Monarchy in Ostland

Monarchy was the form of government in Ostland during various periods of country's history. First, from 1702 to 1714, during the ephemeral First Kingdom of Ostland; and most recently, since country's independence from Norway, in 1864, to the rise of the republinanism and the Revolution of November, in 1948.

The rulling family since its establishment were the Bennshoffen. Hans III was the last king who reigned Ostland, from his father's death in 1907, to the end of the monarchy. The current head of the family is Julius. who was born outside Ostland, in 1975. The Bennshoffen were the only Royal family in Scandinavia who were not parented with the House of Glücksburg.