succession war

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concept

A succession war is an armed conflict triggered by competing claims to a throne or leadership position, typically following the death, deposition, or disputed legitimacy of a ruler.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
dynastic conflict 16
succession crisis 14
war of succession 14

Instances (75)

Instance Via concept surface
War of the Brabantian Succession (as antecedent context)
surface form: War of the Brabantian Succession
succession crisis
Norwegian civil wars dynastic conflict
Achaemenid succession crisis after Artaxerxes I dynastic succession crisis
Jingnan zhi yi war of succession
Saul–David conflict royal succession struggle
First Barons' War war of succession
Inca Civil War dynastic conflict
War of the Burgundian Succession —
Murder of Geta dynastic conflict
Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 dynastic succession crisis
Ottoman Interregnum succession crisis
Jacobite rising of 1689 Jacobite rising
Jacobite rising of 1708 Jacobite rising
War of the Limburg Succession succession crisis
War of the Breton Succession dynastic war
Treaty of Guérande
surface form: War of the Breton Succession
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The Anarchy succession crisis
Maratha civil war between Shahu and Tarabai factions succession struggle
Forty-Five Rebellion Jacobite rising
The ’45 Jacobite rising
Marian civil war war of succession
Jingnan campaign succession conflict
Aragonese conquest of Naples war of succession
Wars of the Roses dynastic conflict
Achaemenid succession crisis of 522 BCE dynastic succession crisis
Stephen–Matilda conflict succession crisis
The Dance of the Dragons Targaryen succession war
Jingnan Rebellion succession conflict
Paregreg civil war succession conflict
Great Cause royal succession dispute
Italian War of 1536–1538 war of succession and hegemony
Miguelite War dynastic conflict
War with Louis I of Hungary dynastic conflict
Mughal War of Succession war of succession
Elizabethan succession intrigues dynastic succession crisis
Navarrese Civil War dynastic conflict
Scottish succession crisis of 1290–1292 dynastic succession crisis
War of the Succession of Landshut —
Castilian Civil War dynastic conflict
War of the Polish Succession (internal to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during Great Northern War) succession conflict
Battle of Jajau Mughal succession conflict
War of the Castilian Succession dynastic conflict
Second Javanese War of Succession war of succession
Third Javanese War of Succession war of succession
War of the Spanish Succession —
War of the Mantuan Succession —
the Fifteen Jacobite rising
Zulu civil wars succession crisis
War of the Jülich Succession succession crisis
Jacobite rising of 1719 Jacobite rising