The elven leaders are hereditary monarchs who come from the noble families in the region.

An elective monarchy can sometimes seem to be a hereditary monarch.

"They might as well be hereditary monarchs," said Arvesen.

The head of state is the hereditary monarch, all acts of parliament being made in his or her name.

In Australia they have what is, in effect, an elected hereditary monarch.

They are led by hereditary monarchs known as Emirs who rule over their common citizens with no middle class in between.

The right of hereditary monarchs to rule furnishes an obvious example.

The head of the Government was the king, a hereditary monarch.

The head of the Government was the king, a hereditary monarch, who ruled with unaided discretion.

The head of state is a hereditary monarch which descends through the senior male line of the royal family.