Can't get my son to marry

[ArdentPenguin]

My son has the ambition to "get married," so I find a suitably-titled noble through the character interface - in this case, a duchess who has yet to come of age - and try to arrange a betrothal. However, I cannot select my son as an option on my side. Tried again with arranging a marriage to somebody older - still can't select my son as an option (in both cases, either before or after selecting the person I want him to marry).

Possibly relevant: I've given him a county and made him chancellor, although I don't think either of those things should matter.

Anyway, anybody have any ideas? The interface to propose marriages can get confusing (for example, to propose a betrothal with a child duchess I have to contact her through diplomacy, propose a betrothal, and then select her out of her own court; I'm not sure if I'm doing it right) so the problem could definitely be on my end.

 

[flame7926]

He isnt in your court, so you would have to marry him to someone in your court.

 

[ArdentPenguin]

Awwww nuts! I was thinking that making him a Count would increase his marriage prospects. But I suppose making him a Count means I lose direct control of him. Makes sense, I guess, but too bad I can't marry him outside of Bohemia.

 

[sirbruce]

Awwww nuts! I was thinking that making him a Count would increase his marriage prospects. But I suppose making him a Count means I lose direct control of him. Makes sense, I guess, but too bad I can't marry him outside of Bohemia.

In CK1 they would marry on their own if you gave them land. So always, always marry your sons off first and THEN give them land. Or else you'll have to try to marry them to someone in your own court, which most likely means a courtier, which you'll have to buy in the Intrigue menu, and then risk them refusing because they aren't prestigious enough.

 

[Nimic]

So they won't marry on their own when they have a title?

 

[Concrete]

I think the point is that they will, but they'll marry with AI level logic, and have an AI level priority to get married.

 

[King]

The AI used to go and grab the first woman/man (delete as approprate) to marry. This was good (for me) as you ended up with some really nice titled single women on the market. Now the AI waits a few years to see if a better match might appear.