D&D General A King with A Common Born wife has A 20 month old common born niece that he's very fond of, when the niece is orphaned could he adopt her?
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Hero
If your society accepts the king having a common born wife, they will probably accept him adopting a common born child as well.
She won't be inheriting the throne, he's only adopting her to ensure she has a great childhood
Saying that though its almost guaranteed that when she's old enough he will arrange a very good marriage to A Powerful Noble for her. After all despite being a commoner she's still related to The King by marriage
Do you agree that the fact that being related to him by marriage will make it even more likely that they will accept him adopting her
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Paragraph 6, subsection 8 of the GenericFantasyland legal code states that: "heretoforth, no female scion who is born under the seventh sign of the left handed locust and is not of the blood of the seven princes of may inherit any royal title unless their maternal ancestor was born widdershins of the Emerald Sea".
So there you have it. Simple.
So there you have it. Simple.
Sorcerers Apprentice
Hero
I'd say it would definitely be expected of the king that he looks after his extended family.
aco175
Legend
A man and his wife have a child who is his niece... Doesn't that mean his wife is his sister and his niece is also his daughter.
There are likely stranger things that happened in real life with people taking on dead brother's wives and such.
mamba
Legend
You are much too focused on how it works today. You make the rules, there is no wrong answer here. The rules have varied drastically throughout history.
He can adopt her if he wants to, she does not even need to be an orphan for that.
Go back to ancient Rome and this is common practice, with the adoptive son inheriting before the born son.
Julius Caesar’s heir was his adoptive son Octavian (who became Emperor Augustus), not his born son Caesarion (who became Pharaoh, thanks to his mother being Cleopatra - until Octavian ordered his death…)
He can adopt her if he wants to, she does not even need to be an orphan for that.
Go back to ancient Rome and this is common practice, with the adoptive son inheriting before the born son.
Julius Caesar’s heir was his adoptive son Octavian (who became Emperor Augustus), not his born son Caesarion (who became Pharaoh, thanks to his mother being Cleopatra - until Octavian ordered his death…)
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The nieces parents are his wives Brother and Sister in Law
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