Eventually, the count of Paris was elected to the French throne.

He was elected to the throne after Athaulf and then Sigeric were assassinated in 415.

If the Danish nobles were to elect as king someone other than the next in line to the throne the Union would be dissolved.

In 1810, Bernadotte was elected heir to the throne of Sweden.

Some who already had an episcopal coat of arms altered it on being elected to the papal throne.

The assembly drew up a liberal constitution and elected him to the throne of Norway.

Jumong elected his first son Yuri as the successor to the throne.

In 638, with the support of Heraclius, he was elected to the patriarchal throne.

Olaf had already been elected to the throne of Denmark on May 3, 1376.

The new Romanov dynasty, elected to the throne in 1613, took care to cultivate their support.