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Well That was the thing. He had a lover and she only gave him daughters. He had the ambiton to have a son and he only ever had daugthers. even bastards turned out to be daughters instead of sons. His wife did get pregnant but before she could give birth she was killed by his lover. who knows if that was the son he had hoped for. Luckly for him his second born Daughter had a son. although even having grandsons is rare it would seem.
Love the irony that the one bastard he had was also a girl
Yep.. My Reaction was " You got to be kidding me, even his bastards are daughters ". than he had twins. And i was hoping one would be a son.. But the twins were both Daughters.
Took me almost two hundred years, but in the end, I got it: German Empire.
I started as Duke of Lausitz in 1066 with custom character. Fought my way to the east, until I finally conquered Prussia. Became independent from HRE, created custom Kingdom of Prussia...and swore fealty immediately afterwards, to have any chance of defeating Slavs that were rising every few years (it feels good to conquer tons of lands through holy wars and then have my liege deal with the rebels...although they did burn my holdings quite a lot). In the meantime, I slowly progressed to the north (as I literally went through the shortest route and my kingdom was basically Lausitz, Brandenburg and then southern shore of Baltic Sea), east and west.
Eventually, by the end of 12th century, I had enough lands to crease Saxony, which I did after becoming independent together with other vassals, including Bohemia and Austria (favors FTW). Created the kingdom and went back to the Kaiser once again. That was the moment when I realized what a great decision it was, because he immediately transfered all of de jure Saxony to me. So I started conquering more and managed to get enough territory to form Frisia and Franken (no idea about its English pronunciation). So, I became independent again (with the same character, the great Barbara von Brandenburg, who would have become empress herself, if she did not become Incapable at the age of 49, dying 6 years later), together with House Wigeriche (one of houses that had three emperors and was deposed in 1190, resulting in them owning more land than some kings) and few others.
That was when I realized I could actually destroy HRE, as it held almost no land. My original plan was to conquer all de jure lands except Kärnten, Bohemia and Bavaria (and Burgundy, which became de jure too) and leave HRE as much smaller empire in the south, but by this point, HRE owned only northern Italy and region around Alps. I actually owned more than half of its land and it was quite funny to see HRe switching between huge empire and bunch of separated yellow pockets as I was becoming independent and swearing fealty.
So, last part of my plan came. I fabricated claims, landed claimants and conquered half of Schwaben in few years. After Barbara died, I used gold that I stashed to buy few favors and together with few vassals declared independence once again. For the first time, Emperor did not refuse. I decided to remain independent for some time, before swearing fealty again and getting de jure vassals transefed to me, while conquering others, to then become independent and give final blow to the empire.
I was not certain if HRE needed 150 or 200 holdings to exist, so I decided to wait until they got out of wars (they were at 179) and was greeted with "End of an empire" message. Got so excited I did not make a screenshot.
Then it was just waiting for enough prestige and I created Deutsches Reich. While my original plans were to get Lotharingia and Frisia too, I wanted it only because HRE would take those lands back if I did not own them and it would look weird (my empire surrounded by HRE from almost all sides, while HRE itself is a thin strip of land). But as it was dissolved, there was no need to do it and I gave Kingdom of Frisia to its duke and gave him independence.
Here is close-up on the Empire and also de jure setup.
Interesting thing that should be mentioned is how awful CK2 is for de jure drift in the case of kingdoms owned by emperor. Parts of what I wanted to be Prussia were still drifting and they actually started drifting back after I founded the empire. For some reason, Prussia was listed as the last of my kingdoms and I could not change it, because my primary title was my imperial title. Yay.
So I edited the save file and switched everything that I intended as a part of Prussia into the kingdom. Emperor Sigismund was above grammar, so Emperor Philipp is above de jure drift.
The playthrough is not over, I also plan to smooth the borders a little bit and then become heretic and eventually make the heresy into separate sect of Christianity. Can´t have Germany without reformation.
I started as Duke of Lausitz in 1066 with custom character. Fought my way to the east, until I finally conquered Prussia. Became independent from HRE, created custom Kingdom of Prussia...and swore fealty immediately afterwards, to have any chance of defeating Slavs that were rising every few years (it feels good to conquer tons of lands through holy wars and then have my liege deal with the rebels...although they did burn my holdings quite a lot). In the meantime, I slowly progressed to the north (as I literally went through the shortest route and my kingdom was basically Lausitz, Brandenburg and then southern shore of Baltic Sea), east and west.
