throneworthy

English

Adjective

throneworthy (comparative more throneworthy, superlative most throneworthy)

1. In the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman eras, eligible for royal succession by virtue of kinship.
   • 2012, Tracy Joanne Borman, Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I:

     [Edgar] was given the designation of "Aetheling"—that is, throneworthy—which might indicate that the king considered him a potential successor.