If I were doing a Game of Thrones-type series:
King dies (of testicular cancer) leaving no heir of the body. Under the succession law, the next king must be a male heir of the body of (Q, ruler several generations ago)* and king was the last one; the only remaining heir of the body is a second cousin girl child. Dynastic crisis. "Regency council"
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Also, it's tough to position Q's reign where this can work: either you've got a long, long succession of kings being totally irresponsible about the 'heir and a spare' thing to account for the lack of cadet lines [and simultaneously extremely responsible about not fathering any bastards], or else whatever family it was that ran the show before Q should be a player. (Or, if none, then dissolution of the kingdom into smaller polities should be a position with some popularity.)
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*I forgot to mention, the cancer comes from an undescended testicle.
As I say, Faction 1 and Faction 2 have the best other claim on the throne, dating from lines collateral or prior to Q.
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