Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-121.75.171.109-20170617035805/@comment-32014963-20171224080353

A comment Quoted from myself in another thread seems to be a good answer to your question.

"In a Monarchy, when head of the nation is either a King or an Emperor, there was something called Line of Succession. Basically everyone related to the 1st Emperor are queueing up, including their new born babies. They are queueing up to become Emperor. Many will naturally die of natural and unnatural causes, but a few will get to become Emperor. Titus Mede II is merely one of these lucky or unlucky ones depending on your perspective."

There's probably like hundreds if not over a thousand of individuals related to the Emperor as legit successors for the Elder Council to choose from. In fact I will be surprised if they don't have more than 50.