* Emperor Yozei of Japan is deposed, and succeeded by his paternal great-uncle Emperor Kōkō.

But then his brother Geoffrey, who had received as appanage the three fortresses of Chinon, Loudun and Mirebeau, tried to seize upon Anjou, on the pretext that, by the will of their father, Geoffrey the Handsome, all the paternal inheritance ought to descend to him, if Henry succeeded in obtaining possession of the maternal inheritance.

By paternal inheritance, he also succeeded in 1592 as King of Sweden but was deposed in 1599.

Amadeus was born at Le Bourget-du-Lac, and succeeded his childless paternal uncle Philip I, Count of Savoy as Count of Savoy in 1285.

He was succeeded by Osric, son of Edwin's paternal uncle Ælfric, in Deira, and by Eanfrith, son of Æthelfrith and Edwin's sister Acha, in Bernicia.

By paternal inheritance, he legally succeeded as King of Sweden.

Their son, Richard Curzon-Howe, succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount Curzon in 1820 and was created Earl Howe in 1821 ; he was succeeded by his son, George ( 1821 – 1876 ).

Radoslav succeeded to the throned and was crowned king by his paternal uncle Sava Nemanjić, Archbishop of Serbs.

On the death of Maurice in 1625 without legitimate issue, Frederick Henry succeeded him in his paternal dignities and estates, and also in the stadtholderates of the five provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Guelders, and in the important posts of captain and admiral-general of the Union ( commander-in-chief of the Dutch States Army and of the Dutch navy ).

Shortly afterwards, through Bentivoglio's influence, he obtained from the pope the remission of his monastic vows, and succeeded in recovering a portion of his paternal inheritance.

When her paternal uncle Antiochus I Soter died in 261 BC, Antiochus II succeeded his father.

Duchess Anne of Brunswick-Lunenburg was born at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, five years before her paternal grandfather, Elector George Louis, succeeded to the British throne as George I.

His only son Henry was styled Earl of Stafford on his father's death, and succeeded his paternal grandfather as Duke of Buckingham in June 1473, following the latter's death at the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460.

Lord Mount Stuart's eldest son John succeeded his maternal grandfather as seventh Earl of Dumfries in 1803, and his paternal grandfather as second Marquess of Bute in 1814.

James Stuart-Mackenzie, younger son of the second Earl, succeeded to the Mackenzie estates through his paternal grandmother and assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Mackenzie.

His eldest brother being a prodigal son, Adam succeeded to the paternal estate, but burned the will when his brother promised to reform.

Henry succeeded his paternal grandfather, Henry Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby, as second Baron Grey of Groby in July 1614.

The Ewe are essentially a patrilineal people ; the founder of a community was the established chief, and was then usually succeeded by his paternal relatives.

Born John Stuart, he was styled Lord Mount Stuart from his father's death in 1794, and succeeded his maternal grandfather as 7th Earl of Dumfries in 1803 ( adding the surname Crichton before that of Stuart in 1805 ), before succeeding his paternal grandfather as 2nd Marquess of Bute in 1814.

By paternal inheritance, he succeeded 1592 as King of Sweden and was regarded as having abdicated 1599 and finally deposed 1604.

He died in 1671, unmarried and childless and was succeeded by his paternal uncle John Seymour.

Mithridates V succeeded his paternal aunt Laodice and paternal uncle Mithridates IV of Pontus on the Pontian throne and the accession of Mithridates V is uncertain.

When his uncle Tughril died he was succeeded by Suleiman, Alp Arslan's brother.

The last Abbot was Cardinal David Beaton, who in 1522 succeeded his uncle James to become Archbishop of St Andrews.

In 1699 he succeeded Samuel Pufendorf as historiographer to the elector, and the same year replaced his uncle Joseph Ancillon as judge of all the French refugees in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

A son of Cináed mac Ailpín (" Kenneth MacAlpin "), he succeeded his uncle Domnall mac Ailpín as Pictish king following the latter's death on 13 April 862.

Áed, Constantine's father, succeeded Constantine's uncle and namesake Constantine I in 876 but was killed in 878.

In 1815 he succeeded his uncle as second Baron of Halkin according to a special remainder and assumed the additional surname of Duff ( see Duff-Gordon baronets for further history of this branch of the family ).

Yōzei was succeeded by his father's uncle, Emperor Kōkō ; and in the reign of Kōkō's son, Emperor Uda, the madness re-visited the tormented former emperor:

As soon as Henry succeeded his father in 1201, he had to struggle with his Piast relatives, at first with his uncle Duke Mieszko IV Tanglefoot who immediately seized the Upper Silesian Duchy of Opole.

Brought to power by a palace conspiracy in 1623, he succeeded his uncle Mustafa I ( 1617 – 18, 1622 – 23 ).

Alexander IV succeeded Innocent IV as guardian of Conradin, the last of the Hohenstaufens, promising him protection ; but in less than a fortnight he conspired against him and bitterly opposed Conradin's uncle Manfred.

However, he does not appear to have joined the order of St. Francis, but rather remained a member of the secular clergy until his elevation to bishop of Carpentras, France, in 1471 ; very shortly after his uncle succeeded to the papal chair.

George V died when Margaret was five, and her uncle succeeded as King Edward VIII.

When Frederick Barbarossa succeeded his uncle in 1152, there seemed to be excellent prospects for ending the feud, since he was a Welf on his mother's side.

His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III.

Frelinghuysen was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836, and studied law in Newark with his uncle, to whose practice he succeeded in 1839, after he was admitted to the bar.

He succeeded his unpopular uncle Huneric, and for that reason alone, enjoyed a rather successful reign.

It was thus at Olmütz on 2 December that, by the abdication of his uncle Ferdinand and the renunciation of his father, the mild-mannered Franz Karl, Franz Joseph succeeded as Emperor of Austria.

He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, though Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, his first cousin twice removed, and maternal great uncle, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723.

Following the death of his uncle, Leopold II, Albert succeeded to the Belgian throne in December 1909, since Albert's own father had already died in 1905.

An uncle of the uncrowned King Louis XVII, and younger brother to reigning Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him.

He succeeded his uncle, Dakodonou, and ruled from 1645 to 1685.

He was succeeded by his uncle, Philip the Tall.

Pentheus was succeeded by his uncle Polydorus.

Eteocles was succeeded by his uncle, Creon.