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This is a list of last scions (individuals who were the last member of a ruling house (dynasty), or other prominent family, where heredity is the prime form of inheritance). This may be the last person to rule a realm, sometimes leading to a political crisis, or a change in government; other times power has already passed from the patrilineal ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
Great-grandson of David Kawānanakoa, heir apparent of Queen Liliʻuokalani (1891–1893). 1895: Owana Salazar [oc 2] 19 September 1988: Laʻanui [oc 3] 5th-great-granddaughter of Kalokuokamaile, half-brother of King Kamehameha I (1795–1819). Edmund Keliʻi Silva Jr. [249] 22 November 2002 Kekaulike Descendant of Kamehamehanui Aiʻlūʻau ...
Died Nationality Place of death Profession Ref. Dries van Agt: 1931 2024 Dutch Netherlands Politician, diplomat and head of government [21] René Auberjonois: 1940 2019 American United States Actor and director [22] Arthur Black: 1943 2018 Canadian Canada Broadcaster and author [23] Denis Berthiaume: 1969 2022 Canadian Canada Academic and ...
Firefighter. Lapsed into a coma after a burning building collapsed on him, starving his brain of oxygen. He awoke more than nine years later and was able to speak to his friends and family before returning to a minimally responsive state. Died from pneumonia on 21 February 2006, aged 44. Thomas Hill [citation needed] 1988 2010 12 years 2022
List of people executed in the United States in 2023; List of people executed in the United States in 2024; Other
Examples are Henry the Young King and the heirs of elective monarchies, such as the use of the title King of the Romans for the Habsburg emperors. In the partially elective system of tanistry, the heir or tanist was elected from the qualified males of the royal family. Different monarchies use different rules to determine the line of succession.
A category for those articles that list heirs-apparent and heirs-presumptive to various thrones. Pages in category "Lists of heirs" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.