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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/170px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/255px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/340px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Harald_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Harald V of Norway">King Harald V of Norway</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In modern <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, a <b>royal cypher</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Monogram" title="Monogram">monogram</a> or monogram-like device of a country's reigning <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">sovereign</a>, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a <a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">crown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such a cypher as used by an emperor or empress is called an <b>imperial cypher</b>. </p><p>Royal cyphers appear on some government buildings, impressed upon royal and state documents, and are used by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">governmental departments</a>. They may also appear on other governmental structures built under a particular ruler. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commonwealth_realms">Commonwealth realms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commonwealth realms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The use of a royal cypher in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a> originated in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, where the public use of the royal initials dates at least from the early <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a>, and was simply the initial of the sovereign with, after <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>'s reign, the addition of the letter 'R' for <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">'<a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">Rex</a>'</i></span> or <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">'<a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">Regina</a>'</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "king" and "queen" respectively). The letter 'I' for <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">'<a href="/wiki/Imperatrix" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperatrix">Imperatrix</a>'</i></span> was added to <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>'s monogram after she became <a href="/wiki/Empress_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress of India">Empress of India</a> in 1877 (or <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">'<a href="/wiki/Imperator" title="Imperator">Imperator</a>'</i></span> in the case of an emperor).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initials – which had no set pattern or form of lettering laid down – were usually shown in company with the royal arms or crown as on the king's manors and palaces – such as those of Henry VIII on the gatehouse of <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Palace" title="St James's Palace">St James's Palace</a>. The purpose seems to have been simply to identify an individual sovereign, particularly on certain landmarks that he or she has commissioned, as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom">royal coat of arms</a> in contrast was often used by successive monarchs and is therefore not distinct. The initials are furthermore used on government papers, <a href="/wiki/Duty_stamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Duty stamp">duty stamps</a> and similar objects, and are surmounted throughout the United Kingdom (except in Scotland) and the Commonwealth realms by a stylised version of the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Crown (heraldry)">Tudor Crown</a> or <a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Crown" title="St Edward's Crown">St Edward's Crown</a>; in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a> is used instead.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though royal symbols (including, most notably, the coat of arms, <a href="/wiki/Royal_standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal standard">royal standards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_seal" title="Great seal">great seals</a>) differ among the 15 Commonwealth realms, as they are separate monarchies, the one sovereign uses the same cypher throughout all of his or her countries. Distinction continues to be made between the personal cypher and the simpler, more workaday public initials, the former being the sovereign's own monogram and the latter simply a means of identifying a reign. Nowadays, the initials are also called the royal cypher, but, to aid clarification, the monogram is referred to as the royal cypher interlaced and reversed. </p><p>The royal cyphers have been incorporated by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Heraldic_Authority" title="Canadian Heraldic Authority">Canadian Heraldic Authority</a> into the various <a href="/wiki/Royal_standards_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal standards of Canada">royal standards of Canada</a>. The use in Canada of the reigning monarch's cypher, which is sometimes uniquely surrounded by a garland of <a href="/wiki/Maple_leaf" title="Maple leaf">maple leaves</a>, is as a symbol not only of the sovereign him- or herself, but of Canada's full sovereignty.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The royal cypher is used on some Australian military uniforms.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charles_III">Charles III</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Charles III"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_(53041331468).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg/250px-Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg/330px-Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg/500px-Prime_minister_Rishi_Sunak_attends_the_NATO_Summit_in_Lithunia_%2853041331468%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7064" data-file-height="4712" /></a><figcaption>A ministerial folder with the royal cypher of Charles III</figcaption></figure><p> On 26 September 2022, <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> unveiled the cypher of the new king, <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>, that is gradually replacing the cypher of Elizabeth II in everyday use. The design was selected by Charles himself from a series of designs prepared by the College of Arms and features the King's initial "C" intertwined with the letter "R" for <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Rex_(title)" title="Rex (title)">Rex</a></i></span> with "III" denoting Charles III, with a <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Crown (heraldry)">Tudor Crown</a> above the letters.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charles's Scottish cypher uses the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted with a Tudor Crown"><img alt="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted with a Tudor Crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg/60px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="2318" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted with a Tudor Crown</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_(Scotland).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the Crown of Scotland"><img alt="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the Crown of Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Scotland%29.svg/60px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Scotland%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Scotland%29.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Scotland%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_(Canada).