Re: My coming out as a conlanger

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>En réponse à Jake X <alwaysawake247@...>:
>
> > Re: My coming out as a conlangerI just thought of a reason why there
> > could
> > be no gay monarchs in the traditional royal system (not that I aspired
> > to be
> > king, but just theoretically of a time when closets were burial pits).
> > Where
> > would the heirs come from?  I don't think royalty adopted.
> >
>
>It depends on the type of royalty. The Western idea of a single patrimonial
>line is far from universal, and even in Europe there were other systems.
>Very
>often, the heir to the throne is not a direct descendant, but rather a
>nephew
>or something like that. Some royalties even do adopt quite easily.
I dunno how strictly you're defining "royalty", but the Roman Emperors
certainly often had adopted heirs.

                                                   Andreas

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