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Quote[/b] ]it seems, the king's influence at the time when the heir matures is what determines his stats. even if the current king is not the actual father of the heir.
Well King Edmund the Dunce had 7 influence last night when his son matured, and this son Prince Henry the Drooling takes after his father and has 0 acumen (would've been 1 but for Chinless Wonder).

I guess it's probably because each of my kings has had to marry within the faction, although I'm only on the third king so far. Each time I've needed a foreign princess there were none available to me.