shillong Freemasons Lodge 61". shillonglodge61.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-22.
- ^ a b c d e f Speth, George William. Royal Freemasons. Masonic Publishing Company, 1885, pp. 24-29.
- ^ Tarik Sabry, Layal Ftouni. Arab Subcultures: Transformations in Theory and Practice. London: I.B.Tauris, 2016.
- ^ a b "Famous Indian Masons « District Grand Lodge of Bombay". Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "Prince Lot Kapuaiwa Kamehameha - the First Full Blooded Hawaiian Freemason".
- ^ "The New Palace". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. January 3, 1880. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- ^ "Famous Masons | the Grand Lodge of Maryland".
- ISBN 978-1-4411-2778-5, p. 47
- ISBN 90-6375-199-0, pp. 22–23
- ^ "In Mozart's Vienna, Freemasonry had flourished under the Habsburgs mainly due to the influence of Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine, who, himself, was a Freemason." Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart – Master Mason Archived 13 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Famous masons mastermason.com
- ^ Thomas C. Wright, Latin America since Independence: Two Centuries of Continuity and Change, Rowman & Littlefield 2017, p. 77.
- ^ a b c d e "R.S.M.: The History of Masonry in Moldova (1733-1812)". 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Познати Масони Архива - The Alliance of United Grand Lodges of Serbia". www.lodge.rs. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14.
- ^ "Welcome to MasonicPaedia.Org". masonicpaedia.org. Archived from the original on 2002-10-09.
- ^ "Vrijmetselarij".
- ^ "Hür ve Kabul Edilmiş Masonlar Büyük Locası Derneği". 162.243.49.51. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Freemasons (Or Templars) in Turkey".
- ISBN 9781602066403.
- ISBN 9780521469692.
- ^ Long, S. (1995, December 8). Hush-hush world of the Freemasons. The Straits Times, p. 8. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "Freemasonry in Yugoslavia".
- ^ a b "UGLS_Famous_Freemasons". www.uvls.org.rs. Archived from the original on 2018-05-10.
- ^ "The life of a British Maharaja".
- ^ Ross, Michael. The Reluctant King: Joseph Bonaparte, King of the two Sicilies and Spain. London, Mason/Charter, 1977, pp. 34-35.
- ^ Causing, J, 1969, Freemasonry in the Philippines: a comprehensive history of Freemasonry during a period of 209 struggling, glorious years 1756-1965, GT Printers, Cebu City, Philippines.
- ^ Denslow, Wm. R. (1958). 10,000 Famous Freemasons. St. Louis, Mo: Missouri Lodge of Research
- ^ a b c d e "The Grand Lodge of Scotland". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- ^ "Penelea Filitti, p. 61."
