Secundogeniture
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secundogeniture-161-7983012
title:
Secundogeniture
text:
A secundogeniture was a dependent territory given to a younger son of a princely house and his descendants, creating a cadet branch. This was a special form of inheritance in which the second and younger son received more possessions and prestige than the apanage which was usual in principalities practising primogeniture. It avoided the generational division of the estate to the extent that occurred under gavelkind, and at the same time gave younger branches a stake in the stability of the house
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Younger son as vassal of dependent land
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secundogeniture
date created:
2011-09-15T20:53:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:32:47Z
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