⚖️ What is male primogeniture?
Primogeniture is a preference in the inheritance that is given by law, custom, or usage to the eldest son and his issue.
In exceptional cases, primogeniture may prescribe such preferential inheritance to the line of the eldest daughter.
The motivation for such a practice has usually been to keep the estate of the deceased, or some part of it, whole and intact.
The Royal Family brought to an end the system of primogeniture that had dictated the line of succession since 1701.
Under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, princes no longer take precedence over their sisters.
It means Princess Charlotte, five, is ahead of her brother Prince Louis, two, in the line of succession.
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primogeniture
prī″mō-jĕn′ĭ-choo͝r″
noun
- The state of being the firstborn or eldest child of the same parents.
- The right of the eldest child, especially the eldest son, to inherit the entire estate of one or both parents.
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Is Diana’s nephew Britain’s most eligible bachelor? Meet the ‘poster boy for male primogeniture’ who is set to inherit the Althorp estate – and the title.
Primogeniture
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31049/primogeniture
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