Originally Posted by Count Fudgula
Thanks for the information, folks. Looks like "vitus" is the one that did it, now if only I could work out how to get that again...
I tried doing a reload to check the deaths of the two generals on the same turn, and I noticed that if I refused the husband for the daughter the two older generals would survive. I also refused to adopt two other captains from Man Of The Hour type opportunities that same turn. The two old guys are still going strong after a few more turns, and a few more refusals of adoption opportunites.
My theory is that the chance of your older generals dying off is greatly enhanced whenever your generals-to-provinces ratio gets too high. I currently have the same number of generals and potential generals (sons and possible husbands to daughters) as I have provinces. Has anyone got any hard figures on the ideal ratio? Or can anyone else confirm that this kind of behaviour is occuring?