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primogeniture
Sign in to savePrimogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parent's estate, as well as succeed their parent as the ruler of a state.
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- Description
- Order of succession in monarchies
- Absolute primogeniture
- History
- Agnatic primogeniture
- Agnatic-cognatic primogeniture
- Male-preference (cognatic) primogeniture
- Matrilineal primogeniture
- Effects
- History
- Biblical
- Roman law
- Reemergence in medieval and modern times
- Salic law
- British titles of nobility
- Quasi-Salic law
- Historical examples
- United States and Canada
- Reform of noble title primogeniture
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- See also
- References
Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parent's estate, as well as succeed their parent as the ruler of a state.
Primogeniture stands in contrast 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 son (agnatic primogeniture). It can also mean by the firstborn daughter (matrilineal primogeniture), or firstborn child (absolute primogeniture).