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the Canadian Royal Crown[10]"><img alt="King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the Canadian Royal Crown[10]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg/54px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg/81px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg/109px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Charles_III_%28Canada%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1071" data-file-height="2362" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">King Charles III's royal cypher surmounted by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_royal_symbols#Canadian_Royal_Crown" title="Canadian royal symbols">Canadian Royal Crown</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dual cypher of King Charles III and Queen Camilla"><img alt="Dual cypher of King Charles III and Queen Camilla" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg/101px-Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg/152px-Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg/203px-Dual_Cypher_of_King_Charles_and_Queen_Camilla_of_Great_Britain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="2321" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dual cypher of King Charles III and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Queen Camilla, consort of King Charles III"><img alt="Royal cypher of Queen Camilla, consort of King Charles III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg/90px-Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg/135px-Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg/180px-Queen_Camilla_cypher.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="833" data-file-height="1111" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of Queen Camilla, consort of King Charles III</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elizabeth_II">Elizabeth II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elizabeth II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Mail_van,_Newry,_March_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG/220px-Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG/330px-Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG/440px-Royal_Mail_van%2C_Newry%2C_March_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Cypher of Elizabeth II on a Royal Mail van in Northern Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>The cypher for <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> was <i><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;">E<span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">II</span></span>R</span></i>, standing for <i>Elizabeth II</i> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Regina</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was usually surmounted by a stylised version of St. Edward's Crown. In Scotland, as a result of the '<a href="/wiki/Pillar_Box_War" title="Pillar Box War">Pillar Box War</a>', which was a dispute over the correct title of the new monarch (<a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I of England and Ireland</a> was not a monarch of Scotland, so the new queen would have been Elizabeth I, not II, in Scotland according to that view), after 1953 new <a href="/wiki/Post_box" title="Post box">post boxes</a> carried only the Crown of Scotland image rather than the <i><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;">E<span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">II</span></span>R</span></i> cypher, which continued to be used in the rest of the United Kingdom and in the other realms and territories. </p><p> The production of the cypher was an early step in the preparations for her <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Coronation of Elizabeth II">coronation</a> in 1953 as it had to be embroidered on to the uniforms of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Households_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal Households of the United Kingdom">Royal Household</a> and on other articles.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cyphers for other members of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm#Royal_family" title="Commonwealth realm">royal family</a> are designed by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> or <a href="/wiki/Court_of_the_Lord_Lyon" title="Court of the Lord Lyon">Court of the Lord Lyon</a> and are subsequently approved by the monarch.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by St Edward's crown"><img alt="Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by St Edward's crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II.svg.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II.svg/250px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by <a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_crown" class="mw-redirect" title="St Edward's crown">St Edward's crown</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_(in_Scotland).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by the Crown of Scotland"><img alt="Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by the Crown of Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_%28in_Scotland%29.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_%28in_Scotland%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_%28in_Scotland%29.svg/250px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_%28in_Scotland%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Queen Elizabeth II's royal cypher, surmounted by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Scotland" title="Crown of Scotland">Crown of Scotland</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dual_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_of_Great_Britain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A dual cypher for Elizabeth II and Prince Philip from a 1972 coin marking their 25th wedding anniversary"><img alt="A dual cypher for Elizabeth II and Prince Philip from a 1972 coin marking their 25th wedding anniversary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dual_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_of_Great_Britain.svg/120px-Dual_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_of_Great_Britain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Dual_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_of_Great_Britain.svg/250px-Dual_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_of_Great_Britain.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="373" data-file-height="393" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A dual cypher for Elizabeth II and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip</a> from a 1972 coin marking their 25th wedding anniversary</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II"><img alt="Royal cypher of Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg/90px-Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg/136px-Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg/181px-Royal_Cypher_of_Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="518" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elsewhere">Elsewhere</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elsewhere"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>British royal cyphers are still visible on several public buildings and old <a href="/wiki/Post_boxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Post boxes">post boxes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other royal houses have also made use of royal or imperial cyphers; <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Sultans" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Sultans">Ottoman sultans</a> had a calligraphic signature known as their <a href="/wiki/Tughra" title="Tughra">tughra</a>. </p><p>All the monarchs of <a href="/wiki/Monarchies_in_Europe" title="Monarchies in Europe">Europe's six other surviving kingdoms</a> use cyphers, with royal crowns above them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Harald_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Harald