Imperial and Royal Majesty ( abbreviated as HI&RM) was the style used by King-Emperors and their consorts as heads of imperial dynasties that were simultaneously royal. The style was notably used by the Emperor of Austria (who was also the King of Hungary and

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

) and by the German Emperor (who was also the King of Prussia). The Austrian and Bohemian monarchies were abolished in 1918 while the vacant throne of Hungary continued to exist until the 1940s.

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Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

was also styled ''Imperial and Royal Majesty'' between 1805 and 1814 as Emperor of the French and King of Italy. * John VI of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves was styled ''His Imperial and Royal Majesty'', from 1825, when Portugal and Brazil signed the ''Treaty of Rio de Janeiro'', recognizing the Brazilian independence but granting John VI as the titular Emperor of Brazil, until 1826, when he died. * Franz Joseph I of Austria was further titled "His Imperial and Royal

Apostolic Majesty His (Royal) Apostolic Majesty was a styled title used by the Kings of Hungary, in the sense of being latter-day apostles of Christianity. First creation The origin of this title dates from about A.D. 1000 when it was conferred by Pope Silvester I ...

" (''Seine Kaiserliche und Königliche Apostolische Majestät'') along with his consort Empress Elisabeth, who was styled "Her Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty" (''Ihre Kaiserliche und Königliche Apostolische Majestät''). The plural for the couple was also used as "Their Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesties" (''Ihre Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Apostolischen Majestäten''). * Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom reigned as Queen-Empress of India between 1876 and 1901. Her successors, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII and

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...

reigned as King-Emperors (1901–47). However, these monarchs did not use the style Imperial and Royal Majesty, preferring the style His/Her Majesty instead. * Victor Emmanuel III of Italy claimed the thrones of Ethiopia and Albania as

Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...

(1936–41) and King of the Albanians (1939–43). * The last king-emperor to use that style was Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran ( r: 1941–79).

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* Although being known as ''the King-Emperor'', Peter I of Brazil was not styled ''His Imperial and Royal Majesty'', neither ''His Imperial and Royal Highness'', when his father, John VI, died, in 1826. His condition as Emperor of Brazil was not compatible with his title as King of Portugal, neither in Brazil nor in Portugal, and when he was confirmed King by the Portuguese Courts, in 1834, being entitled ''Peter IV of Portugal'', he had already abdicated the Brazilian throne in favor of his son, Pedro of Alcântara, Prince Imperial of Brazil.

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