Quote Originally Posted by Cambyses II
Those uncles can be a real thorn in the side. There seems to be some hardcoded feature (or perhaps my imagination, or the result of circumstances?) whereby if they outnumber a newly crowned and particularly a weak king, they suffer a most catastrophic drop in loyalty. You can have a civil war on your hands rather quickly in such cases (which can be a good thing).
My theory is that a new king would probably have around 4 influence, and if the old king had 7-8, that'd explain the loyalty drop.

Still, the whole 'evil uncle' thing sounds fun!