Quotes About Heir

Your son is heir to an enormous fortune and name. Someone would be bound to bid for you him and take him as his ward.

She would not let it go. "I had thought to be Queen of England and see my son on the throne," she repeated.

All the people speak of a hero like a ghost or a sleeping saint, or a pretender. It would almost make you believe that there is an heir of York hidden out in the hills, a king waiting for the call to battle, sleeping like the true Arthur of England, ready to rise. People love to dream, so how should anyone contradict them?

He's named you heir apparent to the Apocalypse. Congratulations.

Beneficiary of a seven-figure trust fund, destined to inherit a greater fortune

He's so distraught about that woman that I dinna think he even remembers he's the heir to the thrones of Scotland and England," Jamie said, returning from one of these expeditions.

You are a son or daughter of God. You are a child of the King. You are written into God's will, and you are an heir of everything God has. You are a beneficiary of the lavish love of God, which has changed you from failure to family. Grace not only cancels guilt and shame; grace redefines you. You are a beloved family member of God, and because of that you are given a seat at the table with Almighty God.

Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.

in exchange for which she would be recognized as Elizabeth's heir apparent.

He was therefore heir to a triple monarchy.

The new baby was the only daughter and sole surviving heir of James V of Scotland and his second queen, Mary of Guise.

Her son, Prince James

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He went to pieces when told that his heir was not a boy.

and the younger one stepped into the position vacated by their father.

The boy's name was Ecgfrith, and it was upon him that his father's plans for the future depended.

Alchfrith was King Oswiu's eldest son, and a king in his own right

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

When you are about to hand control of the senate and people of Rome, the armies, the provinces, the allies to one man alone, would you look to the belly of a wife to produce him or search for an heir to supreme power only within the walls of your own home? … If he is to rule over all, he must be chosen from all.' Tacitus

The basic rule of Roman history is that those who were assassinated were, like Gaius, demonised. Those who died in their beds, succeeded by a son and heir, natural or adopted, were praised as generous and avuncular characters, devoted to the success of Rome, who did not take themselves too seriously.

I was a king and a king's heir and now I am a slave.

He is the son of an anointed and consecrated king, begotten on a lawful wife while he was still king.

One of us might be assassinated and then my heir will be king. Don't give up hope just because chances are slim." "For the assassination or the heir, your majesty?

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.