American royalty
American royalty may refer to American citizens who are members of royal families, through birth, naturalization or marriage; or American dynastic families that are given the epithet or moniker as American royalty. == Former monarchies of the United States == The territory of the United States of America was once ruled by monarchies, as such, the royalty of these territories included: === Indigenous royals === Hawaiian monarchy, for Hawaii, conquered by the US and annexed into the Republic Paramount Chiefs of the Powhatan Confederacy === Colonial monarchies of the territory now the United States === British monarchy, for the 13 Colonies, prior to the American Revolution, the Great Lakes Region, the Southeastern States, and the Pacific Northwest Dutch monarchy, for the Colony of New Netherlands (New York State / New Jersey / Connecticut / Vermont) Swedish monarchy, for the Swedish Delaware Chesapeake Colony Spanish monarchy, for Florida, California, Louisiana, Desert Southwest, Texas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands French monarchy, for Louisiana, the Great Plains, and Midwest Russian monarchy, for Alaska Japanese monarchy, for Guam == Royalty of foreign nations == Americans may remain American and hold titles of nobility.