V of Norway">King Harald V of Norway</a> uses the letter H crossed with the Arabic numeral 5; <a href="/wiki/Carl_XVI_Gustav_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden">King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden</a> uses the letters C and G overlapping with the Roman numeral XVI below them; <a href="/wiki/King_Felipe_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="King Felipe VI of Spain">King Felipe VI of Spain</a> uses the letter F with the Roman numeral; and <a href="/wiki/Frederik_X_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederik X of Denmark">Frederik X of Denmark</a> uses two letter Fs with the Roman numeral X intertwined. <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_the_Belgians" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippe of the Belgians">King Philippe of the Belgians</a> uses the letters P and F intertwined, referring to the fact that his name is Philippe in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> and Philipp in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, but Filip in <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, the three main languages in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. <a href="/wiki/King_Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands">King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maxima" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Maxima">Queen Maxima</a> share a joint cypher consisting of the letter W entwined with the letter M. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">insignia</a> of "N III" for <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoléon III</a> is seen on some Paris bridges, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pont_au_Change" title="Pont au Change">Pont au Change</a>. </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vajiralongkorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Vajiralongkorn">Maha Vajiralongkorn</a> of <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> uses a cypher made up of his initials in <a href="/wiki/Thai_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai alphabet">Thai script</a> ("<span title="Thai-language text"><span lang="th">ว.ป.ร.</span></span>" V.P.R. –  <span title="Thai-language romanization"><i lang="th-Latn">Vajiralongkorn Parama Rajadhiraj</i></span>, an equivalent of <span title="Thai-language romanization"><i lang="th-Latn">Vajiralongkorn</i></span> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Rex</i></span>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commonwealth">Commonwealth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commonwealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal cypher of Charles III"><img alt="The royal cypher of Charles III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg/55px-Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg/82px-Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg/110px-Cypher_of_King_Charles_III.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1061" data-file-height="2314" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal cypher of Charles III</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cypher_of_Elizabeth_II.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II, using St Edward's Crown"><img alt="The royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II, using St Edward's Crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cypher_of_Elizabeth_II.svg/120px-Cypher_of_Elizabeth_II.svg.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cypher_of_Elizabeth_II.svg/250px-Cypher_of_Elizabeth_II.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II, using <a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Crown" title="St Edward's Crown">St Edward's Crown</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:E2R_Fort_R%C3%A9gent_1806_1976_J%C3%A8rri.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Variant Queen Elizabeth II cypher in Jersey, with Arabic instead of Roman numerals typically employed"><img alt="Variant Queen Elizabeth II cypher in Jersey, with Arabic instead of Roman numerals typically employed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/E2R_Fort_R%C3%A9gent_1806_1976_J%C3%A8rri.jpg/120px-E2R_Fort_R%C3%A9gent_1806_1976_J%C3%A8rri.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/E2R_Fort_R%C3%A9gent_1806_1976_J%C3%A8rri.jpg/250px-E2R_Fort_R%C3%A9gent_1806_1976_J%C3%A8rri.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="2014" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Variant Queen Elizabeth II cypher in <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Arabic_numeral" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic numeral">Arabic</a> instead of <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman</a> numerals typically employed</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The cypher of Queen Elizabeth II on a police cap or helmet badge"><img alt="The cypher of Queen Elizabeth II on a police cap or helmet badge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg/93px-West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg/140px-West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg/186px-West_Yorkshire_Constabulary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The cypher of Queen Elizabeth II on a <a href="/wiki/Police_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Police in the United Kingdom">police</a> cap or helmet badge</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The most common variant of King George VI's cypher"><img alt="The most common variant of King George VI's cypher" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg/92px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg.png" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg/138px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg/184px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_George_VI.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="532" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The most common variant of <a href="/wiki/King_George_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="King George VI">King George VI</a>'s cypher</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth,_The_Queen_Mother.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI and later The Queen Mother"><img alt="Royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI and later The Queen Mother" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg/83px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg.png" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg/125px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg/167px-Royal_Cypher_of_Queen_Elizabeth%2C_The_Queen_Mother.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="340" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth</a>, consort of King George VI and later The Queen Mother</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal cypher of King Edward VIII, using the Tudor Crown"><img alt="The royal cypher of King Edward VIII, using the Tudor Crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg/108px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg.png" decoding="async" width="108" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg/162px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg/217px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VIII.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="451" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">Edward VIII</a>, using the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Crown (heraldry)">Tudor Crown</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Postal_Station_K.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The former Postal Station K in Toronto (pictured in 2006) displays above its main entrance EVIIIR, the royal cypher of King Edward VIII"><img alt="The former Postal Station K in Toronto (pictured in 2006) displays above its main entrance EVIIIR, the royal cypher of King Edward VIII" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Postal_Station_K.jpg/120px-Postal_Station_K.