Fastest way to increase court for arranged marriage fodder?

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I need a male in my court to matrilineally arrange marry away as fast as possible.

Basically my player character has a duchy and is too old to have kids. My player heir is Queen and has two daughters in my bloodline. The oldest, my player heir in waiting, was patrilineally married off threatening to end my bloodline and game ( don't think I have another player heir that owns anything more than a county) . I captured and executed that guy and arranged a marriage with the only male in my court matrilineally. I'd like to do the same with the second daughter in case the game decides to kill off the first one. She's 9 years old and not betrothed yet, but I have no more males in my court to throw at her. Is there a fast way to get someone?

I called for knights, called for claimants, and offered guardianship to a random boy. None of that worked. I probably have a few years to work with, but getting this resolved will really increase the odds of salvaging this game.
 
I'm actually tribal, so I could just do raids. I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. Unfortunately the target got patrilineally betrothed at 12 years old. Before I would have had the chance to do any of that. I ended up using a murder scheme then using a hook to invite her to my court where I had full control to marry her off matrilineally.
 
Another option is the diplomacy character tree- the very first skill under Family Hierarch lets you befriend random people, who will then accept invitations to your court. This is the best way to start your breeding program, as you can hand pick the people with the best traits. Groomed to Rule (the other skill at the top of this tree) is also extremely good.

However, the rest of the diplomacy tree is... not good, so I'd switch out of it after grabbing those two skills. Luckily they are right at the top.