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Apr. 15th, 2021 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sigmalephFrom A Wiki of Ice and Fire:
According to Archmaester Gyldayn, in the eyes of many, the council of 101 AC established an iron precedent on matters of succession: that the Iron Throne could not pass to a woman, or to a male descendant of a woman.
What they mean is that the throne cannot pass through the female line; the case being referenced decided King Jaehaerys I would be succeeded by Viserys, son of his second son, and not Rhaenys, daughter of his first son, or Rhaenys' son Laenor.
What they're saying is that neither men nor women can inherit the throne (good luck finding a man who isn't descended from a woman!)
(I would fix it, but it seems awoiaf doesn't allow guest editing and I don't have an account)
(also now I want to worldbuild a society whose laws say that all rulers must have all ancestors be men up to the nth generation; your choice if that means fancy high tech replacing the DNA in an egg stuff or cis men having kids with trans men)
