... Armenia Tiridates III Hadrian Nerva Trajan Achilleus Allectus Domitianus Domitius Hannibalianus nephew of Constantine Licinius II Gratian Helena Valentinian II Theodosius I Valens Valentinian I Diocletian Galerius Constantine Maxentius Hereditary succession Abdication Military...

...) for a nontechnical introduction to the topic. 4. See Mueller (1999) for a detailed examination of the problems and methods of constitutional revision. 5. Note that kingship is not tantamount to hereditary succession. Neither in ancient Rome nor in medieval Byzantium did birth in the purple guarantee inheriting...

... 5th Earl of Derby xiv Stanley William 6th Earl of Derby xiv Erskine John 2nd Earl of Mar O'Neill Hugh 2nd Earl of Tyrone papacy Hepburn James 4th Earl of Bothwell hereditary succession election Peter Wentworth Robert Persons James VI and I Elizabeth I Anglo-Scottish relations Puritans...

... monarchy hereditary succession power political elites Political dynasties are as old as politics. Whenever societies organize people into those with the power to rule and those who are ruled, a mechanism for selecting the former must exist. Throughout most of human history, family ties through blood...

..., mystical, or economic achievements of one's forebears and living family members — at so young an age and with so few scholarly qualifications marked, according to Assaf, the triumph of the principle of hereditary succession in Ukrainian hasidism. Throughout his description, Assaf attempts to navigate...

... ones as well (to bring financial, strategic, or military aid, and to resolve certain domestic issues). The chapter analyses the extent to which Stephen Báthory observed his electoral contract during his Transylvanian and Polish-Lithuanian reigns, particularly the interdiction of hereditary succession...

...Opponents of hereditary succession did not deny English freedom, but argued that a hereditary throne in Poland would lead to slavery. The majority of reformers justified a hereditary throne by citing England, but also wished to reduce the royal prerogative yet further. The ‘English model’ served...

... outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa from 1960 to 2020. Through its focus on two cases of hereditary successions in Gabon and Togo, the chapter aims to explain why hereditary successions of power are rare by identifying three main mechanisms that constrain the succession of power to a designated family member...