Editing Self-proclaimed monarchy (section)

{{Short description|Self-proclaimed role of power}}
[[File:Jacques-Louis David 019.jpg|thumb|Coronation of Emperor [[Napoleon I of France]] at [[Notre-Dame de Paris]]. Napoleon crowned himself as "Emperor of the French" during this ceremony, then crowned his consort [[Joséphine de Beauharnais|Josephine]] as Empress.]]
A '''self-proclaimed monarchy''' is established when a person claims a monarchy without any historical ties to a previous dynasty.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crisp |first=Wil |date=14 March 2021 |title=The man who declared himself king |work=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Digital News and Media Limited |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/everland-steve-ogier-king-guernsey-b1816768.html |access-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323021453/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/everland-steve-ogier-king-guernsey-b1816768.html |archive-date=23 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Napoleon I |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I |access-date=22 March 2022 |last1=Godechot |first1=Jacques |date=7 March 2022 |orig-date=20 July 1998 |display-authors=1 |last2=Gaur |first2=Aakanksha}}</ref> In many cases, this would make them a [[pretender to the throne]] (when a ruling dynasty is already established). The [[self-proclaimed]] [[monarch]] may be of an established state, such as [[Zog I of Albania]], or of a [[micronation]], such as [[Leonard Casley]] of [[Principality of Hutt River|Hutt River]], Western Australia.