Sentence examples for legitimate heir from inspiring English sources
She did not love her son Paul, the legitimate heir, whose throne she occupied.
After he died without a legitimate heir, the succession passed to the Campbells of Mamore.
The legitimate heir was compelled to commit suicide when his younger brother usurped the throne.
His nine sons and six daughters managed to produce one legitimate heir between them, Princess Charlotte.
They could petition the Queen, if there was any legitimate heir eligible to do so.
David and Solomon also reflect the age of Josiah, the sole legitimate heir of the dynasty.
Ladislas left no legitimate heir; he was succeeded by Andrew III (reigned 1290 1301), grandson of Andrew II.
"I am in fact the legitimate heir to the Reagan movement, not some liberal from Massachusetts," Mr. Gingrich declared heatedly.
It was the left that proclaimed itself the legitimate heir of the 18th century's faith in progress.
After the president's death, he declared himself the legitimate heir to the presidency from his new villa in Spain.
Mies was the legitimate heir to that same cultural impulse, but with a different vocabulary and on an international scale.
