1. Concept
“Succession” is attested in English dating back to the 14th century, deriving via Old French succession from the Latin successio (a coming into another’s place). German also derived Sukzession/Succession by the same route from the 16th to the early 19th century, at which period the term Thronfolge gained ground in its place. Like the English “succession,” however, Sukzession applied not just to occupancy of a throne, but a…