Agnatic seniority is a patrilineal principle of inheritance where the order of succession to the throne prefers the monarch's younger brother over the...

were male-preference primogeniture, agnatic primogeniture, or agnatic seniority until after World War II. The agnatic succession model, also known as Salic...

Currently, succession to the Saudi Arabian throne uses a form of lateral agnatic seniority, as did the Kievan Rus' (see Rota system), the early Kingdom of Scotland...

branches, for example very distant cousins. Chief forms are agnatic seniority and agnatic primogeniture. The latter, which has been the most usual, means...

rotates among three branches of the royal family loosely based on agnatic seniority. One state, Negeri Sembilan, is an elective monarchy; the ruler is...

distinct formulae, such as proximity of blood, primogeniture, and agnatic seniority. Some monarchies, however, are not hereditary, and the ruler is instead...

to determine the rightful successor, although in earlier history agnatic seniority was more usual than primogeniture. Fiefs and titles granted "in tail...

made in the 19th century to replace agnatic seniority with primogeniture, they were unsuccessful, and seniority was retained until the abolition of the...

brother was in 1687 and the brother was again preferred. Thereafter, agnatic seniority was adopted as the rule of succession in the House of Osman so that...

first king, Abdulaziz, to another. The monarchy was hereditary by agnatic seniority until 2006, when a royal decree provided that future Saudi kings are...

succession have been used, such as proximity of blood, primogeniture, and agnatic seniority (Salic law). While most monarchs in history have been male, many female...

new crown prince then being appointed according to a loose form of agnatic seniority among the sons of Ibn Saud, though various members of the family have...

proximity of blood (male preference or absolute), primogeniture, agnatic seniority, Salic law, etc. While traditionally most monarchs have been male...

primogeniture to one based on agnatic seniority. She must have realized the personal gain that might stem from the transition to seniority, coupled with the fact...

gender. Historically "agnatic primogeniture" or "patrilineal primogeniture" was favoured, that is inheritance according to seniority of birth among the sons...

whole or most of the inheritance passes to the eldest son, and with agnatic seniority, which requires the succession to pass to next senior male. Partible...

Normandy long after the French royal dynasty had adopted primogeniture. Agnatic seniority, collateral succession, horizontal succession, fraternal succession...

Kingdom of Gorkha's royal family were related to Kings of Bhirkot by agnatic seniority. During the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar, Bhupal Rana, fled to Bhirkot...

succession changed from survival of the fittest to a system based on agnatic seniority (اکبریت ekberiyet), whereby the throne went to the oldest male of...

from a system of succession based on primogeniture to one based on agnatic seniority. Kösem played the head of government and served as regent to Murad...

because they were usually followed by their own brothers or cousins (agnatic seniority), more likely to be experienced men with the authority and the support...

ruler, which are considered to be dissolved on the ruler's death. Agnatic seniority Chiefdom Chief of the Name Clan Dynasty Elective monarchy High King...

and his son Young King Henry, who ruled England simultaneously). Agnatic seniority Clandestinity (canon law) Lex Canuleia List of royal marriages to...

(2017-2021), the late head of the family. The succession law used is agnatic seniority, with the succession passing to eldest male dynast. Şehzade Harun...

estates, only wanting acknowledgement of his right to the title. See agnatic seniority.   Not descended in the male-line from previous clan chiefs Norman...

Shree Teen Maharaja of Nepal and Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski was by agnatic seniority, by which the oldest male heir among the sons of equal (a-class) marriages...

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Law of Fraticide fell into disuse and was definitively replaced by agnatic seniority as a law of succession. In the television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl:...

10th-century princes who ruled the country held this title. According to the Agnatic seniority the oldest members of the ruling clan inherited the principality....

duchies, with the Piast duke against the formally valid principle of agnatic seniority fighting for the throne at Kraków, the capital of the Lesser Polish...