heir apparent

person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by death or a change in the rules of succession
Intangible position Q2762318
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heir apparent

Summary

heir apparent is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,172 views/month, #26 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • heir apparent's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • heir apparent's subclass of is recorded as successor to the throne[4].
  • heir apparent's opposite of is recorded as heir presumptive[5].
  • heir apparent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f6dq[6].
  • heir apparent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heirs apparent[7].
  • heir apparent's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • heir apparent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/heir-apparent[9].
  • heir apparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'престолонаслідниця'}[10].
  • heir apparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'hereva natural'}[11].
  • heir apparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prestolonaslednica'}[12].
  • heir apparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'herdeira natural'}[13].
  • heir apparent's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as heirs-apparent[14].
  • heir apparent's KBpedia ID is recorded as HeirApparent[15].
  • heir apparent's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 10188430-n[16].

Why It Matters

heir apparent ranks in the top 0.74% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,172 views/month, #26 of 3,525).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). heir apparent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/heir-apparent
MLA “heir apparent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/heir-apparent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_heir-apparent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{heir apparent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/heir-apparent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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