List of wars of succession

This is a list of wars of succession.

Note: Wars of succession in transcontinental states are mentioned under the continents where their capital city was located.

Names of wars that have been given names by historians are capitalised; the others, whose existence has been proven but not yet given a specific name, are provisionally written in lowercase letters (except for the first word, geographical and personal names).

To inherit Holland , Ada quickly married Louis before her father was buried, triggering the Loon War . [ 1 ]
A diachronic map of various prominent pre-colonial African civilisations
The Warring States , each claiming kingship and seeking to unite China under their banner.
The Seleucid Dynastic Wars ravaged the once great Seleucid Empire , and contributed to its fall.
Ali and Aisha at the Battle of the Camel . Originally a political conflict on the Succession to Muhammad , the First Fitna became the basis of the religious split between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam .
War of 1657–61 . Mughal emperors were often overthrown by their sons, who then warred each other to the death. [ 70 ]
Mir Jafar defected to the British during the Battle of Plassey , being made the new nawab of Bengal as a reward.
Dutch cavalry charge during the 1859 Bone Expedition on Sulawesi .