Selflessness isn't often rewarded in politics. Your focus on recovery from the disaster gives you a good reputation with the common folk, but unfortunately in that time the Goblin manages to make his position more-or-less unassailable. He's got a legal right to the throne.
In the end, to avoid being married off in a political marriage, you join with the church. You focus your efforts on helping the poor and the unfortunate. You eventually become a saintess, Your life is more drab, and dull, than it was before… but you get to keep doing what you enjoy: Helping people.