Last modified: 14 March 2021
Deaths in reigning and non-reigning royal houses of the year 2017.
* = New
| Date | Name | Age | Place |
| 1 January | Aas Kaur (Kapurthala, India) | 83 | New Delhi, India |
| 2 January | Austin Prichard-Levy (Yugoslavia) | 63 | London, UK |
| 4 January | Hubert Count zu Stolberg-Stolberg | 93 | München, Germany |
| 5 January | Count Josef Anton von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee | 66 | |
| 6 January | Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, 44th head of the Ottoman royal family | 93 | New York, USA |
| 6 January | Joaquín Bertrán Caralt (Hohenlohe-Langenburg) | 88 | Madrid, Spain |
| 8 January | Franziska Illing Orsini-Rosenberg (Orsini und Rosenberg) | 86 | |
| 13 January | Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (UK) | 86 | |
| 14 January | Prince Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 14 January | Countess Victoria von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg née de Verdugo y Peña | 80 | |
| 15 January | The Kanwar Pratab Singh (Kapurthala, India), also known as Paul Sinclair | 61 | UK (?) |
| 16 January | Princess Monica zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg née Countess Wolff Metternich zur Gracht | 97 | Strauweiler Castle, Odenthal, Germany |
| 25 January (executed) | Sheikh Faisal Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait | Central Prison, Kuwait | |
| 26 January | Karin von Grumme-Douglas (Bentheim und Steinfurt) | 87 | München, Germany |
| 28 January | Sheikha Sheikha bint Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai (UAE) | Dubai, UAE | |
| 28 January | Princess Janet Romanoff (Russia) née Schonwald | 84 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 28 January | Count Karl von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | 81 | |
| 29 January | Prince Badr bin Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Faisal of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 1 February | Princess Theodora von Auersperg née Princess zur Lippe-Weissenfeld | 92 | |
| 4 February | Princess Norodom Tavek Norleak of Cambodia | 89 | Paris, France |
| 9 February | Beyzade Bülent Osman Bey (Turkey) | 85 or 87 | Clinique Rochebrune, Garches, France |
| 14 February | Dom Henrique de Bragança, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra | 67 | São José Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 14 February (burial) | Prince Mansur bin Fahd bin Abd al-Muhsin bin Jalawi Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
| 19 February | Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho of Tonga | 90 | Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 20 February | Count Ernst zu Solms-Laubach | 78 | |
| 22 February | Georg Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg (Leyen) | 90 | Haldenwang, Germany |
| 26 February | Princess al-Bandari bint Nasir bin Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 9 March | The mother of Prince Nawwaf bin Saud bin Abd al-Azis of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 13 March | Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Denmark) | 82 | Berleburg Castle, Bad Berleburg, Germany |
| 15 March | Prince Bao Thang of Vietnam | 73 | Paris, France |
| 20 March | Prince Bagrat Bagration-Mukhransky (Georgia) | 68 | Marbella, Spain |
| 28 March | Infanta Doña Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (Two Sicilies) née Princess de Bourbon de Parme | 99 | Madrid, Spain |
| 29 March | Sheikh Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Deputy Ruler of Fujairah (UAE) | 79 | |
| 29 March | Sheikh Saad Jaber Al-Athbi Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah of Kuwait | 52 | |
| 31 March | Sultan Syarif Abubakar bin Syarif Mahmud bin Sultan Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie, 8th Sultan of Pontianak | 73 | RSDU Soedarso Pontianak Hospital, Indonesia |
| 1 April | Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammad bin Issa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain | ||
| 3 April | Kiritokia ete Tomairangi Adrianne Gail Paki (Maori) | 63 | |
| 10 April | Prince Saad bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 11 April | Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld (Sweden) | 82 | |
| 12 April | Jean-Claude Dualé (Napoléon) | 80 | Paris, France |
| 17 April | Count Eberhard zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | 85 | |
| 24 April | Prince Nasser bin Sultan bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 30 April | Archduke Joseph Arpád of Austria | 84 | Madrid, Spain |
| 3 May | Prince Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | 90 | |
| * 6 May | Prince Gholamreza Pahlavi (Iran) | 94 | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| 23 May | Prince Abdallah bin Faysal bin Turki of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 3 June | Princess and Landgravine Oda-Mathilde von Hessen née von Garmissen | 82 | |
| 6 June | Friedrich Karl 9th Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst | 83 | Schwäbisch Hall, Germany |
| 13 June | Jan von Haeften (partner of Tatiana Princess von Hessen née Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg) | 85 | |
| 14 June | Marguerite Luce-Bailly de Chevigny née Duchess von Württemberg | 88 | Paris, France |
| 15 June | Sheikha Azza bint Majed bin Nasser Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) | ||
| 19 June | Countess Elisabeth Hunyady née Countess von Neipperg | 96 | |
| 20 June | Alfons Count von Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg (Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn) | 87 | Salzburg, Austria |
| 30 June | Hanuwant Singh Malvinder Bahadur, the 9th titular Maharaja of Nadha | 68 | Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India |
| 8 July | Horst Dierkes (Waldeck und Pyrmont) | 78 | |
| 9 July | Friedrich August Duke von Oldenburg | 81 | Meran(o), Italy |
| 10 July | Countess Maria Immaculata zu Toerring-Jettenbach née Freiin Waldbott von Bassenheim | 95 | |
| 13 July | Princess Barbara de Lobkowicz née Countess d’Ursel | 60 | Uccle, Belgium |
| * 13 July | Countess Maria Andrea zu Stolberg-Stolberg | 95 | Salzburg, Austria |
| 13 July | Prince Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | 86 | |
| 17 July | Sahibzadi Saida Begum Sahiba of Hyderabad | 67 | Hyderabad, India |
| 19 July | Prince Charles de Croÿ | 66 | Uccle, Belgium |
| 20 July | Takenori Kaya (Japan) | 74 | |
| 23 July | Count Ludwig von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee | 82 | |
| 24 July | Rajmata Mohinder Kaur (Patiala, India) | 94 | New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala, India |
| 25 July | Yousra Osmanoglu (Turkey) | 91 | Hospital, Damascus, Syria |
| July | Prince Ehsan Ullah of Afghanistan | 90 | Switzerland |
| July | Prince John Brooks Lobkowicz | 60 | Prague, Czechia |
| * 5 August | Prince Albrecht von und zu Liechtenstein, Baron von Landskron | 77 | Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| 6 August | Kanwar Vishwajit Prithvijit Singh (Kapurthala, India) | Escorts Hospital, New Delhi, India | |
| 8 August (burial) | Prince Salman bin Saad bin Abdullah bin Turki Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 16 August | Prince Bandar bin Fahd bin Sa’d of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2 September | Raimund Adalbert Count zu Erbach-Fürstenau | 66 | Bad König, Germany |
| 2 September (discovery of remains) | Ali Raza (Oudh/Awadh, India) | 58 | Malcha Mahal Palace, Delhi, India |
| 11 September | Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, The Sultan of Kedah, 5th and 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia | 89 | |
| 11 September | Christoph Pudelko (Lippe) | 85 | Bonn, Germany |
| 13 September | Countess Margerita Madeleine “Margret” von Schönborn née Gschwind | 80 | |
| 17 September | Prince Johannes von Auersperg “John” | 87 | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 21 September | Friedrich-Karl Bunn (Ysenburg und Büdingen) | 83 | |
| 23 September | Princess Stephanie Margarita zu Leiningen | 58 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 3 October | Raja Puan Besar Perak, Raja Nor Mahani Raja Shahar Shah (Perak, Malaysia) | 74 | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| * 4 October | Comtesse Joachim de Pierre de Bernis Calvière (Croÿ) | 99 | Boisset-et-Gaujac, Gard, France |
| 13 October | Countess Eleonore von Matuschka née Countess von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee | 78 | Bonn, Germany |
| 31 October | Sheikha Nora bint Ali bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman | ||
| 31 October | Sergio de Figueroa y Tagle (Lippe-Weissenfeld) | 94 | |
| 4 November | Lila Kawananakoa (Hawaii) | 92 | Ajijíc, Mexico |
| 5 November | Princess Dona Isabel de Orleans e Bragança (Brazil) | 73 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 5 November (helicopter crash) | Prince Mansour bin Muqrin of Saudi Arabia | 43 | Asir Province, Saudi Arabia |
| 8 November | Eva von Foglar-Deinhardstein (Schönburg-Hartenstein) | 88 | |
| 26 November | Princess Julia Yi of Korea née Mullock | 89 | Hawaii, USA |
| 5 December | King Mihai I of Romania | 96 | Aubonne, Switzerland |
| 11 December | Princess Ursula Helene zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen-Bissel | 79 | Erlangen, Germany |
| 22 December (?) | Princess Al Anood bint Meta’ab bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
| 23 December | Munenori Kaya (Japan) | 82 | |
| 25 December | Princess Helene of Bavaria née Countess von Khevenhüller-Metsch | 96 | Bad Hindelang, Germany |
| 25 December | Prince Philip Lobkowicz | 56 | USA |
| 26 December | Count Ferdinand von Colloredo-Mansfeld | 78 | USA |
| 31 December | François, Count of Clermont (France) | 56 | Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France |
| Exact date unknown | Archduchess Claudia of Austria (Tuscany) | 87 | |
| Exact date unknown | Countess Jutta von Platen-Hallermund née Hahn | 91 |