Explanation: Sometimes, you DO vote for the king! Several monarchies in medieval Europe were elective, with various rules for who was eligible as candidate and who did the voting (and how their votes were weighted). Notably, the Holy Roman Empire (centered in modern-day Germany) elected its Kings/Emperors.
Filthy peasants wouldn’t get a say, though! Votes were only for the tip-top of the noble class; in most systems, only a few hundred votes or so were counted for nations of millions!
Explanation: Sometimes, you DO vote for the king! Several monarchies in medieval Europe were elective, with various rules for who was eligible as candidate and who did the voting (and how their votes were weighted). Notably, the Holy Roman Empire (centered in modern-day Germany) elected its Kings/Emperors.
Filthy peasants wouldn’t get a say, though! Votes were only for the tip-top of the noble class; in most systems, only a few hundred votes or so were counted for nations of millions!
Or not even hundreds, in the case of the HRE it was just seven Kurfürsten / Prince-Electors
Wait, ain’t this dudes moniker, “good?” Is this part of the reason why?
Different Wenceslaus, I think.
If I remember correctly, from kingdom come deliverance; “Good” Wenceslaus was this dudes dad.