An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.
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- Albania
- Austria-Hungary
- Baden
- Bavaria
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- China
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France (Bonapartist, Legitimist, Orléanist/Unionist)
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hanover
- Hesse
- Iran / Persia (Pahlavi, Qajar)
- Iraq
- Italy
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- Nepal
- Oldenburg
- Ottoman
- Portugal
- Prussia
- Romania
- Russia
- Saxony
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thurn and Taxis
- Tuscany
- Two Sicilies
- Württemberg
- Yugoslavia
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