Editing Elective monarchy (section)

==Evolution==
Many kingdoms were officially elective historically, though the candidates were typically only from the family of the deceased monarch. Eventually, however, most elected monarchies introduced [[hereditary succession]], guaranteeing that the title and office stayed within the royal family and specifying, more or less precisely, the order of succession.<ref name="63–84">{{Cite journal|url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1005078532251|doi = 10.1023/A:1005078532251|year = 2000|last1 = Kurrild-Klitgaard|first1 = Peter|title = The Constitutional Economics of Autocratic Succession|journal = Public Choice|volume = 103|issue = 1|pages = 63–84|s2cid = 154097838|access-date = 2021-02-21|archive-date = 2021-02-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210225000327/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1005078532251|url-status = live|url-access = subscription}}</ref>
Today, almost all monarchies are hereditary monarchies in which the monarchs come from one [[royal family]] with the office of [[monarch|sovereign]] being passed from one family member to another upon the death or [[abdication]] of the incumbent.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}