Lord Stephen and Archbishop in “Anarchy”

There's Gloucester.

The king's bastard? He will never inherit.

There's the king's legitimate daughter, Maud.

A child. And female.

Then, I suppose, there's me. But I'm only the king's nephew.

And... grandson of William the Conqueror. This shipwreck puts you in direct line to the throne, my good Stephen, which we will support when the time comes. Since, unlike the king, you hold the Church in high esteem.