Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-1310192-20121224215413/@comment-32656-20130112073433

At ten years old? Not happening. And that'd cause all of the rulers in the Rhine to revolt, too. Only so much territory there, anyways.

You would have a regency, with his mother as regent, and the generals as some sort of advisory council. Wouldn't be good enough, though. They'd still be up in arms. Not everyone would get on such a council, and even the ones on it wouldn't be satisfied.

After all - if Napoleon could overthrow a government and make himself emperor, why couldn't they? That'd be their logic. The case in Sweden with Bernadotte, and to some extent Murat and the rest, would only further the belief.