primogeniture
01KJNKCTJ5T42863NBER657Z01Properties
- _kg_layer
- 0
- beneficiary
- first-born son
- description
- A legal or customary right where the eldest son of a king or nobleman inherits their father's throne, title, and estates, also known as the right of the first-born to inherit.
- scope
- inheritance of throne, title, and estates
- type
- legal right
Relationships
- is_practiced_inEurope
- description
- Primogeniture is a customary practice in Europe, where the eldest son inherits his father's titles and estates.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- It was this way in olden times; it is this way now in Europe: that the eldest son of a king inherits his father's throne, or the eldest son of a nobleman his father's title and estates.
- was_practiced_inBible lands
- description
- Primogeniture was a custom in Bible lands, influencing the line of succession and inheritance.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- It is not so in all countries; it was not so in Bible lands.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-01T21:03:18.705Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- same_as01KJNKCCZJ9G9741DWR991G11F
- confidence
- 0.9
- detected_at
- 2026-03-01T21:04:21.871Z
- detected_by
- kg-dedupe-resolver
- reasoning
- The source entity 'primogeniture' is described as 'the right of the first-born to inherit'. Candidate 2, 'birthright', is described as 'a significant inheritance or right of the firstborn' and is heavily contextualized with biblical figures (Esau, Isaac) which aligns with the source's relationship 'was_practiced_in' 'Bible lands'. The concepts are essentially synonymous in this context, referring to the same real-world legal/customary right of the eldest child.