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As nobility became inheritable, various rules evolved/set up to guide the succession and provide stability while doing so. In general the rights to a title went to the firstborn sons - basic primogeniture.
The rights of women varied depending on local customs (and through time) and could be said to be ordered as no rights -> rights to sons -> rights to husbands -> own right; they would often be held behind their brothers and held equal to their younger sisters; when transmitting rights to their sons it could vary as to whether her transmitted rights were treated as if she was a son of the same age or younger; whether precedence was followed or overridden often depended on the politicomilitary power of the claimant or their liegelord.
Proximity of blood also vied with primogeniture as uncles contested sons, nephews (cf John Lackland vs Arthur of Brittany), grandsons (cf Sancho IV vs Alfonso de la Cerda); proximity was often a factor when comparing inheritance through female lines.
Before considering complications such as elective and partible succession, let us use the example to order the heirs to Noble2 in various primogenitures.

Noble
- Noble1
- - Noble2
- A1(f)
- - A2(f)
- - - A3(m)
- B1(m)
- - B2(f)
- - - B3(m)
- C1(f)
- - C2(m)
- - - C3(m)
- D1(m)
- - D2(m)
- - - D3(m)
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