royal line
Succession of monarchs
A royal line is a succession of monarchs from the same family, tracing descent through generations: The royal line of the Tudors ended with Elizabeth I.
The phrase emphasizes continuity of bloodline and legitimate claim to the throne.
Someone of the royal line has ancestral connection to ruling monarchs, whether or not they're in direct succession.
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- family treeChart of ancestors
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- heirOne who receives legacy
heir apparent · crown prince · rightful heir · crown · succession · monarch · ancestry · pedigree · blue blood · noble · sovereignty · kingdom · prince · princess · coronation · regent · descendant · birthright
- lineageancestry, bloodline, noble houses, dynasty, genealogy
- Viking WorldNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland
- Biblical KingsDavid, King Solomon, Solomon, King Saul, Hezekiah
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
royal lineelected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
democracy · republican government · meritocracy · popular sovereignty · representative government
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