low fertility king

[viermaaldomi]

Hi all,

I just lost for the first time because all my heirs died of age.Here's what happened:my first king had only 2 sons.He only died when he was already 87.
The 2 sons ,by then 60 and 50, were both married for about 30 years.Great was my surprise when I saw that Phillippe 3,the first heir in line didn't have any sons.Neither did he get any until his death at age 79.His brother Jean 1,had a 10-year old son,Louis, when he ascended to the throne at age 69.he died 3 years later and the game was over.
Now here's my question:is this just a case of very bad luck or are there known reasons for these kinds of happenings?I must point out that neither of the royals fought a battle until they were about 70.Do they need to do more manly stuff to get a lot of children?I guess they will die sooner too when they fight a lot,even if they don't get killed,or am I mistaking?(It's just that I prefer invading Tunisia and Algeria from Antioch and Tripoli then to start a war with the English or Germans).I await your replies with trepidation.Thanks in advance!

[Tricky Lady]

Well I guess that's just a case of bad luck.
IIRC you could "raise your king's fertility" by fighting a few battles, but there might be some mist in my head as it's been some time since I played MTW (now that I come to think of it: I should start a MTW campaign again).
It happened to me only once that I lost a game when my king died without heirs.

BTW, welcome to the Org!

EDIT: There is a cheat code to make sure a son is born in the next year, but -aargh!- I can't remember it! You gotta search the forums, or wait for another member to reveal it, sorry.

[IrishMike]

.unfreeze. is the cheat code for the son being born. I use it sometimes to fight off those evil unreproducing kings.

[viermaaldomi]

Thanks for the cheat guys

[Ash]

I sometimes use the unfreeze cheat.

Cuz even if you marry your kings with foreign princesses, they still manage to produce only girls.
Richard I of the English is notorious for this in my games.

[viermaaldomi]

I guess some kings just don't get sons (or very few) because they historically didn't get any.Maybe I should start a list with these kings and make sure that they die very quick so that the heirs can take over when they're still young.So Richard I and Phillippe II are the first kings on my low-fertility-list.