Monday, October 31, 2005
Succession part 1
Agnatic succession – succession to the nobility (the family, the name and the coat of arms), and the any nobiliary titles, continues only on the spear (male) side, from father to son. The opposite is cognatic succession (see below). Agnatic succession became common when nobles began to be created by means of letters patent.
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