Adopted as his heir, he became the wealthiest daimyo outside the Tokugawa.

It was shortly afterward that he had himself borne to the Council of Captains and, before them, formally adopted my father as his heir.

After his arrival, he learnt that Caesar had adopted him as his legal heir.

Since her father had no sons, he would adopt as his heir whoever Kaede was married to.

Having no legitimate son, he adopted his nephew Nobuhiro as his heir.

Two years later, Digvijaysinhji succeeded his uncle, who had adopted him as his heir.

"I had no ambitions to be adopted as your heir," said Blade in a level voice, and he decided to take a gamble.

The way was therefore open for a rapprochement between Childebert and Chilperic, who now adopted the former as his heir.

In 1988, the heiress adopted her as her only heir.