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* '''Straight''': [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice]] stages a successful coup against KingBobTheNth. The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen now-Queen Alice]] proceeds to have his children and potential heirs put to death, along with the old queen-consort, his brothers and anyone else higher up the line of succession than her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has no chance.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has no chance.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
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* '''Straight''': [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice]] stages a successful coup against KingBobTheNth. The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen now-Queen Alice]] proceeds to have his children and potential heirs put to death, along with the old queen-consort, his brothers and anyone else higher up the line of succession than her.
her. (Cue the HiddenBackupPrince rising up from the shadows to take revenge and reclaim his birthright.)
* '''Exaggerated''': Queen Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has nochance.
chance. (Cue the peasants rising up in revolt and ruling collectively in a form of proto-anarchism.)
* '''Downplayed''': Queen Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Queen Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has no
* '''Downplayed''': Queen Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
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* '''Inverted''': King Bob has Lady Alice and her family put to death to stamp out the rebellion.
* '''Subverted''': Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own right and ensures her new husband has a HuntingAccident.
* '''Subverted''': Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own right and ensures her new husband has a HuntingAccident.
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* '''Inverted''': King Bob has defeats Lady Alice and has her family put to death to stamp out the rebellion.
rebellion for good.
* '''Subverted''': Queen Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, in a show of mercy, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Princess Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own rightand ensures her new husband has and, shortly before the marriage take place, arranges for him to have a HuntingAccident.HuntingAccident. (Possibly according to Queen Alice's plans all along, plausible deniability all round).
* '''Subverted''': Queen Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, in a show of mercy, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Princess Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own right
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Lady Alice defeats King Bob, seizes the palace... and arranges a marriage to Crown Prince Frederick, King Bob's eldest son, to prevent further bloodshed.
* '''Enforced''':???"We need to show just how evil Lady Alice is that she's willing to go to any lengths to secure her power."
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[[TheChessmaster The]] HiddenBackupPrince persuaded Lady Alice to stage the coup, so he could subsequently gain revenge and get a shot at the throne.
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The HiddenBackupPrince had no part in the coup, but seizes his chance anyway, taking advantage of threatened nobles and a fearful peasantry to gain support.
* '''Defied''':???[[WarriorPrince Crown Prince Frederick]], the late King Bob's eldest son, regroups his army, defeats Lady Alice [[AltarDiplomacy and negotiates a marriage]] to her surviving daughter Lady Elizabeth, to prevent further bloodshed.
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'''Basic Trope''': Person seizing a throne wipes out the old royal family to avoid potential challenges to their rule.
* '''Straight''': [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice]] stages a successful coup against KingBobTheNth. The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen now-Queen Alice]] proceeds to have his children and potential heirs put to death, along with the old queen-consort, his brothers and anyone else higher up the line of succession than her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has no chance.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a cold-hearted pragmatist who knows any potential rival to the throne will rise up against her and her life will be on the line.
** Alice knows the entirety of the old royal family is so RoyallyScrewedUp (the reason the rebellion happened in the first place, dammit!) that any other alternative (like, say, marrying off her daughter to the old king's second cousin twice removed Charlie, 3rd Earl of Tropopolis) would be bad for the country.
* '''Inverted''': King Bob has Lady Alice and her family put to death to stamp out the rebellion.
* '''Subverted''': Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own right and ensures her new husband meets with a HuntingAccident.
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* '''Straight''': [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice]] stages a successful coup against KingBobTheNth. The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen now-Queen Alice]] proceeds to have his children and potential heirs put to death, along with the old queen-consort, his brothers and anyone else higher up the line of succession than her.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice goes so far as to purge the entire nobility (except her own children) and invades several neighbouring countries due to all the intermarriage, plus putting to death any peasant who bares any close resemblance to old King Bob just so the rumoured HiddenBackupPrince has no chance.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice kills only the immediate offspring of King Bob.
* '''Justified''':
** Alice is a cold-hearted pragmatist who knows any potential rival to the throne will rise up against her and her life will be on the line.
** Alice knows the entirety of the old royal family is so RoyallyScrewedUp (the reason the rebellion happened in the first place, dammit!) that any other alternative (like, say, marrying off her daughter to the old king's second cousin twice removed Charlie, 3rd Earl of Tropopolis) would be bad for the country.
* '''Inverted''': King Bob has Lady Alice and her family put to death to stamp out the rebellion.
* '''Subverted''': Alice spares little Prince David, King Bob's youngest son, and [[ArrangedMarriage marries off her daughter and heir Elizabeth to him]] so as to at least give her future rule the pretense of legitimacy.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Elizabeth wants to succeed in her own right and ensures her new husband meets with a HuntingAccident.
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