This doctrine had ancient republican thought at its roots, which was then reapplied with varying success to the political reality of an elective monarchy.
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One state, Negeri Sembilan, is an elective monarchy; the ruler is elected from male members of the royal family by hereditary chiefs.
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With the Peace of Westphalia the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen had turned from an elective monarchy into the hereditary monarchy of the Duchy of Bremen.
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At the time, Denmark was still an elective monarchy, so in spite of being the eldest son Christian was not automatically heir to the throne.
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Historically it is not uncommon for elective monarchies to transform into hereditary ones over time, or for hereditary ones to acquire at least occasional elective aspects.
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The United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms are all constitutional monarchies in the elective monarchies, wherein the ruler is periodically selected by a small electoral college.
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There appears to have been no principle of elective monarchy among the Suevi and the successes of their raids may have accounted for the contentment of their people.
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Examples are Henry the Young King and the heirs of elective monarchies, such as the use of the title King of the Romans for the Habsburg emperors.
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Formed from a union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Commonwealth has a unique system of governance; the elective monarchy.
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Many late-medieval countries of Europe were officially elective monarchies, but in fact pseudo-elective; most transitioned into officially hereditary in the early modern age.
