An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by a monarch who is elected, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is automatically passed...

profess Roman Catholicism. Elective monarchy can function as de facto hereditary monarchy. A specific type of elective monarchy known as tanistry limits...

building dynasties. However, monarchies can also be elective and self-proclaimed. Aristocrats, though not inherent to monarchies, often function as the pool...

Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises...

incoming heir. One could describe the monarchy of Poland at that time as "the hereditary monarchy with a[n] elective legislature." A major reason was the...

any elective member or government employee from their post, but he can select the minister of state, government council and judges. Muslim monarchies. Absolute...

a grand duchy and Vatican City is a theocratic, elective monarchy ruled by the pope. The monarchies can be divided into two broad classes: premodern...

care Elective surgery An adjective for election Elective monarchy, a monarchy ruled by an elected monarch, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy This disambiguation...

loosely based on agnatic seniority. One state, Negeri Sembilan, is an elective monarchy; the ruler is elected from male members of the royal family by hereditary...

currently a subnational elective monarchy within Malaysia) Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (c. 18th century – 1972; became subnational monarchy of the United Arab...

independent monarchy (see also Irish head of state from 1922 to 1949), Vatican City as an elective monarchy, the Kingdom of Hungary as a nominal monarchy. The...

parliamentary system of government and elective monarchy, called the Golden Liberty, was an early example of constitutional monarchy. The General Sejm, the bicameral...

system of governance. Democratic centralism Democratic deficit Elective monarchy "Elective dictatorship". The Listener: 496–500. 21 October 1976. "The Rule...

Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century. Originally an elective monarchy, it became hereditary only in the 17th century during the reign of...

queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. Some monarchies are non-hereditary. In an elective monarchy, the monarch is elected but otherwise serves as...

continues to be an absolute monarchy, but is unique because it is also a microstate, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and elective monarchy. As of 2023, Vatican...

ceremonial president. The president under the 1963 constitution was an elective monarch, chosen by the parliament from among Uganda's five traditional...

cases, the post of the monarch is inherited, but there are also elective monarchies where the monarch is elected. Rule by a form of government in which...

Jagiellonian king, the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth became an elective monarchy with mostly foreigners elected as monarchs such as Henry III of France...

Cambodia has been an elected monarch, making Cambodia one of the few elective monarchies of the world. The king is elected for life by the Royal Council of...

with it possible that the monarchy in each of the states is a separate institution, equal in status to each other. The monarchy is therefore no longer an...

Kingdom of England by the 10th century. Anglo-Saxon England had an elective monarchy, but this was replaced by primogeniture after the Norman Conquest...

The Union included constitutional changes such as creating a formal elective monarchy, which would simultaneously reign over both parties. Following the...

1993 transition of Cambodia from a Marxist-Leninist republic to an elective monarchy. The city-state of Athens was ruled by monarchs in a period before...

Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th century during the reign of Gustav Vasa...

sign the Treaty of Roskilde. Frederick disbanded the elective monarchy in favour of absolute monarchy, which lasted until 1814 in Norway and 1848 in Denmark...

East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal, elective monarchy composed of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. It shares...

Lesotho, an enclave of South Africa, is a constitutional elective monarchy. The current monarchy was established in 1824 when Moshoeshoe I, a tribal chieftain...

The Roman Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy or the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history when the city and...

Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Vatican City are monarchies (Vatican City is an elective monarchy ruled by the Pope). These states trace their status...