What is an heir?
Embed from Getty ImagesIt’s basically just someone that the king can pass the throne down to.
He needed to have a son so that when he died his son would be king and it would stay in his family.
Why did he need a son? He already had daughters
Back then you couldn’t pass the throne onto girl, you had to have a son and pass it on to them.
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