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* Possibly Wak Chanil Ajaw (a.k.a. "Lady Six Sky") of the Mayan city of Naranjo. The surviving stelae attribute several military victories and conquests to her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ("Smoking Squirrel") in a time when he would be as young a five years old. There are also representations of Wak Chanil stepping on a defeated foe as is typical of victorious Mayan kings, but extremely rare imagery for a woman.
* The tenth-century Roman noblewoman Marozia engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
* Hisham II, the last long-lived Caliph of Cordoba, was installed in the throne when he was 11 (in breach of the Caliphate's succession rules) and 'reigned' in reclusion without ever showing interest in government. The mastermind of his enthronization was his mother, the Basque concubine Subh (birth name Aurora), who conspired with the Vizier al-Mushafi, General Ghalib, and the courtier Almanzor to assassinate al-Mughira, the brother of the late Caliph al-Hakam II before he made a move for the Caliphate. Almanzor then allied with Subh (possibly as her lover) to get rid of al-Mushafi, Ghalib, and eventually Subh herself, becoming de-facto dictator while keeping Hisham as the claimed Caliph.
* The tenth-century Roman noblewoman Marozia engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
* Hisham II, the last long-lived Caliph of Cordoba, was installed in the throne when he was 11 (in breach of the Caliphate's succession rules) and 'reigned' in reclusion without ever showing interest in government. The mastermind of his enthronization was his mother, the Basque concubine Subh (birth name Aurora), who conspired with the Vizier al-Mushafi, General Ghalib, and the courtier Almanzor to assassinate al-Mughira, the brother of the late Caliph al-Hakam II before he made a move for the Caliphate. Almanzor then allied with Subh (possibly as her lover) to get rid of al-Mushafi, Ghalib, and eventually Subh herself, becoming de-facto dictator while keeping Hisham as the claimed Caliph.
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* The tenth-century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
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* The tenth-century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered Töregene Khatun was the enthronement Empress Regent of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately, once she was the succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].closest advisers (and possible lover) a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun Töregene Khatun]] was the Empress Regent of the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately, once she succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one of her closest advisers (and possible lover) a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
* Possibly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wak_Chanil_Ajaw Wak Chanil Ajaw]] (a.k.a. "Lady Six Sky") of the Mayan city of Naranjo. The surviving stelae attribute several military victories and conquests to her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ("Smoking Squirrel") in a time when he would be as young a five years old. There are also representations of Wak Chanil stepping on a defeated foe as is typical of victorious Mayan kings, but extremely rare imagery for women.
* Possibly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wak_Chanil_Ajaw Wak Chanil Ajaw]] (a.k.a. "Lady Six Sky") of the Mayan city of Naranjo. The surviving stelae attribute several military victories and conquests to her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ("Smoking Squirrel") in a time when he would be as young a five years old. There are also representations of Wak Chanil stepping on a defeated foe as is typical of victorious Mayan kings, but extremely rare imagery for women.
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* Possibly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wak_Chanil_Ajaw Wak Chanil Ajaw]] (a.k.a. "Lady Six Sky") of the Mayan city of Naranjo. The surviving stelae attribute several military victories and conquests to her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ("Smoking Squirrel") in a time when he would be as young a five years old. There are also representations of Wak Chanil stepping on a defeated foe as is typical of victorious Mayan kings, but extremely rare imagery for women.
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* Possibly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wak_Chanil_Ajaw Wak Chanil Ajaw]] (a.k.a. "Lady Six Sky") of the Mayan city of Naranjo. The surviving stelae attribute several military victories and conquests to her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ("Smoking Squirrel") in a time when he would be as young a five years old. There are also representations of Wak Chanil stepping on a defeated foe as is typical of victorious Mayan kings, but extremely rare imagery for women.
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This is basically when someone could not have otherwise become king without their mother's efforts. It doesn't have to necessarily be a ''king''--it can refer to any situation where your mother makes sure you have power.
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This is basically when someone could not have otherwise become king without their mother's efforts. It doesn't have to necessarily be a ''king''--it ''king''—it can refer to any situation where your mother makes sure you have power.
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For gender reasons (HeirClubForMen), daughter variants are less common, but not unheard of--many an ambitious mother paraded her beautiful young daughter before a king or prince in hope she'd be picked as a HotConsort. In that case, it sometimes becomes a three-generational plan: She gets her daughter made queen or princess, and then her daughter has a son who will become king. Alternatively, if the mother in question DOES make her daughter queen, then the mother could become the king’s mother-in-law.
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For gender reasons (HeirClubForMen), daughter variants are less common, but not unheard of--many of—many an ambitious mother paraded her beautiful young daughter before a king or prince in hope she'd be picked as a HotConsort. In that case, it sometimes becomes a three-generational plan: She gets her daughter made queen or princess, and then her daughter has a son who will become king. Alternatively, if the mother in question DOES make her daughter queen, then the mother could become the king’s mother-in-law.
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide Sultan [[note]] literally "Mother Sultan" [[/note]]."
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but concubines—but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide Sultan [[note]] literally "Mother Sultan" [[/note]]."
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** Timmon's mother Distan is strongly implied to be this. Lord Ardeth--Distan's father--is very old and will die in the foreseeable future, and she wants her son to be the next Lord Ardeth.
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** Timmon's mother Distan is strongly implied to be this. Lord Ardeth--Distan's father--is Ardeth—Distan's father—is very old and will die in the foreseeable future, and she wants her son to be the next Lord Ardeth.
