: It would also have resulted in the unusual
: scenario of three brothers succeeding to the
: same throne in turn.
:
: I know of only 4 examples where that
: happened. Three in France and one in Russia:
:
: 1: Louis X - Philip V - Charles IV
: 2: Francois II - Charles IX - Henri III
: 3: Louis XVI - Louis XVIII - Charles X
: 4: Fjodor III - Ivan V - Peter I
Another European example would be from Spain:
Luis I - Ferdinand VI - Carlos III (albeit there was a gap between the first two when their father Felipe V returned to the throne).
Outside Europe there is, of course, the example of Saudi Arabia where no less then 6 sons of Ibn Saud have succeeded each other on the throne:
Saud - Feisal - Khalid - Fahd - Abdullah - Salman
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