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Show SurrratloQ to Itoropean Thrones. Many pooplo hays been confused by the various laws of succession which prevail In Kurope There aro thro different s stems, ths most general being be-ing thut known as ths Salle system, under which womrn are completely excluded This Is tho rulo In llol-' glum, Sweden nnd Norway, Italy, DenJ mark and Germany Then there la ths, Herman-Dutch system, under which) males of nil degreos of relationship! tako preccdenco of females, tho thronui passing to tho female lino only In easel of ths uxtlnctlon of all ths male lines, however remote This Is the rule In) Holland from which It takes 114 nanio Itusslo, and aomu of tbo minor1 Herman states Tho third system Is that prevailing In Dreat tlrltaln, under j which females aro excluded when thero nro males In tho samo degree ot relationship, rela-tionship, but take precedence ot males whoso degree of relationship Is not so close ns their own Thus an elder daughter of tho ruling sovereign nt Ureal llrljaln gives way to all her younger brothers and their Issue, hut takes precedence of a male cousin or a nephew. This system Is ths rule In Spain nnd Portugal as well ns In Hog-land |