Message from @Veritas
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King James I & VI was related to the English throne patrilineally from the 1300s
James I of England and VI of Scotland for whoever reads this after and doesn't understand
Well that's how he inherited the throne
Yeah
There were literally no heirs left
If James died
The English royal line would've ended
But yh
Wonder what they would have done in such a case
I guess every man for himself at that point
It's happened maybe 3 times
With no heir at all
So what happened then?
They've been forced to look at the matrilineal line
Once in the 1200s
Then again in the 1200s
Then in the 1300s
After that one of the kings had so many children they wouldn't have to search
He created 2 royal houses from how many children he had
House Lancaster and house york
Pretty sure it would have been impossible to have so many kids you'd create two royal houses because they'd all still be your house
But I don't know much about the War of the Roses tbh because it is so damn complicated
@The State the king got married thrice
And had kids with all his wifes
All those kids were sons
They had sons of their own
Yeah but they would all inherit his name not his wife's
Yeah
So how would that create two houses?
Because one of them changed their name
When they became Duke of York
And another Duke of Lancaster
Surnames weren't that popular back then in England
It's fairly complicated
But if the current queen hadn't changed the law in 2013
Then princess Charlotte would've been somewhere like 30th in line to the English throne
lmao
Femoids BTFO
And finally
Prince Louis 5th In line