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Postal_Station_K.jpg/250px-Postal_Station_K.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The former <a href="/wiki/Canada_Post" title="Canada Post">Postal Station K</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> (pictured in 2006) displays above its main entrance <i>E<span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">VIII</span></span>R</i>, the royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cypher_of_George_V.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King George V, using the Tudor Crown"><img alt="Royal cypher of King George V, using the Tudor Crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cypher_of_George_V.svg/92px-Cypher_of_George_V.svg.png" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cypher_of_George_V.svg/138px-Cypher_of_George_V.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cypher_of_George_V.svg/184px-Cypher_of_George_V.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="532" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a>, using the Tudor Crown</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Hong Kong mailbox with a cypher of King George V"><img alt="A Hong Kong mailbox with a cypher of King George V" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg/82px-Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg/123px-Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg/164px-Hong_Kong_Post_street_posting_box_number_110.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="1572" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> mailbox with a cypher of King George V</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Mary_of_Teck,_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom_(variant).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Queen Mary, consort of King George V"><img alt="Royal cypher of Queen Mary, consort of King George V" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Royal_Cypher_of_Mary_of_Teck%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28variant%29.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_Mary_of_Teck%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Royal_Cypher_of_Mary_of_Teck%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28variant%29.svg/250px-Royal_Cypher_of_Mary_of_Teck%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28variant%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="532" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Queen Mary</a>, consort of King George V</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal cypher of King Edward VII, using the Tudor Crown"><img alt="The royal cypher of King Edward VII, using the Tudor Crown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg/66px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg/100px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg/133px-Royal_Cypher_of_King_Edward_VII.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="528" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a>, using the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Crown_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Crown (heraldry)">Tudor Crown</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ERI_(Edward_Rex_Imperator)_on_Indian_railway_coach_c1907.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal and imperial cypher of King Edward VII, ERI Edwardus Rex Imperator, used on an Indian railway wagon"><img alt="The royal and imperial cypher of King Edward VII, ERI Edwardus Rex Imperator, used on an Indian railway wagon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/ERI_%28Edward_Rex_Imperator%29_on_Indian_railway_coach_c1907.jpg/120px-ERI_%28Edward_Rex_Imperator%29_on_Indian_railway_coach_c1907.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/ERI_%28Edward_Rex_Imperator%29_on_Indian_railway_coach_c1907.jpg/250px-ERI_%28Edward_Rex_Imperator%29_on_Indian_railway_coach_c1907.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="327" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal and imperial cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a>, ERI <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VII of the United Kingdom">Edwardus Rex Imperator</a>, used on an Indian railway wagon</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A Royal Mail post box in Windsor in Berkshire bearing the royal cypher of King Edward VII, an intertwined EVIIR"><img alt="A Royal Mail post box in Windsor in Berkshire bearing the royal cypher of King Edward VII, an intertwined EVIIR" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG/90px-Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG/135px-Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG/180px-Windsor_letterbox_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1153" data-file-height="1538" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> <a href="/wiki/Post_box" title="Post box">post box</a> in <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Berkshire" title="Windsor, Berkshire">Windsor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a> bearing the royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VII">King Edward VII</a>, an intertwined <i>E<span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">VII</span></span>R</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Cypher_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark,_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII"><img alt="Royal cypher of Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Royal_Cypher_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/120px-Royal_Cypher_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Royal_Cypher_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/250px-Royal_Cypher_of_Alexandra_of_Denmark%2C_Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="490" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark" title="Alexandra of Denmark">Queen Alexandra</a>, consort of King Edward VII</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RVO-Star.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal and imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria forms a part of the emblem of the Royal Victorian Order surrounded by a Brunswick star"><img alt="The royal and imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria forms a part of the emblem of the Royal Victorian Order surrounded by a Brunswick star" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RVO-Star.jpg/108px-RVO-Star.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RVO-Star.jpg/162px-RVO-Star.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RVO-Star.jpg/216px-RVO-Star.jpg 2x" data-file-width="513" data-file-height="571" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal and imperial Cypher of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> forms a part of the emblem of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian Order</a> surrounded by a <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_star" title="Brunswick star">Brunswick star</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmond_Green,_railings_round_the_green.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A railing with the royal cypher of King William IV"><img alt="A railing with the royal cypher of King William IV" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Richmond_Green%2C_railings_round_the_green.jpg/120px-Richmond_Green%2C_railings_round_the_green.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Richmond_Green%2C_railings_round_the_green.jpg/250px-Richmond_Green%2C_railings_round_the_green.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2002" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A railing with the royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/William_IV" title="William IV">William IV</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monogram_George_III_of_United_Kingdom.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of George III on a cannon at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey"><img alt="Cypher of George III on a cannon at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Monogram_George_III_of_United_Kingdom.jpg/120px-Monogram_George_III_of_United_Kingdom.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Monogram_George_III_of_United_Kingdom.jpg/250px-Monogram_George_III_of_United_Kingdom.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="771" data-file-height="1088" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a> on a cannon at <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Castle" title="Elizabeth Castle">Elizabeth Castle</a>, Jersey</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_II_cipher_monogram.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The cypher of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland, employing an Arabic numeral '2'"><img alt="The cypher of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland, employing an Arabic numeral '2'" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/George_II_cipher_monogram.jpg/120px-George_II_cipher_monogram.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/George_II_cipher_monogram.jpg/250px-George_II_cipher_monogram.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="1122" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The cypher of <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="George II of Great Britain and Ireland">King George II of Great Britain and Ireland</a>, employing an <a href="/wiki/Arabic_numeral" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic numeral">Arabic numeral</a> '2'</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elsewhere_2">Elsewhere</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elsewhere"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Byzantine_Palaiologos_Eagle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The double-headed eagle, the most recognized emblem of the Byzantine Empire, with the sympilema (dynastic cypher) of the Palaeologi in the centre"><img alt="The double-headed eagle, the most recognized emblem of the Byzantine Empire, with the sympilema (dynastic cypher) of the Palaeologi in the centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Byzantine_Palaiologos_Eagle.svg/120px-Byzantine_Palaiologos_Eagle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Byzantine_Palaiologos_Eagle.svg/250px-Byzantine_Palaiologos_Eagle.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="770" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">double-headed eagle</a>, the most recognized emblem of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>, with the <i>sympilema</i> (dynastic cypher) of the <a href="/wiki/Palaeologi" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeologi">Palaeologi</a> in the centre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal monogram of King Stephen I of Hungary"><img alt="Royal monogram of King Stephen I of Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg/120px-King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg/250px-King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal monogram of King <a href="/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary" title="Stephen I of Hungary">Stephen I of Hungary</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia including the cypher of King Friedrich I of Prussia at the centre"><img alt="Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia including the cypher of King Friedrich I of Prussia at the centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg/120px-Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg/179px-Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg/239px-Small_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_1790.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="485" data-file-height="487" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arms of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> including the cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_I_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich I of Prussia">Friedrich I of Prussia</a> at the centre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Maktoum_royal_cypher.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The cypher of Dubai Sovereign H.H. Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum"><img alt="The cypher of Dubai Sovereign H.H. Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Al_Maktoum_royal_cypher.jpg/120px-Al_Maktoum_royal_cypher.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Al_Maktoum_royal_cypher.jpg/250px-Al_Maktoum_royal_cypher.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="484" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The cypher of Dubai Sovereign H.H. Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_George_I_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of George I of Greece"><img alt="Cypher of George I of Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Royal_Monogram_of_King_George_I_of_Greece.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_George_I_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Royal_Monogram_of_King_George_I_of_Greece.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_George_I_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="362" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" title="George I of Greece">George I of Greece</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Base of a Spanish style lamp post with the cypher of King Ferdinand VII"><img alt="Base of a Spanish style lamp post with the cypher of King Ferdinand VII" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg/65px-Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg/97px-Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg/130px-Base_de_farola_fernandina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1662" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Base of a <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> style <a href="/wiki/Street_light#Farola_fernandina" title="Street light">lamp post</a> with the cypher of <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand VII of Spain">King Ferdinand VII</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher (monogram) of Catherine II of Russia"><img alt="Royal cypher (monogram) of Catherine II of Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.jpg/120px-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.jpg/250px-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="3311" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher (monogram) of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine II</a> of Russia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Charles_III,_Duke_of_Brabant.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The monogram of Charles III of Brabant"><img alt="The monogram of Charles III of Brabant" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Royal_Monogram_of_Charles_III%2C_Duke_of_Brabant.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Charles_III%2C_Duke_of_Brabant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Royal_Monogram_of_Charles_III%2C_Duke_of_Brabant.svg/137px-Royal_Monogram_of_Charles_III%2C_Duke_of_Brabant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="298" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The monogram of <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain" title="Charles II of Spain">Charles III of Brabant</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Royal_Cypher_of_King_Carol_II_of_Romania_on_the_porch_roof_of_the_Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The royal cypher of King Carol II of Romania (two opposed Cs) decorates the porch roofs at the entrances in the Royal Palace of Bucharest."