It is widely known that when King Henry VII ascended the English throne in 1485, there were many people with a greater claim to the throne than he. He won the crown in battle against King Richard III and kept hold of it partly because of his marriage to the Yorkist Princess Elizabeth of York, [read more]
The Principality of Monaco has traditionally practised male-preference primogeniture, which means that a brother will always take precedence over an elder sister. If we take absolute primogeniture (meaning that the eldest child inherits regardless of sex) into account, which women were passed over? Marie Grimaldi Marie was the only child of Antoinette of Savoy and [read more]
Queen Sālote had died on 16 December 1965 at 12.15 a.m. at Aotea Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. Her youngest son and his wife were with her, but the Crown Prince and Princess arrived two hours after the Queen died, after their plane was delayed. News reached Tonga through a radio broadcast at 10 a.m. [read more]
The Kingdom of Romania existed between 1881 and 1947. Romania operated on salic law, which meant that women were barred from the throne. However, as King Michael designated his eldest daughter as his heir, we will differentiate between Queen consort and Queen regnant. From 1930, the controversial King Carol II reigned. He had been married [read more]
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Queen Roxane was the most famous of King Alexander the Great’s wives.[1] She married him solely for political reasons.[2] She is famous for giving birth to King Alexander the Great’s only legitimate son, King Alexander IV.[3] However, Queen Roxane would learn that having a son by King Alexander the Great would prove to be dangerous.[4] Queen Roxane was [read more]
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