dectcarve:
Well, the first is a bit difficult, given that Myrcella is in Dorne and betrothed to Trystane Martell. The second is even more difficult, since Edric isn’t a legitimized bastard, only an acknowledged bastard. And legally, Stannis comes before either of them.
Why does Stannis come before Myrcella? Are we treating the incest as an acknowledged fact? Because in that case he came before Tommen too.
Legal precedent, following from Jaehaerys’ proclamation of 92 AC, the Great Council of 101 AC, and the decrees of King Aegon II, states that all male claimants, including collateral relations, come before a female. This was modified following the Blackfyre Rebellions to state that a female inherits before a legitimized male bastard, but after all legitimate male claimants.
I would like you to give the exact quote from the novels, for this statement?
Because there was never an Official Decree during the Great Council, it was only a consideration “in the eyes of many”. That unofficial precedent was broken, as you said, by Viserys himself.
I discussed this subject quite often with other people, and there is No Official decree stating that any legitimized Male comes before a “direct” Female.
Also, the fact that Stannis insisted on “all 3 children are bastards” and “the girl as well is born of incest” just enforce the fact that Myrcella comes before Stannis.
It wasn’t a “consideration.” It was “an iron precedent” in the eyes of many. And it’s a precedent treated as binding in the case of Viserys II: “The precedents of the Great Council of 101 and the Dance of the Dragons were therefore cited, and the claims of Baelor’s sisters were set aside. Instead the crown passed to his uncle, the King’s Hand, Prince Viserys.”
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