Why were eunuchs so popular in royal courts?

>No dynastic ties
>Can't form dynastic ties or families
>Won't fuck your women
>Won't cuck you
>If you get one that is foreign, they have to stay loyal to you because the natives hate 'em

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Razor sharp focus and utter devotion to the state.

>>2739441
But eunuchs can also be corrupted by power. We have various of examples of this with the Achaemenid Empire, Byzantine Empire, and other kingdoms and macro-states murdering people or using young rulers as puppet figureheads. Being a eunuch doesn't always make an adviser or minister trustworthy.

>>2739697
Yes, but eunchs were thought to be more reliable than eunuchs. It's a matter of rates.

They could rise in rank and power without being a claimant to the throne since they were ineligible

>>2739437
On paper they were all these things >>2739441
In practice they groomed the future heirs and dominated politics, in the Ottoman the Kizlar Agha (Chief Black Eunuch) were the sole intermediary between the Harem and outside world.

During the period of Kadınlar Saltanatı they were a force to be reckoned with and certain men attempted to take their power were killed. They influenced succession and were meticulous in vying for wealth and political strength but we're rarely if ever direct about it.