In my world, as any many medival worlds the Lord and Lady nobles all have heirs. Since I'm not huge on the "first born male" always being the heir, here are some things to consider in your roleplaying campaign.
1)The first child is usually the heir, whether female or male. This is usually easiest to ensure there is no infighting amongst children. But there are exceptions.
2)More often then not if the first child is female she will pass her right on to her first brother. This isn't always because of outside pressure for there to be a male heir, but because a lot of the women don't want to be the figure head. There is a famous case in House Eton where the oldest sister passed the heirship onto her first brother but she was the person pulling the strings behind the scenes. (Her brother wasn't keen with numbers or strategy so he listened very intently to his sister's advice.) But women can be Leaders just as well as the men. All inheritance is through her and not her husband and she can divorce her husband at any time, (just like a man can divorce his wife at any time if he deems fit...this does not affect inheritance of the children, though).
3)An heir can be disinherited if they commit a major crime against the House (or noble House) or are shown to have some deficiancy in ruling the House. This doesn't happen often, but it does occur.
4)An heir can also be stripped of his inheritance if his father (or mother) is charged with Treason against the High King.
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