About "Time of Trouble"

[xcowboy20x]

I am playing Teutonic Order. My character dies, then Time of Trouble occurs, but I cannot promote an hier, the children are 13yrs old and 9 yrs old.??.When I click on them, 2 buttons appear,"education" and "service", but I cannot click on either.

I have also tried hiring a monarch and making him the new ruler, but time of trouble still stays.


So what can I do?..this is very frustrating.