throne succession
Crown passing down
Throne succession is the process by which a new monarch assumes power after the previous one dies, abdicates, or is deposed.
Rules of succession determine who inherits the crown—typically based on bloodline, birth order, and sometimes gender: The birth of a male heir changed the throne succession.
Succession disputes have sparked civil wars and dynastic conflicts throughout history.
- War of the RosesEnglish throne succession conflict
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- crown princeMale successor to throne
- next in linePositioned to succeed immediately
- rightful heirPerson legally due inheritance
constitutional monarchy · primogeniture · coronation · power consolidation · heir presumptive · investiture · royal proclamation · Glorious Revolution · power struggle · royal decree · bloodline · coronation oath · royal bloodline · political stability · Treaty of Utrecht · royal advisors · foreign intervention · inheritance law
- royal documentsroyal charters, decrees, royal decrees, royal seals, royal assent
- royal recordsroyal decrees, royal edicts, royal lineage, birth records, death records
- royal successionheir apparent, heir presumptive, crown prince, next in line, second in line
- successionheir apparent, heir presumptive, primogeniture, predecessor, next in line
- successionsinheritance, heir, primogeniture, power transfer, handover
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
throne successionpopular vote
Total of citizen votes
presidential election · ballot box · republican government · term limits · constitutional democracy
throne successionrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
coup d'état · popular uprising · usurpation · overthrow · consent of the governed
throne successionend of the line
Final destination point
interregnum · civil war · succession crisis · disputed claim · war of succession
throne, succession, thrones, throned, enthroned, enthrone, enthronement, dethrone, dethroned