HRE war inheritance rules

[IVIaarten]

Hey all,

just a little question; how does the 'inheritance' of wars go for the emperor of the HRE?

One of the emperors declared war on me. Since I had been saving up money for the inevitable demise of my 73 year old ruler I went on a bit of a killing spree. I killed 4 or 5 emperors in the span of a week. The war didn't stop though.
The last emperor standing (when I ran out of money) didn't have any claims on my stuff anymore. He was at 100% warscore for a LONG time. I always figured that once they reach 100% you auto-surrender. So not sure what was going on.
As soon as my king died (I had an income of 30 gold/month, so I kept saving up for more asasination attempts), my new ruler auto-surrendered within a day.

I've pulled this off before, and the war ended inconclusively after I killed the second emperor that time.

So basically the following 3 questions:
- how far down the line are emperors supposed to inherit the war
- was it somehow bugged up that I didn't auto-surrender?
- was it somehow bugged up because the emperor was not supposed to have inherited the war?

thanks in advance

 

[IVIaarten]

no clues?

 

[nyah]

Were you at war with anybody else at the same time?

 

[Ithvan]

Was it a de jure war? You can stop 'X's claim wars' by assassinating people, but not de jure wars.

As for the 100%, no idea.

 

[IVIaarten]

Were you at war with anybody else at the same time?

Nope, was my only one.

Was it a de jure war? You can stop 'X's claim wars' by assassinating people, but not de jure wars.

As for the 100%, no idea.

Not sure, I'll have to check. The HRE sure is a b!tch after you declare independence though