Sentence examples for Female heir from inspiring English sources

Until such changes, a female heir could have been superseded by a younger, male heir.

In March 1830 her faction at court persuaded the king to exclude Don Carlos from the succession even if María Cristina produced a female heir.

Princess Victoria of Sweden is currently the world's only female heir apparent to the throne.

Yes, legislation in 2011 allows the offspring of future monarchs equal access to the throne, and yes, a daughter for Kate and William might have been more exciting, as the child would have been the first female heir born under the new rules.

That meant the male heirs received twice as much as the female heirs.

Fun side note: Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands all have one or more female heirs in direct line to their thrones!

One is that male heirs should in most cases get double the amount due to female heirs of similar proximity; another is that only fellow Muslims can inherit.

As early as 1713 he had promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction, whereby Austria's lands were to pass undivided to his female heirs in the absence of male progeny.

La Granja was the scene of many important events in Spanish history, including Philip V's abdication (1724), the signing of various treaties (notably in 1796, whereby Spain was tied to the French Republic), and the promulgation by Ferdinand VII of the Pragmatic Sanction (1830), revoking the Salic Law (code of the Salian Franks), which prohibited female heirs from succeeding to the throne.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has praised the decision to amend royal succession laws to allow male and female heirs equal rights to the throne.

Having more female heirs holding the reins is good news as a growing body of evidence suggests that when the baton is passed to a daughter, the process tends to go more smoothly.