elective monarchy in a sentence

For all its devotion to liberte, egalite, fraternite and its long history of enlightened political thought, France often operates more like an elective monarchy than a democracy.
Following his death, Sweden made peace in the Absolutism was introduced in 1660 & ndash; 1661 and the elective monarchy was de jure transformed into an hereditary monarchy.
Published by Beldiman and Grigore Ventura, it stated as its main goal the " foreign dynasty "'s removal, demanding elective monarchy and the universal male suffrage.
Even in cases of elective monarchies ( Kingdom of Poland or Holy Roman Empire ), the King had to be elected from eligible royals, and not just from anybody.
By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 the prince-archiepiscopal elective monarchy was secularised as the heritable Duchy of Bremen, which was jointly ruled with the new consistory in Stade.

By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 the prince-archiepiscopal elective monarchy had been secularised as the heritable Duchy of Bremen, which was jointly ruled with the new consistory in Stade.
On 1 November, the representatives of the nation swore fealty to Christian as hereditary king of Sweden, though the law of the land distinctly provided that Sweden should be an elective monarchy.
His only explicitly political tracts were the 1672 " Of True Religion ", arguing for toleration ( except for Catholics ), and a translation of a Polish tract advocating an elective monarchy.
His daughters, Christina, Duchess of Milan, both in turn, for many years, demanded in vain the Danish and Norwegian thrones as their inheritance, although these kingdoms were nominally elective monarchies.
The hereditary principle keeps it in perpetual life [ whereas ] a war of election is always short, and never revives, " he opined, arguing for elective monarchy to solve the problem.

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