legitimate descent

When Canute died in 1157, Magnus's legitimate descent went extinct.

Article 85 provides that the King's constitutional powers are hereditary through the direct, natural and legitimate descent from King Leopold I, by order of primogeniture.

He was the second husband of wealthy Isabel de la Cerda, who was of royal legitimate descent from King Alfonso X of Castile through her grandfather.

Persons who can trace legitimate descent from the Prophet Muhammad, as can members of several present or formerly reigning dynasties, are widely regarded as belonging to the ancient, hereditary Islamic nobility.

Whether or not he intended to merely become regent or he intended to usurp the crown through his own legitimate descent from Robert the Bruce is one of the more interesting questions of this period in Scottish history.

Since other legitimate descent from King Valdemar apparently was extinct by this time, Dietrich was considered the heir general of Kings Valdemar I of Sweden and Eric IV of Denmark.

Hence, persons connected with Penang and Malacca prior to 31 August 1957, together with those born before 1983 in legitimate descent to fathers so connected, form the largest group of British Overseas citizens (estimated at over 1 million).

In 1035, following the death of Duke Robert I on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, William of Talou challenged his nephew's right to succeed his father, basing his own claim on a legitimate descent from Richard II.

Except John III's legitimate descent (kings of Sweden and Poland and totally extinct since 1672), lineage of all the others went extinct upon their own death or at the death of an only surviving legitimate child.

By the death of Anne of France, Magdalena's descent, along with that of her elder sister Yolande, Duchess of Savoy became the last surviving legitimate descents from Charles VII of France.

Details in Javanese sources about the early years of the kingdom are limited, and the line is unclear between the historical record and myths since there are indications of the efforts of later rulers, especially Agung, to establish a long line of legitimate descent by inventing predecessors.