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* In ''Literature/TheCrownJewels'' by Creator/WalterJonWilliams, we learn that this is how the current Khosali Emperor, Nnis CVI, got his crown. The eldest does not automatically inherit--the current Emperor chooses his heir from the children of his harem. Nnis, though a son of the emperor, had absolutely no interest in his father's throne. His goal in life was to publish scholarly papers on insect genitalia. Unfortunately for him, while he was off on a remote planet studying crawling things, the designated heir died, and Nnis' mother managed to get Nnis chosen as the new heir. Nnis went rushing back to try to start a counter conspiracy aimed at getting himself removed, but before he arrived at the capital, the Emperor died, and he was stuck.
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* In ''Literature/TheCrownJewels'' by Creator/WalterJonWilliams, we learn that this is how the current Khosali Emperor, Nnis CVI, got his crown. The eldest does not automatically inherit--the inherit—the current Emperor chooses his heir from the children of his harem. Nnis, though a son of the emperor, had absolutely no interest in his father's throne. His goal in life was to publish scholarly papers on insect genitalia. Unfortunately for him, while he was off on a remote planet studying crawling things, the designated heir died, and Nnis' mother managed to get Nnis chosen as the new heir. Nnis went rushing back to try to start a counter conspiracy aimed at getting himself removed, but before he arrived at the capital, the Emperor died, and he was stuck.
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** Queen Cersei Lannister puts her secretly illegitimate son Joffrey in line for the Iron Throne by passing him off as King Robert's legitimate son. She then gets him on the throne by [[spoiler:killing Robert and his bastards (whose physical appearance would prove that Joffrey wasn't Robert's) and having a person who discovered her secret imprisoned on charges of treason]]. Because he's young, she--in varying degrees--rules in his name, thought he's a loose cannon and sometimes goes off on his own.
** Rather interestingly, in a gender-inversion, Cersei ''herself'' became queen thanks to her father Tywin's scheming. It took two tries--the first prince he tried to marry her to said no--but he got it in the end.
** Visenya Targaryen--one of Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wives--is suspected of this, with her [[WickedStepmother stepson]]/[[EvilAunt nephew]] King Aenys I dying from an illness while under her care. Her son Maegor the Cruel then became king and she became his strongest supporter. Then deconstructed, as after her death Maegor's reign begins to fall apart and he is overthrown by one of Aenys' sons.
** Queen Alicent Hightower was this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughter Rhaenyra--the only surviving child of his first marriage--his heir. Alicent repeatedly asked him to choose their oldest son Aegon instead, without success. Upon Viserys' death, she moved to secure power and crown her son as Aegon II before Rhaenyra could return to the capital, leading to a civil war known as "The Dance of the Dragons". By the end, Aegon II had died, as had all his brothers, and all but one of his kids.
** During the chaos that engulfed King's Landing during the above-mentioned Dance of the Dragons, a woman named Essie claimed that her son Gaemon--four years old at the time--was the bastard of Aegon II and proclaimed him king. After the city was reclaimed, she was hanged.
** Rather interestingly, in a gender-inversion, Cersei ''herself'' became queen thanks to her father Tywin's scheming. It took two tries--the first prince he tried to marry her to said no--but he got it in the end.
** Visenya Targaryen--one of Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wives--is suspected of this, with her [[WickedStepmother stepson]]/[[EvilAunt nephew]] King Aenys I dying from an illness while under her care. Her son Maegor the Cruel then became king and she became his strongest supporter. Then deconstructed, as after her death Maegor's reign begins to fall apart and he is overthrown by one of Aenys' sons.
** Queen Alicent Hightower was this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughter Rhaenyra--the only surviving child of his first marriage--his heir. Alicent repeatedly asked him to choose their oldest son Aegon instead, without success. Upon Viserys' death, she moved to secure power and crown her son as Aegon II before Rhaenyra could return to the capital, leading to a civil war known as "The Dance of the Dragons". By the end, Aegon II had died, as had all his brothers, and all but one of his kids.
** During the chaos that engulfed King's Landing during the above-mentioned Dance of the Dragons, a woman named Essie claimed that her son Gaemon--four years old at the time--was the bastard of Aegon II and proclaimed him king. After the city was reclaimed, she was hanged.
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** Queen Cersei Lannister puts her secretly illegitimate son Joffrey in line for the Iron Throne by passing him off as King Robert's legitimate son. She then gets him on the throne by [[spoiler:killing Robert and his bastards (whose physical appearance would prove that Joffrey wasn't Robert's) and having a person who discovered her secret imprisoned on charges of treason]]. Because he's young, she--in she—in varying degrees--rules degrees—rules in his name, thought he's a loose cannon and sometimes goes off on his own.
** Rather interestingly, in a gender-inversion, Cersei ''herself'' became queen thanks to her father Tywin's scheming. It took twotries--the tries—the first prince he tried to marry her to said no--but no—but he got it in the end.
** VisenyaTargaryen--one Targaryen—one of Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wives--is sister-wives—is suspected of this, with her [[WickedStepmother stepson]]/[[EvilAunt nephew]] King Aenys I dying from an illness while under her care. Her son Maegor the Cruel then became king and she became his strongest supporter. Then deconstructed, as after her death Maegor's reign begins to fall apart and he is overthrown by one of Aenys' sons.
** Queen Alicent Hightower was this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughterRhaenyra--the Rhaenyra—the only surviving child of his first marriage--his marriage—his heir. Alicent repeatedly asked him to choose their oldest son Aegon instead, without success. Upon Viserys' death, she moved to secure power and crown her son as Aegon II before Rhaenyra could return to the capital, leading to a civil war known as "The Dance of the Dragons". By the end, Aegon II had died, as had all his brothers, and all but one of his kids.
** During the chaos that engulfed King's Landing during the above-mentioned Dance of the Dragons, a woman named Essie claimed that her sonGaemon--four Gaemon—four years old at the time--was time—was the bastard of Aegon II and proclaimed him king. After the city was reclaimed, she was hanged.
