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Only 85? That’s just a regular day in Crusader Kings.
“That’s a price i’d be willing to pay” as they say.
How many would he have to marry tho.
Also, do monarchies recognize gay marriage?
Also, do monarchies recognize gay marriage?
Difficult to create a successor that way, which is the core function of marriage in a monarchy.
Or they could go hypermonarchist and have the child be genetically engineered from both parents.
That would have made the Middle Ages really weird.
I think this is how you end up with the Hungarian Kwisatz-Haderach.
The paprika must flow
I see someone hasnt watched Young Royals
This is the Habsburgs, they can afford a surrogate
The Romans made it work, though. From ChatGPT:
The Roman Empire is the clearest example of adoption used deliberately to choose capable successors:
Nerva → Trajan
Nerva adopted Trajan, a respected general, who became emperor in 98 CE.
Trajan → Hadrian
Hadrian was adopted (likely on Trajan’s deathbed) and succeeded him.
Hadrian → Antoninus Pius → Marcus Aurelius
A chain of adoptions: Hadrian adopted Antoninus, who in turn adopted Marcus Aurelius.👉 This era is often called the “Five Good Emperors,” largely because merit-based adoption worked better than hereditary succession.
And it ended because the stoic guy couldn’t suck it up and just adopt someone better than his biological son.
Marginally easier than the whole Blood Sultanate
Dammit, Donut.
Shhh!
Don’t say this too loud or someone will make a hoi4 mod out of this.
