HRE and Portugal

[unmerged(75464)]

Hi,
Small question which I hope someone can help with.

Can Portugal become member of HRE and if so, how do I do it?

Thanks
Thomas

 

[3Form]

Technically, yes. Feasibly, no.

You'd need France and Castille to become members first before you could join your provinces to the empire, which is unlikely to happen. Alternatively, you could conquer a province belonging to the HRE and move your capital there, which would be quite difficult.

 

[Chronicler]

Technically, yes. Feasibly, no.

You'd need France and Castille to become members first before you could join your provinces to the empire, which is unlikely to happen. Alternatively, you could conquer a province belonging to the HRE and move your capital there, which would be quite difficult.

One can't move their capital to a HRE-province.

But he can PU Castille and Aragon and get cores...shouldn't be a problem, then he just needs to crush France and they usually add themselves, then he needs to become emperor so he can add himself.

Or he could grab a border province and move his capital there, and then become emperor >_>.

 

[Chronicler]

The main question is though, why does he want to be a member >_>

 

[unmerged(75464)]

to become emperor and get the goodies from that.

Now, can I be invited by the current emperor if I get 200 releation with that country?

 

[Refardeon]

to become emperor and get the goodies from that.

Now, can I be invited by the current emperor if I get 200 releation with that country?

You can become emperor without beeing in the HRE.

You can add your provinces to the empire if you have good relations with the emperor, are smaller than the emperor and you must border a province already in the HRE to add a province to it. Once your capital is in the HRE you are a member of the HRE.

The emperor won't invite you. You have to ask him (adding provinces like I said before)

 

[Chronicler]

You can become emperor without beeing in the HRE.

You can add your provinces to the empire if you have good relations with the emperor, are smaller than the emperor and you must border a province already in the HRE to add a province to it. Once your capital is in the HRE you are a member of the HRE.

The emperor won't invite you. You have to ask him (adding provinces like I said before)

Remember if you move your capital you lose naval forcelimit to all provinces you are connected to.

 

[Blazehack]

You could also extend your border to the HRE edge and add you providences when they core back to your capital lisbon, but yeah just conquering something nearby directly and moving you capital right next to the HRE would be faster and easier.

Technically any country can join the HRE, but it is harder the more removed both geographicly and ethnic/religous you are.

 

[unmerged(75464)]

Thanks everybody, might not be HRE for Portugal this time though... lol
Best wishes for the weekend when you get to it

 

[geo44241]

Sooooo 'Portugal' is not the emperor now?... sorry for the really lame joke. Couldn't resist

 

[mejla]

a few wars, vassalise as much electors as you can - bam, you're the Kaiser without a single province actually inside the HRE

 

[unmerged(204522)]

moving your capital to northern italy would also solve the range problem with your SoI.....

 

[unmerged(1047)]

Yeah... even without being in the HRE, if you vassalize or PU four electors, and keep relations with them high and your prestige and infamy decent, and are Catholic and monarchy and have a male ruler, you'll pretty much get elected every time.