From 1161 these were divided between the senior branch of Berg and the junior branch of Altena (later Mark), which acquired the countship of Cleves in 1368.
At first the Tirol was held by a junior branch, but it was united with the main Austrian possessions in 1665.
Along with the future president FW de Klerk, he was inducted into the junior branch of the Broederbond, an Afrikaner secret society that dominated apartheid-era politics.
A period of warfare between the two branches of the family followed, during which the junior branch initially triumphed but was quickly forced to acknowledge the suzerainty of first the Pallavas and then the senior branch.
But that result could inflame the Tory right, which resents the influence of the junior branch of the coalition, and fears that AV would make it impossible for their party to govern alone again.
(It should be noted, however, that William II's cousin, William Frederick, of the junior branch of Orange-Nassau, continued to govern Friesland as well as Groningen, which also elected him stadtholder).
It was in accordance with the agreement forced upon the quarreling factions by the shogunate that Takaharu, of the junior branch, ascended the throne in 1318 and took the reign name Go-Daigo ("Later Daigo").
The counts of the Fraknó line belonged to the junior branch of the Fraknó Esterházys, which was split into three lines by the sons of Ferenc Esterházy (1641 83), brother of the first prince, Pál.
If the Home Office review that is currently examining counter-terrorism laws recommends their retention, the junior branch of the coalition will rage.Recent weeks have provided other glimpses of the Lib Dems' influence on non-economic matters.
