Usurper
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Usurper (lat. usurpare = to seize for use, to use) is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or controversial claimant to the throne in a monarchy, or a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without having inherited the throne in the normal way. Some famous examples are Richard III, Miguel of Portugal and Habibullah Ghazi of Afghanistan.
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