De-jure Navarra mini-mod

[RhoDaZZ]

Just a small mod to alter the historical outcome of Navarra, so that it hopefully survives more often (IRL it lasted to 1620).

The mod adds two new provinces on the nothern Basque coast - Álava (1 holding) and Ipizcoa (old name for Gipuzkoa, 2 holdings), to the east the one province of Lower Navarra, and it makes Navarra a de-jure kingdom with the titles of Navarre (both duchy and county), Nájera, Álava, Ipizcoa and Viscaya (but not currently Lower Navarra) under it.

Screenshots:

The new provinces

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... within castille

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Navarra shown on the de-jure kingdoms mapmode

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Lower Navarra

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Version 0.2 download link

Currently the mod works but there is an error in the de-jure setup (landedtitles.txt) so that Navarra is a de-jure holder of way too many things if you click the de-jure button on the titles, but it shows up just fine under the de-jure kingdoms map mode. If anyone wants to help point out my mistake, please feel free to do so. Also feel free to post feedback and criticism .

Version history:

0.2 Added Lower Navarra (a tiny, but historic province) and cultural conditions - you must either be Basque, Frankish, Castillan or Catalan to form the Kingdom of Navarra. Also tweaked the Navarra-Dax borders a bit.

0.11 Character history should be fixed

0.1 Up and running! De-jure mechanism still weird

 

[Arko]

I think you can tweak the border of "Dax" province to include the northern basque country to your de jure Navarra.

This northern part includes :
-Lower Navarra
-Labourd/Lapurdi
-Soule.

You might keep those 3 grouped because of the map scale though.

You can also add some other conditions for creation : maybe requiring to be basque, a certain prestige/piety level etc...

 

[RhoDaZZ]

I think you can tweak the border of "Dax" province to include the northern basque country to your de jure Navarra.

This northern part includes :
-Lower Navarra
-Labourd/Lapurdi
-Soule.

You might keep those 3 grouped because of the map scale though.

You can also add some other conditions for creation : maybe requiring to be basque, a certain prestige/piety level etc...

1) I considered that, but I besides the culture France(/England) hold the region for most of the time period, it looks weird atheistically and also affects balance. I might split up Dax and add more Basque provinces, but currently I still think it should be within de-jure France.

2) Sure, I initially added such conditions (Also including neighbouring cultures, though, since France had a big influence in the Kingdom and ruled it at times itself) but I put them on hold for the time being because of the weirdness in the file I explained above. After more feedback I'll be sure to add appropriate conditions (I'm not exactly an expert on Basque history) .

 

[Meneth]

The county of Ipizcoa seems rather small as compared to the other counties in the game. Perhaps it would be better to have it and Álava as a single county with three holdings?

 

[RhoDaZZ]

The county of Ipizcoa seems rather small as compared to the other counties in the game. Perhaps it would be better to have it and Álava as a single county with three holdings?

Navarre is a special case though, and the primary purpose of the mod is to see it (hopefully) survive or live on as part of/sovereign over other kingdoms. Fewer provinces will mean it's too easy to create and too weak, too many the opposite.

And as for the French Basque country, I'll try and add Lower Navarra for starters since that seems to be the primary area the Kingdom controlled (and where it survived after the Spanish invasion).

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Hey, nice idea.

I also added Galicia as a de jure kingdom.

 

[Arko]

error in in this piece of code

		c_ipizcoa = {
			color = { 136 184 42 }
			color2={ 255 255 255 }

			b_hondarribia = {
			b_sansebastian = {
			}
		}		
	}
}

you miss the closing } right after "b_hondarribia = {"

 

[Arko]

1) I considered that, but I besides the culture France(/England) hold the region for most of the time period, it looks weird atheistically and also affects balance. I might split up Dax and add more Basque provinces, but currently I still think it should be within de-jure France.

I think at least lower Navarra part can be merged to the county of Navarra. Labourd and Soule can remain in the called Dax province.
I personaly tweaked the province border this way. In conditions I've had the condition to own Dax too. (condition : has_landed_title = c_labourd). Before last patch, it also worked with external duchies but no more now.

 

[RhoDaZZ]

I'm a bit unsure if I should call the barony of Lower Navarra (Nafarroa Beherea?) Donazaharre or Donibane Garazi since there are conflicting informations on which was the capital and when... the naming conventions of the game are also a bit hard to figure out, but I guess it goes by the commonly known name in English (without necessarily being translated).

 

[Arko]

I'm a bit unsure if I should call the barony of Lower Navarra (Nafarroa Beherea?) Donazaharre or Donibane Garazi since there are conflicting informations on which was the capital and when... the naming conventions of the game are also a bit hard to figure out, but I guess it goes by the commonly known name in English (without necessarily being translated).

I guess it was a core part of Navarra at this timeframe so you don't need to create any additional province or find a name for it.
You have a more detailled toponymy in the French article about Donibane Garazi (St Jean Pied de Port)

 

[RhoDaZZ]

I guess it was a core part of Navarra at this timeframe so you don't need to create any additional province or find a name for it.
You have a more detailled toponymy in the French article about Donibane Garazi (St Jean Pied de Port)

You're right, but I'm doing a separate 1-holding province anyway since I like possibilities for different outcomes after a historical start - and according to the Spanish wiki Lower Navarra was part of Gascony earlier in the 11th century (I might move it to be de-jure Navarraese territory, though). That article you link to also says that city was founded in the twelfth century, so I went with the (supposedly) older town, Donazaharre. And on that note, 0.2 is up.

 

[Arko]

You're right, but I'm doing a separate 1-holding province anyway since I like possibilities for different outcomes after a historical start - and according to the Spanish wiki Lower Navarra was part of Gascony earlier in the 11th century (I might move it to be de-jure Navarraese territory, though). That article you link to also says that city was founded in the twelfth century, so I went with the (supposedly) older town, Donazaharre. And on that note, 0.2 is up.

Ok didn't re-read those articles I read a while back.

About borders. I'm not sure but it seems to me that Soule is included in Bearn province in vanilla version (It was vassal to it later on). If it is the case you maybe have to tweak a bit your borders (it gives you a bit more space for your tiny Donazaharre province).
You might be interrested in this map of the area. (on which Soule is also integrated to Biarn)