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comparative more throneworthy, superlative most throneworthy
In the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman eras, eligible for royal succession by virtue of kinship. quotations examples
[Edgar] was given the designation of "Aetheling"—that is, throneworthy—which might indicate that the king considered him a potential successor.
2012, Tracy Joanne Borman, Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I