succession war

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.

Observed surface forms (4)

• Jacobite rising ×4
• dynastic conflict ×3
• succession crisis ×3
• war of succession ×3

Instances (14)

• First Barons' War via concept surface "war of succession"
• Wars of the Roses via concept surface "dynastic conflict"
• War of the Castilian Succession via concept surface "dynastic conflict"
• War of the Spanish Succession
• the Fifteen via concept surface "Jacobite rising"
• War of the Jülich Succession via concept surface "succession crisis"
• Jacobite rising of 1719 via concept surface "Jacobite rising"
• Jacobite rising of 1745 via concept surface "Jacobite rising"
• War of the Polish Succession
• Year of the Four Emperors via concept surface "succession crisis"
• The Anarchy (English civil war) via concept surface "succession crisis"
  surface form: The Anarchy
• Danish conquest of England via concept surface "war of succession"
• Jacobite rising of 1715 via concept surface "Jacobite rising"
• Habsburg–Valois conflict via concept surface "dynastic conflict"