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A monarch is a ruler in a system (monarchy) where succession is hereditary.

Monarch or Monarchy may also refer to:

Biology

• Danaus (genus), a genus of butterflies commonly called monarchs

• Danaus plexippus, the North American butterfly most commonly referred to as the monarch butterfly

• Monarch flycatcher or Monarchidae, a family of passerine birds

Places

• Monarch, Alberta, Canada
• Monarch, Colorado, United States
• Monarch, Montana, an American unincorporated community
• Monarch, Virginia, United States
• Monarch, West Virginia, United States
• Monarch, Wyoming, an American unincorporated community
• Monarch Icefield, a large continental icecap in British Columbia, Canada
• Monarch Lake, a reservoir in Colorado, United States
• Monarch Mountain, a summit of the Pacific Ranges in British Columbia, Canada
• Monarch Mountain (Alberta), a peak in the Victoria Cross Ranges in Canada
• Monarch Pass, Colorado, United States
• Monarch Ski Area, Colorado, United States
• The Monarch (Canadian Rockies), a mountain in Canada

Entertainment

Ships

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

Sports

• Carolina Monarchs, a 1995–1997 Greensboro ice hockey team in the American Hockey League
• Dresden Monarchs, an American football club from Dresden, Germany
• Edinburgh Monarchs, a speedway team in Scotland
• Greensboro Monarchs, a 1989–1995 Carolina ice hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League
• Kansas City Monarchs, a former professional baseball team in Missouri, United States
• London Monarchs, a UK American football team in NFL Europe
• Manchester Monarchs (AHL), a 2001–2015 ice hockey team in New Hampshire, United States
• Manchester Monarchs (ECHL), a 2015–2019 ice hockey team in New Hampshire, United States
• Melbourne Monarchs, a team in the Australian Baseball League
• Mimico Monarchs, a junior ice hockey team in Ontario, Canada
• Sacramento Monarchs, a former professional basketball team in California, United States
• Winnipeg Monarchs (disambiguation), various ice hockey teams from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• "Monarchs", the nickname for the athletic teams from Old Dominion University in Virginia, United States
• Monarch Stadium (Methodist), a college football stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Vehicles

• Monarch (automobile), a car built in Detroit, Michigan from 1913 to 1917
• Monarch (locomotive), a British articulated locomotive
• Monarch (marque), a Ford of Canada brand name
• Monarch (sternwheeler), an American steamboat
• Marske Monarch, a glider
• Mercury Monarch, a midsize American sedan built from 1975 to 1980
• MIT Monarch A, a 1983 United States human-powered aircraft
• MIT Monarch B, a 1984 United States 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), an American airline
• Monarch Airlines (1967–2017), a British airline
• 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
• Monarch High School (disambiguation), several schools

See also

• Monarcha, a genus of bird in the Monarchinae subfamily
• Monach Islands, an uninhabited island group off the west coast of Scotland
• Monark, a Swedish bicycle
• Restaurant Monarh, a Dutch restaurant
• List of current monarchs