User blog comment:Fimmion/Why Skyrim was rigged from the start/@comment-2007196-20120701184040/@comment-5135631-20120710143110

Yes Sgt. s,s, Elisif keeps her lands, titles, and bannermen in return for bending the knee to Ulfric and swearing fealty to him as High King, essentially selling her (nonexistent) right to the Throne. Essentially, she is still Jarl of Solitude but has no more claim to the throne.