><img alt="The royal cypher of King Carol II of Romania (two opposed Cs) decorates the porch roofs at the entrances in the Royal Palace of Bucharest." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_Royal_Cypher_of_King_Carol_II_of_Romania_on_the_porch_roof_of_the_Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest.jpg/120px-The_Royal_Cypher_of_King_Carol_II_of_Romania_on_the_porch_roof_of_the_Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_Royal_Cypher_of_King_Carol_II_of_Romania_on_the_porch_roof_of_the_Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest.jpg/250px-The_Royal_Cypher_of_King_Carol_II_of_Romania_on_the_porch_roof_of_the_Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" title="Carol II of Romania">King Carol II of Romania</a> (two opposed Cs) decorates the porch roofs at the entrances in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Bucharest" title="Royal Palace of Bucharest">Royal Palace of Bucharest</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Michael_of_Romania.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Michael I of Romania"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Michael I of Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Michael_of_Romania.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Michael_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Michael_of_Romania.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Michael_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="344" data-file-height="347" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Michael_I_of_Romania" title="Michael I of Romania">King Michael I of Romania</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Princess_Margarita_Of_Romania.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Margareta of Romania"><img alt="Royal cypher of Margareta of Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Royal_Monogram_of_Princess_Margarita_Of_Romania.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Princess_Margarita_Of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Royal_Monogram_of_Princess_Margarita_Of_Romania.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_Princess_Margarita_Of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="413" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Margareta_of_Romania" title="Margareta of Romania">Margareta of Romania</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Felipe VI of Spain"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Felipe VI of Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg/127px-Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg/169px-Royal_Monogram_of_Felipe_VI_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Felipe_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Felipe VI of Spain">Felipe VI of Spain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark"><img alt="Royal cypher of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg/76px-Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg/114px-Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg/152px-Royal_Monogram_of_Queen_Margrethe_II_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of Queen <a href="/wiki/Margrethe_II" title="Margrethe II">Margrethe II of Denmark</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="67" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden.svg/134px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="251" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden">Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Seal_of_the_Korean_Empire.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Great Seal of Gojong of Korea"><img alt="Great Seal of Gojong of Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Great_Seal_of_the_Korean_Empire.png/120px-Great_Seal_of_the_Korean_Empire.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Great_Seal_of_the_Korean_Empire.png/250px-Great_Seal_of_the_Korean_Empire.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Great Seal of <a href="/wiki/Gojong_of_Korea" title="Gojong of Korea">Gojong of Korea</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Imperial_Seal_of_the_Late_Korean_Empire.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of House of Yi of Korea"><img alt="Coat of arms of House of Yi of Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/The_Imperial_Seal_of_the_Late_Korean_Empire.png/120px-The_Imperial_Seal_of_the_Late_Korean_Empire.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/The_Imperial_Seal_of_the_Late_Korean_Empire.png/250px-The_Imperial_Seal_of_the_Late_Korean_Empire.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="291" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Yi" title="House of Yi">House of Yi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korea</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Harald V of Norway"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Harald V of Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/64px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/97px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg/129px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Harald_V_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="424" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Harald_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Harald V of Norway">Harald V of Norway</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg"><img alt="Royal cypher of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Royal_Monogram_of_Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Royal_Monogram_of_Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="566" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Henri_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg">Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Umberto II of Italy"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Umberto II of Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg/56px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg/84px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg/112px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Umberto_II_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="171" data-file-height="365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of King <a href="/wiki/Umberto_II_of_Italy" title="Umberto II of Italy">Umberto II of Italy</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal cypher of King Nicholas I of Montenegro"><img alt="Royal cypher of King Nicholas I of Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="511" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Royal cypher of <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro" title="Nicholas I of Montenegro">King Nicholas I of Montenegro</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A door in the Palace of São Cristóvão with cyphers of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil"><img alt="A door in the Palace of São Cristóvão with cyphers of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg/90px-Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg/135px-Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg/180px-Quinta_da_Boa_Vista_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A door in the <a href="/wiki/Pa%C3%A7o_de_S%C3%A3o_Crist%C3%B3v%C3%A3o" title="Paço de São Cristóvão">Palace of São Cristóvão</a> with cyphers of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil" title="Pedro II of Brazil">Pedro II of Brazil</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_IV.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama IV of Siam"><img alt="Cypher of Rama IV of Siam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_IV.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_IV.svg.png" decoding="async" width="53" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_IV.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_IV.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="3961" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama IV of Siam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_V.