Posted by M.Sjostrom on 12/7/2009, 16:29:07, in reply to "Re: Some "what if's ?""
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If the dynasty would lose all its succession-entitled heirs, the king would likely to foster a younger relative from some non-succession-entitled branch, and after some period (during which the country has got used to the king having a designated person), would propose the formal acceptance to the stortinget.
However, when the succession is not limited to the agnatic line (= males), but all children of the dynasty (including daughters and their issue) are eligible, the likelihood to run out of heirs is pretty low.
Genealogically,
It is a rare occasion that a person has only cousins as nearest relatives. Usually, there are siblings and their some issue, even if a monarch is childless.
Therefore, it is too unlikely that the situation of 1387 would recur: king Olav's closest relatives from the 'Norwegian' side at that time were descendants of his great-aunt Eufemia Eriksdotter, duchess of Mecklenburg.
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: realistic. Theoretically it would of course
: be possible to elect a descendant of the
: Ragnhild or Astrid branches (who don't have
: succession rights), but I don't think it
: would be realistic to choose someone most
: Norwegians have no knowledge of.
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: DTH
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