Apparently the usurpation of kings caused little tumult or crisis in this state, as Barros noted any leader there was believed by the locals not to have divine right to rule if he was able to be killed by a royal kinsman.

He was now a royal kinsman and was free to enter the zanana apartment of the palace.

In the mid-7th century, for example, Penda had placed royal kinsmen in control of conquered provinces.

The monks of St. Denis were obliged to defend their title to the two priories in 853, when an attempt was made to have them granted as a fief to a royal kinsman.

The Corona family would make out the best case they could for their royal kinsman.

Wang On, a royal kinsman was proclaimed king of the maritime kingdom.

In addition two of His Majesty's own brothers, Habrocomes and Hyperanthes, and more than thirty royal kinsmen had been sent down to the house of death by the Spartan foe and their allies.

His daughter Frederikke Louise from his first marriage married a royal kinsman, Christian August, Duke of Augustenburg.

In 1462, George took Samokalako (Kutaisi and the surrounding area) from its owner, a royal kinsman, Bagrat for his support to the rebel prince Qvarqvare II Jakeli, a powerful atabeg of Samtskhe.

But Philip's daughter, married to a royal kinsman who's ruled like a king already ... Abruptly, remembering something, he hitched at his belt-purse, and brought out a flat package wrapped in embroidered wool.