In Europe, regardless of male-line or female-line, only children who were born between royal families (including royal family members from other countries and prosperous peerage) have been allowed to ascend to the throne. |
ヨーロッパでは男系であれ女系であれ、代々王族同士(他国の王族ないしこれに準ずる有力貴族を含む)の間に生まれた嫡子のみに王位を継承させていた。 |