Yeah, people often forget that most kings were at least to some extent elected. If the nobility/rich landowners didn’t want a specific king then he was thrown out and a new one was found. Usually within the same line, though. A king rarely has absolute power. For example Denmark has had kings for over 1000 years but less than 200 of those were an actual absolute monarchy. Most of ghe time the king was put in check by the nobility/landowners and the church etc.
Not necessarily. Plenty of kings were elected by the nobility/upper class.
Though their existence in the nobility was often through birth, Andorra has an elected prince from the general population.
I was speaking in the context of these protests.
yeah german had that concept by the way. it’s interesting to look at history and how stuff was done in earlier times
germany at some time had a king that was elected by the 7 most influential local landlords. they met and elected a king.
Yeah, people often forget that most kings were at least to some extent elected. If the nobility/rich landowners didn’t want a specific king then he was thrown out and a new one was found. Usually within the same line, though. A king rarely has absolute power. For example Denmark has had kings for over 1000 years but less than 200 of those were an actual absolute monarchy. Most of ghe time the king was put in check by the nobility/landowners and the church etc.