Since the country became independent from the Netherlands in 1830, Belgium has had six male monarchs _ a legacy of legislation granting the king's male descendants first rights to the throne.
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She is designated to become the first female monarch in Norway in nearly 600 years, due to a change in the constitution in 1990 to eliminate a clause that allowed only male monarchs.
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The title of Queen's Counsel _ known as King's Counsel under a male monarch _ was created in the 16th century for a group of senior lawyers retained by the crown.
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If a female descendant should take the throne, she will not necessarily be the senior heiress by primogeniture, but usually the nearest relative to the last male monarch of the dynasty by proximity of blood.
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Even though the Constitution allowed female succession to the throne, Brazil was still a very traditional, male-dominated society, and the prevailing view was that only a male monarch would be capable as head of state.
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Though the princess is the eldest child of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, her younger brother Crown Prince Haakon is next in line for the throne because the constitution at the time of their births only allowed male monarchs.
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The husband of a queen regnant is usually titled " prince consort " or simply " prince ", whereas the wives of male monarchs take the female equivalent ( e . g ., empress, queen ) of their husband's title.
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"' Barbara RadziwiBB "'(,; 6 December 1520 / 23 8 May 1551 ) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty.
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In 1987, McNamee became Melbourne's last officially crowned " King of Moomba ", subsequently a " Moomba Monarch " was selected ( male Monarchs were popularly, but unofficially, still called " King of Moomba " ).
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Belgium, which became independent from the Netherlands in 1830, has had six male monarchs under the so-called Salic law, which was widely adopted in Europe in the 9th century and banned female heirs from inheriting property or titles to prevent kingdoms from falling in the hands of rival princes.
