- Look up
primogeniture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the
firstborn legitimate...
- The
ancient ****anese
system is of
agnatic succession,
generally by
primogeniture, with the
caveat that, in case the
imperial family lacked heirs, they...
- the term heir
apparent in a
hereditary system regulated by laws of
primogeniture—it may be less
applicable to
cases where a
monarch has a say in naming...
- sti****te that
eligible heirs are
heirs male or
heirs general – see
further primogeniture (agnatic, cognatic, and also equal).
Certain types of
property p****...
-
hereditary monarchies, the
typical order of
succession uses some form of
primogeniture, but
there exist other methods such as
seniority and
tanistry (in which...
- in Europe, Asia and
parts of
Africa were male-preference
primogeniture,
agnatic primogeniture, or
agnatic seniority until after World War II. The agnatic...
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females would be
guaranteed to
succeed to the
throne (i.e.
absolute primogeniture). A
crown princess would therefore be more
likely to
refer to the spouse...
-
descends according to
absolute primogeniture among Grand Duke Henri's
descendants and
according to
agnatic primogeniture among other dynasts.
Grand Duchess...
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succession (hereditary and elective). List of
monarchies Decided by
primogeniture. "Europe :: Andorra". CIA The
World Factbook. 16
February 2022. "Central...
- the Constitution,
altered most
recently in 1990 to
introduce absolute primogeniture among the
grandchildren and
further eligible descendants of King Harald...
