Law of succession

Law of succession

Laws of succession govern the order of succession to various monarchies. Some laws of succession include:

Current monarchies

United Kingdom

*British succession
**Act of Settlement 1701

Norway

*Norwegian Law of Succession

Thailand

*1924 Palace Law of Succession

pain

*Line of succession to the Spanish throne

Former monarchies

France

*Kings of France
**Salic law
* Legitimist claimants to the throne of France
* Orléanist claimants to the throne of France
* Bonapartist claimants to the throne of France
* Jacobite claimants to the throne of France

Hawai'i

*Line of succession to the Hawaiian throne

Russia

*Russian law of succession 1797
**Line of succession to the Russian throne

Greece

*Line_of_succession_to_the_Greek_throne

General

*Agnatic succession
*Elective monarchy
*Primogeniture
*Proximity of blood
*Ultimogeniture
*Tanistry


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