Chapter 358 New Inheritance Law

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The English aristocracy was quite conservative in inheriting family property.

Generally speaking, if a nobleman has no immediate family members, that is, sons, such as brothers, nephews, etc., then his title will be cancelled, and the family property and title will belong to the royal family.

For example, the Duke of York, which has a large number of family properties, has now been incorporated into the hands of the royal family, and this long-standing title has become the title of king.

If you only have a daughter, then if you want her to inherit the title, you must get the approval of His Majesty the King, and after that, after inheriting the title, her descendants will no longer enjoy the title and will end in her generation.

Male heirs were the greatest pursuit of the English aristocracy.

However, this small wish, due to monogamy and frequent marriages between nobles, leads to genetic diseases, even if a male heir is born, will die.

For example, if the Tudor dynasty is arranged according to history, after Henry VIII, Edward VI will die without an heir, Queen Mary will succeed to the throne without an heir, Queen Elizabeth will never marry, the Tudor dynasty will be extinct, and the Stuart dynasty of Scotland will rule England.

In fact, before Edward's birth, Henry VIII already had a beloved illegitimate son, and before Edward was born, he was the most likely and the heir that Henry VIII wanted to support.

Henry Fitzroy (1519-1536), the illegitimate son of Henry VIII, was made Duke of Richmond, Duke of Somerset, and Earl of Nottingham by Henry VIII at the age of 6 (1525).

Among them, the Duke of Richmond had his own dukedom, and the other Duke of Somerset and the Earl of Nottingham were only court nobles.

It can be said that before Edward was born, Henry VIII had been thinking about how to put him on the throne, even if it was to change the inheritance tradition.

No one dared to doubt the courage of His Majesty the King, after all, in order to marry the queen and have children, even the Pope did not pay attention to it, and made England a Protestant country, a Protestant lighthouse.

Although the aristocracy was so dissatisfied with the inheritance system, they could only pinch their noses and endure it, which is a universal value.

The whole of English society has always been based on the primogeniture system, whether it is a commoner or a nobleman.

Commoners had at least distant relatives who could inherit the family property, while nobles could only hand over to the royal family, and the family was removed from the heraldic bureau.

For the rest of the day, the ministers fell silent, and the air in the conference room was uneasy.

"Your Excellency the Speaker, I have a proposal, don't you know?"

Kyle sitting at the bottom. Sir Reims, standing up, looked weakly at the other ministers, his gaze drifting away, looking a little timid.

"Of course, Your Excellency, this is the Privy Council Chamber, and you have the right to make a proposal!"

Lord Farris smiled slightly, gave him an affirmative look, and spoke softly.

"I think that among the nobility, the thin male heir is the main reason for the disappearance of the title!"

Kyle. Lance straightened his back, and the whole person looked a little imposing, some of the momentum of a minister.

"—"

In the hearts of the ministers seated, the same sentence came out in unison, but their faces were still listening.

"In my mind, we're going to solve the thinness of the male heir."

"And the heirs are thin, then we will expand the scope of heirs and include more men in the list of heirs!"

After saying the last sentence, the other ministers sat up straight, their eyes looking directly at Kyle. Lance, the whole person's attention was focused on him.

Feel the feeling of being looked upon by all the ministers, Kyle. Langston felt that the taste was particularly pleasant, his heart was a little congested, and his thighs were slightly shaking.

"Go on, Your Excellency!" The smile on Farris's face suddenly spread.

"I don't think we can limit the scope of inheritance to the immediate family, we can expand it to the paternal line, within five generations."

"As long as you have the same great-grandfather, male members can be included in the scope of inheritance, so the probability of the title disappearing is much less!"

Kyle. The more Lance spoke, the more confident he became, and the more he spoke.

"Okay—"

The other ministers fell silent for a moment, lost in thought, but Lord Farris was the first to applaud, and the whole council burst into applause.

"That's a good proposition!" "Kyle. Lord Reims, this is a genius idea! ”……

Immediately, the conference room was praised one after another, making Kyle. Lance was a little embarrassed.

"In that case, Kyle. Mr. Lance's proposal was accepted, and Kyle. Mr. Reims—"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Speaker!" Kyle. Lance bowed and responded.

"Sir, since this proposal was made by you, let it be drafted by you! Tomorrow you hand it in, and I will present it to His Majesty the King!" ”

"Of course, Your Excellency the Speaker, it is my pleasure!"

Kyle. A smile instantly appeared on Lance's face, all the joints of his body seemed to be beating, the muscles of his face were trembling, and his whole person was shining.

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The next day, Edward personally met with the President of the Privy Council and the Chancellor Kyle. Lance, and after reading the motion, expressed satisfaction.

"Gentlemen, I think this proposal is still good, but there are some problems that make me a little confused?"

Looking at His Majesty's affectionate smile, Farris. Alexander and Kyle. Lance immediately bowed and saluted.

"Of course, Your Majesty, it is the responsibility of our Privy Council, please instruct!"

Farris responded.

"If the heir is found from the side line, what is the nobility of the heir? Also, if the nobles of the heir have daughters, how can the interests of the daughters be protected? ”

Edward looked at the two of them and asked sentence by sentence.

The more they asked, the two became a little nervous, and their eyes began to make eye contact with each other.

Seeing the somewhat wooden and nervous expressions of the two, Edward knew that the two must not have thought of this.

"In that case, it's up to me to decide!"

In this way, Edward spoke his heart.

"After the collateral inheritance has passed, after inheriting the title, the heir of the nobleman must be recognized as the father, and from now on, there is no longer any connection with the previous family, if the heir is extinct, he can no longer succeed and cancel the title!"

"After the succession of a male heir, if the nobleman has a daughter, then his daughter is entitled to half of the land and property, and she has absolute ownership and free use!"

In the families of knights, knights, knights, and gentlemen, if there was no male heir, the male from the family was chosen to inherit the land and titles, and the daughter was not given half a dime, unless her father had purchased a dowry for her early!