** Rather interestingly, in a gender-inversion, Cersei ''herself'' became queen thanks to her father Tywin's scheming. It took two
** Visenya
** Queen Alicent Hightower was this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughter
** During the chaos that engulfed King's Landing during the above-mentioned Dance of the Dragons, a woman named Essie claimed that her son
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* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia will have her own family killed or banished if it means her son Tiberius will become emperor. Please note that Tiberius doesn't even ''want'' to be emperor. (Bonus points because Tiberius is only a stepson to Augustus--Livia's husband and the previous emperor--though Roman inheritance doesn't care.)
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* ''Series/IClaudius'': Livia will have her own family killed or banished if it means her son Tiberius will become emperor. Please note that Tiberius doesn't even ''want'' to be emperor. (Bonus points because Tiberius is only a stepson to Augustus--Livia's Augustus—Livia's husband and the previous emperor--though emperor—though Roman inheritance doesn't care.)
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* Subverted in the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}''--King Dasarath has four sons by his three wives, the oldest of which is about to be crowned upon the King's decision to retire, but on the day before the coronation, [[WickedStepmother his favorite wife Kaikeyi]] (mother of the second-born Bharat) decides to call in a favor--after she saved his life in a previous war (she was his charioteer at the time), the king promised that he would grant her two wishes whenever she felt like it. [[SadisticChoice She asks for the eldest son to be exiled]] and for Bharat, who was visiting his grandfather at the time, to be crowned instead, forcing the king to either exile his [[HundredPercentAdorationRating universally beloved]], [[TheWisePrince virtuous]] first-born or [[SeriousBusiness shame his family's reputation for adhering to their word and dishonor his ancestors]]. The King complies with her request, but promptly [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]] [[LaserGuidedKarma (helped along by a previous curse incurred in his youth.)]] Once Bharat returns to find his father dead and his brother exiled, he's ''absolutely absolutely horrified'', disowns his mother on the spot and, after much angst about being the son of such a wicked mother, [[UndyingLoyalty waltzes off to find & crown his brother]]. As their father is dead and can't revoke his oath, [[HonorBeforeReason the oldest prince feels obliged to serve his 14 years of exile]], but once he returns after many heroic deeds, [[RightfulKingReturns Bharat is all too happy to hand over the crown.]]
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* Subverted in the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}''--King ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}''—King Dasarath has four sons by his three wives, the oldest of which is about to be crowned upon the King's decision to retire, but on the day before the coronation, [[WickedStepmother his favorite wife Kaikeyi]] (mother of the second-born Bharat) decides to call in a favor--after favor—after she saved his life in a previous war (she was his charioteer at the time), the king promised that he would grant her two wishes whenever she felt like it. [[SadisticChoice She asks for the eldest son to be exiled]] and for Bharat, who was visiting his grandfather at the time, to be crowned instead, forcing the king to either exile his [[HundredPercentAdorationRating universally beloved]], [[TheWisePrince virtuous]] first-born or [[SeriousBusiness shame his family's reputation for adhering to their word and dishonor his ancestors]]. The King complies with her request, but promptly [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]] [[LaserGuidedKarma (helped along by a previous curse incurred in his youth.)]] Once Bharat returns to find his father dead and his brother exiled, he's ''absolutely absolutely horrified'', disowns his mother on the spot and, after much angst about being the son of such a wicked mother, [[UndyingLoyalty waltzes off to find & crown his brother]]. As their father is dead and can't revoke his oath, [[HonorBeforeReason the oldest prince feels obliged to serve his 14 years of exile]], but once he returns after many heroic deeds, [[RightfulKingReturns Bharat is all too happy to hand over the crown.]]
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* The Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors were a BigScrewedUpFamily--if only because the chaos of their tenure (at least after {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}) often involved this ([[ArtisticLicenseHistory allegedly]]).
** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
** Agrippina the Younger[[note]]Livia's great-granddaughter[[/note]] is thought to have poisoned her third husband Claudius so UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} (her son from her first marriage) could become Emperor and she could rule through him. Nero deconstructed the trope '''hard'''--within five years Nero was a SelfMadeOrphan.
** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Gaius Octavian not been contending with another case of this: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed as Pharaoh--Caesarion--was a legal and biological son of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. By extension, the boy has greater claim to everything the late dictator owns than Octavian. Octavian, of course, would not let that stand.
** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
** Agrippina the Younger[[note]]Livia's great-granddaughter[[/note]] is thought to have poisoned her third husband Claudius so UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} (her son from her first marriage) could become Emperor and she could rule through him. Nero deconstructed the trope '''hard'''--within five years Nero was a SelfMadeOrphan.
** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Gaius Octavian not been contending with another case of this: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed as Pharaoh--Caesarion--was a legal and biological son of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. By extension, the boy has greater claim to everything the late dictator owns than Octavian. Octavian, of course, would not let that stand.
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* The Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors were a BigScrewedUpFamily--if BigScrewedUpFamily—if only because the chaos of their tenure (at least after {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}) often involved this ([[ArtisticLicenseHistory allegedly]]).
** LiviaDrusilla--third Drusilla—third wife of the emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}--was {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}—was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
** Agrippina the Younger[[note]]Livia's great-granddaughter[[/note]] is thought to have poisoned her third husband Claudius so UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} (her son from her first marriage) could become Emperor and she could rule through him. Nero deconstructed the trope'''hard'''--within '''hard'''—within five years Nero was a SelfMadeOrphan.
** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Gaius Octavian not been contending with another case of this: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed asPharaoh--Caesarion--was Pharaoh—Caesarion—was a legal and biological son of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. By extension, the boy has greater claim to everything the late dictator owns than Octavian. Octavian, of course, would not let that stand.
