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[Starglaive]

So, barely finishing my first year of my new 40.03 fortress, I decided to appoint a broker (I like knowing how much money I have)
And I noticed this
http://imgur.com/a/339SS
My stonemason (who is very lazy, and suits a 'noble' title) was promoted to king. It has left me in an interesting position. After forgetting to keep my water supplies stocked for the winter, my fortress was already unstable, but now I have to serve a king who has (suddenly) high expectations. Interestingly, it produced no announcements, and no liaison came to inform the dwarf of his status. Perhaps in a time of no messages from the capital, an opportunistic dwarf grabbed a crown and dubbed himself king of the dwarves, master of stone and ruler of the mountainhomes.

[Astrid]

Either bug or your civilisations King got killed or never had one to begin with. So yeah, taht position is filled by now.

[Lielac]

Feature, almost definitely. The line of succession works now, aaaaand sometimes enough royalty is dead that one of your dwarves is the closest to the line.

[Gukag]

Was your civ dead? Where there any blue sites on the map with civ list selected in embark mode? Since succession works now embarking with a dead civ will have one of your dwarves picked as monarch after a while.
Hmm now I wonder if it's random, or due to closest related bloodlines, or something else entirely. Maybe character traits?