Re: Twins as heirs to throne

On Mar 15, 11:07 pm, "Ron Head" <ronh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Graham said in an earlier post about Queen Victoria's place in the line of
succession to the British throne:

"It's true that her uncle (the Duke of Clarence) fathered legitimate
children by
his wife (born Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen), before and after
the death of his brother, the Duke of Kent.  But it's also interesting
to note that both were daughters (the first was stillborn a couple of
months before Victoria's birth; and the second -- "Little Queen Bess",
who lived for only three months -- was born in the reign of King
George IV.  I believe that the duchess of Clarence also miscarried a
pair of twin boys sometime later; afterward, there were no further
pregnancies)."

Had these twin boys been carried to term and born healthy, I must assume
that the elder would have been ahead of the younger in the line of
succession, like any other elder and younger brothers.

Has their ever been a case (anywhere) of a twin being born or later becoming
heir apparent to a throne?  If so, were there any musings at the time about
the possibility of "Co-heirship" for such twins?  If such a situation were
to arise in the future, do you suppose such a proposal might be seriously
put forth?

King James II of Scotland was a twin. He and his twin brother
Alexander were born on Oct. 16, 1430 to King James I and Queen Joan
(Beaufort). Alexander was the elder, and was created Earl of Rothesay
as an infant. He died shortly afterwards and his twin James replaced
him as heir-apparent. James succeeded his father as king at about the
age of seven.
.

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