** Livia
** Agrippina the Younger[[note]]Livia's great-granddaughter[[/note]] is thought to have poisoned her third husband Claudius so UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} (her son from her first marriage) could become Emperor and she could rule through him. Nero deconstructed the trope
** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Gaius Octavian not been contending with another case of this: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed as
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and forced her to retire from power, though, being queen mother, she remained rather wealthy. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after King Philippe VI of France confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
* The Ottoman Empire was a mess of this because (a) the throne didn't simply pass from father to eldest son --''any'' son had a shot, (b) a sultan's mother was effectively his queen, and the most powerful woman in the empire, and (c) with [[RoyalHarem harems]], sultans usually had sons with several different mothers, all of whom would be scheming against each other. Although the oldest ones usually won out over their younger brothers because, logically, they had more experience and time to build a power base in time for the next SuccessionCrisis.
* The Ottoman Empire was a mess of this because (a) the throne didn't simply pass from father to eldest son --''any'' son had a shot, (b) a sultan's mother was effectively his queen, and the most powerful woman in the empire, and (c) with [[RoyalHarem harems]], sultans usually had sons with several different mothers, all of whom would be scheming against each other. Although the oldest ones usually won out over their younger brothers because, logically, they had more experience and time to build a power base in time for the next SuccessionCrisis.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living France]], lived for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, England; she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, incompetence, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one murdered—one had his head brought to her--and her—and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and forced her to retire from power, though, being queen mother, she remained rather wealthy. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after King Philippe VI of France confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
* The Ottoman Empire was a mess of this because (a) the throne didn't simply pass from father to eldestson --''any'' son—''any'' son had a shot, (b) a sultan's mother was effectively his queen, and the most powerful woman in the empire, and (c) with [[RoyalHarem harems]], sultans usually had sons with several different mothers, all of whom would be scheming against each other. Although the oldest ones usually won out over their younger brothers because, logically, they had more experience and time to build a power base in time for the next SuccessionCrisis.
* The Ottoman Empire was a mess of this because (a) the throne didn't simply pass from father to eldest
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** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor {{UsefulNotes/Augustus--was {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}}--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Octavian not been contending with another case of this trope: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed as Pharaoh, Caesarion, was a legal and biological son of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, with greater claim to everything he owns than Octavian. Octavian, of course, would not let that stand.
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** Curiously enough, the rise of the Julio-Claudians under {{UsefulNotes/Augustus}} would not have been consolidated had the former Gaius Octavian not been contending with another case of this trope: this: {{UsefulNotes/Cleopatra}}, Queen of Egypt, who had not only swayed his rival UsefulNotes/MarkAntony to her side, but also claims the son she has installed as Pharaoh, Caesarion, was Pharaoh--Caesarion--was a legal and biological son of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, with UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. By extension, the boy has greater claim to everything he the late dictator owns than Octavian. Octavian, of course, would not let that stand.
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* The Julio-Claudians really were a BigScrewedUpFamily.
** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor Augustus--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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* The Julio-Claudians really Julio-Claudian dynasty of Roman emperors were a BigScrewedUpFamily.
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** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperorAugustus--was {{UsefulNotes/Augustus--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believes that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become king due to Atossa's influence.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred'').Xerxes. His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was a dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believes that ever even without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become king due to Atossa's influence.
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->''"Enter: Fastrada. Pippin's step-mother. Devious, crafty, cunning, untrustworthy, but a warm and wonderful mother. Dedicated to gaining the throne for her darling son, Lewis."''
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Subtrope to VicariouslyAmbitious. The mom in question is (whether heroic, villainous, or any [[AntiHero combination]] [[AntiVillain thereof]]) most likely an AlmightyMom. If she was married to a king, she may have been a LadyMacbeth as well. Compare VillainousMotherSonDuo.
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* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Hotohori's mother pulled some strings to get him onto the throne. Conveniently, the real crown-prince, [[spoiler:Tendou]], had been sent away to live as a commoner, because someone made an attempt on his life.
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* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Hotohori's mother pulled some strings to get him onto the throne. Conveniently, the real crown-prince, crown prince, [[spoiler:Tendou]], had been sent away to live as a commoner, because someone made an attempt on his life.
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* In ''Fanfic/BeautifulFictionsBabylon'', the Babylonian boy king, Kaleo, [[spoiler:the Gate's first sacrifice]] was son of the BigBad Crown Princess Carmine.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' [[LightIsNotGood Fairy Godmother]] tries to put her son Prince Charming on the throne by marrying Fiona, who is heiress to the throne of [[TheGoodKingdom Far-Far-Away]]; the original plan was for him to have saved Fiona from the dragon's tower, but he got there after Shrek had already saved her and married her. So Fairy Godmother tries to get rid of Shrek other ways, setting up the whole plot of the movie.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' [[LightIsNotGood Fairy Godmother]] tries to put her son Prince Charming on the throne by marrying Fiona, who is heiress to the throne of [[TheGoodKingdom Far-Far-Away]]; the original plan was for him to have saved Fiona from the dragon's tower, tower but he got there after Shrek had already saved her and married her. So Fairy Godmother tries to get rid of Shrek in other ways, setting up the whole plot of the movie.
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** In Kothifir, Princess Amantine is this to her son Ton. With his support he makes an [[spoiler:attempt to usurp the throne, though he fails]].
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* In ''Literature/TheCrownJewels'' by Creator/WalterJonWilliams, we learn that this is how the current Khosali Emperor, Nnis CVI, got his crown. The eldest does not automatically inherit--the current Emperor chooses his heir from the children of his harem. Nnis, though a son of the emperor, had absolutely no interest in his father's throne. His goal in life was to publish scholarly papers on insect genitalia. Unfortunately for him, while he was off on a remote planet studying crawling things, the designated heir died, and Nnis' mother managed to get Nnis chosen as the new heir. Nnis went rushing back to try to start a counterconspiracy aimed at getting himself removed, but before he arrived at the capital, the Emperor died, and he was stuck.
