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Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [ note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant ...
The reign of Kenneth MacAlpin begins what is often called the House of Alpin, an entirely modern concept.The descendants of Kenneth MacAlpin were divided into two branches; the crown would alternate between the two, the death of a king from one branch often hastened by war or assassination by a pretender from the other.
The pschent ( / ˈskɛnt /; Greek ψχέντ) was the double crown worn by rulers in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as sekhemty ( sḫm.ty ), the Two Powerful Ones. [ 1 ] It combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt . The Pschent represented the pharaoh 's power over ...
Heraldic Crown of Belgium: Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation Bhutan Raven Crown: Bohemia (Czech Republic) Crown of Saint Wenceslas: Kept in Prague Castle: Bulgaria Heraldic Crown of Bulgaria: Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional ...
The Honours of Scotland ( Scots: Honours o Scotland, [ 2] Scottish Gaelic: Seudan a' Chrùin Albannaich ), [ 3] informally known as the Scottish Crown Jewels, are the regalia that were worn by Scottish monarchs at their coronation. Kept in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle, they date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and are the oldest ...
Crown of King of Persis Ardakhshir II, 1st century BC. Crowns have been discovered in pre-historic times from Haryana, India. [4] The precursor to the crown was the browband called the diadem, which had been worn by the Achaemenid Persian emperors. It was adopted by Constantine I and was worn by all subsequent rulers of the later Roman Empire ...
This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the British monarch to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present), should the incumbent monarch die or abdicate.
Bishops of the Church of England. Peers of the Realm. The coronation of James I and his wife Anne as King and Queen of England and Ireland was held on 25 July 1603 at Westminster Abbey. [ 1] James had reigned as King James VI of Scotland since 1567. [ 2] Anne was anointed and consecrated with prayers alluding to Esther, the Wise Virgins, and ...