dynastic struggles
Royal family feuds
Dynastic struggles are conflicts over succession and power within ruling families.
These disputes arise when multiple claimants compete for a throne or when branches of a royal house contest legitimacy: The Wars of the Roses were dynastic struggles between York and Lancaster.
The phrase extends to family businesses and political families where inheritance of power is contested.
- heirOne who receives legacy
- line of successionSequence of potential heirs
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
- power vacuumAbsence of governing authority
- betrayalBreaking of trust
factionalism · blood feud · abdication · rebellion · legitimacy · usurpation · regicide · primogeniture · royal bloodline · crown · throne room · regency · assassination · coup d'état · feudalism · protectorate · conquest · feuding
- Kalmar UnionDenmark, Norway, Sweden, Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Palaiologoidouble-headed eagle, double headed eagle, fall of Constantinople
dynastic strugglesdemocratic elections
Voting by the populace
popular vote · civil service examinations · military coup · military coups
dynastic strugglesrepublican government
Rule through elected representatives
popular sovereignty · democratic participation · constitutional monarchy · tribal council · tribal councils