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I have no idea. I had gathered a bunch of kingships as East Francia first, and then I decided to click the create HRE. BAD IDEA! It made me elective monarchy. Any tips on making it primogeniture?
 

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Remove the council's full power if it's enabled, then change the law, or lose the election, install primogeniture via faction, and then retake the empire for yourself
 

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Are you sure it works this way?
Yes that would work. In fact, it's easier that way if you are strong enough to enforce it.

Your ruler will need a claim on the HRE itself before being able to install himself as the Emperor under primogeniture. The easiest way to do this is to prepare beforehand, i.e., marry a HRE princess at some point so that your future heir gets claim on the Empire.

I'm not sure if you can fabricate yourself a claim on an empire-tier title like with kingdom-tier titles.