Reversionary succession
Posted by Jane on 10/2/2021, 4:24:59
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Have there been cases of this in European royal history, other than in Romania and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha? As I understand it, in each of these places an oldest son in a family conditionally renounced his rights to the throne. That is: he allowed himself get passed over in favor of his younger brothers, with the agreement that the succession would revert to his line, in the event that their dynastic lines became extinct.
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