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* In ''Literature/TheCrownJewels'' by Creator/WalterJonWilliams, we learn that this is how the current Khosali Emperor, Nnis CVI, got his crown. The eldest does not automatically inherit--the current Emperor chooses his heir from the children of his harem. Nnis, though a son of the emperor, had absolutely no interest in his father's throne. His goal in life was to publish scholarly papers on insect genitalia. Unfortunately for him, while he was off on a remote planet studying crawling things, the designated heir died, and Nnis' mother managed to get Nnis chosen as the new heir. Nnis went rushing back to try to start a counterconspiracy counter conspiracy aimed at getting himself removed, but before he arrived at the capital, the Emperor died, and he was stuck.
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** Queen Cersei Lannister puts her secretly illegitimate son Joffrey in line for the Iron Throne by passing him off as King Robert's legitimate son. She then gets him on the throne by [[spoiler:killing Robert and his bastards (whose physical appearance would proved that Joffrey wasn't Robert's), and having a person who discovered her secret imprisoned on charges of treason]]. Because he's young, she--in varying degrees--rules in his name, thought he's a loose cannon and sometimes goes off on his own.
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** Queen Cersei Lannister puts her secretly illegitimate son Joffrey in line for the Iron Throne by passing him off as King Robert's legitimate son. She then gets him on the throne by [[spoiler:killing Robert and his bastards (whose physical appearance would proved prove that Joffrey wasn't Robert's), Robert's) and having a person who discovered her secret imprisoned on charges of treason]]. Because he's young, she--in varying degrees--rules in his name, thought he's a loose cannon and sometimes goes off on his own.
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The episode "Rock Creek Park" features an up-and-coming congressman whose wife is kidnapped. Through the course of the investigation, the team realizes that the man's mother had been molding him since his childhood and had [[TheUnfavorite basically discarded his older brother]] when a childhood injury disfigured him, making a successful career in politics unlikely. [[spoiler: She set up her daughter-in-law's kidnapping and planned murder as a way to get rid of what she considered an unworthy suitor and to earn him sympathy from voters to further his career. In the end, the congressman tells his mother that what she did was unforgiveable, but since it ''worked'', he continues allowing her to advise him.]] The team genuinely believes he's on track to become President one day.
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The episode "Rock Creek Park" features an up-and-coming congressman whose wife is kidnapped. Through the course of the investigation, the team realizes that the man's mother had been molding him since his childhood and had [[TheUnfavorite basically discarded his older brother]] when a childhood injury disfigured him, making a successful career in politics unlikely. [[spoiler: She set up her daughter-in-law's kidnapping and planned murder as a way to get rid of what she considered an unworthy suitor and to earn him sympathy from voters to further his career. In the end, the congressman tells his mother that what she did was unforgiveable, unforgivable, but since it ''worked'', he continues allowing her to advise him.]] The team genuinely believes he's on track to become President one day.
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* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'': Lydia is actively working to insure her son succeeds her husband Quinn as baron, even though Quinn himself doesn't think Ryder is tough or smart enough. But after one mistake too many, Lydia comes to agree with her husband and tells Ryder that he's not suited to becoming a Baron.
* An unusual heroic example: in ''Series/MagnificentCentury'', it's the protagonist Hürrem who's scheming make one of her sons the next sultan… although to be fair, antagonist Mahidevran is doing the exact same thing. And Hürrem's motivation is less about power and more to do with the fact that if Mahidevran's son wins the throne, he has the right to strangle his half brothers to avoid a civil war. (Mustafa probably wouldn't have, but Mahidevran ''would''.) [[spoiler:Hürrem wins... unfortunately the son that ends up winning is the InadequateInheritor, foreshadowing the decline of the Ottoman Empire.]]
* An unusual heroic example: in ''Series/MagnificentCentury'', it's the protagonist Hürrem who's scheming make one of her sons the next sultan… although to be fair, antagonist Mahidevran is doing the exact same thing. And Hürrem's motivation is less about power and more to do with the fact that if Mahidevran's son wins the throne, he has the right to strangle his half brothers to avoid a civil war. (Mustafa probably wouldn't have, but Mahidevran ''would''.) [[spoiler:Hürrem wins... unfortunately the son that ends up winning is the InadequateInheritor, foreshadowing the decline of the Ottoman Empire.]]
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* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'': Lydia is actively working to insure ensure her son succeeds her husband Quinn as baron, even though Quinn himself doesn't think Ryder is tough or smart enough. But after one mistake too many, Lydia comes to agree with her husband and tells Ryder that he's not suited to becoming a Baron.
* An unusual heroic example: in ''Series/MagnificentCentury'', it's the protagonist Hürremwho's whose scheming make makes one of her sons the next sultan… although to be fair, antagonist Mahidevran is doing the exact same thing. And Hürrem's motivation is less about power and more to do with the fact that if Mahidevran's son wins the throne, he has the right to strangle his half brothers to avoid a civil war. (Mustafa probably wouldn't have, but Mahidevran ''would''.) [[spoiler:Hürrem wins... unfortunately the son that ends up winning is the InadequateInheritor, foreshadowing the decline of the Ottoman Empire.]]
