royal descent
Monarch's family line
Royal descent refers to a person's lineage traced back to a king, queen, or other member of a royal family.
Someone of royal descent can claim ancestry from royalty, though they may not hold any title or position themselves.
The concept matters in genealogy, inheritance law, and social prestige, particularly in cultures where aristocratic bloodlines carry significance.
She discovered she was of royal descent through a distant connection to a medieval Scottish king.
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- line of successionSequence of potential heirs
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
divine right · ancestry · family tree · pedigree · noble birth · aristocracy · ruling class · prestige · primogeniture · peerage · old money · blue blood · tradition · feudalism · dynasty · forebears · sovereign · heraldry
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- family historygenealogy, ancestry, ancestor, ancestors, lineage
- Royal Lineagebloodline, bloodlines, heir apparent, heiress, line of succession
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- Royal Heirsheir apparent, heir presumptive, crown prince, crown princess, next in line
royal descentcommon descent
All organisms share forebears
humble origins · common ancestry · baseborn · obscure origins · poverty
royal descentself-made
Successful through own efforts
nouveau riche · social climbing · self-made man · rags-to-riches · upstart
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