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| | Monarch Article, Monarch Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | In a few cases a monarch is associated with a particular group (or nation)within a state, such as Te Arikuini Te Atairangikaahu of the Maori (the Maori Queen) and Osei Tutu II of the Ashanti. |
 | | (When there is need to distinguish between the two cases, terms like Queen regnant and Queen consort come in handy.) Theconverse is not true however: the husband of a Queen regnant is not automatically a King. |
 | | (This, cognatic primogeniture, was therule that let Elizabeth II become Queen.) In 1980, Sweden became the firstEuropean monarchy to abolish this preference for males altogether, declaring equal primogeniture or full cognaticprimogeniture, so that the eldest child of the monarch now ascends to the throne, be that child male or female. |
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