Timeline for How to let a king be lost for a year and return back to his country, to regain his title without any problems?
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| Jun 24, 2018 at 12:46 | history | edited | AlexP | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Rithmetic is hard.
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| Jun 24, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | AlexP | @Tonny: Corrected. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 11:09 | comment | added | Tonny | Good answer but it has a minor flaw: The numbers don't work out for Christina of Sweden: If she is 6 in 1632 she can't be 14 in 1644. According to Wikipedia she was born in 1626, so she was 18 when she became in full control. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 11:46 | comment | added | AlexP | @SJuan76: Showing him in public at some sort of popular ceremony once per year, say on his birthday, or or May Day, should be enough. This is not the modern times when memes propapate like a fire in a dry pairie. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 11:38 | comment | added | SJuan76 |
All the Regent or Regents must say is that the child is at an imperial retreat and let the "the Regent has replaced our true King with a doppleganger" or even "the Regent has killed the King and hidden his body" rumour games start!
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| Jun 21, 2018 at 22:43 | comment | added | M. A. Golding | Well, I have included some examples of historic monarchs taking long trips to foreign lands during their reigns in my answer. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:33 | comment | added | Sreram | @AlexP I read through their history briefly... They all had someone to protect them, and it has almost always been their mother. More like the teacher for the boy in my story. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:32 | comment | added | Mark Olson | @AlexP And in how many of them was the ruler's position so safe that he could safely take a vacation? The Five Good Emperors is the exception which proves the rule: 80 years out of 500 where the throne was relatively stable. But no one knew that during most of Trajan's reign -- he was selected because he was the most menacing general, after all! No one wanted another Year of the Four Emperors. Elsewhere, even when the autocrat stayed home, assassination and civil war was endemic. Did England ever have a century without a serious revolt? (And let's nevermind the Wars of the Roses!) | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:10 | comment | added | AlexP | @MarkOlson: The century of the Five Good (Roman) Emperors? China? The Eastern Roman Empire? Even Russia, at times? And if we relax a little and also consider "kings", then England? France? Spain? "Autocracy" is mostly in the head of the autocrat; in reality, if they are successful autocrats, they rule in the manner of a modern CEO -- they make high-level policy decisions and leave the actual implementation to their sitting army of bureaucrats. Even the modern U.S.A. could be considered an example of stable, elective, term-limited autocracy. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:08 | comment | added | Mark Olson | @AlexP Note, however, that history doesn't show many civilized countries where there was a ruling emperor. Creating a stable "deep state" requires sharing power much more widely than most autocracies ever manage. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 21:01 | comment | added | AlexP | @Sreram: In a civilized (= well established, stable) country, the interest of the ruling classes is to avoid making waves and rocking the boat. Sure, there are always dubious elements who want power and will stop at nothing; but in a stable country the "deep state" strongly favors stability and rule of law. Moreover, most people are actually honorable persons, who won't commit treason for trifling reasons. It is actually expected, most of the times, that once a person swore fealty they will remain loyal. Of course, the adventures of those who don't stay loyal make for interesting stories... | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 20:51 | comment | added | Sreram | @MarkOlson I have seen that video before. Yes, that's what is bothering me a lot. I don't know a lot of history. But the thought that many young emperors actually made it, seems counterintuitive! And amazing! I'm going to read about how they didn't get killed. | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 20:48 | comment | added | Mark Olson | Great answer! May I suggest CGP Grey's excellent Youtube video on "Rules for Rulers": youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs for more? | |
| Jun 21, 2018 at 20:45 | history | edited | AlexP | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2018 at 20:39 | history | answered | AlexP | CC BY-SA 4.0 |