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* Subverted in the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}''--King Dasarath has four sons by his three wives, the oldest of which is about to be crowned upon the King's decision to retire, but on the day before the coronation, [[WickedStepmother his favorite wife Kaikeyi]] (mother of the second-born Bharat) decides to call in a favor--after she saved his life in a previous war (she was his charioteer at the time), the king promised that he would grant her two wishes whenever she felt like it. [[SadisticChoice She asks for the eldest son to be exiled]] and for Bharat, who was visiting his grandather at the time, to be crowned instead, forcing the king to either exile his [[HundredPercentAdorationRating universally beloved]], [[TheWisePrince virtuous]] first-born or [[SeriousBusiness shame his family's reputation for adhering to their word and dishonor his ancestors]]. The King complies with her request, but promtly [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]] [[LaserGuidedKarma (helped along by a previous curse incurred in his youth.)]] Once Bharat returns to find his father dead and his brother exiled, he's ''absolutely absolutely horrified'', disowns his mother on the spot and, after much angst about being the son of such a wicked mother, [[UndyingLoyalty waltzes off to find & crown his brother]]. As their father is dead and can't revoke his oath, [[HonorBeforeReason the oldest prince feels obliged to serve his 14 years of exile]], but once he returns after many heroic deeds, [[RightfulKingReturns Bharat is all too happy to hand over the crown.]]
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* Subverted in the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}''--King Dasarath has four sons by his three wives, the oldest of which is about to be crowned upon the King's decision to retire, but on the day before the coronation, [[WickedStepmother his favorite wife Kaikeyi]] (mother of the second-born Bharat) decides to call in a favor--after she saved his life in a previous war (she was his charioteer at the time), the king promised that he would grant her two wishes whenever she felt like it. [[SadisticChoice She asks for the eldest son to be exiled]] and for Bharat, who was visiting his grandather grandfather at the time, to be crowned instead, forcing the king to either exile his [[HundredPercentAdorationRating universally beloved]], [[TheWisePrince virtuous]] first-born or [[SeriousBusiness shame his family's reputation for adhering to their word and dishonor his ancestors]]. The King complies with her request, but promtly promptly [[DeathByDespair dies of a broken heart]] [[LaserGuidedKarma (helped along by a previous curse incurred in his youth.)]] Once Bharat returns to find his father dead and his brother exiled, he's ''absolutely absolutely horrified'', disowns his mother on the spot and, after much angst about being the son of such a wicked mother, [[UndyingLoyalty waltzes off to find & crown his brother]]. As their father is dead and can't revoke his oath, [[HonorBeforeReason the oldest prince feels obliged to serve his 14 years of exile]], but once he returns after many heroic deeds, [[RightfulKingReturns Bharat is all too happy to hand over the crown.]]
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become king due to Atossa's influence.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe believes that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become king due to Atossa's influence.
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* UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond of England, first King of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, became king due to his mother Matilda, only legitimate surviving child of Henry the First of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy. He had made her his heir, but his nephew Stephen with the help of the barons made himself king, leading to a period of civil war in England. Matilda nearly became queen, but it seemed the barons wouldn't accept a woman ruler. Finally she agreed with Stephen that Henry would be his heir, which happened as Stephen died next year.
* The tenth century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
* The tenth century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
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* UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond of England, first King of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, became king due to his mother Matilda, the only legitimate surviving child of Henry the First of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy. He had made her his heir, but his nephew Stephen with the help of the barons made himself king, leading to a period of civil war in England. Matilda nearly became queen, but it seemed the barons wouldn't accept a woman ruler. Finally she agreed with Stephen that Henry would be his heir, which happened as Stephen died next year.
* Thetenth century tenth-century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
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* Queen Prim Marlon of Marlon in the [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Story of Evil novels]] is this to a T. Obsessed with the idea of her son Kyle (originally the fifth-in-line for the throne) becoming king and creating an empire to rival her best friend-turned-rival's kingdom of Lucifenia, after her husband's death, she systematically poisoned all but one of her stepchildren and any dignitary who might oppose her, drove the remaining stepchild's mother to renounce his claim to the throne, and drove another branch of the royal family out of the country so Kyle could be crowned. When Kyle showed interest in becoming an artist instead, she bribed art critics and famous artists to demoralize and criticize his work so he would give up on his dream. [[{{Matricide}} It all comes back to bite her eventually, though.]]
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* Queen Prim Marlon of Marlon in the [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles [[Music/EvilliousChronicles Story of Evil novels]] is this to a T. Obsessed with the idea of her son Kyle (originally the fifth-in-line for the throne) becoming king and creating an empire to rival her best friend-turned-rival's kingdom of Lucifenia, after her husband's death, she systematically poisoned all but one of her stepchildren and any dignitary who might oppose her, drove the remaining stepchild's mother to renounce his claim to the throne, and drove another branch of the royal family out of the country so Kyle could be crowned. When Kyle showed interest in becoming an artist instead, she bribed art critics and famous artists to demoralize and criticize his work so he would give up on his dream. [[{{Matricide}} It all comes back to bite her eventually, though.]]
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* ''Literature/RedQueen'':
** At the end of the first book, Queen Elara Merandus succeeds in putting her son, Maven, to the throne of Norta, having [[CompellingVoice compelled]] her stepson and the heir apparent, Tiberias VII "Cal", to kill his father, Tiberias VI.
** The third book features a ''grand''mother example with Anabel Lerolan, wife of the late Tiberias V, who arranges for Cal to be able to reclaim the Nortan throne after Maven is banished from the court.
** At the end of the first book, Queen Elara Merandus succeeds in putting her son, Maven, to the throne of Norta, having [[CompellingVoice compelled]] her stepson and the heir apparent, Tiberias VII "Cal", to kill his father, Tiberias VI.
** The third book features a ''grand''mother example with Anabel Lerolan, wife of the late Tiberias V, who arranges for Cal to be able to reclaim the Nortan throne after Maven is banished from the court.
