Hi folks.
I'm playing tall as Sardinia, and it is the most enjoyable run I've had!
it is middle 13th century. I've build up a great economy, and created my own faith as a kinda "reformed orthodoxy". My strategy has been to strategically make claims on a capitol, and then use holy war as casus belli. I've created several kingdoms, Bavaria-France-Aquiotaine etc, with my faith and my dynasty, and granted independence. Those seem to be stable now, and I'm getting even richer from indulgense, and I can call on house members with huge armies.
Rather early, I did this in Greece, I destabilised the Byzant Empire, conquered and gave most of its early territory to a King of Hellas of my dynasty, and granetd independence.
I did this strategically - establishing a powerful polity of my faith to put a damper on those huge and powerful muslim kingdoms, for my own security, This has worked very well for a century.
But now this huge Kingdom of Hellas has just fractured into the kingdoms of Thessaloncia, Hellas, Nicea and Pontus. All are still of my dynasty, and all have claims on each other.
This situation has destabilized the region, These kingdoms will now go at each other, instead of being the massive deterrent presence on the muslims, as it was my intention it would be.
I fear they will be easy pickings for the strong muslim empires and kingdoms that have appeared further east and south.
I have claims of all kingdoms, I conquered them all again, with the intention of re-creating a powerful block of my faith again.
But this I cannot seem to be able to. I destroy all kingdom titles, give my favourite a strong power base, and then I want to unite the rest of the region under this person. But here I encounter a catch-22. Mosst dukedoms are already established. I cannot grant these as vasalls to my favourite soon-to.be-independent-king, as he himself is just a duke, I cannot grant him a kingdom either, to solve that situation - as he will them be dependent as soon as I grant it. Revoking all the duke titles, so I can grant him vassals, will take me a lifetime of struggle and revolts. I immensly enjoy my super rich and powerful Sardinia playing tall, with just republican vassals. Then I can do all the intruige and tyrrany I want all the time, and hit succession running, not having to spend 10-15 years stabilizing my rule first.
So, is there a way I can still make a huge polity from my greece and anatolian posessions, under one ruler I can grant independence?
I'm playing tall as Sardinia, and it is the most enjoyable run I've had!
it is middle 13th century. I've build up a great economy, and created my own faith as a kinda "reformed orthodoxy". My strategy has been to strategically make claims on a capitol, and then use holy war as casus belli. I've created several kingdoms, Bavaria-France-Aquiotaine etc, with my faith and my dynasty, and granted independence. Those seem to be stable now, and I'm getting even richer from indulgense, and I can call on house members with huge armies.
Rather early, I did this in Greece, I destabilised the Byzant Empire, conquered and gave most of its early territory to a King of Hellas of my dynasty, and granetd independence.
I did this strategically - establishing a powerful polity of my faith to put a damper on those huge and powerful muslim kingdoms, for my own security, This has worked very well for a century.
But now this huge Kingdom of Hellas has just fractured into the kingdoms of Thessaloncia, Hellas, Nicea and Pontus. All are still of my dynasty, and all have claims on each other.
This situation has destabilized the region, These kingdoms will now go at each other, instead of being the massive deterrent presence on the muslims, as it was my intention it would be.
I fear they will be easy pickings for the strong muslim empires and kingdoms that have appeared further east and south.
I have claims of all kingdoms, I conquered them all again, with the intention of re-creating a powerful block of my faith again.
But this I cannot seem to be able to. I destroy all kingdom titles, give my favourite a strong power base, and then I want to unite the rest of the region under this person. But here I encounter a catch-22. Mosst dukedoms are already established. I cannot grant these as vasalls to my favourite soon-to.be-independent-king, as he himself is just a duke, I cannot grant him a kingdom either, to solve that situation - as he will them be dependent as soon as I grant it. Revoking all the duke titles, so I can grant him vassals, will take me a lifetime of struggle and revolts. I immensly enjoy my super rich and powerful Sardinia playing tall, with just republican vassals. Then I can do all the intruige and tyrrany I want all the time, and hit succession running, not having to spend 10-15 years stabilizing my rule first.
So, is there a way I can still make a huge polity from my greece and anatolian posessions, under one ruler I can grant independence?
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