Look up primogeniture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate...

and his successors being the first line of Princes of Windischgrätz (primogenitur), and Weriand and his successors being the second line (secundogenitur)...

⚭ Ferdinand *1652 - †1703 ← succession Primogeniture or Hluboká Line Primogenitur oder Frauenberger Linie Joseph II. *1769 - †1833 Secundogeniture or Orlík...

distinct from the legal surname borne by other family members. (cf., N.N. Primogenitur – Nur eine Silbe (in German) ("primogeniture – only a syllable"), in:...

the records as early as 1087, but Dietrich I of Are is viewed as the primogenitur of the House of Are. The comital family named themselves after the river...

important decision-makers in the county agreed not to turn to the 1375 primogenitur statute of the family—one of the oldest in Germany—and to let the heir's...

important decision-makers in the county agreed not to turn to the 1375 primogenitur statute of the family – one of the oldest in Germany – but to separate...