If absolute primogeniture had applied from the very beginning of William the Conqueror’s reign over England, the current monarch of England would, bizarrely enough, be Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
If absolute primogeniture had applied from the very beginning of William the Conqueror’s reign over England, the current monarch of England would, bizarrely enough, be Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
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Absolute primogeniture is a law in which the eldest child of the sovereign succeeds to the throne, regardless of gender, and females (and their descendants) enjoy the same right of succession as males. This is currently the system in Sweden (since 1980), the Netherlands (since 1983), Norway (since 1990), Belgium (since 1991), Denmark (since 2009), Luxembourg (since 2011), and in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms (since 2013).
Henri is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He has reigned since 7 October 2000. Henri, the eldest son of Grand Duke Jean and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, is a first cousin of King Philippe of Belgium.
-[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_succession)
-[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg)
-[geni.com relationship path](https://www.geni.com/path/Henri-Grand-Duc-de-Luxembourg+is+related+to+William-the-Conqueror-king-of-England?from=6000000002960326411&path_type=blood&to=5597380726000028489) *Henry II of Brabant’s first wife’s children are assumed to have been illegitimate.
Luxembourg would be the metropolis, and England some overseas territory. Instad of Brexit, England would have voted for independence.
This is hilarious and fascinating!
And „The Crown” would have been shot in Luxembourgish!
If my grandma had wheels she would be a bicycle.
Its really interesting how even now most of the European royal families are related – they really didn’t mess around keeping it in the family!