royal heir
Future throne holder
A royal heir is a person in line to inherit a throne, typically the monarch's eldest child or closest eligible relative.
The heir apparent has an unassailable claim; an heir presumptive could be displaced by the birth of someone with stronger claim.
The royal heir made her first public appearance at age three.
- dauphinFrench throne's heir apparent
- next in linePositioned to succeed immediately
- crown princeMale successor to throne
- line of successionSequence of potential heirs
- archdukeDuke's superior rank
primogeniture · hereditary monarchy · infanta · waiting in the wings · crown · inheritance law · succession crisis · second in line · Plantagenet · birthright · blue blood · grand duke · scepter · entailment · investiture · coronation · throne · claim
- empireempire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperial regalia
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- princescrown prince, prince consort, dauphin, princeling, firstborn son
- heirsheiress, heirs, inheritor, coheirs, beneficiary
- Royal Heirscrown prince, crown princess, next in line, successor, second in line
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line