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What would you call a monarchist government where multiple families rules in turns? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm making a fantasy novel. In this one there is a monarchy system, where 4 families rule in turns. After the current monarch dies, the next family in the circle most present an heir from their family to ruse the nation until they die and then the next family takes the throne.

What would you call this government model? Oligarchic monarchy? Poli-Monarchy? Help me with some suggestions. I'm also not sure if this has happened in the history, I can't find anything about it.

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[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

coming to this arangemen–and maintaining it in perpetuity–must have been an extremely extrordinary set of circumstances.

It was. I don't want to spoil my own lore, but this is the solution they found to prevent mutual extermination through civil wars.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the monarch required to be sacrificed or put in harms was every so often?

That would kinda mimic the Aztec Festival of Toxcatl, where an impersonator of the god Tezcatlipoca was sacrificed every year after being treated like a god for the year. The god-man was usually selected from royal families. He had religous function and was provided for in specific ways (eg a harem) but he wasn't a monarch.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may want to read up about the Roman Empire's experiment with tetrarchy (rule by four emperors), which was in part an attempt to prevent civil wars.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Great!