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama V of Siam"><img alt="Cypher of Rama V of Siam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_V.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_V.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_V.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_V.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1855" data-file-height="4240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama V of Siam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Vajiravudh_-_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A36.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama VI of Siam"><img alt="Cypher of Rama VI of Siam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Monogram_of_Vajiravudh_-_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A36.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Vajiravudh_-_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A36.svg.png" decoding="async" width="78" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Royal_Monogram_of_Vajiravudh_-_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A36.svg/250px-Royal_Monogram_of_Vajiravudh_-_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A36.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama VI of Siam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_Prajadhipok.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama VII of Siam"><img alt="Cypher of Rama VII of Siam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Royal_Monogram_of_Prajadhipok.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_Prajadhipok.svg.png" decoding="async" width="53" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Royal_Monogram_of_Prajadhipok.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_Prajadhipok.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="2700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama VII of Siam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_VIII.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama VIII of Siam"><img alt="Cypher of Rama VIII of Siam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_VIII.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_VIII.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_VIII.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_VIII.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1855" data-file-height="4240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama VIII of Siam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej) of Thailand"><img alt="Cypher of Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej) of Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1009" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama IX (<a href="/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej" title="Bhumibol Adulyadej">Bhumibol Adulyadej</a>) of Thailand</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The personal flag with the cypher of Rama IX"><img alt="The personal flag with the cypher of Rama IX" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg/120px-Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg/180px-Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg/240px-Royal_Flag_of_King_Rama_IX.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The personal flag with the cypher of Rama IX</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_X.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cypher of Rama X (Maha Vajiralongkorn) of Thailand"><img alt="Cypher of Rama X (Maha Vajiralongkorn) of Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_X.svg/60px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_X.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_X.svg/120px-Royal_Monogram_of_King_Rama_X.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1736" data-file-height="3961" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cypher of Rama X (<a href="/wiki/Maha_Vajiralongkorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Vajiralongkorn">Maha Vajiralongkorn</a>) of Thailand</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_cypher&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/60px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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title="Diminutive">Diminutive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-barrelled_name" title="Double-barrelled name">Double-barrelled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epithet" title="Epithet">Epithet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_epithet" title="Animal epithet">Animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_people_by_epithet" title="Lists of people by epithet">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_epithet" title="Plant epithet">Plant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eponym" title="Eponym">Eponymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matronymic" title="Matronymic">Matronymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">Metonymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mononymous_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Mononymous person">Mononymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupational_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupational name">Occupational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">Patronymic</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Patronymic_surname" title="Patronymic 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href="/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names" title="Maiden and married names">Maiden and married names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necronym" title="Necronym">Necronym</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posthumous_name" title="Posthumous name">Posthumous name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_name" title="Temple name">Temple name</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placeholder_name" title="Placeholder name">Placeholder name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notname" title="Notname">Notname</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regnal_name" title="Regnal name">Regnal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_name" title="Slave name">Slave name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">Pseudonyms</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms" title="List of pseudonyms">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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name">Chinese</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">Courtesy</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Generation_name" title="Generation name">Generation</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Chinese_titles" title="Chinese titles">Titles</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_name" title="Japanese name">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchu_name" title="Manchu name">Manchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_name" title="Okinawan name">Okinawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples">Indigenous Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_name" title="Vietnamese name">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Asia<br />and Central Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_name" title="Kalmyk name">Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_name" title="Mongolian name">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakha_names" title="Sakha names">Sakha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_name" title="Tibetan name">Tibetan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a><br />and Western Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_name" title="Afghan name">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_name" title="Arabic name">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_name" title="Azerbaijani name">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berber_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berber name (page does not exist)">Berber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic name">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Mandaean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtun_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun name">Pashtun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Somali name">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_name" title="Tatar name">Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_name" title="Turkish name">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_kinship" title="Australian Aboriginal kinship">Australian Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_name" title="Fijian name">Fijian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_name" title="Hawaiian name">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_naming_customs" title="Māori naming customs">Māori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_names" title="Akan names">Ashanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_naming_customs" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo naming customs">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_in_Eritrea_and_Ethiopia" title="Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia">Eritrean and Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewe_language#Naming_system" title="Ewe language">Ewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_name" title="Ghanaian name">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_name" title="Igbo name">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_name" title="Yoruba name">Yoruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_names" title="Zimbabwean names">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <br /> <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_name" title="Albanian name">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_name" title="Armenian name">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_surname#Ashkenazi_Jewry" title="Jewish surname">Ashkenazi Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basque_surnames" title="Basque surnames">Basque</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Estonian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Estonian name (page does not exist)">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_name" title="Finnish name">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_name" title="Georgian name">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_name" title="Greek name">Greek</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_personal_names" title="Ancient Greek personal names">Ancient Greek</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriot_name" title="Greek Cypriot name">Cypriot</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_names" title="Hungarian names">Hungarian</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baltic_languages" title="Baltic languages">Baltic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_name" title="Latvian name">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_name" title="Lithuanian name">Lithuanian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_onomastics" title="Celtic onomastics">Celtic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_surnames" title="Cornish surnames">Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_name" title="Irish name">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_surnames" title="Manx surnames">Manx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_name" title="Scottish Gaelic name">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_surnames" title="Welsh surnames">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_name" title="Germanic name">Germanic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_name" title="Dutch name">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_name" title="English name">English</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States" title="Naming in the United States">American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/African-American_names" title="African-American names">African-American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Canadian_name" title="Canadian name">Canadian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_name" title="Hong Kong name">Hongkongese</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_name" title="German name">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_name" title="Gothic name">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_name" title="Icelandic name">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_family_name_etymology" title="Scandinavian family name etymology">Scandinavian</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Swedish_name" title="Swedish name">Swedish</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Romance_languages" title="Romance languages">Romance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan name">Catalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_name" title="French name">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_name" title="Italian name">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Occitan_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Occitan name (page does not exist)">Occitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_name" title="Portuguese name">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_naming_conventions" title="Roman naming conventions">Roman</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Praenomen" title="Praenomen">Praenomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Nomen_(Roman_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nomen (Roman name)">Nomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Cognomen" title="Cognomen">Cognomen</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Agnomen" title="Agnomen">Agnomen</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_name" title="Romanian name">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs" title="Spanish naming customs">Spanish</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Hispanic_America" title="Naming customs of Hispanic America">Hispanic America</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slavic_names" title="Slavic names">Slavic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_name" title="Bulgarian name">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_name" title="Croatian name">Croatian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_name" title="Czech name">Czech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Slavic_naming_customs" title="East Slavic naming customs">East Slavic</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_name" title="Belarusian name">Belarusian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/East_Slavic_naming_customs" title="East Slavic naming customs">Russian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_name" title="Ukrainian name">Ukrainian</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kashubian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kashubian name (page does not exist)">Kashubian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_onomastics" title="Macedonian onomastics">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish name">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_name" title="Serbian name">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_name" title="Slovak name">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_name_suffixes" title="Slavic name suffixes">Suffixes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indosphere" title="Indosphere">Indosphere</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balinese_name" title="Balinese name">Balinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese name">Burmese</a></li> <li><a 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