How to Capture Popes?

[We Who Are About 2 Die]

I have been playing as Abyssinia and I conquered Alexandria and all of Egypt, which should make me the Coptic Pope's sovereign. However, this never happens despite having Alexandria county.

 

[Naughtius Maximus]

If you're playing in 867 he is a vassal of the Abbasids. Might need to break or claim that title to vassalize the Coptic pope.

 

[We Who Are About 2 Die]

If you're playing in 867 he is a vassal of the Abbasids. Might need to break or claim that title to vassalize the Coptic pope.

Yeah this is janky. That's exactly what I had to do.

 

[PDX-Nicou]

Sometimes these threads pop in my feed: "HOW TO CAPTURE POPES?", so I'm confused for a second before thinking... "How to capture popes? What's going o... oh... this must be from the CK3 forums"