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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EOL" data-source="post: 135309" data-attributes="member: 823"><p>I think it would depend a lot on how possible everyone thought it was for him to die.  If he had obviously been at death's door for decades then I would expect it to be a relatively smooth transition.  If on the other hand the guy was considered immortal and this came completely out of the blue I think the upheaval would be immense.  Primairly because there would be no clearly defined succession.  So every high level person in the government would have equal claim on rulership and it's unlikely any of them would step aside.  The whole kingdom would be factionalized.  I'm guessing like many revolutions the military might (initially) be the biggest player assuming that it didn't also factionalize....</p></blockquote><p></p>