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De jure
Meaning ‘stipulated by law’.
De jure uxoris
Meaning ‘by right of his wife’ – used when a person inherits a title through his wife.
Doge
Descended from the Latin dux (as are duke and the Italian duce), meaning ‘leader’, and used for the head of state in a number of Italian city states, but principally Venice.
Domnitor
The title given to the ruler of the principalities of Wallachia and Moravia, from 1859 to 1866, and in the Kingdom of Romania, from 1886 until 1881.
Heir apparent
The person who is next in line to the throne and who will, if long-lived enough, succeed when the current monarch dies.
Imperator
Romanorum Emperor of the Romans.
Primogeniture
The right of the first-born son to inherit.
Interregnum
The period of time between one monarch and the next.
Khan
A title for a prince, chieftain or governor in Turkish or Mongolian languages.
King consort
Husband of a reigning queen.
Knyaz
A word indicating a prince or nobility in Slavic languages.
Partible or divisible inheritance
The division of property, rights or kingdoms between children; common in tribal societies.
Queen consort
Wife of a reigning king.
Queen regnant
A ruling female monarch, as opposed to a queen consort.
Salic Law
The rule forbidding females from the inheritance of a throne.
Theocracy
A form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler.
Titular
Used to describe a person in an official position who has no actual power (e.g. King Michael I, titular king of the Romanians).
Tsar
‘Emperor’ in Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian.
Witan
(also Witenagemot or Witena gemot) A national assembly in England from the 7th to the 11th century, the function of which was to advise the king. It comprised the most important noblemen in England, both ecclesiastic and secular.
Without issue
Without children.
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