Laws of succession govern the order of succession to various monarchies. Some laws of succession include: Current monarchies United Kingdom British succession Act of Settlement 1701 Japan Imperial Household Law Norway Norwegian Law of Succession Thailand 1924 Palace Law of Succession Spain Law of Succession to the Headship of the State Former monarchies France Kings of France Salic law Legitimist claimants to the throne of France Orléanist claimants to the throne of France Bonapartist claimants to the throne of France Jacobite claimants to the throne of France Russia Russian law of succession 1797 General Agnatic succession Elective monarchy Primogeniture Proximity of blood Ultimogeniture Tanistry