How to breed good kings

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I play France and had quite a few good monarchs (with 4/4/4 Monarch points, 5/3/2), but now my King has 5/1/1 Monarch Points, my heir 1/0/6…

Why did monarchs became so weak? Should I have marriages with STRONG countries?

Best Answer

Sorry man, it's all random.

I once did a little experiment with it by saving and loading a few times when I was new to the game. I did this by saving right at the end of a regency period where the system generated a new heir immadiatley at the ascension of my new monarch. The new heir could be complete rubbish, quite fantastic or anything in between.