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'''Succession to the Aretian throne''' utilizes [[wikipedia:Primogeniture#Male-preference primogeniture|male-preference primogeniture]]. Additional mechanisms allowing the reigning monarch to appoint his or her heir apparent under traditional Vardanan law. Succession practices were inherited from the [[House of Hazarasp|Hazaraspid-led]] [[Monarchy of Vardana|monarchy]] when the House of Byzennos proclaimed kingship and rule from Aretias. As such, succession in Aretias is based upon royal house law originating from the rule of the Manavazean dynasty.
'''Succession to the Aretian throne''' utilizes [[wikipedia:Primogeniture#Male-preference primogeniture|male-preference primogeniture]]. Additional mechanisms allowing the reigning monarch to appoint his or her heir apparent under traditional Vardanan law. Succession practices were inherited from the [[House of Hazarasp|Hazaraspid-led]] [[Monarchy of Vardana|monarchy]] when the House of Byzennos proclaimed kingship and rule from Aretias. As such, succession in Aretias is based upon royal house law originating from the rule of the Manavazean dynasty.
==Eligibility==
==Eligibility==
Dynastic law sets few base requirements to become monarch of adhering to [[Vardanan Apostolic Church|Apostolic Christianity]], legitimate birth, and consent to marriages. Despite the traditional male-preference inheritance, the monarch may appoint his successor in certain instances, such as a lack of children from his primary marriage. As [[Vardana|Vardanan]] customary law permits a nobleman to have multiple wives, a monarch may appoint a child from a secondary wife as heir apparent if he lacks male issue from his primary wife. This eventuality has yet to occur since the proclamation of the monarchy on [[Aretias]]. At the two instances of the ascension of a female sovereign, her husband has become king [[wikipedia:jure uxoris|jure uxoris]], however this is largely based in custom and not constitutionality. Per a 2017 declaration from [[Basil II of Aretias|King Basil II]], his eldest daughter, [[Zenobia, Despoina of Bayazet]], is heir to the Aretian throne unless the birth of a legitimate son displaces her.
Dynastic law sets few base requirements to become monarch of adhering to [[Perateian Ecumenical Church]], legitimate birth, and consent to marriages. Despite the traditional male-preference inheritance, the monarch may appoint his successor in certain instances, such as a lack of children from his primary marriage. As [[Vardana|Vardanan]] customary law permits a nobleman to have multiple wives, a monarch may appoint a child from a secondary wife as heir apparent if he lacks male issue from his primary wife. This eventuality has yet to occur since the proclamation of the monarchy on [[Aretias]]. According to historical Perateian practices, when a queen regnant is marriedher husband has become king [[wikipedia:jure uxoris|jure uxoris]], however this is largely based in custom and not constitutionality. Per a 2018 declaration from [[Basil IV of Aretias|King Basil IV]], his eldest daughter, [[Zenobia, Crown Princess of Aretias]], is heir to the Aretian throne unless the birth of a legitimate son displaces her.
 
==Line of succession==
==Line of succession==
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Revision as of 20:07, 29 May 2022

First six in line from 1 January 2021
1. HRH The Despoina of Bayazet
2. HRH The Princess Andrea
3. HRH The Princess Constantia
4. HRH The Prince Robert Baldwin of Aretias.jpg
5. Prince Cyril
6. Prince Manuel

Succession to the Aretian throne utilizes male-preference primogeniture. Additional mechanisms allowing the reigning monarch to appoint his or her heir apparent under traditional Vardanan law. Succession practices were inherited from the Hazaraspid-led monarchy when the House of Byzennos proclaimed kingship and rule from Aretias. As such, succession in Aretias is based upon royal house law originating from the rule of the Manavazean dynasty.

Eligibility

Dynastic law sets few base requirements to become monarch of adhering to Perateian Ecumenical Church, legitimate birth, and consent to marriages. Despite the traditional male-preference inheritance, the monarch may appoint his successor in certain instances, such as a lack of children from his primary marriage. As Vardanan customary law permits a nobleman to have multiple wives, a monarch may appoint a child from a secondary wife as heir apparent if he lacks male issue from his primary wife. This eventuality has yet to occur since the proclamation of the monarchy on Aretias. According to historical Perateian practices, when a queen regnant is marriedher husband has become king jure uxoris, however this is largely based in custom and not constitutionality. Per a 2018 declaration from King Basil IV, his eldest daughter, Zenobia, Crown Princess of Aretias, is heir to the Aretian throne unless the birth of a legitimate son displaces her.

Line of succession

See also

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