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Suppose you're an English duke living in circa 1116 and your pre-pubescent son suffers some sort of accident that renders him unable to cumulate normally or father children of his own. do I have any legal recourse to get him out of the way in favour another son who can carry on the line?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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