Indeed, but not a very honourable one. The one being protested cannot even fight back. For example. Realm A has 50 nobles. 15 of them protest, the Ruler is thrown out. 35 do not (supporters of the ruler) They can do nothing to help the ruler. Where as in a proper battle then support is required. This way only a small groups of nobles need to be willing to protest. Not the whole realm. And there is nothing the victims (ruler/supporters) can do about it. Plus you look at it in a SMA, where in the history of a monarchy did you ever see a King get protested out of office, with out an armed conflict of some sort? I cant think of one. especially in the time frame that we are playing in.
They can fight back. If you get protested out but have a majority supporters, then those 35 nobles can vote back in the King they want. As that didn't happen, Tybalt obviously didn't have majority support.
If you control the Judge, then ban everyone who protests you. It could easily be considered a form of rebellion anyway, so take actions against it.
If you control the Banker, have him take gold from the people protesting to punish them.
If your the King, which you are, then make a new Duke in place of Fulco and ask the lords to reassign to the new Duke. Or make new duchies out of every one of his vassals and then ask the loyal ones to reassign to the Duke the King chooses.
If you control the General, then have him disband all militia in your city and regions, and ask another Lurian realm to invade to defend your thrown from the usurpers.
You have many options, some more drastic than others. Certainly fighting is more what people consider, but there are always options to fight back. (Unless you truly have no supporters in the realm, or are heavily outnumbered already) Then you'd lose anyway.
