Female Heirs – Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
With the introduction of absolute primogeniture in most European monarchies, there are now several Queens in waiting. With our new series Female Heirs, we’ll be […]
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Female Heirs – Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
With the introduction of absolute primogeniture in most European monarchies, there are now several Queens in waiting. With our new series Female Heirs, we’ll be […]
Forty years of absolute primogeniture – 1980/2020
When Crown Princess Victoria was born on 14 July 1977, she was simply a Princess of Sweden without any succession rights. Even before her birth, […]
Ulvhild Håkansdotter – Thrice a Queen
Ulvhild Håkansdotter was born circa 1095 as the daughter of Haakon Finnsson. The name of her mother was not recorded. She came from somewhere in […]
Louise of Great Britain – The popular Queen
Louise of Great Britain was born on 18 December 1724 as the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. On 11 December 1743, she […]
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia – The Revolutionary Queen
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on 24 July 1720 as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was […]
