If the Anglo-Saxons persist, when do they adopt primogeniture?

hey, all. this occurred to me recently after finally getting back to writings some of my ASB ATL. for those of you who haven't been paying attention, the TL includes the Norman invasion being repelled and, as a result, Harold Godwinson remaining King of England until he dies of natural causes in 1085. long story short, the Witenagemot maintains its role in assigning the king rather than the English immediately opting for primogeniture like when William took over IOTL, and this stays for a few hundred years. what i currently have is that primogeniture is adopted following an equivalent to the War of the Roses, but i wanted to get some additional opinions about if and when primogeniture would be adopted by a continuing Saxon England.

personally, i find it likely that primogeniture would eventually be adopted, since IOTL it was often a father-to-son succession anyway even when the Witenagemot had a say in it
 
The eldest son always had priority over the other sons (for instance they normally inherited the family home).

The Witenagmot normally just decided who would hold the title of King or Earl rather than who inherited the land.
 
Their are lots of places where it was never adopted, even today their are Monarchies in which the next Monarch is decided by Council (Cambodia and Oman being the primary ones), so if it lasted that much longer I don't see why it would change unless their was a completel political revolution.
 
I can see the Wittenmoot becoming like the Thing(s) of Denmark and Sweden and other elective monarchies.
They basically affirm the right of the eldest son (or chosen heir) to inherit - a sort of rubber stamp of primogeniture - and only get involved where the right to inherit is contested.
 
Primogeniture wasn't just about succession to the throne, though.

Borough English and gavelkind were still living and working tenures of inheritance in the nineteenth century. Absent a Norman influence , it's possible that primogeniture might never have become the norm. Very unlikely, in a feudal society, that the succession to one fief (the kingdom) would follow markedly different rules to succession to other fiefs.
 
I think firstborn male preference elective is a fine system for England and doubt they'll be abandoning it.
 
I think firstborn male preference elective is a fine system for England and doubt they'll be abandoning it.

IIRC Denmark only formally abolished elective kingship in the early 17th century, though primogeniture had been de facto for generations

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
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