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Palmirinha do Hotdog has Europa Universalis IV

Jan 16, 2015 @ 2:29pm

Too old a queen to get heirs?

My current queen is 55 years old and recently my heir died, leaving me with no heir. Does the queen's age means I won't be able to get an heir?

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Surimi

Jan 16, 2015 @ 2:51pm

I don't think it actually goes into that much detail. You can check your heir chance by hovering the mouse over the space where your heir would normally be displayed though.

The thing is, many countries depicted in EU4 had weird succession systems, and most European dynasties had multiple branches, so the chance to get an heir really just represents the chance that a suitable member of the ruling family can be found and their right to inheritence assured before the current ruler dies.

Actually, having a ruler die without an heir can be a blessing. It means an adult ruler of a new dynasty will take over instead of potentially having an extremely young child. Also, since the new ruler will be of the same dynasty as one of your royal marriage partners, it puts you on the first step to a personal union. The only downsides are that it trashes your legitimacy and puts you at risk of falling into a personal union yourself.

Last edited by Surimi; Jan 16, 2015 @ 2:52pm

Fleshhunter has Europa Universalis IV

Jan 16, 2015 @ 2:55pm

No that is Ck2 where the child limit is age 45

c00lizz

Jan 16, 2015 @ 3:48pm

Nope, age does not matter for producing heirs in EUIV.

Kitten Food has Europa Universalis IV

Jan 16, 2015 @ 4:00pm

Similiar to what @Deep Hurting and others said, heirs do not work as you might think they do. In EU4 an heir doesn't mean your child it only means a person who can legally claim the throne. This could be your child, cousin, brother (sometimes you will notice heirs who are almost the same age as your current ruler), etc.

Palmirinha do Hotdog has Europa Universalis IV

Jan 16, 2015 @ 4:02pm

Ah, I see, thanks, guys.
I had already noticed the nearly-same-age-heirs thing and always figured that it was a close relative not their children, so if there was none it was only children left, so I feared that age was a factor like in CK2.