Lost My Vassals

[phatkarp]

Playing as the Count of Brabant. I get uppity, get smacked down by dogs bigger than myself. As a result, my vassals (the baron, mayor, and bishop) in my county are direct vassals of the HRE, not me!

How do I get them back?!?!

 

[Formosus XVI]

Your safest bet militarily is to use your De Jure claim on them to start a war with the HRE for each one in turn . . . . which is not really safe but as good as you probably can do in that situation. I would wait for the HRE to get into a large conflict or erupt in civil war before you do that, though. For the Barony, if the HRE's Crown Authority is not too high, you can watch them like a hawk or engage in a series of assassinations and arrange a regular marriage while the office is held by a Baroness to one of your heirs.

 

[cyrileom]

If you are also directly under the HRE, then you can simply de jure claim them provided it's not medium CA. If not, yeah you're kinda screwed.