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Tanistry is a
Gaelic system for p****ing on
titles and lands. In this
system the
Tanist (Irish: Tánaiste;
Scottish Gaelic: Tànaiste; Manx: Tanishtey) is...
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Romans for the
Habsburg emperors. In the
partially elective system of
tanistry, the heir or
tanist was
elected from the
qualified males of the
royal family...
-
Caudillo (for
Francisco Franco). Tánaiste, in turn,
refers to the
system of
tanistry, the
Gaelic system of
succession whereby a
leader would appoint an heir...
- of primogeniture, but
there exist other methods such as
seniority and
tanistry (in
which an heir-apparent is
nominated from
among qualified candidates)...
- none, by his brother, his
daughters or sons of daughters. The
system of
tanistry practiced among Celtic tribes was semi-elective and gave
weight also to...
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hereditary the
title of
Sachem is
often p****ed
through the
equivalent of
tanistry. The
Oxford English Dictionary found a use from 1613. The term "Sagamore"...
- was
known as
fratricide in the
Ottoman Empire but may have
evolved from
tanistry, a
similar succession procedure that
existed in many Turco-Mongolian dynasties...
- of
proximity of blood.
Other hereditary systems of
succession included tanistry,
which is semi-elective and
gives weight to
merit and
Agnatic seniority...
- tánaise ríg, the king in waiting, so that, far from
being an
abandonment of
tanistry, as has
sometimes been argued, his
kingship was a
vindication of the practice...
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nobles to
choose a king if required,
which implied elective monarchy.
Tanistry was also the
system of
royal succession until King
Malcolm II in the early...
