throneworthy

English

throneworthy (comparative more throneworthy, superlative most throneworthy)

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.