A cadet branch was a familial branch from a noble family that was not directly in line for the title and corresponding estate of the family leader. Under primogeniture the firstborn child would inherit first, making his or her siblings and their heirs members of cadet branches. Morgaiah t'Thavrau was a member of a cadet branch of the Romulan House Thavrau, as her mother was niece to the house matriarch Senator Sindari t'Thavrau. (Bait and Switch: "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh")
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| - A cadet branch was a familial branch from a noble family that was not directly in line for the title and corresponding estate of the family leader. Under primogeniture the firstborn child would inherit first, making his or her siblings and their heirs members of cadet branches. Morgaiah t'Thavrau was a member of a cadet branch of the Romulan House Thavrau, as her mother was niece to the house matriarch Senator Sindari t'Thavrau. (Bait and Switch: "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh")
- A cadet branch is a noble House that descends from another noble House. They are usually created when a younger member of a noble House, who is not the current heir of the family seat, is granted lands and titles of his own. Bastards, if legitimized, or trueborn descendants of legitimized bastards, when granted lands and titles of their own, also found cadet branches. Given that Dorne, uniquely among the Seven Kingdoms, practices equal primogeniture it probably makes no distinction between cadet branches founded by younger sons or younger daughters.
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| - A cadet branch was a familial branch from a noble family that was not directly in line for the title and corresponding estate of the family leader. Under primogeniture the firstborn child would inherit first, making his or her siblings and their heirs members of cadet branches. Morgaiah t'Thavrau was a member of a cadet branch of the Romulan House Thavrau, as her mother was niece to the house matriarch Senator Sindari t'Thavrau. (Bait and Switch: "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh")
- A cadet branch is a noble House that descends from another noble House. They are usually created when a younger member of a noble House, who is not the current heir of the family seat, is granted lands and titles of his own. Bastards, if legitimized, or trueborn descendants of legitimized bastards, when granted lands and titles of their own, also found cadet branches. Larger and wealthier noble Houses such as the Lannisters or Tyrells may have numerous younger cousins, but these are all part of the main House - albeit far down in the line of succession. When younger children or cousins form their own cadet branch, they become head of this new House, though the cadet branch is not considered as prestigious as the main line. Strictly speaking, a "cadet branch" consists of only male-line descendants, in an unbroken chain from father to son - in which case the founding member was a younger son of another noble House. The inheritance systems in the Seven Kingdoms do not put as much value on descent through the female line. New Houses have been formed from the female-line younger descendants of other Houses, but their lineage is considered inferior compared to other cadet branches who can claim male-line descent. For example, House Tyrell descents from the Gardeners, but only through a Gardener daughter - which means that other houses of the Reach descend from a Gardener son have a superior line of descent compared to the Tyrells. The Tyrells are not, therefore, technically a "cadet" branch. Given that Dorne, uniquely among the Seven Kingdoms, practices equal primogeniture it probably makes no distinction between cadet branches founded by younger sons or younger daughters.
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