I would challenge the notion that being named makes you worse at ruling.
Regular humans are already excellent at being utterly awful towards each other.
I doubt Above or Below can really improve on that.

And a named ruler would at least be likely to get some tools to improve efficiency,
and likely cut down on corruption, in the kingdom. If the King/Queen can see when your lying,
then its likely to cut down a lot on officials taking bribes, or skimming the tax money.