heir-presumptive

The assassination of his nephew and heir-presumptive, Franz Ferdinand, by Serbian nationalists in Sarajevo caused him to attack Serbia, precipitating World War I.

Heirs to Germany's Royal History 2011

She later became known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, when her father, the future Christian IX, was appointed heir-presumptive to the Danish throne.

Archive 2009-06-01 Matterhorn 2009

She later became known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, when her father, the future Christian IX, was appointed heir-presumptive to the Danish throne.

Empress Dagmar Matterhorn 2009

In fact, it raised money for the office of the party leader and, to only a slightly lesser extent, that of his heir-presumptive, Gordon Brown.

A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

For example, there was currently a lot of talk from the political right of inviting the most likely Romanov heir-presumptive back to Moscow - not to take over, but merely to accept a semi-official apology for the murder of his ancestors.

The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

An heir-presumptive in direct line of succession to the clan chieftainship staffed a yacht or a plane.

Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955

_ -- In 1113 David, Earl of Huntingdon, and heir-presumptive to the Scottish throne, introduced a colony of thirteen

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

Her favourite daughter, the Princess Alice, and her favourite grandson, the heir-presumptive to her throne, drooped beside her like flowers untimely touched by frost; and within the last few weeks we ourselves have seen yet another of her grandsons laid beneath the sod in this very city of

With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Edward P. Lowry

My lord married his daughter to the heir-presumptive to the English throne, and

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

The young Agrippa, grandson of Augustus, and heir-presumptive to an empire wider than that of Napoleon's most ambitious dreams, was banished to Planosa by his grandfather, at the instance of Livia.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester