I am in a bit of a pickle. I'm playing as Ireland and when the old king died, his children got the various holdings due to gavelkind. But one of these dukes was married to a French noblewoman and after her father died, my duke became a duke of a large Duchy in France. The problem was he is now no longer my vassal and he took Connacht county with him. Now I have a large swath of Ireland painted blue.
I could declare war on the King of France (ducal claim) but that doesn't seem the most healthy choice; he probably has more soldiers than I do. I thought of assassinating my former duke but even after developing a spy network in his county the chances are still pretty slim.
At this point, going to war is not an option so the only way I see me getting that county back is to check that county's entire succession line and hope that one of them will be my vassal or possibly myself.
Is there anything I've forgotten or left out any venue of acquiring that county?
I could declare war on the King of France (ducal claim) but that doesn't seem the most healthy choice; he probably has more soldiers than I do. I thought of assassinating my former duke but even after developing a spy network in his county the chances are still pretty slim.
At this point, going to war is not an option so the only way I see me getting that county back is to check that county's entire succession line and hope that one of them will be my vassal or possibly myself.
Is there anything I've forgotten or left out any venue of acquiring that county?