royal heirs
Future throne occupants
Royal heirs are the individuals in line to inherit a throne.
The term typically refers to children or other relatives of a reigning monarch who stand to succeed them: The royal heirs attended the state funeral.
An heir apparent has an unassailable claim; an heir presumptive could be displaced by the birth of someone with a stronger claim.
- crown princeMale successor to throne
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- infantaSpanish royal daughter
- dauphinFrench throne's heir apparent
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
dynasty · consanguinity · divine right of kings · regency · sovereignty · succession crisis · imperial succession · palace intrigue · archduke · constitutional monarchy · progeny · bloodline · coronation · throne room · crown jewels · entailment · accession · heraldry
royal heirselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
presidents · prime ministers · senators · political appointees · congressmen
royal heirscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · serfs · the common people · lowborn · ordinary citizens
royal heirsusurpers
Wrongful seizure perpetrators
anti-monarchists · regicides · revolutionaries · Jacobins · pretenders
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