Template:Infobox monarch

{{{name}}}
{{{title}}}
{{{image}}}
{{{caption}}}
Reign	{{{reign}}}
Coronation	{{{coronation}}}
Investiture	{{{investiture}}}
Full name	{{{full name}}}
Birth name	{{{birth name}}}
{{{native_lang1}}}	{{{native_lang1_name1}}}
{{{native_lang2}}}	{{{native_lang2_name1}}}
{{{native_lang3}}}	{{{native_lang3_name1}}}
{{{native_lang4}}}	{{{native_lang4_name1}}}
{{{native_lang5}}}	{{{native_lang5_name1}}}
{{{native_lang6}}}	{{{native_lang6_name1}}}
{{{native_lang7}}}	{{{native_lang7_name1}}}
{{{native_lang8}}}	{{{native_lang8_name1}}}
Titles	{{{othertitles}}}
Baptism	{{{baptism}}}
Born	{{{date of birth}}}
Birthplace	{{{place of birth}}}
Died	{{{date of death}}}
Place of death	{{{place of death}}}
Buried	{{{place of burial}}}, {{{date of burial}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
{{{suc-type}}}	{{{heir}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Consort	{{{queen}}}
Consort	{{{consort}}}
Consort	{{{consortreign}}}
Consort to	{{{consortto}}}
Consort to	{{{spouse}}}
Wives	{{{spouse 1}}} {{{spouse 2}}} {{{spouse 3}}} {{{spouse 4}}} {{{spouse 5}}} {{{spouse 6}}} {{{spouse 7}}} {{{spouse 8}}} {{{spouse 9}}}
Offspring	{{{issue}}} {{{offspring}}}
Royal House	{{{royal house}}}
Dynasty	{{{dynasty}}}
Royal anthem	{{{royal anthem}}}
Royal motto	{{{royal motto}}}
Father	{{{father}}}
Mother	{{{mother}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Religious beliefs	{{{religion}}}

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Usage

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{{Infobox monarch
| name               = 
| title              = 
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| reign              = 
| coronation         = 
| investiture        =
| full name          = 
| native_lang1       = 
| native_lang1_name1 = 
| native_lang2       = 
| native_lang2_name1 = 
| othertitles        = 
| baptism            =
| date of birth      = <!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| place of birth     = 
| date of death      = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) -->
| place of death     = 
| date of burial     = 
| place of burial    = <!-- <br /> {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} -->
| predecessor        = 
| suc-type           = 
| heir               = 
| successor          = 
| queen              = 
| consort            = 
| consortreign       =
| consortto          =
| spouse             = 
| spouse 1           = 
| spouse 2           = 
| offspring          = 
| royal house        = 
| dynasty            = 
| royal anthem       = 
| royal motto        =
| father             = 
| mother             = 
| children           =
| religion           =
}}

Parameters

name  

Name (in most common usage)

title  

King/Queen/etc of X

image  

[[Image:X.jpg|200px|caption]]

caption  

Image caption

reign  

D Month, YYYY – D Month, YYYY

coronation  

D Month, YYYY

investiture  

D Month, YYYY

full name  

Full legal non-titular name

native_lang1  

label: language name

native_lang1_name1 

data: monarch's name in above language

(for different transliterations of native names, useful for Oriental Monarchs, see Songtsen Gampo)

native_lang2  

native_lang2_name1 

up to native_lang8 and native_lang8_name1

othertitles  

Other titles & wikilink <br /> Other titles & wikilink, etc.

baptism  

date

date of birth  

if alive: {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}

if dead: {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}

place of birth  

Name & wikilink

date of death  

{{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth)

place of death  

Name & wikilink

date of burial  

D Month, YYYY

place of burial  

Name & wikilink <br /> {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}}

predecessor  

Name & wikilink

suc-type  

label: To use the heir field, the type of heir is required (Heir-Apparent / Heir-Presumptive)

heir  

data: Name & wikilink

successor  

Name & wikilink

queen  

consort  

consortreign  

Name & wikilink (all three labeled as Consort)

consortto  

spouse  

Name & wikilink (both are labeled as Consort to)

spouse 1  

spouse 2  

Name & wikilink (numbers 1 through 9, labeled as Wife or Wives) - these are for the wives of male rulers for whom the term 'queen', 'consort' etc. is inappropriate, e.g. the wife of a Roman emperor whom he married and then divorced before ascending the throne

offspring  

(or issue) Name & wikilink <br /> Name & wikilink, etc.

royal house  

House of X & wikilink

dynasty  

X dynasty & wikilink (for those where 'dynasty' and not 'house' is the correct nomenclature e.g. Roman emperors)

royal anthem  

Name & wikilink

royal motto  

Text

father  

Name & wikilink

mother  

Name & wikilink

children  

Name & wikilink

religion  

Name & wikilink

Example

Margrethe II
Queen of Denmark
Reign	14 January 1972 – Present (47 years)
Born	(1940-04-16) 16 April 1940
Birthplace	Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
Predecessor	Frederick IX
Heir-Apparent	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Consort	Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Offspring	Frederik, Joachim
Royal House	House of Glücksburg
Royal motto	Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Denmark)
Father	Frederick IX
Mother	Ingrid of Sweden

{{Infobox monarch
| name = Margrethe II
| title = Queen of Denmark<!--No other titles. Margrethe abolished the rest of her predecessors' titles when she became queen. Besides, most of them could only have been inherited by a male. -->
| image = [[Image:Queen Magrethe sep 7 2005.png|175px]]
| reign = 14 January 1972 – Present<br />({{age|1972|1|14}} years)
| date of birth = {{Birth date and age|1940|4|16|df=yes}}
| place of birth = [[Amalienborg Palace]], [[Copenhagen]]
| predecessor = [[Frederick IX of Denmark|Frederick IX]]
| suc-type = Heir-Apparent
| heir = [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]]
| consort = [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark]]
| issue = [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark|Frederik]], [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Joachim]]
| royal house = [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|House of Glücksburg]]
| royal motto = Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke<br>(''The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Denmark'')
| father = [[Frederick IX of Denmark|Frederick IX]]
| mother = [[Ingrid of Sweden]]
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583).

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

See also

• List of articles using Template:Infobox monarch
• Template:Infobox royaltyar:قالب:Infobox monarch