Not always.
In the case of the British royal family, yes. BUt only when there's been no other choice, such as Elizabeth I and II and Victoria.
But in the case of the aristocracy, those titles pass to the next male heir. Which was the whole plot behind Downton Abbey, Robert had 3 daughters, his title was going to a male cousin (?) until that person died on the Titanic then it went to Matthew....an even more far flung male heir. The girls would have been at the mercy of whomever they married or if the new earl chose to let them live in the house.
I can't recall how things work in the Westeros world. If it is strictly male or if it is child, preferably male but female if there's not a male.
In the case of the British royal family, yes. BUt only when there's been no other choice, such as Elizabeth I and II and Victoria.
But in the case of the aristocracy, those titles pass to the next male heir. Which was the whole plot behind Downton Abbey, Robert had 3 daughters, his title was going to a male cousin (?) until that person died on the Titanic then it went to Matthew....an even more far flung male heir. The girls would have been at the mercy of whomever they married or if the new earl chose to let them live in the house.
I can't recall how things work in the Westeros world. If it is strictly male or if it is child, preferably male but female if there's not a male.
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