PRIMOGENITURE-RIGHT OF succession

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In the past, real wars were often fought between people of the same origin who claimed the titles of their fathers or more distant ancestors. The reason for this is the absence of a universal rule on the inheritance of noble titles. Most people still believe that this right is reserved for the eldest son in the family and that if the family has no male heirs, that family should disappear. However, if we look at the websites of the ruling houses of the world, we will see that each has its own rule of inheritance, which is adopted by the head of the house, and that these rules change over time, that is, they adapt to the interests of the noble house. Today, most noble houses respect Absolute, equal, (full) cognatic or lineal primogeniture, a form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child regardless of sex inherits the throne like the United Kingdom, Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Denmark, Belgium Kindom, Kingdom of Holland, some Southeastern Asian houses, etc. Even in the Kingdom of Spain as officially male primogeniture in 2006, King Juan Carlos I of Spain decreed a reform of the succession to noble titles from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture (According to the Spanish Ministry of Justice, the default custom of succession is absolute primogeniture, but the titleholder may designate his or her successor or distribute titles among children, provided that the eldest inherits the highest title unless he waives that right). 

When our House was formed, the Head of the House decided that absolute primogeniture would be the form of succession. 

We want to keep up with the times and follow the rules of older and more famous houses. Also in the Old Serbian State of Zeta, but also later in Old Montenegro, from which our House originates, many examples of absolute primogeniture can be found. There were even examples of the title of Prince being passed from father-in-law to son-in-law when he was unsatisfied or had no male descendants. Therefore, the titles of Princes, although they remained for generations in one family, did not go exclusively through direct male descendants. In addition, on the list of people who helped the Cetinje Monastery at the end of the 16th century, which includes our ancestor Prince Dragoje from Ozrinić, there is also a woman with the title of Princess , Princess (Kneginja) Stanislava.