Talk:Holy Britannian Empire/@comment-37576482-20181121160734/@comment-36317741-20181122141959

Francis is right. The same thing happened in the real world. When you look at the Byzantine Empire you see a whole bunch of monarchs who have only ruled for a very short period of time, from a handful of years to only months. It wasn't uncommon that an emperor and his sons ended up castrated and/or blinded. Of course there it wasn't just 1 family, there were various families and factions engaged in the constant power struggles.

That's not to say that every emperor ended up being replaced on short notice, there were obviously also monarchs who ruled fairly long and managed to please all important players on the field.

In Code Geass Charles ruled for a long time, but that was also because he had a little bit f help from his geass