Good afternoon!
I'm running across some strange behavior with inheritances, and I'm wondering if it's something screwy with the game or if I am misunderstanding the mechanics w/r/t succession laws. Finishing my 1.06b game before patching.
Playing as King of England, succession law is Agnatic Primogeniture. I married their heiress to the Duchy of Aquitaine (de jure France in this game). She inherited the Duchy but is instead a vassal of the King of France because she had no lands prior to the inheritance, no big deal. While my heir was a child, he was listed as the Queen/Duchess's heir of Aquitaine. But when my heir came of age and I gave him a Duchy, his younger, unlanded brother became the heir to the Duchy of Aquitaine.
The King revoked the Duchy from my wife, leaving her only as Countess of Bordeaux which my younger son inherited, becoming a vassal of France. My King died and I began playing as my heir and eventually went to war with France to press a different brother's claim to the Duchy. I won at that brother is now Duke of Aquitaine, but the brother who originally should have inherited the Duchy is still a vassal of France as Count of Bordeaux.
Now, I'll eventually get around to getting all of de jure Aquitaine into the Kingdom one way or the other, but I'm really confused why the oldest son didn't inherit Aquitaine as well as the Kingdom of England.
Thanks for your insight!
I'm running across some strange behavior with inheritances, and I'm wondering if it's something screwy with the game or if I am misunderstanding the mechanics w/r/t succession laws. Finishing my 1.06b game before patching.
Playing as King of England, succession law is Agnatic Primogeniture. I married their heiress to the Duchy of Aquitaine (de jure France in this game). She inherited the Duchy but is instead a vassal of the King of France because she had no lands prior to the inheritance, no big deal. While my heir was a child, he was listed as the Queen/Duchess's heir of Aquitaine. But when my heir came of age and I gave him a Duchy, his younger, unlanded brother became the heir to the Duchy of Aquitaine.
The King revoked the Duchy from my wife, leaving her only as Countess of Bordeaux which my younger son inherited, becoming a vassal of France. My King died and I began playing as my heir and eventually went to war with France to press a different brother's claim to the Duchy. I won at that brother is now Duke of Aquitaine, but the brother who originally should have inherited the Duchy is still a vassal of France as Count of Bordeaux.
Now, I'll eventually get around to getting all of de jure Aquitaine into the Kingdom one way or the other, but I'm really confused why the oldest son didn't inherit Aquitaine as well as the Kingdom of England.
Thanks for your insight!
