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Georg Victor sovereign prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont saw the succession of his granddaughter Wilhelmina to the Dutch throne. His daughter Emma was still regent for her minor daughter Queen Wilhelmina when he died in 1893.
Henry VI of England succeeded his father Henry V in august 1422 when his maternal grandfather Charles VI was still king of France. Charles died on october 21st 1422.
Prince Carl of Sweden died a few months after his grandson Baudouin succeeded to the Belgian throne in 1951.
Ferdinand I of Napels and Sicily was died in nov 1830 in august of that year his grand Henri V became titular King of France and Navarre due to the abdications of his paternal grandfather and uncle Louis-Antoine.
Louis XV king of France died in 1774 his grandson Ferdinand had become the reigning duke of Parma in 1765. Previous Message
Charles V became king of Castille and Aragon in 1516 when his paternal grandfather Maximilian I was still the reigning Holy Roman Emperor. His grandfather died in 1519. Previous Message
Louis XIV was still the reigning king of France and Navarre when his grandson Philippe d'Anjou succeeded his grandmother's half brother as King Felipe V of Spain. Previous MessagePrevious Message
Were King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Tsar Simeon of the Bulgarians the only European sovereigns to succeed within the lifetimes of their paternal grandfathers? In both cases, their fathers had come to the thrones early through the forced abdications of their own fathers, albeit for different reasons. And in both cases, the deposed kings were still living when their successors died suddenly -- thereby watching their grandsons ascend the thrones.
I would imagine there to be plenty of examples of sovereigns succeeding within the lifetimes of their MATERNAL grandfathers -- since the above-mentioned scenario has been a rare scenario in royal history. After all, before modern medicine, death rates have historically been very high. Think of all the minors who became reigning monarchs (e.g. the boy kings of France).
I believe the most recent example, however, has been Queen Margrethe II of Denmark who had clearly obtained her legal majority. But longevity runs in the Bernadotte family; so it was no surprise that King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden outlived his son-in-law, King Frederik IX of Denmark. As it was, he was nearly 90 years old when his granddaughter became queen regnant.
What are additional examples of grandfathers who lived to see their grandchildren become monarchs?
Prince Carl of Denmark was in 1905 elected as King of Norway. His paternal grandfather King Christian IX was still alive then (he died the year after).
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