What is the highest number of brothers who became ruler of the same country?
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Seven brothers
Seven of the sons of Ismail Ibn Sharif of the Morocco Alaouite dynasty were monarchs. Ismail ruled from 1672 to 1727 and had 525 sons and 342 daughters according to Wikipedia (or 888 according to the Guiness Book of Records). Control changed hands many times. The ones who became Sultan were:
Ahmad ruled 1727–1728, then 1728–1729
Abdul Malek ruled 1728
Abdallah II ruled 1729–1734, 1736, 1740–1741, 1741–1742, 1743–1747, 1748–1757.
Ali ruled 1734-1736
Mohammed II ruled 1736-38
Ali Mustadi' ruled 1738-1740, 1742-1743, 1747-1748
Zin al-Abidin 1741
Five brothers
Also, there were 5 brothers who were Dukes of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn period (China). According to Wikipedia, this was "variously reckoned as a march, duchy, and independent kingdom" so this might be a bit suspect (the authority of the Zhou dynasty was 'collapsing' at this time). Anyway, they were the sons of Huan (ruled 685 to 643 ) of the House of Jiang. The sons who became Dukes were:
Wukui ruled 642 BC
Xiao ruled 642 to 633 BC
Zhao ruled 632 to 613 BC
Yi ruled 612 to 609 BC
Hui ruled 608 - 599 BC
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This is a little bit of a stretch, as one was granted the title, but never gained control of the country, but five of the sons of Thorfinn Skull-splitter were Jarls of the Orkneys, which was more or less independent:
- Arnfinn
- Havard
- Ljot
- Skuli
- Hlodvir
(Lots of interesting stuff here: the first three brothers were all married to the same woman, Ragnhild, who killed them off and also set her nephews against eachother. Ljot fought against MacBeth).
Well, if you include people who claimed to be a son of the king and aspired to the throne but didn't quite get there, the sons of Magnus Barefoot of Norway qualifies:
- Eystein I
- Sigurd Jorsalfar
- Olaf IV
- Harald Gille
- Sigurd Slembe
(The two last claimed that they were sons of Magnus after his death).
I also found two cases of four brothers:
First, we have the sons of Harald Gille from the list above:
- Inge I
- Sigurd II
- Eysteyn II
- Magnus V
And finally, the sons of Malcolm III of Scotland:
- Duncan II
- Edgar I
- Alexander I
- David I
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As I remember, the state of Texcoco in Mexico had several generations of sons succeeding fathers, and then several brothers succeeding brothers.
The last long reigning ruler, Nezahulapilli reigned from 1472 to 1515.
- His son Cacamatzin (1483-1520) reigned from 1516 to 1520. He died during La Noche Triste during the Spanish conquest.
- His half-brother Coanacoch was the next ruler. During Cortes's expedition to Honduras, Coanacoch and Cuauhtemoc of Tenochtitlan were suspected of plotting and hanged from a tree at Campeche in 1524.
- His half-brother Tecocoltzin was the next ruler, dying in 1525.
- His half-brother Fernando de Cortes Ixtlxochhitl II (c. 1500-c. 1550 or died 1531) was the next ruler from 1525. He had already ruled half the kingdom from 1516.
- His half-brother Carlos Ometochtzin was the next ruler, and was burned at the stake for paganism November 30, 1539.
- The next ruler was Antonio Pimentel Tlahiutoltzin who ruled from 1540 to 1546 or 1564. His relationship to previous rulers is not stated.
Wikipedia: List of Texcoco rulers
However, I seem to remember that some sources give more than those five or possibly six as sons of Nezahulapilli who ruled Texcoco.
I think that possibly Stokvis, A.M.H. Manuel d'historie, de genealogie et de chronologie de tous les etats du globe, depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a nos jours 1888-1894, tome premier, seconde partie, IIe DIVISION, AMERIQUE, CHAPITRE IX, Mexique might have such a genealogical table. I have been unable to find that chapter in any online version.
There were five brothers in the Abbasid caliphs at Cairo.
Al Mutawakkil I reigned as shadow caliph from 1362-1377, 1377-1383, and 1389-1406. He was the father of:
- al-Musta-in reigned 1406-1414.
- al-Mu'tadid reigned 1414-1441.
- al-Mustakfi reigned 1441-1451.
- al-Qa'im reigned 1451-1455.
- al-Mustanjid reigned 1455-1479.
Wikipedia: List of Abbasid caliphs
Five Grand Princes or Dukes of Vladimir were sons of Yaroslav II r. 1238-1246:
- Mikhail Khorobrit r. 1248.
- Audrey II r. 1249-1252.
- Alexander I Nevsky r. 1252-1263.
- Yaroslav III r. 1263-1271.
- Vasily of Kostroma r.1272-1277.
Wikipedia: Grand Dukes of Vladimir
And five Kings of Kings of Ethiopia who were brothers, sons of Yagbe'u Seyon or Salomon II r. 1285-1294:
- Senfra Ared IV r. 1294-1295.
- Hezba Asgad r. 1295-1296.
- Gedma Asgad r. 1296-1297.
- Jin Asgad r. 1297-1298.
- Saba Asgad 1298-1299.
Wikipedia: Emperor of Ethiopia
Wikipedia: List of Emperors of Ethiopia
Although there is some doubt about the relationship.
Wikipedia: Sons of Yagbe'u Seyon
Added 02-20/21-2022 And my aswer to this question lists an alleged 8 sons of Neazhualpilli as successive rulers of Tezcoco.
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Here are six brothers, sons of Abdul Aziz (1902-53), who have been (and the most recent still is) Kings of Saudi Arabia:
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