This template is intended to standardise monarchical succession tables.

A full listing of parameters follows, with X being replaced by the appropriate row number. Functionality is currently set to a maximum of 45 rows.

{{Succession table monarch
| nameX       = <!-- Mandatory otherwise entire row will not display. -->
| nicknameX   = 
| nativeX     = 
| lifeX       = 
| reignstartX = 
| reignendX   = 
| notesX      = 
| familyX     = 
| imageX      = Example.jpg
| altX        = 
}}

The name parameter is mandatory when adding a new row otherwise the entire row will not display. If the name is unknown but other information is, simply enter "Unknown" as the name. It is recommended that the name by which the monarch is generally known be bolded.

For East Asian monarchies, where sovereigns customarily had several names, use the sub-template {{Succession table monarch/Orient}} in the name parameter.

Parameters in this sub-template follow:

{{Succession table monarch/Orient
| ReignName    = <!-- Reign name -->
| ReignNameNa  = <!-- Reign name in native language -->
| TempleName   = <!-- Temple name -->
| TempleNameNa = <!-- Temple name in native language -->
| KhanName     = <!-- Khan name -->
| KhanNameNa   = <!-- Khan name in native language -->
| CourtName    = <!-- Courtesy name -->
| CourtNameNa  = <!-- Courtesy name in native language -->
| EraName      = <!-- Era name -->
| EraNameNa    = <!-- Era name in native language -->
| PostName     = <!-- Posthumous name -->
| PostNameNa   = <!-- Posthumous name in native language -->
| GivenName    = <!-- Personal name -->
| GivenNameNa  = <!-- Personal name in native language -->
| PsName       = <!-- Pseudonym -->
| PsNameNa     = <!-- Pseudonym in native language -->
}}

For Egypt and related states, use the sub-template {{Succession table monarch/Egypt}} in the name parameter.

Parameters in this sub-template follow.

{{Succession table monarch/Egypt
| Common       = <!-- Name in general usage -->
| Horus        = <!-- Horus name -->
| Nebty        = <!-- Nebty (Two Ladies) name -->
| GoldHorus    = <!-- Golden Horus name -->
| Praenomen    = <!-- Praenomen or Throne name -->
| Nomen        = <!-- Nomen or Personal name -->
}}
nicknameX
The person's main nickname. It is automatically italicised.
nativeX
The person's name in their native language or languages. Where appropriate, use a multilingual support template such as {{Lang-no}} or {{Lang-uz}}.
lifeX
For preference, use an age calculation template here rather than bare dates.
reignstartX
Date or year the person's reign commenced. Otherwise enter "unknown".
reignendX
Date or year the person's reign ended. Otherwise, enter "unknown" or "incumbent", as applicable.
notesX
This space is mainly for succession information, but other significant data can be added as long as it is succinct. For longer notes, either use ref tags to create a Notes section later in the article, or add it to the appropriate article rather than here.
Examples of information that can be added:
"Son of..."
"Elected after disputed succession"
"Second reign"
"First female sovereign"
familyX
Name of dynasty/house/family. Can be used in cases of elective succession as well as the commoner dynastic succession.
imageX
Image size is set at 80px. Square brackets are not needed.
altX
Alternative text for image.
The template with all parameters numbered
{{Succession table monarch
| name1       = 
| nickname1   = 
| native1     = 
| life1       = 
| reignstart1 = 
| reignend1   = 
| notes1      = 
| family1     = 
| image1      = 
| alt1        = 

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| image2      = 
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}}

Basic examples of this template's usage follow. Note the use of the nickname and native parameters.

{{Succession table monarch
| name1       = '''[[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]'''
| nickname1   = The Virgin Queen
| life1       = {{Birth date|1533|9|7|df=y}} - {{Death date and age|1603|3|24|1533|9|7|df=y}}
| reignstart1 = 17 November 1558
| reignend1   = 1603
| notes1      = Daughter of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Anne Boleyn]]
| family1     = [[Tudor dynasty|Tudor]]
| image1      = Elizabeth I in coronation robes.jpg
| alt1        = Elizabeth I
| name2       = '''[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck|Jigme Khesar Namgyel]]'''
| native2     = {{lang-dz|འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}
| life2       = b. 21 February 1980
| reignstart2 = 14 December 2006
| reignend2   = ''incumbent''
| notes2      = Son of [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck|Jigme Singye]]
| family2     = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| image2      = 
| alt2        = 
}}
အမည်
သက်တမ်း
ထီးနန်းဆက်ခံခြင်း
နန်းသက်ကုန်ခြင်း
မှတ်ချက်
မင်းဆက်
ပုံ
Elizabeth I
  • The Virgin Queen
(1533-09-07)၇ စက်တင်ဘာ၊ ၁၅၃၃ - ၂၄ မတ်၊ ၁၆၀၃(1603-03-24) (အသက် ၆၉) 17 November 1558 1603 Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Tudor Elizabeth I
Jigme Khesar Namgyel b. 21 February 1980 14 December 2006 incumbent Son of Jigme Singye Wangchuck

The following examples demonstrate the use of {{Succession table monarch/Orient}}.

