Maybe because they are the heir to whatever

As a middle child whose blamed for everything I must disagree.

$2 Hero původně napsal:

As a middle child whose blamed for everything I must disagree.

Yep middle child black sheep here, everything bad to my bloodline is my fault.

FOURTH OF JULY PUPPEROOOOOOOO původně napsal:

$2 Hero původně napsal:

As a middle child whose blamed for everything I must disagree.

Yep middle child black sheep here, everything bad to my bloodline is my fault.

I did nothing wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOg-G72US0

Primogeniture meant the oldest son inherited everything - land, power, and wealth - while others got little or nothing. When the father was away, the oldest son took charge of the household.
However, it should be noted that primogeniture rights were not always determined solely by birth order and could be transferred to another heir under certain circumstances. In the early stages of human history and throughout the Middle Ages, the lack of quality medicine made surviving childhood extremely difficult. Mothers often died from complications such as ruptures, bleeding, and subsequent infections. Many infants up to 50% - did not live past their first year. It was common to have 12 children, though only a few would survive.

$2 Hero původně napsal:

FOURTH OF JULY PUPPEROOOOOOOO původně napsal:

Yep middle child black sheep here, everything bad to my bloodline is my fault.

I did nothing wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOg-G72US0

Same but middle children like us get the bad end of the stick, not golden enough as the first, not fresh enough as the last.

Cinnamoon_dragon původně napsal:

Primogeniture meant the oldest son inherited everything - land, power, and wealth - while others got little or nothing. When the father was away, the oldest son took charge of the household.
However, it should be noted that primogeniture rights were not always determined solely by birth order and could be transferred to another heir under certain circumstances. In the early stages of human history and throughout the Middle Ages, the lack of quality medicine made surviving childhood extremely difficult. Mothers often died from complications such as ruptures, bleeding, and subsequent infections. Many infants up to 50% - did not live past their first year. It was common to have 12 children, though only a few would survive.

Gonna have to call bs on this 50% number. Not even in the mosquito infested jungles of Papua New Guinea is mortality anywhere near 50%.

$2 Hero původně napsal:

Gonna have to call bs on this 50% number. Not even in the mosquito infested jungles of Papua New Guinea is mortality anywhere near 50%.

If you're interested, you can look into reference materials on the topic. It’s worth noting that children in the past didn’t just die from infections - many perished under circumstances that seem unthinkable today. They could be accidentally smothered by their mothers in sleep, suffocated by tightly wrapped swaddling clothes, thrown into the same room with cattle and other accidents. In the Middle Ages mourning for children under 7 years old was not practiced at all

First come first serve, so the first born son gets the kingdom, the scraps go to the rest.

In ancient and medieval Wales, the laws of inheritance were different, instead of the first born inheriting everything, all property was split equally between all the offspring.

While this might sound fair, in practice in completely destroyed Wales. Every time it happened to a Welsh King, power and land was split between his children. Wales constantly fragmented into ever smaller pieces and was in constant civil war between siblings trying to consolidate land. While Wales was united under two different Kings in two different eras - Hwyel Dda and Llewelyn Fawr, it splintered again after their passing. This meant that Wales was always weak against England even though on paper, Wales actually had a much more powerful fighting force than England, especially at certain points such as after the Romans left and a united Wales under Hwyel and Llewelyn was a major threat to England. But because England consolidated their various Kingdoms after the Romans left, through primogeniture until there was one King ruling over the entire country, eventually it was England that conquered Wales. Although it could be said that Henry Twdr (Tudor) of Wales who killed Richard III in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses, ended the English Plantagenet royal line and founded the Welsh Tudor dynasty, was in fact a case of Wales conquering England.

More like firstborn son. In many culture daughters are not desirable.

Main reason being only firstborn son, or eldest son in case firstborn is dead, is the only one who can inherit title and privileges from their father.

And in present day some culture still have strong prejudice against daughter, mostly eastern ones. Chinese and Southeast Asia in particular.
In China they still have more boys than girls in many area.

$2 Hero původně napsal:

Cinnamoon_dragon původně napsal:

Primogeniture meant the oldest son inherited everything - land, power, and wealth - while others got little or nothing. When the father was away, the oldest son took charge of the household.
However, it should be noted that primogeniture rights were not always determined solely by birth order and could be transferred to another heir under certain circumstances. In the early stages of human history and throughout the Middle Ages, the lack of quality medicine made surviving childhood extremely difficult. Mothers often died from complications such as ruptures, bleeding, and subsequent infections. Many infants up to 50% - did not live past their first year. It was common to have 12 children, though only a few would survive.

Gonna have to call bs on this 50% number. Not even in the mosquito infested jungles of Papua New Guinea is mortality anywhere near 50%.

People like to think almost everybody died before our modern health care, it makes them feel good. Some people even think people in the past lived only like 40 years lol

something so simple like when having a headache many people think without taking a pill they could die, they don't even know if they just wait the headache goes away

Goldias původně napsal:

More like firstborn son. In many culture daughters are not desirable.

Main reason being only firstborn son, or eldest son in case firstborn is dead, is the only one who can inherit title and privileges from their father.

And in present day some culture still have strong prejudice against daughter, mostly eastern ones. Chinese and Southeast Asia in particular.
In China they still have more boys than girls in many area.

so other younger brothers had an incentive to get rid of the oldest brother

allegedly původně napsal:

People like to think almost everybody died before our modern health care, it makes them feel good. Some people even think people in the past lived only like 40 years lol

Well, in fact, if you survived childhood in ancient times, you had a much greater chance of living to old age. The average life expectancy of around 40 years is largely due to the extremely high mortality rate among infants and children. Many people who made it past their early years could live into their 50s, 60s, or even longer, assuming they avoided disease, war, or famine *expresses profound satisfaction and immense pleasure*

The first of something great is always the most sacred.