My character just died. He was the head of his dynasty. But when he died, I was surprised that my new character (his son) was no longer head of the dynasty. Instead, the head of a cadet branch which split off from his house became the new dynasty head.
Here are some more details about the structure of the dynasty. The founding house was already extinct at the start of the game, but he was the head of the first and only cadet branch (the one with the non-divided coat of arm). Over the course of the game, two cadet branches split off from that house. Now the hierarchy looks like this:
Founding House (extinct since the beginning of the game)
- My House (used to be head, but isn't anymore)
- Cadet Branch A (now the head)
- Cadet Branch B
Why did that happen? And is there some way to get back the head of dynasty position to the player-character? My goal in this playthrough is to grow my dynasty renown, so I really would want to keep playing as the dynasty head.