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I had an amazing thought strike me recently - Britain has had queens for 124 of the last 175 years, almost 3/4 of the time. It's helped, of course, by two very long-reigning queens, but still, it's rarher remarkable considering the emphasis on male primogeniture even in a country without Salic Law.

This might be an easy challenge...I can see an easy way to do it now that I'm posting this, but it won't earn you any bonus points. I also made it a little easier, knocked a few years off the total and added a few years to the amount of time you have.

That challenge is, have a time in a country's history where this kind of stretch happens before 1900 and mention at least: 1. Some effects; and, 2. Who the alternate monarchs marry. (Obviouisly if you start it in 1720 butterflies will chase Victoria away but someone else can reign)

Bonus points: Don't include Queens Mary I/Elizabeth I. (In other words, sure you can have Mary or Elizabeth instead of Charles become monarch after the Restoration, but you'd still have to list some effects and a spouse for at least the first and someone might top you with bonus points.:D)

Double Bonus Points: Have it happen in a country other than England/Scotland/Britain. (Includes Tsarinas in Russia and Duchesses or Empresses eslewhere)
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