king

[needs a new name]

How long do kings usually live. Mine will be 60 and won't die so I can marry his grandson off to a foreign princess!! Also how old can a princess be to still have kids? The youngest one I can find is 38 and the heir (when the king dies) is like 20

[needs a new name]

I am concerned because my general goal is to get the future heir married and having kids as soon as possible so I can stabilize the royal line. I have enough territory to be able to do that

[Adamat]

At 60-65 kings die, and i think (not sure though) that princesses, when around the age of 40 disappear as they arent to be married off anymore when not fertile.

Edit: If you do not manually marry a princess to a family member they will get an automatic proposal to marry pretty soon.

[needs a new name]

That's what I was afraid of. I'm sure I could wait until the heir in his late 30s to get him married but I don't want to risk it. Also, if a king doesn't have a son who does the crown go to? I have another game with a different faction where the heir got married and promptly gas 4 daughters !!!!!!!

[Adamat]

Well, the heir is either the eldest son or the eldest brother of the king, the brother becomes heir ONLY when at the time the king has no kids.

[needs a new name]

His brother isn't married. Sometime this game is frustrating. Haha

[Aeratus]

The heir is actually the family member with the highest authority, regardless if he's the eldest son or eldest brother of the current king.

Authority is a stat that is hidden for all family members except the king, however. But usually correlates with other positive traits. One thing you can do is take a very young family member (around age 15), keep winning battles against insane odds, get all the good traits, and he can become king one day.

[needs a new name]

You mean if the King doesn't have a son? Because the next king was always my king's first born son.

[Aeratus]

The King's son usually has a lot of authority just by being the son, but it's possible for another family member to have even higher authority and become the faction heir.

[.L.]

Actually the authority thing only happens if the heir who becomes king has no sons-of-age.

[Adamat]

Just what i thought, as my heir sometimes has only 3 authority but still becomes king bc he is the son.

[SeizeVictus]

Mine last till 63 usually. It's too bad it rarely exceeds higher.

Edit : That's a creative username you got there.