How to get more dynasty founders in Europe who do not have any royal or noble blood?
One way of achieving it is through a shorter feudal period. Pre-feudal Europe has seen many persons of humble background became Roman Emperors. In China, arguably the most fertile land for parvenu dynasties, commoner-to-emperor rag-to-riches stories only became common once Shih Huang Ti abolished the feudal system and replaced it with centralised government.
The feudal system gives nobility much power. Weakening the feudal structure will create a more powerful gentry class. Hence, more possibility of a parvenu dynasty.
The reason parvenu dynasties did not become commonplace in Europe after the feudal system weakened OTL is because the society quickly moved to modern nation states in which absolute monarchies were replaced by constitutional monarchies and republics. On the other hand, China endured 2000 years of imperial rule after Shih Huang Ti abolished the feudal system and many parvenu dynasties were founded in this period. Maybe a longer transition period between the weakening of feudal structure and the ascendancy of modern nation states could do the trick?
One way of achieving it is through a shorter feudal period. Pre-feudal Europe has seen many persons of humble background became Roman Emperors. In China, arguably the most fertile land for parvenu dynasties, commoner-to-emperor rag-to-riches stories only became common once Shih Huang Ti abolished the feudal system and replaced it with centralised government.
The feudal system gives nobility much power. Weakening the feudal structure will create a more powerful gentry class. Hence, more possibility of a parvenu dynasty.
The reason parvenu dynasties did not become commonplace in Europe after the feudal system weakened OTL is because the society quickly moved to modern nation states in which absolute monarchies were replaced by constitutional monarchies and republics. On the other hand, China endured 2000 years of imperial rule after Shih Huang Ti abolished the feudal system and many parvenu dynasties were founded in this period. Maybe a longer transition period between the weakening of feudal structure and the ascendancy of modern nation states could do the trick?