Kingship by Age
Greetings, everyone!
One thing I'm very grateful for in my community is the kingship rulership method. It's not done like the popular way of stationing it to a particular family, neither is it done on political terms. It's totally dependent on someone's luck on longevity.
In case you don't know, in Nigeria, we have two major patterns of throning a king, and they are:
- By Heritage:
This has to do with the first son of the royal family taking the throne when the father (king) dies. In this pattern, even if the first son is just a baby of 4 years, he will be crowned, not minding the age.
Currently, this has a lot of controversies and it's being done more in the Eastern part of Nigeria.
In this, other families are not entitled to smell the throne as the seat is being transferred from one son to another in a particular family.
Looking closely also, it's a good one too because on a norm, it doesn't suppose to give birth to war because a king is known immediately he was born, but people have wisened up and things are being tempered bit by bit.
- By Politics:
This is supposed to be the best as the people are allowed by voting to choose who will rule them but hey, trust the bad political system we have over here, it's so bad that anything is manipulable even as low as selecting a class prefect in a high school. Lol😅
Currently, there are many clans and kingdoms making waves with this pattern, but it has never been void of rigging.
In my kingdom, the one we've been using and still using till today is kingship by age. The oldest in the kingdom automatically becomes the king, it's not negotiable or fought over.
If your luck can carry you to hit the age and become the eldest in the community, then it's your luck and luck alone.
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I know you want to ask, "what if the man is very old and can't move or talk anymore?" That's where we have a representative of the king, and the person is usually a son of the king. This representative stands in for the king anywhere and everywhere; he controls all the money coming to the royal house as well as making important decisions.
With this, there's no need to battle for who becomes the king, there's no politics involved, and there's no heritage issue either. It keeps moving from one family to another as long as the oldest man in the land comes out of the family.
Currently in my community, my family holds the position of kingship, and it's been in existence for about four years. The king's representative, my uncle, the direct son of the king, is enjoying all the flows of income.
Our family, in general, is not left out either because we are being respected as the royal family. Even though I don't get to enjoy it directly, I feel good knowing that the land is owned by us currently. Lol 🤣
The man is 100+ years old, and I'm not sure God is going to call him home soon. A lot of people are jealous currently and wishing for him to die, which is very normal for humans, so their family could take the throne, but it's not easy unless they're going to kill him, which is almost impossible because a person of such, God made him to get to that stage of life and he can't be killed like that.
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I like this style of enthronement a lot. There will be less squabble and fights over who should rule. But I want to ask, what if two individuals reach that age margin, will both of them be crowned king and what if a woman is the only oldest at that time, will she be crowned?
Okayy.
Good question.
Just like the case of twins, there's always the senior. The same pattern is applicable here.
For this,
It has two category, eldest man as the king and the eldest woman as the queen. That's how the setting is.
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Alright thats a nice setting
what a cool heritage
Thank you sir!
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I like the style of enthronment your community is using, at least no need for war or anything of such.
I read somewhere in your post where you made mention of the person being very old that he will have a representative. What if the representative is killed? What happens?
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If the representative is killed another of his songs swaps in. And in the case that he has only one son, then it becomes a war in the family to decide who to swap in as representative.
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Okay. Thanks for the explanation. It's clearer
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That's a fortune you got there in your heritage. Being a member of royal family. Damn, you are a king. Praises to dear Lord. !PIZZA
Hahahaha!
Thank you.
Na why my dad gave me that name😅
You have a very interesting lineage or heritage. You should take good care of your health, you never know if you will be opportune to take the crown someday hehe.
Yeah,..the pattern is so sweet.
As one is living old, he's gradually crawling to hit a jackpot 😅
Thank you ma'am.
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This is very interesting. Just like mine, we have the kingship heritage in us but my grandfather had warned my dad never to take such position even when it was obvious he would be crowned king because my grandfather refused to and they planned to transfer it to my dad but he has been warned by his father before his death.
At least the whole community still respect and regard us as being part of the Royal family. Hence the name, Princess for me and my siblings.
It seems the kingship there comes with a lot 'troubles' that's why your dad refused to take.
Did you say Princess?
The Princess you're using as a nick.
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This is interesting, although I haven't heard of such before, it sounds fair to an extent. Popped in from dreempory.
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Yeah, it's not that popular to the likes of sonship inheritance and the politics type.
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I think your community's method of choosing a king is good. No need for people to fight over it or rig I because they already know the oldest man gets the throne.
But what if the oldest is a Woman? Or don't they do it based on the oldest man?
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This kingship by heritage is why some men whose their wives didn't give birth to a male child usually go for a second wife...it's not always a healthy experience with the first wife due to the pressure she will receive from people
I think I prefer the kingship by age
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Fascinating! So is every local community in Nigeria run by a Royal family? In a situation where the kingship is determined by age, it would seem that the throne would constantly be changing as the people inheriting are always going to be very elderly. I'm curious as to the average length of time held by a king in your community under these precepts.
I dropped in to Dreemport this evening to read your post.
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