al ▁prim ogen iture ▁developed ▁among ▁the ▁nob ility ▁( im part ible ▁inheritance ▁never ▁obtained ▁among ▁pe as ants ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁northern ▁France ). ▁Fland ers ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁first ▁country ▁where ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁became ▁pre domin ant ▁among ▁arist ocr ats . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁revolution ▁it ▁had ▁become ▁almost ▁universal ▁in ▁this ▁social ▁class ▁in ▁western , ▁central ▁and ▁northern ▁Europe , ▁but ▁inheritance ▁custom s ▁among ▁pe as ants ▁varied ▁widely ▁across ▁regions . ▁ ▁Stra bo ▁also ▁speak s ▁about ▁custom s ▁of ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁among ▁I ber ian ▁pe op les ▁( most ▁of ▁the ▁I ber ian ▁pen ins ula ▁was ▁populated ▁by ▁then ▁by ▁C elt ic ▁or ▁half - C elt ic ▁pe op les , ▁not ▁I ber ians ▁proper ). ▁He ▁mentions ▁that ▁among ▁the ▁Cant ab rii , ▁however , ▁the ▁el dest ▁child ▁regardless ▁of ▁sex ▁inherited ▁the ▁family ▁property . ▁By ▁the ▁term ▁" C ant ab rii " ▁he ▁was ▁most ▁probably ▁referring ▁not ▁to ▁the ▁actual ▁Cant ab ri ans ▁but ▁to ▁the ▁Bas ques ▁( who ▁were ▁not ▁an ▁I ber ian ▁people ); ▁among ▁the ▁Bas ques ▁of ▁France , ▁this ▁usage ▁surv ived ▁until ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution , ▁long ▁after ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁or ▁free ▁selection ▁of ▁an ▁he ir ▁among ▁the ▁Bas ques ▁of ▁Spain . ▁In ▁Catal onia , ▁in ▁n ort he astern ▁Spain