pretender to the throne

C7274
concept

A pretender to the throne is an individual who claims a legitimate right to a monarchy’s crown, typically in opposition to the recognized or reigning sovereign.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
pretender to the throne canonical 55
usurper 16
claimant to the Scottish throne 9

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: pretender to the throne
Generated description
A pretender to the throne is an individual who claims a legitimate right to a monarchy’s crown, typically in opposition to the recognized or reigning sovereign.

Instances (122)

Instance Via concept surface
Henri, Count of Chambord pretender to the French throne
Skule Bårdsson
Jacques de Bourbon pretender to the French throne
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon claimant to the Scottish throne
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale claimant to the Scottish throne
Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon I (as heir) imperial claimant
Antonio, Prior of Crato
Louis I of Anjou
Asfaw Wossen Haile Selassie
Jean-Christophe
surface form: Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart
Palazzo Guadagni, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
surface form: Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Basiliscus usurper
Constantine III usurper
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley claimant to the Scottish throne
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
Postumus usurper
Emperor Phocas
surface form: Phocas
usurper
Grigori Otrepyev (False Dmitri)
surface form: Grigori Otrepyev
Duke of Parma
surface form: Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
pretender
Tetricus I usurper
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Pseudodemetrius I
Dmitry the Impostor
Lzhedmitry I
False Dmitry III pretender
Conradin claimant to the throne
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia pretender to the Russian throne
Grand Duke Vladimir Vladimirovich of Russia
Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza
Raghunath Rao claimant to the Peshwa title
Eugenius usurper
Nicholas de Soulis claimant to the Scottish throne
Duke of Reichstadt
surface form: Napoleon II
James III
Constance of Castile claimant to the throne
Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia
António of Portugal royal pretender
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême pretender to the French throne
James II, Count of Urgell
Gaumata usurper
Victor, Prince Napoléon
Miguel I of Portugal pretender to the Portuguese throne
Stannis Baratheon claimant to the Iron Throne
Aegon Targaryen (Young Griff) claimant to the Iron Throne
Vetranio usurper
Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon