As the eldest living son of the sovereign, Charles automatically gained several titles ( including Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay ), and subsequently was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in November 1616.

* 587: In the 2nd year of Yōmei-tennō's reign ( 用明天皇2年 ), the emperor died, and despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, the succession (‘‘ senso ’’) was received by another son of Emperor Kimmei, one of Yōmei's younger brothers.

* April 9, 806 (): In the 25th year of Emperor Kammu's reign, he died ; and despite an ensuring dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession ( senso ) was received by his son.

From then on, he ordered prayers in all the mosques of Syria and Egypt as the sovereign king and he issued at the Cairo mint gold coins bearing his official title — al-Malik an-Nasir Yusuf Ayyub, ala ghaya " the King Strong to Aid, Joseph son of Job ; exalted be the standard.

* 1242 ( Ninji 3, 10th day of the 1st month ): In the 10th year of Shijō-tennō's reign ( 四条天皇10年 ), the emperor died suddenly ; and despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession ( senso ) was received by the second son of former Emperor Tsuchimikado.

The title is not automatic ; it merges into the Crown when a prince accedes to the throne, or lapses on his death leaving the sovereign free to re-grant it should another candidate qualify, such as an heir-apparent other than the eldest living son, such as that deceased eldest son's eldest son ( for example, George III ).

In such countries, a daughter of the sovereign who is currently next in line to the throne is not the " heir apparent " because she would be displaced in the succession by any future legitimate son of the sovereign, and cannot therefore take the title of Princess of Wales in her own right.

As the eldest son of the British sovereign, he was automatically Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay at birth.

She resented the fact that, as the wife of a younger son of the British sovereign, she had to yield precedence to George's mother, the Princess of Wales, whose father had been a minor German prince before being called unexpectedly to the throne of Denmark.

Even though he had spent the last decades of his life securing Maria Theresa's inheritance, Charles always expected a son and never prepared his daughter for her future role as sovereign.

Note that Wèi Wǔ Dì Cáo Cāo was never a sovereign in his own right but his son was.

John de la Pole was Duke of Suffolk and John Howard was Duke of Norfolk ( 2nd creation ), while the duchy of Cornwall was reserved as a title and source of income for the eldest son of the sovereign, and the duchy of Lancaster was now held by the monarch.

Stairs handed over Msiri's body to his two brothers and an adopted son, Makanda Bantu, whom Stairs installed as chief to replace Msiri, and who signed the treaty acknowledging Leopold as sovereign.

She felt that as the daughter of the sovereign of Austria, one of the allied members, she would be treated with respect by Allied forces, with the possibility of her son succeeding the throne should Napoleon be deposed.

The corruption shahajada, " Shah's son ", taken from the Mughal title Shahzada, is the usual princely title borne by the grandsons and male descendants of a Nepalese sovereign, in the male line.

It was arranged that Thomas Francis, as son of a reigning monarch, would hold the rank of first among the princes étrangers at the French court —- taking precedence even before the formerly all-powerful House of Guise, whose kinship to the sovereign Duke of Lorraine was more remote.

It was arranged that Thomas, as son of a reigning monarch, would hold the rank of first among the princes étrangers at the French court — taking precedence even before the formerly all-powerful House of Guise, whose kinship to the sovereign Duke of Lorraine was more remote.

All Dukes of Cornwall who have been the eldest living son of the sovereign are generally considered to have held the same creation of the duchy.

After 1943, when fascism ended, De Nicola was perhaps the most influential mediator for the creation of the title " Lieutenant-General of the Realm ", by which the king's son Prince Humbert took over most of the functions of the sovereign.

As emperor, he had no real power, and his mother had resolved that neither her husband nor her son should ever deprive her of sovereign control in her hereditary dominions.

He was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and became the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1893.

On the death of Prince Louis II, theretofore without a legitimate heir, the throne of Monaco was due to pass to Wilhelm, the German 2nd Duke of Urach, Louis II's cousin, a son of Princess Florestine of Monaco ; to forestall this event, on 15 May 1911 a law was passed recognizing Charlotte as Louis's daughter, and making her a member of the sovereign family.

Wu Zetian ( ( c. 625 – 705 ), also known as Wu Zhao or Wu Chao and as Wu-hou or Wu Hou (), and during the Tang Dynasty as Tian Hou ( 天后 ), Dynasty ), and in English translation as Empress Consort Wu, or the deprecated term " Empress Wu " was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her self-proclaimed " Zhou Dynasty ", from 690 to 705 ; however, she had previous imperial positions, under both Taizong and his son Gaozong, of the Tang Dynasty, in China.

Albert was born in Ansbach in Franconia as the third son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

The state of turmoil caused by these religious and political disputes was increased by the possibility of Albert's early death and the need, should that happen, to appoint a regent, as his only son, Albert Frederick was still a mere youth.

In 1229, Prince Danylo of Halych expelled Andrew's youngest son from his principality, while Frederick II, Duke of Austria started to attack the western borders of the kingdom in 1230.

Frederick William was the eldest surviving son of Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

After George Frederick's death in 1603, the Polish king Zygmunt Waza appointed Joachim Frederick as regent in 1605, and permitted his son, John Sigismund, to succeed him in 1611.

He was the fifth but third surviving son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, and Maria Antonia of Bavaria.

Albert was born in Grimma as the third and youngest son ( but fifth child in order of birth ) of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony, and Margarete of Austria, sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.

Patch's great grandfather, Hans Truval Christsen, a Danish immigrant from Copenhagen and his son Frederick Christsen had an employment policy of employing staff from the Salvation Army faith in the rum bottling process as they were less likely to be tempted to sample the spirit.

His Basilikon Doron, a manual on the powers of a king, was written to edify his four-year-old son Henry Frederick king " acknowledgeth himself ordained for his people, having received from the god a burden of government, whereof he must be countable.

He hoped to be appointed to the Custom House in Philadelphia with help from President Tyler's son Robert, an acquaintance of Poe's friend Frederick Thomas.

After his death he was succeeded by his son Frederick III who was only emperor for 99 days.

Denmark tried to solve the problem by giving the Faroes to Christoffer Gabel ( and later on his son, Frederick ) as a personal feudal estate.

He was the eldest son of Prince John, ( who succeeded his brother Frederick Augustus II on the Saxon throne as King John in 1854 ) by his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria.

His son Frederick Douglass Jr. also served as a recruiter and his other son, Lewis Douglass, fought for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Fort Wagner.

Frederick I of Ansbach and Bayreuth ( also known as Frederick V ; or ; 8 May 1460 – 4 April 1536 ) was born at Ansbach as the eldest son of the Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wife Anna, daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

His eldest surviving son was Frederick II ( Fritz ), born in 1712.

He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony — younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony — by his first wife, Caroline of Bourbon, Princess of Parma.

His father was the only son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony who left surviving male issue.

On 1 September the Prince Maximilian renounced his rights of succession in favor of his son Frederick Augustus, who was proclaimed Prince Co-Regent ( de: Prinz-Mitregenten ) of Saxony.

The musician Theodor Uhlig ( 1822 – 1853 ) was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus.