dynastic ties
Hereditary ruling connections
Dynastic ties are connections between ruling families, typically formed through marriage or blood relation.
Historically, royal houses cemented alliances by wedding princes to foreign princesses, binding kingdoms together: The Habsburgs extended their power through dynastic ties across Europe.
The phrase now applies to any family-based political or business connections across generations or institutions.
- dowriesWealth given at marriage
- royal marriagesWeddings between crowned heads
- arranged marriageFamily-selected spousal pairing
- marriage allianceWedding for political gain
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
coronation · inheritance · lineage · noble blood · tradition · ancestry · patronage · sovereignty · family tree · political alliances · diplomacy · crown prince · throne succession · genealogy · estates · old money · intermarriage · feudalism
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Formal pacts between nations
coalition government · political alliance · trade partnerships · strategic partnership · military alliance
dynastic tiespopular sovereignty
Populace holds ultimate authority
republican government · meritocracy · consent of the governed · constitutional authority
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