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The episode "Rock Creek Park" features an up-and-coming congressman whose wife is kidnapped. Through the course of the investigation, the team realizes that the man's mother had been molding him since his childhood and had [[TheUnfavorite basically discarded his older brother]] when a childhood injury disfigured him, making a successful career in politics unlikely. [[spoiler: She set up her daughter-in-law's kidnapping and planned murder as a way to get rid of what she considered an unworthy suitor and to earn him sympathy from voters to further his career. In the end, the congressman tells his mother that what she did was unforgiveable, but since it ''worked'', he continues allowing her to advise him.]] The team genuinely believes he's on track to become President one day.
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide Sultan [[note]] literally "Mother Sultan" [[note/]]."
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide Sultan [[note]] literally "Mother Sultan" [[note/]].[[/note]]."
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide Sultan.Sultan [[note]] literally "Mother Sultan" [[note/]]."
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While it doesn't actually have to be becoming ''king'', that ''is'' the most common case. Historically, a king's father usually had to die before he could become king, but many kings' mothers were still alive and well during their reigns, often titled "Queen Mother." In the Ottoman Empire, sultans tended to have {{royal harem}}s with many concubines--but they only had one mother (who was usually the [[TopWife favored concubine]] of their predecessor). ''She'' was effectively their queen, the second most powerful person in the empire after the sultan himself, and bore the title "Valide sultan.Sultan."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' [[LightIsNotGood Fairy Godmother]] tries to put her son Prince Charming on the throne by marrying Fiona, an only child and heir to TheGoodKingdom; the original plan was for him to have saved Fiona from the dragon's tower, but he got there after Shrek had already saved her and married her. So Fairy Godmother tries to get rid of Shrek other ways, setting up the whole plot of the movie.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' [[LightIsNotGood Fairy Godmother]] tries to put her son Prince Charming on the throne by marrying Fiona, an only child and heir who is heiress to TheGoodKingdom; the throne of [[TheGoodKingdom Far-Far-Away]]; the original plan was for him to have saved Fiona from the dragon's tower, but he got there after Shrek had already saved her and married her. So Fairy Godmother tries to get rid of Shrek other ways, setting up the whole plot of the movie.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and forced her to retire from power, though, being queen mother, she remained rather wealthy. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king Philippe confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and forced her to retire from power, though, being queen mother, she remained rather wealthy. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king King Philippe VI of France confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. To round out the saga, she then supposedly had her husband secretly killed. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and sent her away to live the rest of her life in a monastery. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king Philippe confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to Edward II of England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. To round out the saga, she then supposedly had her husband secretly killed. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and sent forced her away to live the rest of her life in a monastery.retire from power, though, being queen mother, she remained rather wealthy. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king Philippe confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa's influence.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His father Darius became king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan king, said Xerxes should be king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King king due to Atossa's influence.
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* According to Herodotus' Histories this happened with UsefulNotes/CyrusTheGreat of Persia. His Grandfather Astyages, the King of the Medes, married his daughter Mandane to Cambyses the Persian as he thought Cambyses was unlikely to rebel. Later Cyrus is able to overthrow his Grandfather, starting of the Achaemenid Empire.
* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His Father Darius became King and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan King, said Xerxes should be King as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa's influence.
* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His Father Darius became King and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan King, said Xerxes should be King as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa's influence.
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* According to Herodotus' Histories this happened with UsefulNotes/CyrusTheGreat of Persia. His Grandfather grandfather Astyages, the King of the Medes, married his daughter Mandane to Cambyses the Persian as he thought Cambyses was unlikely to rebel. Later Cyrus is able to overthrow his Grandfather, grandfather, starting of the Achaemenid Empire.
* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). HisFather father Darius became King king and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan King, king, said Xerxes should be King king as he was born when his father was king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who states he believe that ever without Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa's influence.
* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His
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* UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond of England, first King of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, became King due to his Mother Matilda, only legitimate surviving child of Henry the First of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy. He had made her his heir, but his nephew Stephan with the help of the Barons made himself King, leading to a period of civil war in England. Matilda nearly became Queen, but it seemed the Barons wouldn't accept a woman ruler. Finally she agreed with Stephan that Henry would be his heir, which happened as Stephan died next year.
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* UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond of England, first King of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet, became King king due to his Mother mother Matilda, only legitimate surviving child of Henry the First of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy. He had made her his heir, but his nephew Stephan Stephen with the help of the Barons barons made himself King, king, leading to a period of civil war in England. Matilda nearly became Queen, queen, but it seemed the Barons barons wouldn't accept a woman ruler. Finally she agreed with Stephan Stephen that Henry would be his heir, which happened as Stephan Stephen died next year.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to [[AmbiguouslyGay Edward II of England]], she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. To round out the saga, she then supposedly had her husband secretly killed, in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath legendarily horrific manner]]. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and sent her away to live the rest of her life in a monastery. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king Philippe confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* Isabella of France, known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast She-Wolf of France]]--living for years as a pious and dutiful queen consort to [[AmbiguouslyGay Edward II of England]], England, she finally got fed up with his constant promotion of his favorites and his general incompetency, including callously abandoning her while she was pregnant. She left the country, gathered her own troops and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery her own lover, Roger Mortimer,]] and invaded England. She quickly had her opponents murdered--one had his head brought to her--and then [[MurderTheHypotenuse brutally executed her husband's favorite Hugh Despenser]]. She then deposed her husband and placed her son, Edward III, on the throne and acted as regent. To round out the saga, she then supposedly had her husband secretly killed, in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath legendarily horrific manner]].killed. She was later overthrown by her own son, who had Mortimer executed and sent her away to live the rest of her life in a monastery. Incidentally, she is the ''casus belli'' for UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar since her son declared himself the rightful ruler of France after the French king Philippe confiscated his lands, and Edward cited his matrilineal descent boasting he was closer related to the original monarch than Philippe was.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun Töregene Khatun]] was the Empress Regent of the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately, once she succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one of her closest advisers, a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun Töregene Khatun]] was the Empress Regent of the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately, once she succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one of her closest advisers, advisers (and possible lover) a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
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For gender reasons (HeirClubForMen), daughter variants are less common, but not unheard of--many an ambitious mother paraded her beautiful young daughter before a king or prince in hope she'd be picked as a HotConsort. In that case, it sometimes becomes a three-generational plan: She gets her daughter made queen or princess, and then her daughter has a son who will become king.
