A secundogeniture (from Latin : secundus 'following, second', and genitus 'born') was a dependent territory given to a younger son of a princely house and his descendants, creating a cadet branch . This was a special form of inheritance in which the second and younger son received more possessions and prestige than the apanage which was usual in principalities practising primogeniture . It avoided the generational division of the estate to the extent that occurred under gavelkind , and at the same time gave younger branches a stake in the stability of the house.
5-689: Brunswick-Bevern was a secundogeniture of the Younger House of Brunswick , itself a branch of the House of Welf . Its first member was Ferdinand Albert I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1636–1687), the fourth son of Duke Augustus the Younger , ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel . Upon the death of his father in 1666 and a lengthy dispute with his elder brothers, Ferdinand Albert I received Bevern Palace near Holzminden as part of his inheritance. In turn, he had to waive all rights and claims to rule in
10-418: Is different from a partition . A partition creates two (or more) separate, largely independent states. An example of a partition would be the division of Hesse after the death of Philip I of Hesse . Nevertheless, there have been intermediate cases between a secundogeniture and a proper partition. This German history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
15-551: The appanage of Brunswick-Bevern to his younger brother Ernest Ferdinand (1682–1746), who thereby became head of the Younger Brunswick-Bevern line. His sons Augustus William and Frederick Charles Ferdinand held the secundogeniture until 1809. The main Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line became extinct with the death of Duke William in 1884. Secundogeniture In the rare cases in which
20-655: The Welf Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel . Nevertheless, the Bevern line came to power in the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel when the main line of the Younger House of Brunswick became extinct with the death of Duke Louis Rudolph in 1735. Ferdinand Albert II , fourth son of Ferdinand Albert I who had succeeded his father in Bevern in 1687, ascended to the throne. At that time, he passed
25-431: The beneficiary was the third son in the order of succession, the second being already the holder of a secundogeniture, the domain given as a benefit was called a tertiogeniture . The creation of a secundogeniture was often regulated by a house law . The younger sons would receive some territory, but much less than the older brother, and they would not be sovereign. Examples of such house laws would be A secundogeniture
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