{{Succession table monarch
| name1       = {{Succession table monarch/Orient
 | ReignName    = '''[[Guangxu Emperor|Guāngxù]]'''
 | ReignNameNa  = 光緒
 | TempleName   = Dézōng
 | TempleNameNa = 德宗
 | PostName     = Jǐngdì
 | PostNameNa   = 景帝
 | GivenName    = Zǎitián
 | GivenNameNa  = 載湉
 }}
| life1       = {{Birth date|1871|8|14|df=y}} - {{Death date and age|1908|11|14|1871|8|14|df=y}}
| reignstart1 = 25 February, 1875
| reignend1   = 14 November, 1908
| notes1      = Nephew of [[Empress Dowager Cixi]]
| family1     = [[Aisin Gioro|House of Aisin Gioro]]
| image1      = Emperor Guangxu.jpg
| alt1        = The Guangxu Emperor
| name2       = {{Succession table monarch/Orient
 | PostName     = '''[[Empress Gemmei|Gemmei]]'''
 | PostNameNa   = 元明天皇
 | GivenName    = Abe-hime
 }}
| life2       = 660 – {{Death date and age|721|12|29|660|2|4|df=y}}
| reignstart2 = 707
| reignend2   = 715
| notes2      = Daughter of [[Emperor Temmu]]
| family2     = [[Imperial House of Japan|Yamato]]
| image2      = 
| alt2        = 
| name3       = {{Succession table monarch/Orient
 | TempleName   = '''[[Sejong the Great]]'''
 | TempleNameNa = 세종
 | GivenName    = Yi Do
 | GivenNameNa  = 이도
 }}
| life3       = {{Birth date|1397|5|7|df=y}} - {{death date and age|1450|5|18|1397|5|6|df=y}}
| reignstart3 = 18 September 1418
| reignend3   = 18 May 1450
| notes3      = Son of [[Taejong of Joseon|Taejong]].
| family3     = [[House of Yi|Yi]]
| image3      = 
| alt3        = 
| name4       = {{Succession table monarch/Orient
 | EraName      = '''[[Gia Long]]'''
 | PostName     = Thế Tổ Cao Hoàng đế
 | TempleName   = Nguyễn Thế Tổ
 | GivenName    = Nguyễn Phúc Ánh
 }}
| life4       = {{Birth date|1762|2|8|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1820|2|3|1762|2|8|df=y}}
| reignstart4 = 1802
| reignend4   = 3 February, 1820
| notes4      = Established Nguyễn dynasty
| family4     = [[Nguyễn Dynasty|Nguyễn]]
| image4      = GiaLong.jpg
| alt4        = Gia Long
}}
အမည်
သက်တမ်း
ထီးနန်းဆက်ခံခြင်း
နန်းသက်ကုန်ခြင်း
မှတ်ချက်
မင်းဆက်
ပုံ
တမ်းပလိတ်:Succession table monarch/Orient
(1871-08-14)၁၄ ဩဂုတ်၊ ၁၈၇၁ - ၁၄ နိုဝင်ဘာ၊ ၁၉၀၈(1908-11-14) (အသက် ၃၇) 25 February 1875 14 November 1908 Nephew of Empress Dowager Cixi House of Aisin Gioro The Guangxu Emperor
တမ်းပလိတ်:Succession table monarch/Orient
660 – ၂၉ ဒီဇင်ဘာ၊ ၀၇၂၁(721-12-29) (အသက် ၆၁) 707 715 Daughter of Emperor Temmu Yamato
တမ်းပလိတ်:Succession table monarch/Orient
(1397-05-07)၇ မေ၊ ၁၃၉၇ - ၁၈ မေ၊ ၁၄၅၀(1450-05-18) (အသက် ၅၃) 18 September 1418 18 May 1450 Son of Taejong. Yi
တမ်းပလိတ်:Succession table monarch/Orient
(1762-02-08)၈ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ၊ ၁၇၆၂ – ၃ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ၊ ၁၈၂၀(1820-02-03) (အသက် ၅၇) 1802 3 February 1820 Established Nguyễn dynasty Nguyễn Gia Long

The following example demonstrates the use of {{Succession table monarch/Egypt}}.

{{Succession table monarch
| name1       = {{Succession table monarch/Egypt
 | Common       = '''[[Thutmose III]]'''
 | Horus        = Kanakht Khaemwaset
 | Nebty        = Wahnesytmireempet
 | GoldHorus    = Sekhempahtydsejerkhaw
 | Praenomen    = Menkheperre
 | Nomen        = Thutmose Neferkheperu
 }}
| life1       = d. 1425 BC
| reignstart1 = 1479 BC
| reignend1   = 1425 BC
| notes1      = Son of Thutmose II
| family1     = [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thutmosid Dynasty]]
| image1      = Thutmosis III-2.jpg
| alt1        = Thutmose III
}}
အမည်
သက်တမ်း
ထီးနန်းဆက်ခံခြင်း
နန်းသက်ကုန်ခြင်း
မှတ်ချက်
မင်းဆက်
ပုံ
တမ်းပလိတ်:Succession table monarch/Egypt
d. 1425 BC 1479 BC 1425 BC Son of Thutmose II Thutmosid Dynasty Thutmose III