Favorite Minor Dynasty?

[A_Dane]

That's the greatest piece of news I've ever heard in my entire life. And no, I am not exaggerating. I suppose the trick is finding lowborn women.

there's pretty much a lowborn woman in every court at game start now, atleast in my games i got a game going as the knytlings, (gave him a county in England), where I'm currently the Duke of Northumberland and Deheubarth (sp?), and soon to be duke of Gwynedd, hopefully I'll be able to overthrow those Normans at some point

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Oh? Do you remember where and when?

As count of Nassau somewhere around 1125 and from then on the von Nassau dynasty is playable untill 1337. One of the is even emperor of the HRE, in the late 13th century.

Adolf von Nassau

 

[CelticMutt]

As count of Nassau somewhere around 1125 and from then on the von Nassau dynasty is playable untill 1337. One of the is even emperor of the HRE, in the late 13th century.

Adolf von Nassau

Thanks!

 

[The Bishop]

Pahlavuni (of Seleukia, Armenia). Sounds like the house name ought to be in a Douglas Adams novel.

 

[Mods]

Van Vlaanderen, obviously
It's always funny when they're kings of France

 

[Kapt Torbjorn]

House af Bjalbo is a nice one. Not exactly minor in historical terms but it starts with just a single courtier in the Swedish king's court. And he is both Quick and Strong. And has a custom dynasty banner (with the DLC).

 

[Formosus XVI]

My first Ck2 game was as the (I'm guessing fictional) di Salerno dynasty as Dukes of Salerno. I managed to make an independant Kingdom of Sicily with them, put an end to Orthodoxy and Greek culture in Sicily, and take Ascalon in a Crusade (and hold it till the end of the game.)

Perhaps best of all, the computer-generated family I made Dukes of Ascalon somehow married into the ERE, and a cadet branch became Italian Catholic Byzantine Emperors.

 

[Excal14]

Had a vassal created dynasty named bacon in jerusalem post crusade, I gave them a kingdom just to see if Bacon could survive in the frying pan

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

My first Ck2 game was as the (I'm guessing fictional) di Salerno dynasty as Dukes of Salerno. I managed to make an independant Kingdom of Sicily with them, put an end to Orthodoxy and Greek culture in Sicily, and take Ascalon in a Crusade (and hold it till the end of the game.)

Perhaps best of all, the computer-generated family I made Dukes of Ascalon somehow married into the ERE, and a cadet branch became Italian Catholic Byzantine Emperors.

The rulers of Salerno are a real historical dynasty. Most christian, feudal and ecclestical rulers in the game are real historical characters.

 

[Formosus XVI]

The rulers of Salerno are a real historical dynasty. Most christian, feudal and ecclestical rulers in the game are real historical characters.

I did know that most of the characters are historical, I just assumed the di Salernos ruling Salerno was just too serendipitous to be true and was one of the few exceptions.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

I did know that most of the characters are historical, I just assumed the di Salernos ruling Salerno was just too serendipitous to be true and was one of the few exceptions.

Well, there is no known name for this dynasty (a very common thing for a lot of dynasties), most dynasties names were only added much later to dynasties by historians.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

I did know that most of the characters are historical, I just assumed the di Salernos ruling Salerno was just too serendipitous to be true and was one of the few exceptions.

They were the last of the Lombards! Possibly one of the coolest ruling families in CK II.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

They were the last of the Lombards! Possibly one of the coolest ruling families in CK II.

Of course, everybody knows that.

 

[drususnero]

While I have often played as a custom made house of d'ibelin is there a place they actually start in game with holdings?

The real Ibelins: E.g. 1187 Count of Beersheb in the Duchy of Ascalon.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

The real Ibelins: E.g. 1187 Count of Beersheb in the Duchy of Ascalon.

And if you want to start earlier then 1134, is the earliest date that you can start as a d'Ibelin, also as the county of Beersheb.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

One of my favourite minor dynasties are de 'Saint-Omer', they start out as barons of Saint-Omer, but later become playable as dukes of Galilee, from 1101 to 1106 and from 1159 to 1171. After that as counts of Demetrias (in real history, they were the lords of Thebes), from 1211 to 1311.

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And then there are the Montforts of course, who are at various times, counts of Evreux, counts of Carcassone, counts of Chester and Leicester and counts of Tyrus.

 

[Bad_Haggis]

Clan Drummond are probably mine.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

There are so many interesting ones

- di Castropola, Italian counts of Istria from 1178

- Drugeth, a Frankish dynasty in Hungary (dukes of Ungvar from 1311)

- van Zutphen, as count of Frisia in 1107

- Subislawowic, dukes of Pomeralia from 1155.

- Wizlawid, they start as the pagan rulers of Mecklenburg, but become playable as the counts of Rugen around 1160 or so.

- Nakonid, the catholic pommeranian rulers of Lubeck in 1066

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Forgot one

- Etichonen. You can play them from 1066 as counts of Nordgau, they go all the way back to the 7th century, were related to the Karlings, early Welfs, the von Habsburgs are cadet-branch of them and they have a Pope in their family to (Leo IX).

 

[Bad_Haggis]

- Wizlawid, they start as the pagan rulers of Mecklenburg, but become playable as the counts of Rugen around 1160 or so.

They are great if you are playing as TPatT, I built myself a Baltic Pagan Kingdom that withstood various HRE holy wars.

 

[Heartsbane]

Van Vlaanderen, obviously
It's always funny when they're kings of France

A man of refined taste. It's not so difficult to put them on the throne, sometimes I even destroy the King of France title and make everything De jure Frisia for fun. :laugh: