Line of succession to the former Bavarian throne

note:
As of July 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The Kingdom of Bavaria was abolished in 1918. The current head of its formerly ruling House of Wittelsbach is Franz, Duke of Bavaria.

The succession is determined by Article 2 of Title 2 of the 1818 Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria, which states, “The crown is hereditary among the male descendants of the royal house according to the law of primogeniture and the agnatic lineal succession.”[1] The succession is further clarified by Title 5 of the Bavarian Royal Family Statute of 1819.[2]

In 1948 and 1949 Crown Prince Rupprecht, with the agreement of the other members of the house, amended the house laws to allow the succession of the sons of princes who had married into comital houses.[3] In 1999 Duke Franz, with the agreement of the other members of the house, amended the house laws further to allow the succession of the sons of any princes who married with the permission of the head of the house.

Franz has never married. The heir presumptive to the headship of the House of Wittelsbach is his brother Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria. Because Max has five daughters but no sons, he is followed in the line of succession by his and Franz’s first cousin (and second cousin in the male line) Prince Luitpold.[4]

Line of Succession on 13 November 1918

  • King Ludwig I (1786–1868) (abdicated 1848)
    • King Maximilian II (1811–1864)
      • King Ludwig II (1845–1886)
      • King Otto (1848–1916)
    • King Otto of Greece (1815–1867)
    • Luitpold, Prince Regent (1821–1912)
      • King Ludwig III (b.1845)
        • (1) Crown Prince Rupprecht (b.1869)
          • (2) Prince Albrecht (b.1905)
        • (3) Prince Karl (b.1874)
        • (4) Prince Franz (b.1875)
          • (5) Prince Ludwig (b.1913)
      • (6) Prince Leopold (b.1846)
        • (7) Prince Georg (b.1880)
        • (8) Prince Konrad (b.1883)
    • Prince Adalbert (1828–1875)
      • (9) Prince Ludwig Ferdinand (b.1859)
        • Infante Ferdinand of Spain, former Prince Ferdinand (b.1884) (renounced rights)
          • Infante Luis Alfonso of Spain (b.1906)
          • Infante José Eugenio of Spain (b.1909)
        • (10) Prince Adalbert (b.1886)
      • (11) Prince Alfons (b.1862)
        • (12) Prince Joseph Clemens (b.1902)

Current Line of Succession

  • Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868)
    • Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912)
      • Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921)
        • Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869-1955)
          • Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905-1996)
            • Franz, The Duke of Bavaria (born 1933)
            • (1) Prince Max of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria (born 1937)
        • Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875-1957)
          • Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913-2008)
            • (2) Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (born 1951)
              • (3) Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born 1982)
              • (4) Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1986)
              • (5) Prince Karl of Bavaria (born 1987)
          • Prince Rasso of Bavaria (1926-2011)
            • (6) Pater Florian von Bayern, O.S.B. (born 1957)
            • (7) Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (born 1960)
              • (8) Prince Tassilo of Bavaria (born 1992)
              • (9) Prince Richard of Bavaria (born 1993)
              • (10) Prince Philipp of Bavaria (born 1996)
            • (11) Prince Christoph of Bavaria (born 1962)
              • (12) Prince Corbinian of Bavaria (born 1996)
              • (13) Prince Stanislaus of Bavaria (born 1997)
              • (14) Prince Marcello of Bavaria (born 1998)
    • Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828-1875)
      • Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859-1949)
        • Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886-1970)
          • Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (1920-1969)
            • (15) Prince Leopold of Bavaria (born 1943) – current heir to Otto I, King of Greece (Leopold’s eldest son Prince Manuel of Bavaria was born out of wedlock and is not in the line of succession)
              • (16) Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (born 1986)
            • (17) Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (born 1944)
              • (18) Prince Hubertus of Bavaria (born 1989)

 

 

Line of succession to the former Württemberger throne

In Wikipedia, this article’s name is(was) Line of succession to the former throne of Württemberg.

note:
As of July 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The monarchy of Württemberg came to an end in 1918 along with the rest of the monarchies that made up the German Empire. The last member of the dynasty to reign as King of Württemberg was William II.

With the death of William II in 1921, succession to the royal claim bypassed the former Duke of Teck and the Duke of Urach, both of whom descended from morganatic marriages, and the headship of the royal house was inherited by Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, of the Roman Catholic, Altshausen branch of the royal family. The current head of the House of Württemberg is Carl, Duke of Württemberg. His elder brother Duke Ludwig Albrecht had previously renounced his succession rights for himself and his issue.

The succession is determined by Article 7 of the 1819 Constitution of the Kingdom of Württemberg, which states, “The right of the succession to the throne belongs to the male line of the royal house; the order of the same is determined by the succession of lines according to primogeniture.” The current order of succession is:

  • Duke Albrecht (1865–1939)
    • Duke Philipp Albrecht (1893–1975)
      • Duke Carl (born 1936)
        • Duke Friedrich (1961–2018)
          • (1) Duke Wilhelm (born 1994)
        • (2) Duke Eberhard (born 1963)
          • (3) Duke Alexander (born 2010)
        • (4) Duke Philipp (born 1964)
          • (5) Duke Carl Theodor (born 1999)
        • (6) Duke Michael (born 1965)
    • Duke Albrecht Eugen (1895–1954)
      • (7) Duke Ferdinand Eugen (born 1925)
      • (8) Duke Eugen Eberhard (born 1930)
      • (9) Duke Alexander Eugen (born 1933)

 

 

Line of succession in 1918

  • Duke Frederick II Eugene (1732–1797)
    • King Frederick I (1754–1816)
      • King William I (1781–1864)
        • King Charles I (1823–1891)
      • Prince Paul (1785–1852)
        • Prince Frederick (1808–1870)
          • King William II (b. 1848)
    • Duke Alexander (1771–1833)
      • Duke Alexander (1804–1881)
        • Duke Philipp (1838–1917)
          • (1) Duke Albrecht (b.1865)
            • (2) Duke Philipp Albrecht (b.1893)
            • (3) Duke Albrecht Eugen (b.1895)
            • (4) Duke Karl Alexander (b.1896)
          • (5) Duke Robert (b.1873)
          • (6) Duke Ulrich (b.1877)

Line of succession to the former Albanian throne

note:
As of August 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The line of succession to the former Albanian throne is an ordered list of those eligible to succeed to the headship of the Royal House of Albania, grand mastership of the dynastic orders and ascend the throne of Albania in the event the monarchy is restored. The native monarchy of Albania was deposed in 1939. The current head of the royal house is Leka (II), Prince of the Albanians.

House of Wied

The first modern Albanian monarchy, the Principality of Albania was established on 21 February 1914. The German prince William of Wied was selected by the Great Powers to rule the newly independent country.

Prince William left Albania on 3 September 1914 due to serious unrest in the country. Prince William never renounced his claim to the throne and was succeeded upon his death in 1945 by his only son Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. With the childless death of the Hereditary Prince in 1973 the Wied claim to the Albanian throne is unclear.

Current situation

As of 2015:

  • Hermann, 4th Prince of Wied (1814-1864)
    • Elisabeth of Wied, Queen of Romania (1843-1916)
    • William, 5th Prince of Wied (1845–1907)
      • William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied (1872-1945)
        • Hermann, Hereditary Prince of Wied (1899-1941)
          • Friedrich Wilhelm, 7th Prince of Wied (1931-2000)
            • Prince Alexander (b 1960), renounced rights, unmarried
            • Carl, 8th Prince of Wied (1961-2015)
              • Maximilian, 9th Prince of Wied (b 1999)
              • Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (b 2001)
            • Prince Wolff-Heinrich (b 1979)
          • Prince Metfried Alexander (b 1935)
            • Prince Friedrich Christian (b 1968)
              • Prince Ferdinand Constantin (b 2003)
              • Prince Friedrich Conrad (b 2006)
              • Prince Friedrich Carl (b 2007)
              • Prince Friedrich Christian (b 2010)
            • Prince Magnus Alexander (b 1972)
        • Prince Dietrich (1901-1976)
          • Prince Maximilian (1929-2008)
          • Prince Ulrich (1931-2010)
            • Prince Ulrich (b 1970)
              • Prince Wilhelm (b 2001)
              • Prince Georg (b 2004)
              • Prince Philipp (b 2010)
          • Prince Wilhelm (1936-1937)
          • Prince Ludwig-Eugen (1938-2001)
            • Prince Edzard (b 1968)
      • William, Prince of Albania as: Vidi I or Scanderbeg II (1876-1945)
        • Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (Skënder) (1913-1973)

 

 

House of Zogu

Main article: House of Zogu

The second Albanian monarchy was established on 1 September 1928 when President Ahmet Zogu was proclaimed King of the Albanians. He reigned until 1939 when he was forced to flee the country following an invasion by Mussolini’s Italy.

With the death in exile of King Zog in 1961 he was succeeded as claimant to the throne and head of the House of Zogu by his only son Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, who was proclaimed King of the Albanians by the Albanian National Assembly in exile.[1] King Leka remained head of the house and claimant to the throne until his death in 2011 when he was succeeded by his only son, Leka II.

Zogu law of succession

The following articles of the Albanian kingdom’s constitution of 1928 set out the succession to the throne:[2]

Article 51. The Heir to the Throne shall be the King’s eldest son and the succession shall continue generation after generation in the direct male line.
Article 52. Should the Heir die or lose his rights to the Throne, his eldest son shall succeed. Should the Heir to the Throne die or lose his rights and leave no son, the succession shall pass to the brother coming after him.
Article 53. Should there be no Heir to the Throne under articles 51 and 52, the King shall select his successor from among the male members of his family, but the King’s selection shall be with the consent of Parliament. Should the King not use his prerogative, and the succession remain vacant, Parliament shall then select a male member of the King’s family as successor to the Throne. In case no heirs exist in the King’s family, or such as may exist are held incapable by a special parliamentary decision taken by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House, Parliament shall select a successor from the line of the King’s daughters or sisters, but such successor must be of Albanian origin. When there are no males in the families above mentioned, Parliament shall select a successor of Albanian origin. Should the Throne remain vacant, the Council of Ministers shall exercise the Royal powers until the question of the successor is settled.
Upon the establishment of the monarchy as King Zog had no son, in accordance with the constitution he appointed his nephew Tati Esad Murad Kryeziu as heir to the throne.[3] Prince Tati was displaced in 1939 by the birth of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, the only son of King Zog.[1]

