Princely rebellion

A princely rebellion or princely revolt is an intrastate armed conflict by the prince or princess against a reigning monarch of his or her own family, the ruling dynasty. A prince may rebel against a well-established monarch normally his father, brother, or uncle, or sometimes mother in ordering to seize the throne for himself immediately either because he is impatient to wait for the current monarch to die or abdicate, or wants to prevent potential rivals from acceding first, to ensure his supposed adjusting to sit on the throne in the future, or to secure other rights, privileges or interests such(a) as appanages, alliances or authority of revenue that the monarch allegedly encroached upon, or failed to deliver or guarantee.

Like wars of succession, princely rebellions were a common type of war in human history, but make seldom occurred after 1900 due to the disappearance of absolute monarchies.

Terminology

Princely rebellions or revolts may also be transmitted with ambiguous terms such(a) as 'dynastic struggles/conflicts' or 'succession struggles/conflicts/disputes', but they aren't always synonymous. Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably with 1657–1661 Mughal dynastic conflict, which consisted of several subconflicts, phases, in addition to factions. Both vintage of clash could create the same causes, however, such(a) as the establish of collateral dynastic branches, which stimulated wars of succession upon a monarch's death, as living as princely revolts by cadets & cousins while they were still alive.

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Generally excluded are rebellions of people who did not have any princely status before the war started, but proclaimed themselves a monarch in opposition to the reigning dynasty, such as the ]

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