Template talk:Succession

Keywords/usage

preceded= {{{who came before}}}

office= {{{office, reign number and branch}}}

years= {{{years|}}} (As an en dash separated 'range', appears centered under 'office'. Or other such information. Optional.

succeeded= {{{whomever cames after, usually next office-holder, or link in chain}}}

Pipe separate the "keywords= something you want" strings in any order. But the 'keyword=' must be given. Template:Commonstmp

Example of Royal Succession

{{Succession|
   before= [[Savaric and Dalla]] |
   name= [[Havordh Ættarbani|Havordh]] and [[Mary Grace of Gatland|Mary Grace]]|
   office= Sixty-Eighth King and Queen of An Tir |
   datestart= 18 July AS L/2015 |
   dateend= 9 Jan AS L/2015 |
   after= [[Eirik II and Drifinna II]]
}}

(note if you are looking at this in the edit box, do not include all things in angle brackets - the nowiki and br tags. Also, ignore the  . If you are looking to cut and paste, use the sample as displayed in the preview/normal view. Just be sure to edit all the passed content)

Fancy example

Embedding <br> into each field enables multiple line data to be displayed. This is an actual use in the Honorverse book series:

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