In fact, it was often those from dominant European dynasties – or wealthy and influential continental leaders and diplomats – who were offered the Polish throne, with all male szlachta (nobility) in ...

and French culture and language dominated the life of the nobility and the Russian court. Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III ...

The gentry were below the nobility, they would also have wealth ... came to the English throne as James I of England. James was the first monarch in the Stuart dynasty. He was still on the throne ...