Confused about claims

[WhAcKeD_OuT]

Hey guys,
Sorry if this has been answered already.
I am very confused how claims get passed down and who gets them.
I have a character in my realm that has a weak claim I can press for him.
I understand why I can press his claim(female ruler, regency etc) but I was trying to trace where he got
that claim from and why it's a weak claim not strong.
So, my question is, what determines how someone ends up with a weak claim or strong claim?
In other words, where would they get them from and what determines if it is passed as a weak or strong claim?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[FromasterG]

Male children get a strong, inheritable claim on their parent's title when the landed parent dies. Female children get an weak, inheritable claim on their parent's title when the parent dies. When a parent with an inheritable claim to a title dies, they pass a weak, non-inheritable claim on the title. I believe that a weak claim become strong or it at least makes their current claim inheritable again when it is pressed in a war. That help?

 

[Kimberly]

Male children get a strong, inheritable claim on their parent's title when the landed parent dies. Female children get an weak, inheritable claim on their parent's title when the parent dies. When a parent with an inheritable claim to a title dies, they pass a weak, non-inheritable claim on the title. I believe that a weak claim become strong or it at least makes their current claim inheritable again when it is pressed in a war. That help?

Weak claims can't become strong from being pressed in war, but an uninheritable claim does become inheritable if pressed.

 

[WhAcKeD_OuT]

Ok, so if I have a weak claim and a strong claim, both inheritable, which of my children would inherit these claims?
Am I correct in assuming my grandchildren would inherit the weak claims?
On the tool-tip it says "Weak claims are given to children who are NOT 2nd or 3rd in line of succession"
or "Strong claims are given to children who ARE 2nd or 3rd in line of succession. This is the part
confusing me. I'm just not grasping something, any help is appreciated.

 

[icon41gimp]

All of your children will get any inheritable claims you currently possess. These claims will not be inherited further unless pressed and will be of the weak type.

They will all (except your heir) also get claims on your primary titles when you die. The two pretenders will get strong claims and the rest will get weak claims. These claims will be inheritable. Strong claims always devolve into weak claims once they are inherited.

 

[Kimberly]

Ok, so if I have a weak claim and a strong claim, both inheritable, which of my children would inherit these claims?
Am I correct in assuming my grandchildren would inherit the weak claims?
On the tool-tip it says "Weak claims are given to children who are NOT 2nd or 3rd in line of succession"
or "Strong claims are given to children who ARE 2nd or 3rd in line of succession. This is the part
confusing me. I'm just not grasping something, any help is appreciated.

That tooltip is referring to something else. When your die and your titles pass to your heir, the 2nd and 3rd line in succession get strong claims to those titles; the rest of your children get weak claims to those titles. This has nothing to do with inheritance of any claims you may have. (As far as I know, any inheritable claims are passed onto all of your children, though possibly in an uninheritable or weak form.)