Buying in an extra heir to the throne

**Third spearman from the left** · 04-21-2006, 17:31

Hi all,
In my current game as the Scots in XL, High, Expert. I managed to bribe some rebels who were former crusaders. I noticed later that one of them had royal blood, a former prince I would have thought. It got me wondering though if this former royal of another faction could become king if all my heirs suddenly died?
Anyone else had this happen or even had the OUTSIDER take the throne?

**Odin** · 04-21-2006, 18:22

Originally Posted by Third spearman from the left

Hi all,
In my current game as the Scots in XL, High, Expert. I managed to bribe some rebels who were former crusaders. I noticed later that one of them had royal blood, a former prince I would have thought. It got me wondering though if this former royal of another faction could become king if all my heirs suddenly died?
Anyone else had this happen or even had the OUTSIDER take the throne?

You know thats a dam good question. Ive never seen it happen in my games, or mentioned on the boards. I assume he isnt on your heir list so my uneducated guess is no.

Still, the question piqued my intrest.

**Third spearman from the left** · 04-21-2006, 18:47

Yes it is .....isn't it (pats own back!)

He does not appear in the heirs list, but he is a general of royal blood now not a prince, so he has a claim to the throne indirectly...but is it my throne? I'm tempted to kill my heirs just to see if it happens

**Peasant Phill** · 04-22-2006, 09:23

If you were playing the HRE or the papacy the he would have a claim to the throne (if he had the most stars of all your generals), but I don't think that he has a claim to the scottish throne unless civil war brakes out or he marries a scottish princess

**lar** · 04-23-2006, 13:04

save game and kill your princes to see. very curious

**Woad Warrior** · 04-23-2006, 16:07

Not played MTW for a while, but if this works it would be quite cool.

Can you marry a princess to any commander (leader of a unit)?

If so, if you got a special character - say Joan of Arc - could you marry her to a princess? So if there was a civil war, she could end up becoming King of France. That would be quite funny.

**bretwalda** · 04-24-2006, 16:12

Originally Posted by Third spearman from the left

Yes it is .....isn't it (pats own back!)

He does not appear in the heirs list, but he is a general of royal blood now not a prince, so he has a claim to the throne indirectly...but is it my throne? I'm tempted to kill my heirs just to see if it happens

Please, save your game and kill of your original royal line :) I'd nice to see what happens...