Line of Succession
for the Dynastic
Royal House of Bradley
Absolute Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/)
Is the right, by law or custom, of the "Firstborn Legitimate Child" to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child, or any collateral relative. In most contexts, it means the inheritance of the firstborn child (Absolute Primogeniture).
Description:
The common definition given is also known as male-line primogeniture, the classical form popular in European jurisdictions, among others, until the 20th century. In the absence of male-line offspring, variations were expounded to entitle a daughter or a brother or, in the absence of either, to another collateral relative, in a specified order (e.g., male-preference primogeniture, Salic primogeniture, semi-Salic primogeniture). Variations have tempered the traditional, sole-beneficiary right (such as French appanage) or, in the West since World War II, eliminated the preference for males over females (absolute male-preference primogeniture). Most monarchies in Europe have eliminated this, including Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
For the Royal House of Bradley:
In this case, it is HRH Prince Carl's daughter and 1st born child, HRH Princess Christina Elisabeth-Ann Bradley.
*For all under the sovereign's house and subject to loyalty by letters patent, to the House of Bradley is as follows:
Primogeniture endures mainly in titles of nobility: any first-placed direct male-line descendant (e.g. eldest son's son's son) inherits the title before siblings and similar, this being termed "by right of substitution" for the deceased heir; secondly where children were only daughters they would enjoy the fettered use (life use) of an equal amount of the underlying real asset and the substantive free use (such as one-half inheritance) would accrue to their most senior-line male descendant or contingent on her marriage (moieties); thirdly, where the late estate holder had no descendants his oldest brother would succeed, and his descendants would likewise enjoy the rule of substitution where he had died. The effect of English primogeniture was to keep estates undivided wherever possible and to disinherit real property from female relations unless only daughters survived, in which case the estate thus normally resulted in division. The principle has applied in history to inheritance of land as well as inherited titles and offices, most notably monarchies, continuing until modified or abolished.