What decides the name of a new dynasty?

[gaius valerius]

My last precious Valois line king died childless, say a French noble was to succeed (either directly or after I've worked myself out of a pesky PU), what decides his name? Is there a list/script with possible names to chose from? For example one listing the different branches of the French monarchy? Another Valois? A Bourbon? A Conti? Say you were England would it list the Lancasters? The Yorks? The Tudors? Etc. Or is more random? With simply 'insert country'-ish names?

 

[AliceK86]

The country files and culture files have lists of names for every nation and culture. If you have no RMs it's basically random, but if you have RMs the one with the highest prestige gets their line on your throne.

 

[TheBloke]

Examples with France:

Dynasty names

File: common/cultures/00_cultures.txt

Notice that the dynasty is attached to the culture, so it's not necessarily specific to a country. If there are other Cosmpolitan nations, they could get these dynasties as well.

french    = {
    graphical_culture = westerngfx


    cosmopolitan_french = {
        primary = FRA
        dynasty_names = {
            "de Valois" "de Bourbon" Bonaparte "de la Tour" "de Anjou" 
            "de Lorraine" "de Foix" "de Montfort" "de Blois" "de Penthievre" "de Dreux"
            "de Rohan" "de Bar" "d'Albert" "d'Escoubleau" "de Neufville" 
        }

Leader names

File: common/countries/France.txt

The #number inside the quotes is replaced with the Regnal Number, for example: "Louis XIV". Regarding the specific number, e.g. Louis #10, I expect that it starts with the Regnal Number after that, e.g. first Louis would be 11, i.e. Louis XI (reigned 1461 - 1483.)

The numbers at the end of the line are the chance factor for that monarch name appearing next. I assume that it adds up all the monarch chances, and then the proportion of a given figure is its chance. E.g. if the total of the factors is 500, then Louis' chance would be 160/500*100 = 32%. (That's just a guess on my part. But clearly higher number is higher chance.)

If a number appears with a negative beside it, then it's a female monarch.

monarch_names = {
    "Louis #10" = 160
    "Charles #5" = 80
    "Henri #1" = 60
    "François #0" = 40
    "Philippe #6" = 10
    "Jean #2" = 10
    "Gaston #0" = 10
    "Nicolas #0 Henri" = 10
    "Louis François #0" = 5
    "Jacques #0" = 5
    "Joachim #0" = 5
...
    "Joan #0" = -1

 

[gaius valerius]

Thank you