Duchy Inheritance question

[Athan.]

I think I understand the succession here, but can someone confirm:

I am King of England, and my second son (second in line but not heir to the throne) is the Duke of Oxford. He is married to the Duchess of Aquitaine and has a son that is set to inherit both. With High Crown Law in England and Low Crown Low in France, is it true that what happens next depends on who dies first?

1. If my son dies first followed by his wife the Duchess, then my grandson gets the Duchy of Oxford and stays English and Aquitaine becomes part of England.
2. But if the Duchess dies first, then my grandson inherits Aquitaine reporting to the King of France and loses his inheritance to Oxford due to English High Crown Law.

Is that about right? I've made the mistake before where even though my grandsons were of my dynasty, they were all reporting to the French king. No way to salvage that as far as I can tell. :glare:

 

[NezzeOne]

You're correct, sir.

 

[perpetualmuse]

Yes that's all correct as has been said. This is why there is the vassal inheritance warning; the game can only display one possible scenario to you as it doesn't know what will happen. If you were particularly worried and assassination of your son was out of the question, then you could give your grandson another duchy. If the Duchess of Aquitaine dies in this scenario, your grandson will inherit Aquitaine and stay your vassal, allowing him to also inherit Oxford when his father dies.

 

[Athan.]

Thanks guys. Good idea about giving a Duchy to the grandson. I'll have to try that next game. I'm also not above plotting against my own son (sorry, lad). For now, I'll suffer through the mistake I made that placed a bunch of my dynasty as French vassals. I'm still France's equal so they could be future allies.

 

[Kaiser Ludwig]

Does it have to be a Duchy though? Wouldn't he still inherit as long as he's a landed vassal, which includes baronies and the like?

 

[perpetualmuse]

Does it have to be a Duchy though? Wouldn't he still inherit as long as he's a landed vassal, which includes baronies and the like?

No, if he's a Count or a Baron and inherits a higher title with a different de jure liege, his primary title will switch to the higher one and then he will become the vassal of someone else.