Can't change county capital ("wrong type of holding in demesne")

[BongoBongo]

See here

Here was my situation in more detail:

* Dad (ruler) owns two counties, so switched out of Gavelkind to Elective so they don't separate.
* Dad (ruler) imprisons and banishes both mayors (one from each county) to get red of votes against his chosen heir (the Son)
* Dad (ruler) makes Son (heir) mayor of both counties. Son now has enough votes to be heir.
* Dad dies, son succeeds.
* In the primary county, everything is fine. Son is ruling the barony, which is still the capital of the county, as well as the city, which he can give away. BUT in the other county, the situation is reversed. Son is ruling the city, which is now the capital of the county, as well as the barony, which is not the capital.

I can't figure out how to get the son (now in power) to change the capital back to the barony in this county. I'm sure it's something obvious, but I've tried just about anything. Simply waiting (and saving and reloading) did not solve the problem. Even future generations have not yet solved the problem.

 

[jordarkelf]

So the castle holding did not become the province capital? A gamy way to fix it is to give the castle holding to a random heirless courtier, then give him the country title as well (just like how you'd create a prince-bishopric or republic). If done in the proper order, this will make him the local count with the castle as the capital.
Then kill him to inherit the county, and everything should be fixed.

 

[Thure]

Check your law screen... Have you Feudal Electiv? Or are it "Free Electiv"?

I think, because your son was a mayor, your realm became a Republic. So the Castles are the wronge holdings and the cities, ae the right ones. But normaly the game should end, if you play a Republic...