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On Thu, 7/24/14, Rupert Boleyn <rupert.boleyn@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] More for culture design: Inheritance
 To: tml@simplelists.com
 Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 2:56 PM

 On 25/07/2014 05:34,
 Freelance Traveller wrote:

[lots of good stuff deleted]

About seven or eight years ago I was browsing in a used-book store & came across an 1890's
Encyclo Britannia.
The place was furnished like a library so I spent some time reading one of the volumes.
W/i the section concerning Imperial Germany there was a discussion of the various inheritance customs w/i the fragmented part of Saxony (as opposed to the K. of Saxony) labelled 'Thuringia'. The book stated that there was a distinct territory w/i which the custom followed was that the youngest male would inherit it all. The older siblings typically became servants according to the text but, I imagine, since this was Imperial Germany, a military career was also possible. The article finished by mentioning that there had until recently (c.1895) been a section of England where the custom was similar, leading to speculation that both areas had been 'colonized' from a common, 'saxon' source during the Dark Ages.

Also, as has been mentioned before, the Thrones of the UK & Hannover were 'decoupled' when Victoria took the throne in London as Hannover would not recognize a female. Hence Vi's uncle, a son of George III became King of Hannover.
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