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There's a drama called ashes to crown where the fmc is upgraded from a generals daughter to an imperial princess via decree from dying emperor bc the new emperor is like 9 yrs old and not fit to rule without guidance + parental figure

My question is, relating to the above spiel, is that is this possible in a victorian setting? Can a woman of small status be declared an "imperial princess" / regent position for an underage king/queen? Does the victorian setting allow for a woman to remain unmarried and be in charge of a kingdom while it's actual king/queen is too young? If so, what way could she keep herself safe and maintain some sense of true power over political oppositions?

in a certain city (in this case, the former capital of the kingdom) rather than having their own homes, many nobles would travel and be hosted at localized palaces (though some lower ranked nobles were invited to stay with other nobles). this was a popular vacation spot rather than an area where nobles would live. it was never addressed who technically owned these palaces, but i assumed the royal family would have? is this something verifiable?

these palaces also had their own escort knight system, where a noble who was staying in one of the palaces would be assigned at least one guard from the escort division to serve the noble they were assigned to for the duration of their stay. they were also able to be transferred to serve and stay with a noble rather than just escort them for the duration of the stay. is this possible/realistic?

there were annual council meetings that happened once a year. the first was a “Privy Council” that had 10 selected nobles of varying titles and 2 royals (the king and crown prince) to discuss “All sorts of laws, taxes, administrative matters, diplomacy, and messengers come and go.” but there was also another council that was called “the Council of Elders” and then after that was just simply a “Council” but those two were not elaborated on at all. it was also stated that the Privy Council was made up of indispensable allies, but the king and crown prince would sometimes skip the other two council meetings. would there actually be multiple council meetings of varying types? and was the king/crown prince allowed to skip them?

it was described that multiple bedrooms in a single palace would have side rooms, but it wasn’t elaborated on who would occupy those rooms or their purpose. looking it up, i couldn’t find anything on what a side room was. is this just something made up?

a character, who was a knight that was disguising as a commoner, almost killed the son of viscount after he tried to attack a duke that the character was guarding. this character was charged with high treason, but after they were revealed to be the child of a count they were immediately excused of all charges. would someone actually be charged for high treason for protecting their lord against a noble? and does being a higher rank than a victim truly excuse a crime?

later on, a count tried to poison and assassinate a duke (the nephew of the king). the duke ended up not charging anything against the count, but because he had still tried to assassinate someone of the royal bloodline he was only banished to his territory. and earlier in the story, the counts son was framed for the murder of a prince, but he willingly handed over his son to be executed and that left the rest of the family untouched. the implication of this favorable treatment was because the count had a positive and close relationship with the royals (he helped put the king on the throne and was the crown prince’s teacher). could someone really be excused for these crimes? from what i know, usually a whole family would be punished and executed for these types of things.

lastly, the duke in the story was talking about the difference between a duchy and an archduchy. it said that while a duchy was still a bound by the kingdom, an archduchy was autonomous. is this true?

i’m sorry for asking so many questions, especially if they’ve already been answered in one of your guides. i’ve looked through most of them, and they answered a lot of my other questions and were super helpful! thank you so much for putting so much effort into making these guides and answering questions from everyone.

It's sort of right, sort of wrong. The nobles would in fact live in the palace alongside the royal family as they are the court or in houses owned by themselves close by.

It could be possible.

There would but they would be held a lot more frequently and no, it is not recommended that the monarch miss them as it gives an impression that the government can run without them which an autocratic monarch if they wish to stay so, should never do.

Yes, most apartments in a palace would be made of up multiple rooms. The more rooms you were assigned, the more important you were.

No, not high treason. Assault and attempted murder, yes. Treason is betraying one's nation.

It is possible but not recommended. If a noble misbehaves, sending them back to their own land, where their wealth and power is, is like sending a guy who wants you dead into a knife shop.

In my story, my protagonists have to do a siege to a city to free it from the enemies' army. They have their allies and their own army, composed of revolutionaries, but they need an efficient tactic to win the battle and retake the city. What should they do?

If he gets married (to a woman who doesn't herself come from royalty or nobility), what can that woman expect her life to look like? With no household of her own to manage, what will she do all day? Since she's not noble, is she likely to face a cold shoulder from other ladies of the court? And if the couple has children, what kind of care would they be able to expect for them?

In one of the games I play, there is a storyline where one of the monarchs' cousin (relation and gender is left to the players' imagination) gets very jealous of the monarch and her status. Cousin J creates a secret group where they cause problems in the nation's already fragile social structure by using the minds of the common people, while they stay back and watch to avoid getting in trouble by the royal family. Meanwhile the monarch is on war campaign against two other nations for control of the center of the continent, so she has cousin A, closely related and highly trusted being at the throne as regent. As the player investigates what is going on, they were able to save Cousin A from Cousin J's group just in time and defeated them. Whether or not Cousin J gets executed for treason is left to the player's imagination.

aside from attending galas and balls with their families and having to take educational and religious classes, were there any other things princesses/princes were in charge of taking care of or dealing with? (specifically 17th-18th century)

was there a female-adjacent version of a page for princesses?

if a king were to have a daughter and die whilst his wife was pregnant with a son, who would be in charge until the son is born, and would the son immediately become king after birth?