Successions of the 10 Modern European Monarchies

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Royalty 101: Ten hereditary monarchies survive in Europe today; Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Monaco. Each of them pass their thrones within their respective royal or noble family based on different rules. Some give daughters equal right to sons, some bar women and their children entirely. Princes and Princesses may be born into or removed from the line based their religion, if they are raised in the country, who they marry and other factors. Some monarchies have tight laws and successions lines only 10 to 20 people long. While others have lines which include thousands of extended relatives. Let’s take a look at who is and is not in line for the thrones of each of the 10 modern European monarchies. And take a look at the historic events and royal scandals have shaped succession rules over the centuries. Plus we’ll find out which royals are in line for more than one throne. Belgium: Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant Denmark: Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark; The Netherlands: Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Norway: Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway; Princess Ingrid Alexandra Spain: Leonor, Princess of Asturias Sweden: Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden The United Kingdom: William, Prince of Wales; Prince George Luxembourg: Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg; Prince Charles Liechtenstein: Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein; Prince Joseph Wenzel Monaco: Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: "Bellissimo" by Doug Maxwell #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.8	Hello and welcome to history tea time.
1:03.5	I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.
1:11.6	Royalty 101. Successions of the 10 modern European monarchies.
1:16.6	10 hereditary monarchies survive in Europe today.
1:21.6	Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and Monaco.
1:29.3	Each of them passed their thrones within their respective royal or noble families based on different rules.
1:36.3	Some give daughters equal right to sons.
1:39.3	Some bar women and their children entirely.
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