If your lifestyle can cope with a cat that is extraordinarily extrovert and lively, then Munchkin kittens might just be the right breed for you. Ranging from small to medium size, Munchkin kittens have an average weight of five to nine pounds as they grow. The appearance of this cat breed is the product of a natural genetic mutation. Under British succession law, for example, Catholics and illegitimate children are naturally dead.Munchkin’s short legs should not be attributed to having been involved with a dog of the same quality, the Dachshund. To be "naturally dead" just means that you're not in line for succession. The ones I've listed here, though, are the most relevant.Ģ For reference, male primogeniture was how succession of the British Crown had worked (with the added caveats that illegitimate children and Catholics were always excluded) from 1701 until something happened that made the Royal Family somewhat anxious to revise that male-preference thing.ģ "Natural death: is an idea found in the British rules of succession (and likely those of other nations, although the British one is where I'm sourcing the phrase). To be honest, I rather suspect that Tolkien chose to end the line of Thráin II just so he wouldn't have to make a decision on this point.ġ There are many more rules than this, obviously no two monarchies do it quite the same way. History of Middle Earth XII: "The Peoples of Middle Earth" Chapter XII: Last Writings Of Glorfindel, Círdan, and other mattersĪlthough this is obviously not conclusive evidence, it does suggest that daughters were not considered eligible to succeed. This 'return' would only occur when by some chance or other the What effect would have on the succession? Probably There's at least one (rough) anecdote to support that claim, from a footnote in History of Middle Earth, when discussing the reincarnation of Durin: Considering that Dís is literally the only Dwarf female identified in Tolkien's writings (and Tolkien identified a lot of Dwarf kings, as you can see from the above image), it's a fair assumption that they follow a variation of Salic law, with no Queens allowed, but exactly which version they follow is unknown, and there are no clues to help us sort it out. Tolkien was presumably not interested in the topic of succession, so we have no Word of God answer on the subject. How this plays out is essentially the same (in this case) as with cognatic succession, except the Crown skips over Dís and lands directly on Fíli.Īs previously noted, we have no idea. Under the second variation of Salic Law, female kin are considered "naturally dead", but their sons are in the line of succession. Under this rule, neither Fíli nor Kíli would ever become King Under the Mountain. This is Daín II, who is alive, so he becomes King Under the Mountain.
The eldest surviving female child of Thráin II.The eldest surviving child (male and female condensed for simplicity) of Frerin.
Frerin, Thorin's only brother, died 150 years prior, so: Under this rule, succession would be determined like so: Typically this rule has preferred male children over female (a variation of which is sometimes called "Male primogeniture" 2). Vastly oversimplifying, this means that succession is a depth-first search on the family tree, preferring the oldest children. I'll also assume that their mother Dís is alive, although we have no canon to confirm or deny it, because it's easier than constantly saying "If Dís is alive then., otherwise.".įirst, I refer you to the family tree of Durin the Deathless (the information here is taken from Appendix A: "Annals of the Kings and Rulers", though the image obviously is not):Ĭognatic primogeniture. I'm going to assume, as you do in your question, that Fíli and Kíli survived the Battle of the Five Armies, because otherwise it's a moot point. Please note that (to my knowledge) Tolkien has never indicated what rule of succession the Dwarves follow. I'm going to vastly oversimplify some common rules of succession to try and explain how this issue might be resolved.
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