HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs PORPHYROGENITISM: NOUN
- Someone who will inherit only if no better choice for an heir is born.
- See heir apparent.
- An heir who stands to inherit the estate, title, or office of an intestate ancestor, but whose claim can be defeated if a relative who is closer to the ancestor is born prior to the ancestor's death.
- A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
- The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born.
- That principle of succession in royal families, especially in the families of the Byzantine emperors, in accordance with which a younger son, if born in the purple—that is, after the succession of his parents to the throne—was preferred to an older son who was not.
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs PORPHYROGENITISM: RELATED WORDS
- Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent
- Monarch, Interrex, Imperiality, Holy roman empire, Queen regnant, Aulic, Dapifer, Accessional, Royalize, Successionist, Regious, Interregent, Earl marshal, Royal, Succession
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs PORPHYROGENITISM: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent
- Monarch, Interrex, Imperiality, Holy roman empire, Queen regnant, Aulic, Dapifer, Accessional, Royalize, Successionist, Regious, Interregent, Earl marshal, Royal, Succession
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs PORPHYROGENITISM: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- He is the son of Eliwood, the main character of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, and heir presumptive of Pherae.
- Frenchman, that he is not heir presumptive to another crown, and that he has previously taken the civic oath.
- Prince Albert became King George VI and the young Princess Elizabeth became heir presumptive to the throne.
- Known as "The Brat" in the Heraldic Circle, the Heir-presumptive lives up to her nickname.
- Roger was made lieutenant of Ireland and was declared heir presumptive to the Crown.
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HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs PORPHYROGENITISM: QUESTIONS
- Who is the heir presumptive to the title of Lord Shaughnessy?
- Who is the current heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Waterlow?
- Why was Ashoka not the heir presumptive to the throne?
- How did Franz Ferdinand become heir-presumptive to the Austrian throne?
- How did Franz Ferdinand become heir presumptive to the throne?
- Is Princess Caroline of France an heir presumptive?
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