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primogeniture

type of inheritance or succession in which the first-born qualifying child inherits the entire or main estate
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primogeniture

Summary

primogeniture is an inheritance norm[1]. primogeniture draws 4,927 Wikipedia views per month (inheritance_norm category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • primogeniture's instance of is recorded as inheritance norm[3].
  • primogeniture is a type of inheritance[4].
  • primogeniture is the opposite of ultimogeniture[5].
  • primogeniture's facet of is recorded as first-born[6].
  • primogeniture's facet of is recorded as birthright[7].
  • primogeniture's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • primogeniture's different from is recorded as cognatic succession[9].
  • primogeniture's different from is recorded as secundogeniture[10].

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Definition and Type

primogeniture's instance of is recorded as inheritance norm[3]. primogeniture is a type of inheritance[4]. primogeniture is the opposite of ultimogeniture[5].

Why It Matters

primogeniture draws 4,927 Wikipedia views per month (inheritance_norm category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] primogeniture has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → cognatic succession, secundogeniture
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Instance of → inheritance norm
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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