Order of Succession

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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Orders of succession
Former monarchies
  • 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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