1: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicated on January 14, 2022

2: King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated on June 19, 2014

3: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom abdicated on December 11, 1936

4: Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated on April 30, 2019

5: King Albert II of Belgium abdicated on July 21, 2013

6: King Michael I of Romania abdicated on December 30, 2017

7: Pope Celestine V abdicated in 1294, the only pope to do so

8: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated on April 30, 2013

9: King Felipe VI of Spain was proclaimed king after his father abdicated

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