The heir of John VI, Pedro I, remained in Brazil.

Charles IV the Fair died without an heir in 1328.

A third problem derived from the lack of a direct heir to the throne.

In 1474, King Henry IV of Castile died without a male heir.

Marriages In 1490, Isabella married Afonso, the Prince of Portugal and heir of John II of Portugal.

When the Prince of Wales died suddenly in 1751, his eldest son, Prince George, became heir apparent.

Back in Portugal, his father João went mad with grief and offered a fortune for the ransom of his heir.

When Constantine V died in September 775, Leo was to succeed to the throne at the age of twenty five years.

History Until the reign of King John IV of Portugal, the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal had used the title of Prince of Portugal.

Henry VIII was willing to execute two wives and overturn Christendom in pursuit of a son.

Upon the death in 1553 of Henry VIII's successor, Edward VI, Edward's Catholic half sister Mary I became queen.

The king had a male heir, Pedro, but Pedro had proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822 and he was then Emperor Pedro I of that country.

Women did, however, sometimes assume a custodial right over land when no male heirs existed to inherit primary rights.

As for the inheritance rights of a surviving spouse, they were now the same for men and women each spouse was the heir of the other.

When that day comes, the ultimate promise of all divine religions will be fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being who is heir to all prophets and pious men.

Whoever becomes president whether Nicolás Maduro, the designated Chávista heir, or Henrique Capriles, the opposition candidate will be heard in the international community.

Recently, Ozawa had a visit that he made to Tanaka s tombstone televised, thereby holding himself up to the public as Tanaka s heir.

The untimely death of both the heir Ninan Cuchi and the Emperor Huayna Capac, from a European disease that spread into Ecuador, created a power vacuum between two factions.

The assassination of the heir of the Austro Hungarian Empire at Sarajevo in July 1914 was not the cause of World War I, but its pretext.

Egypt s heir apparent Gamal Mubarak followed suit in the fourth week of the fighting by heading a 70 member delegation on a solidarity visit to Beirut.

There is, indeed, a growing belief that Kim Jong il might, at any moment, designate Kim Kyong hui to serve as a caretaker for the third generation successor after his death.

Argentina s Carlos Menem, the heir to Peronism, the continent s most enduring form of caudillismo , was one such example, but his was a soft caudillismo , which basically maintained democratic norms .

It began when King Ferdinand I of Portugal died without male heirs, and ended when King John I was crowned in 1385, after the Battle of Aljubarrota.

Already some are claiming to discern in his European policy the makings of an heir to Harold Wilson, another famous renegotiator of Britain s terms of membership in the then European Community who went on to win a referendum on Europe.

In Tunisia, a successor from the Trabelsi branch of the Ben Ali clan linked to the president through his second wife, Leila Trabelsi could target the extensive interests of families related to Ben Ali s daughters from a previous marriage.

Chávez s successor may have little choice but to maintain Venezuela s role in Latin American and global affairs. Whoever becomes president whether Nicolás Maduro, the designated Chávista heir, or Henrique Capriles, the opposition candidate will be heard in the international community.

Article IV of the treaty specifically stated that Norway was ceded to the king of Sweden , and not to the kingdom of Sweden a provision favourable to his former Norwegian subjects as well as to their future king, whose position as a former revolutionary turned heir to the Swedish throne was far from secure.

There is, indeed, a growing belief that Kim Jong il might, at any moment, designate Kim Kyong hui to serve as a caretaker for the third generation successor after his death. But Kim Kyong hui may have other plans, such as becoming Kim Jong il s successor herself.

She married first Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of and heir to King Henry VII of England and, after Prince Arthur's death, she married his brother Henry, Duke of York, who also became Prince of Wales and then King Henry VIII.