Line of succession to the former Russian throne

The Danish Act of Succession, adopted on 5 June 1953, restricts the throne to those descended from Christian X and his wife, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Rostislavovich of Russia (b. 1985) (not in line of succession as he was born out of wedlock) Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich of Russia (b. 2013) (44)

supported by the Russian Empire and was opposed to the Austrian-supported House of Obrenović. The two houses subsequently vied for the throne for several generations

An order, line or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated, such as head of state or an

barred from the succession to the throne by the Act of Settlement 1701. Notwithstanding the Act of Union 1707, he claimed the separate thrones of Scotland