Situation as of 2012

Crown Prince Leka II, the only living descendant of King Zog I and the head of the royal house as of 2012, has no sons. The current heir presumptive to Prince Leka is Skënder Zogu, his first-cousin once removed.[4] After him the following currently living male members of the Zogu family could also become heirs:

  • Xhemal Pasha Zogu (1860–1911)
    • Prince Xhelal Bey Zogu (1881–1944)
      • (1) Skënder Zogu (b. 1933)[1]
      • (2) Mirgin Zogu (b. 1937)[1]
        • (3) Alexandre Zogu (b. 1963)[1]
        • (4) Michel Zogu (b. 1966)[1]
    • King Zog I (1895–1961)
      • King Leka I (1939–2011)
        • Crown Prince Leka II (born 1982)

 

 

Line of succession to the former Waldecker and Pyrmonter throne

In Wikipedia, this article’s name is(was) Line of succession to the former throne of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

note:
As of July 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont was abolished in 1918 during the German Revolution, following the defeat of the Central Powers in the First World War. The succession, as with most former states of the Holy Roman Empire, was semi-salic, with the nearest female kinswoman of the last male inheriting the crown upon extinction of the dynasty in the male line. The current pretender to the throne and head of the house is Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, grandson of Friedrich, the last ruling prince.

Present line of succession

  • Frederick, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865-1946)
    • Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896-1967)
      • Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1936)
        • (1) Karl-Anton, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1991)
        • (2) Prince Josias Christian (born 1993)
        • (3) Prince Johannes (born 1993)
    • Prince Maximilian Wilhelm (1898-1981)
      • (4) Prince Georg-Viktor (born 1936)
        • (5) Prince Christian-Ludwig (born 1967)
          • (6) Prince Christian Wolrad (born 1998)
          • (7) Prince Viktor (born 2000)
          • (8) Prince Casimir (born 2002)
          • (9) Prince Moritz (born 2006)
        • (10) Prince Wolrad (born 1974)
          • (11) Prince Nikolaus Christian-Ludwig (born 2012)
    • Prince Georg Wilhelm (1902-1971)
      • (12) Prince Josias Friedrich (born 1935)
        • (13) Prince Alexander (born 1972)
          • (14) Prince Josias Ludwig (born 2012)
        • (15) Prince Clemens (born 1975)
      • Prince Georg-Friedrich (1936-2020)
        • (16) Prince Philipp-Heinrich (born 1967)
      • (17) Prince Volkwin (born 1940)
        • (18) Prince Friedrich (born 1969)
          • (19) Prince Paul-Ferdinand (born 2012)
        • (20) Prince Nikolaus Karl (born 1970)
        • (21) Prince Ludwig Wilhelm (born 1983)
      • (22) Prince Christian-Peter (born 1945)
        • (23) Prince Georg-Wilhelm (born 1972)
          • (24) Prince Friedrich-Karl Ulrich (born 1999)
          • (25) Prince Max Georg (born 2000)
          • (26) Prince Caspar (born 2004)
          • (27) Prince Christian Hubertus (born 2004)

 

 

Line of Succession in November 1918

  • Frederick, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1865)
    • (1) Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1896)
    • (2) Prince Maximilian Wilhelm (born 1898)
    • (3) Prince Georg Wilhelm (born 1902)

Line of succession to the former Bulgarian throne

note:
As of July 2020.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The Bulgarian monarchy was abolished in 1946.[1] The last monarch to reign was Tsar Simeon II, who remains head of the former Bulgarian Royal Family.[2] The law of succession for the dynasty was constitutionally established as Salic primogeniture: only Orthodox males born of approved marriages and descended in the male-line from the first tsar (king) of the Saxe-Coburg line, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, by seniority of birth with provision for substitution were eligible to occupy Bulgaria’s throne.[2]

After Simeon II’s deposition those who meet the criteria of that order of succession are enumerated as follows:[2]

  • Tsar Simeon II (born 1937)
    • Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo (1962–2015)[3]
      • (1) Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (b. 1997)[3]
      • (2) Prince Beltrán of Bulgaria (b. 1999)
    • (3) Kyril, Prince of Preslav (b. 1964)
      • (4) Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria (b. 2002)
    • (5) Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte (b. 1965)
      • (6) Prince Mirko of Bulgaria (b. 1995)
      • (7) Prince Lukás of Bulgaria (b. 1997)
      • (8) Prince Tirso of Bulgaria (b. 2002)
    • (9) Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin (b. 1967)
      • (10) Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (b. 1999)