Old Kings?

[Ace of Spades]

Are the ages that the historical kings die just random, or do they die in the year that they would have historically?

[Patron]

I remember once always getting old kings, up to 70 years old, dying at random ages above the age of 50. Then suddenly and for no reason they all started to die at 56, they'd reach 56 and then die next turn. Every single one of them.

Why is this? Does it have something to do with the viking invasion add on?

[Ironside]

I remember once always getting old kings, up to 70 years old, dying at random ages above the age of 50. Then suddenly and for no reason they all started to die at 56, they'd reach 56 and then die next turn. Every single one of them.

Why is this? Does it have something to do with the viking invasion add on?

VI unpatched got the 56 year bug. All kings dies at the same age (57), thus are never older than 56.

the AI stops marriages after you cross a certain threshold towards victory, I think it's 30% of the available territory, but i'm not postive

There's usually one faction that marries thier princesses with your princes thurough out the game (or until you're at war with them, but sometime they'll even continue that for a while). It's most often the crippled Sicilians (AKA when they are trapped on Malta), but it can be all factions (although some factions is extremely rare). Danes are common too. It's usually a small faction. But you always need to ask for marriage.

[dgfred]

King Sweyn III was a mean cuss --- 4 dread at age 23.