heir presumptive in English

noun
1
an heir whose claim could be set aside by the birth of another heir.
Still regarding himself as the heir presumptive to the French throne, he became the sworn enemy of the French regent, the Duke of Orleans.

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1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary

2. Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne

3. The Sarajevo Assassination, when Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was killed, was the trigger for the outbreak of the war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which considered Serbia responsible for the assassination.However the reasons were of a much deeper nature