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| الوريث الظاهر | حياته | وريث لـ | الإجبار! |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crown Prince Mian | Died 707 BC | Duke Huan of Chen | Killed by uncle Chen Tuo |
| Fusu | Died 210 BC | تشين شي هوانج | Forced to commit suicide |
| Liu Rong | Died 148 BC | Emperor Jing of Han | His mother angered the emperor by requesting the position of empress and denying the marriage of Chen Jiao and him |
| Kunala | Born 263 BC | أشوكا | Blinded |
| أغريبا بوستوموس | BC 12–14 AD | أغسطس قيصر | Banished |
| Yuan Xun | 483-497 | Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei | Disagreement of his father’s policy |
| نيكتاس الفارسي | Died 636 | شهربراز | Killed after 40 days of rule |
| Yang Yong  ‏ | Died 604 | الإمبراطور وين من سوي | Forced to abdicate and killed by younger brother Yang Guang |
| Li Chengqian | 619-645 | الإمبراطور تايزونج | Exiled from immorality and treason |
| Li Zhong | 642-665 | الإمبراطور غاوزونغ من تانغ | Empress وو شتيان got the favor from Gaozong and his position was taken by his half brother Li Hong |
| Li Xian  ‏ | 655-684 | الإمبراطور غاوزونغ من تانغ | Exiled by Empress وو شتيان from rumors. And forced to commit suicide after Gaozong’s death |
| Prince Kusakabe | 662–689 | الإمبراطور تيمو | Did not assume throne |
| Li Chengqi | 679-742 | Emperor Ruizong of Tang | Gave up the claim because he thought that he did not have the strength to be a wise emperor |
| Alexios Mosele  ‏ | 9th century | ثيوفيلوس | Disinherited for rebellion |
| Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun | Died 884 | أحمد بن طولون | Attempted to overthrow his father |
| Li Yu  ‏ | Died in 904 | Emperor Zhaozong of Tang | Actually inherited the throne in fact, but not recognized as an emperor. Became crown prince again after two months and killed by Zhu Wen |
| Prince Atsuyasu | 999-1019 | إمبيرور أيشيو | Kugyō Fujiwara no Yukinari and فوجي-وارا نو ميتشيناغا forced him to give up the status and his half brother Prince Atsuhira  ‏ took his position. |
| أبو منصور خسرو فیروز الملك العزيز  ‏ | Died 1049 | جلال الدولة | Late ruler's nephew took the throne instead |
| Conrad II of Italy | 1074–1101 | هنري الرابع | Disinherited for rebellion |
| Min Shin Saw | 1117–1167 | Alaungsithu | Exiled |
| ويليام الأول، كونت بولوني | 1137–1159 | ستيفن ملك إنجلترا | Treaty of Wallingford |
| Demna of Georgia | 1155–1178 | David V of Georgia | Imprisoned, blinded and castrated by his uncle, King George III of Georgia |
| Zhao Hong  ‏ | Died 1225 | Emperor Ningzong | Shi Miyuan and Empress Yang faked the edict of emperor. |
| هنري السابع ملك ألمانيا | 1211–1242 | فريدريك الثاني | Disinherited for rebellion |
| James of Majorca  ‏ | 1275–1330 | خايمي الثاني ملك مايوركا | Became a monk |
| James of Aragon  ‏ | 1296–1334 | خايمي الثاني ملك أراغون | Became a monk |
| Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia | 1310–1346 | Christopher II of Denmark | Forced to surrender claim to the throne |
| إريك الثاني عشر | 1339–1359 | ماغنوس أريكسون | Became King of Sweden |
| Baw Ngan-Mohn | 1370–1390 | Binnya U | Imprisoned |
| Zhu Wenkui | Disappeared in 1402 | الامبراطور جيانوين | الإمبراطور يونغلي sacked Nanjing. Disappeared with his father Jianwen Emperor. |
| Dmitry Ivanovich  ‏ | 1483–1509 | إيفان الثالث | Disinherited in favor of uncle فاسيلي إيفانوفيتش |
| الدون كارلوس من إسبانيا | 1545–1568 | فيليب الثاني ملك إسبانيا | Arrested and imprisoned by his father; died in prison six months later |
| Minye Kyawswa II of Ava | 1567–1599 | Nanda Bayin | Defected |
| Yinreng | 1674–1725 | The كانغ شي | Imprisoned for life by Kangxi for immorality and treason |
| ألكيسي بيتروفيتش | 1690–1718 | بطرس الأكبر of Russia | Imprisoned by his father and forced to relinquish his claim. Died in prison |
| جانغجو ملك جوسون | 1735–1762 | يونغجو ملك جوسون (كوريا) | His father killed him by locking him in a rice chest |
| Philip, Duke of Calabria  ‏ | 1747–1777 | كارلوس الثالث ملك إسبانيا | Intellectually disabled; removed from the line of succession |
| بيدرو الثاني إمبراطور البرازيل | 1825–1891 | بيدرو الأول إمبراطور البرازيل | Became heir solely to Brazil |
| مصطفى فاضل باشا | 1830–1875 | الخديوي إسماعيل | Succession law changed to pass from father to son instead of brother to brother |
| تنكو علم شاه | 1846–1891 | علي إسكندر شاه | Throne given to kinsman instead |
| جورجيو، ولي عهد صربيا  | 1887–1972 | بيتر الأول ملك صربيا | Abdicated his succession rights in 1909 |
| محمد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | 1910–1988 | فيصل بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | Forced to abdicate in 1965 |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman of Johor  ‏ | 1933–1989 | إسماعيل الخالدي | His elder brother إسكندر الحاج was reinstated after previously being forced to renounce his rights |
| مقرن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | 1945– | سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | Removed as Crown Prince in April 2015; replaced by his nephew محمد بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود |
| الحسن بن طلال | 1947– | الحسين بن طلال | He was replaced by his nephew عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين only days before the king died in 1999 |
| محمد بن نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | 1959– | سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود | Removed as Crown Prince in June 2017; replaced by his cousin محمد بن سلمان آل سعود |
| مشعل بن حمد آل ثاني | 1972– | حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني | Renounced his claim in 1996 in favor of his younger half-brother, جاسم بن حمد آل ثاني |
| جاسم بن حمد آل ثاني | 1978– | حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني | Renounced his claim in 2003 in favor of his younger brother, تميم بن حمد آل ثاني |
| كارل فيليب دوق فارملاند | 1979– | كارل السادس عشر غوستاف | Swedish succession laws were changed in 1980. Carl Philip was supplanted by his elder sister فيكتوريا |
| حمزة بن الحسين | 1980– | عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين | Title of Crown Prince removed in 2004. Hamzah was supplanted by his half-nephew الحسين بن عبد الله الثاني |