On 7/30/2015 8:04 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:

> The aslan in question, the sector duke, was very elderly when he dies of old age. I just can't see how he could die w/o an heir. I suppose it's theoretically  possible but I still just can't see it actually happening.

Well, it's definitely a bit of a stretch and/or an outside possibility,
but if I had to try to explain the situation as written:  it might be
that he's so very old that he's outlived ALL of his direct heirs, and
the succession laws of that particular polity don't allow for
heirs-of-heirs - if there's no one within a single generation, the title
is up for grabs (election among the nobles, passes to next-eldest male
relative (if any), or whatever).

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