0 a situation in which a leader is removed from power by the people who have worked with him or her: --
Peter's reform caused a series of palace coups seeking to restore the power of the nobility.
Gustav's palace coup established him as a self-defined enlightened despot while curbing the influence of nobility, which had become unpopular through rampant corruption and political intrigues.
During the period 17561810 when there were constant palace coups and a large number of assassination conspiracies the guards officers and the palace guard often played a decisive role.
Monarch who overthrew his father in a bloodless palace coup.
He, however, alienated the ecclesiastical support to secure the legitimacy of his reign, and was overthrown in a palace coup.
