What that means legitimized bastard?
A Father (not sure if Mothers can, seems unlikely) can decide to Legitimize any of his bastard children. It's with the political decisions on the Intrigue window.
Of course, this generally pisses off your wife... and the mother's husband...
But how I can do that?
Pretty sure the only available inheritors in elective succession are all legitimate children of ruler + the electors themselves.Short Version: In elective law, does a non-legitimized bastard who wins the succession election "count" for continuing your dynasty?
Pretty sure the only available inheritors in elective succession are all legitimate children of ruler + the electors themselves.
No; a non-legitimized bastard is part of the mother's dynasty. (Now I'm curious how it works with queens in a matrilineal marriage -- I guess they can't have bastards.)Short Version: In elective law, does a non-legitimized bastard who wins the succession election "count" for continuing your dynasty?
No; a non-legitimized bastard is part of the mother's dynasty. (Now I'm curious how it works with queens in a matrilineal marriage -- I guess they can't have bastards.)
CK2, the only game where discussions such as these make sense.
Pretty sure the only available inheritors in elective succession are all legitimate children of ruler + the electors themselves.
Oh yeah, you're right. My bad.Actually there is two kind of non-legalized bastard, recognized and denounced. Recognized are part of the father dynasty but his children will form a new dynasty if married normally (can do normal marriage if wife is a bastard also), denounced are part of the mother dynasty.
If the bastard is acknowledged or legitimised no as he is of your dynasty, if he is neither he is from his mother's dynasty and thus you cannot continue as him, but the next landed dynasty member.Even if that's true, doesn't mean Hank the Bastard can't be an elector. Maybe you made him a duke of some hole in the wall to get him out of your hair. The question isn't whether he can win the election, it's whether his winning the election will cause a Game Over situation.