Allies, Enemies and War

[Lord Flash]

I'll run through my scenario...

- I'm the King of Burgundy.
- Savoy is De Jure part of Burgundy.
- Savoy belongs to the HRE, thus I have a CB on Savoy.
- My allies include the Byzantine Empire
- HRE allies include the Byzantine Empire

I would have thought due to these alliances that the Byzantine Empire would be neutral in any conflict between me and the HRE... Yet when I try to declare war on the HRE, I can see that the Byzantine Empire will become his ally during the conflict. Opinion wise the Byzantine emperor favours me more.

What gives?

 

[Rascar Capac]

When third party is allied to both participants, it joins the defender.

 

[Lord Flash]

Ah, OK.. Makes sense. Would a non-aggression pact with Byzantine have served me better in this case?

Thanks for the info.

 

[Rascar Capac]

Ah, OK.. Makes sense. Would a non-aggression pact with Byzantine have served me better in this case?

Thanks for the info.

I would say yes. In fact, if I were in your place, I would a) check what holds together the alliance between ERE and HRE and if it can be easily broken, or b) dissolve alliance with Byzantines and form NAP instead.

 

[Lord Flash]

Thanks again for the tips. I'm playing the game with my daughter and she hates it when I try to bump people off. So we play a strictly murder-free game.

Looks like option b for me!

 

[Rascar Capac]

If it's a single marriage and you have free investiture, you could just invite happy couple and nominate guy as heir for the oldest bishop you have.

Though I guess that wouldn't work if he's heir to something else.