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For gender reasons (HeirClubForMen), daughter variants are less common, but not unheard of--many an ambitious mother paraded her beautiful young daughter before a king or prince in hope she'd be picked as a HotConsort. In that case, it sometimes becomes a three-generational plan: She gets her daughter made queen or princess, and then her daughter has a son who will become king.
king. Alternatively, if the mother in question DOES make her daughter queen, then the mother could become the king’s mother-in-law.
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* ''Manga/AnatoliaStory'': Queen Nakia's goal is to invoke the trope with her son Juda no matter what, and is trying to kill her stepsons.
* ''Manga/RedRiver1995'': Queen Nakia's goal is to invoke the trope with her son Juda no matter what, and is trying to kill her stepsons.
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* In ''FanFic/BeautifulFictionsBabylon'', the Babylonian boy king, Kaleo, [[spoiler:the Gate's first sacrifice]] was son of the BigBad Crown Princess Carmine.
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* In ''FanFic/BeautifulFictionsBabylon'', ''Fanfic/BeautifulFictionsBabylon'', the Babylonian boy king, Kaleo, [[spoiler:the Gate's first sacrifice]] was son of the BigBad Crown Princess Carmine.
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* The tenth century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
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* The tenth century Roman noblewoman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia Marozia]] engineered the enthronement of her son[[note]]either by Pope Sergius III or her husband Duke Alberic I of Spoleto[[/note]] as Pope John XI. It is not ''confirmed'' that she was the one who had her mother's alleged lover Pope John X offed to place three of her candidates ending with her kid on the throne of Saint Peter but the Roman Church of the era [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum had that]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt [[DecadentCourt sort of]] [[CorruptChurch reputation]].
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** Queen Alicent Hightower was apparently this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughter Rhaenyra--the only surviving child of his first marriage--his heir. Alicent "persuaded" her oldest son Aegon II to take the Iron Throne, on the grounds Rhaenyra, who Alicent hated, would apparently kill his kids to secure her rule, leading to a civil war known as "The Dance of the Dragons." By the end, Aegon II had died, as had all his brothers, and all but one of his kids. While it is disputed how much of Aegon's actions were due to Alicent, considering Archmaester Glydayn shows some misogynistic views, her actions show she ''really'' wanted one of her kids to be king, and didn't give a wet slap how they got there.
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** Queen Alicent Hightower was apparently this. Her husband Viserys I had declared his daughter Rhaenyra--the only surviving child of his first marriage--his heir. Alicent "persuaded" her repeatedly asked him to choose their oldest son Aegon II to take the Iron Throne, on the grounds Rhaenyra, who Alicent hated, would apparently kill his kids instead, without success. Upon Viserys' death, she moved to secure power and crown her rule, son as Aegon II before Rhaenyra could return to the capital, leading to a civil war known as "The Dance of the Dragons." Dragons". By the end, Aegon II had died, as had all his brothers, and all but one of his kids. While it is disputed how much of Aegon's actions were due to Alicent, considering Archmaester Glydayn shows some misogynistic views, her actions show she ''really'' wanted one of her kids to be king, and didn't give a wet slap how they got there.kids.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His Father Darius became King and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be King. Finally Demaratus the exiled Spartan King said Xerxes should be King as he was born when his Father was King and he was descended from Cyrus. However this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who says he thinks without Demaratus Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa.
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* Similarly happened with Xerxes (yes the [[GodEmperor God-King]] from ''Film/ThreeHundred''). His Father Darius became King and married Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. There was dispute whether Darius' oldest son from his first wife or his oldest son from Atossa should be King. Finally king. Finally, Demaratus the exiled Spartan King King, said Xerxes should be King as he was born when his Father father was King king, and he was descended from Cyrus. However However, this trope had potential to further happen according to Herodotus, who says states he thinks believe that ever without Demaratus Demaratus, Xerxes would have become King due to Atossa.Atossa's influence.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun Töregene Khatun]] was the Empress Regent of the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately once she succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one of her closest advisers, a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun Töregene Khatun]] was the Empress Regent of the Mongol Empire following the death of her husband Ogedei Khan, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's second son and heir, and pulled strings behind the scenes for years to get her son Güyük elected as Great Khan despite the attempts to delay the election by her nephew Batu. Unfortunately Unfortunately, once she succeeded Güyük almost immediately turned on her, and among other things executed one of her closest advisers, a woman named Fatima, and Töregene herself died not long after under unclear circumstances.
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** In the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'', Rebecca [[GuileHero tricks Isaac]] into giving Jacob the greater blessing that he intended to give Esau. An unusual example, since Rebecca is Esau's mother too; she just knows that Jacob is a more deserving heir.
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** In the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'', Rebecca [[GuileHero tricks Isaac]] into giving Jacob the greater blessing that he intended to give Esau. An unusual example, since Rebecca is Esau's mother too; she too. She just knows that Jacob is a more deserving heir.favors Jacob.
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** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor Augustus--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This may be a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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** Livia Drusilla--third wife of the emperor Augustus--was accused by various historians of murdering most of Augustus' potential heirs so Tiberius, her oldest son from her first marriage, could succeed Augustus. This may be was a case of HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
