What genre would this be under? I know, it's technically

>>379164
light bump

I've never heard any particular term for such a story. TVTropes seems to call it "Ruler Protagonist", though that's a bit narrow. I tried searching various write ups on various plays by Shakespeare, since if such a term existed you'd think it'd get applied to them first and foremost, but no dice.

If you're looking for more such stories, maybe try crossing "political drama" with "feudal society" or something?

Or maybe try going through "Standard Royal Court"
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardRoyalCourt

Have you read the Vorkosigan Saga?

>>379255
Only in passing, but I've heard good things. Considering my fascination with the subject now's a good time to break into it.
And thank you for looking so thoroughly. Digging into Shakespeare was very smart thinking. I agree Political Drama might be the closest term there is.

We called this "Family Saga" in school. The biggest example is "Buddenbrooks".
Most definining elements are the depiction of multiple generations over many years of time, and the fact that you need a fucking character map and list to keep track of the relationships and names.