Dumb question, does actually killing the Duke of Burgundy (on the battlefield) helps with the event?

[BaronNoir]

France game, Burgundy in the rope with warscore at 75% , no heir...but the event is still not firing. So, maybe like in rea life, some sort of unfortunate battlefield accident involving wolves ?

 

[Piotrzeci]

https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Burgundian_events

 

[HeyIAmInfinity]

Well today i randomly got the inheritance in 1450s, so maybe he is an immortal vampire in your run?

 

[BaronNoir]

Thanks for the wikia, but the link is silent on if the Duke actually dying fire the event.

 

[deathbypie]

Nah, the event causes him to die. Him dying doesn't cause the event.

Edit: Actually, the duke dying might make the event LESS likely, because the Burgundian leader being a general helps it along, and the next leader may not be made into a general..

 

[HeyIAmInfinity]

Have you waited long enough? It should fire relatively fast if you fully occupy him and just wait.

 

[Badesumofu]

Thanks for the wikia, but the link is silent on if the Duke actually dying fire the event.

The event kills him, not the other way around. You can PU Burgundy by having their rulers die naturally. You'll have to Claim Throne and fight them or wait for them to integrate their own PUs, but they can be PUed in the normal way under the same rules as anyone else. The specific events relating to the Burgundian Inheritance cause their ruler to die. Their ruler dying does not cause those events.

If playing as France and you're aiming to force the BI without becoming emperor then I'd be making them release most of their subjects first. Having a super-powered Austria on your doorstep is not helpful. I honestly prefer not to force the BI as France, if it just happens you deal with it, but I prefer to ally them and work on getting a shared dynasty so I can PU them. Keep them as a PU until at least 1650 - this seems to completely prevent the Dutch Revolts.

 

[BaronNoir]

1460, still no heir, 100% warscore....should I wait for the event to pup and eat the War Exhaustion ?

 

[Regaccio]

Ironically, killing the Duke on the battlefield could actually make the event happen more slowly. The Duke dying doesn't cause the event, but the other way around. And having the Duke be a general is one of the factors that makes the event happen more quickly. The only way killing the Duke on the battlefield could be helpful is if his heir is if his heir takes the throne and has no heir of his own, then the heir (now Duke) is designated a general.

I think it should be patched so having the duke actually die in battle while the other conditions are satisfied fires a variant of the BI event.
I also think there should be a variant that can fire when the Emperor is at war with Burgundy and has high warscore that lets the Emperor inherit the provinces in the HRE for some AE cost, but that's another story.

 

[makaramus]

the event is not meant to fire allways so making it easier not needed
but I agree duke dying on battle field shold trigger event

 

[GRWalker]

Be careful not to also be involved in a war with Austria (or whomever is HRE), as that prevents the event from happening.

Assuming you're not also HRE, you could take advantage of your warscore to have Burgundy release their PUs, so that when BI triggers, HRE/Castile doesn't autoinherit the Netherlands. If they're weakened enough, some other country should dogpile on them and carry the warscore torch.