. "Originally a title conferred on the original northern Stakeholders through a patent, which gave the stakeholder families and their descendants the right to Hold, and the lands that they have been given in the original land grant. \"The Inheritance Clause\" A succeeding Lord Holder did not absolutely have to be of the Bloodline of the previous Lord Holder. The charter stipulated that succession candidates from the Bloodline have to be considered first"@en . . "The Lord Holder is the ruler of a Hold Major. Succession to the position is by bloodline, but not by primogeniture. Rather, a Lord chooses his successor from among his children (usually - but not necessarily - sons). In order to be officially a Lord Holder, a Conclave must Confirm a new Lord. His wife, or a woman in the same position, is known as the Lady Holder. A Lord Holder is considered the equal of a Craftmaster or Weyrleader."@en . . . . "The Lord Holder is the ruler of a Hold Major. Succession to the position is by bloodline, but not by primogeniture. Rather, a Lord chooses his successor from among his children (usually - but not necessarily - sons). In order to be officially a Lord Holder, a Conclave must Confirm a new Lord. His wife, or a woman in the same position, is known as the Lady Holder. A Lord Holder is considered the equal of a Craftmaster or Weyrleader."@en . . . . . "Lord Holder"@en . "Originally a title conferred on the original northern Stakeholders through a patent, which gave the stakeholder families and their descendants the right to Hold, and the lands that they have been given in the original land grant. \"The Inheritance Clause\" A succeeding Lord Holder did not absolutely have to be of the Bloodline of the previous Lord Holder. The charter stipulated that succession candidates from the Bloodline have to be considered first"@en .