Need some help with my Realm size with Prepare invasion after conquered Wessex.

[JonathanViking]

So i started of as Bjorn Ironside.I started of subjugating parts of Sweden so i could form Sweden. After that i decided my next goal was England. I preapare invasion of Wessex, I won after capturing their king in battle not Alfred but his brother. His brother ended up getting sacrifised to the gods but now Alfred is my general but he hates me but i can live with that. With time Bjorn Ironside passed away. Now his son is King of Sweden and rules over hole of Wessex.

So my problem is now. My realm size is something like 120 but to be able to do an prepare invasion again lets say France or another Kingdom i want to attack how do I make my realm size back to 50 with i belive is what you need. But i dont wanna loose my land I want them to be my Vassals so how do i give away my land to decress it from 120 something to 50 I need help please thanks for any tips

 

[Wam]

Make sure you have a claimant in your court of however many duchies you need to get rid off.
Make sure they are de jure vassals of your kingdom title, then grant them independence. Prepare invasion, win, conquer them back in name of your claimant.

Only snag is I’m not sure if you can make de jure vassals independent. Because why would you want to.

 

[JonathanViking]

Make sure you have a claimant in your court of however many duchies you need to get rid off.
Make sure they are de jure vassals of your kingdom title, then grant them independence. Prepare invasion, win, conquer them back in name of your claimant.

Only snag is I’m not sure if you can make de jure vassals independent. Because why would you want to.

When i was making a new save i noticed i could make it so that i could grant independence to anyone.
But its cinda annoying that i have to press grant independance to so many.

But i wish there was a way to remove the 50 max realm size to invade maybi in the game files i can do that not sure

 

[Wam]

I can’t help you with that. That does seem more easy.

 

[Tryvenyal]

you can´t declare Prepered Invation if you are breaching the realmsize cap. But you can grant independense if you want, to a Norse ruler in Wessex if you would like to. A prepered invation is something you are intended to succeed with once only in a playthrough. Though, as you grow in size, your vassals can still declare and be successfull in Prepered Invasions as long asd they are under the cap. For vassals it´s "subrealm - cap".

 

[WJS]

The big thing to remember is that you won't be able to Prepared Invasion your way to world domination. It's a great way to get started, but only to get started.