Another example is among the French royalty. To avoid any chance of a war of succession erupting over the order of succession, the Royal Council proclaimed: 'The throne shall never be empty the country shall never be without a monarch.' Thus, Edward was declared king immediately, and he reigned in absentia until news of his father's death reached him and he returned to England. 'Long live The King!' refers to the heir who immediately succeeds to a throne upon the death of the preceding monarch.Īt the time French was the primary language of the nobility in England, and the proclamation was quickly taken up as ideally representing the same tradition-which in England dates back to 1272, when Henry III died while his son, Edward I, was fighting in the Crusades. 'The King is dead' is the announcement of a monarch who has just died. The phrase arose from the law of le mort saisit le vif-that the transfer of sovereignty occurs instantaneously upon the moment of death of the previous monarch. In France the declaration was traditionally made by the Duke of Uzès, a senior peer of France, as soon as the coffin containing the remains of the previous king descended into the vault of the Basilica of Saint-Denis in northern Paris. The original phrase was translated from the French: Le roi est mort, vive le roi!, which was first declared upon the accession to the French throne of Charles VII after the death of his father Charles VI in 1422. ( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Robert Cecil, one of the architects of the League of Nations, concluded his speech at the final session of the League of Nations with the statement: 'The League is dead. Given the memorable nature of the phrase (owing, in part, to epanalepsis), as well as its historic significance, the phrase crops up regularly as a headline for articles, editorials, or advertisements on themes of succession or replacement. This phrase has become a popular phrasal template. The seemingly contradictory phrase simultaneously announces the death of the previous monarch and asserts continuity by saluting the new monarch. ' The king is dead, long live the king!' is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various countries.

The phrase 'The king is dead, long live the king!' was first declared upon the death of King Charles VI in 1422, proclaiming his son Charles VII (shown above) king of France.

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