Eventually, by the end of 12th century, I had enough lands to crease Saxony, which I did after becoming independent together with other vassals, including Bohemia and Austria (favors FTW). Created the kingdom and went back to the Kaiser once again. That was the moment when I realized what a great decision it was, because he immediately transfered all of de jure Saxony to me. So I started conquering more and managed to get enough territory to form Frisia and Franken (no idea about its English pronunciation). So, I became independent again (with the same character, the great Barbara von Brandenburg, who would have become empress herself, if she did not become Incapable at the age of 49, dying 6 years later), together with House Wigeriche (one of houses that had three emperors and was deposed in 1190, resulting in them owning more land than some kings) and few others.
That was when I realized I could actually destroy HRE, as it held almost no land. My original plan was to conquer all de jure lands except Kärnten, Bohemia and Bavaria (and Burgundy, which became de jure too) and leave HRE as much smaller empire in the south, but by this point, HRE owned only northern Italy and region around Alps. I actually owned more than half of its land and it was quite funny to see HRe switching between huge empire and bunch of separated yellow pockets as I was becoming independent and swearing fealty.
So, last part of my plan came. I fabricated claims, landed claimants and conquered half of Schwaben in few years. After Barbara died, I used gold that I stashed to buy few favors and together with few vassals declared independence once again. For the first time, Emperor did not refuse. I decided to remain independent for some time, before swearing fealty again and getting de jure vassals transefed to me, while conquering others, to then become independent and give final blow to the empire.
I was not certain if HRE needed 150 or 200 holdings to exist, so I decided to wait until they got out of wars (they were at 179) and was greeted with "End of an empire" message. Got so excited I did not make a screenshot.
Then it was just waiting for enough prestige and I created Deutsches Reich. While my original plans were to get Lotharingia and Frisia too, I wanted it only because HRE would take those lands back if I did not own them and it would look weird (my empire surrounded by HRE from almost all sides, while HRE itself is a thin strip of land). But as it was dissolved, there was no need to do it and I gave Kingdom of Frisia to its duke and gave him independence.
Here is close-up on the Empire and also de jure setup.
Interesting thing that should be mentioned is how awful CK2 is for de jure drift in the case of kingdoms owned by emperor. Parts of what I wanted to be Prussia were still drifting and they actually started drifting back after I founded the empire. For some reason, Prussia was listed as the last of my kingdoms and I could not change it, because my primary title was my imperial title. Yay.
So I edited the save file and switched everything that I intended as a part of Prussia into the kingdom. Emperor Sigismund was above grammar, so Emperor Philipp is above de jure drift.
The playthrough is not over, I also plan to smooth the borders a little bit and then become heretic and eventually make the heresy into separate sect of Christianity. Can´t have Germany without reformation.
I always use title manager:
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WHAT IS UP WITH THIS KHAZARIA?! From Finland tot Libya/Egypt! Christ!
AND THEY ARE CATHOLICS!?! It's year 854 and they are catholic?!
WHAT IS UP WITH THIS KHAZARIA?! From Finland tot Libya/Egypt! Christ!
AND THEY ARE CATHOLICS!?! It's year 854 and they are catholic?!
I smell shenanigans.
Been playing a custom Cymric Adoptionist (my personal favorite heresy) character in 867 as King Arthur Pen-Dragon.
It's now 898 and Britain is now split in half between the Britons and the Norse kingdom of Eastengle with a rump Kingdom of Mierce centered on the Duchy of Middelengle. I role play them as a sort of middleman of sorts where both Norse and Briton benefit from their continued existence.
Eastengle rules from Southern Aberdeen in the North to Kent to the south (whose title history is mildly amusing in its own right).
On the Continent the Franks have regained the Western Emperorship and only lack Lotharingia and the West Coast of France (ruled by the Lotharingians). This was all done by the King of Lombardia.
Presently there is a funny little war going on between the Jarl of East Anglia and the King of Lotharingia. The war has been going on since 886 as a single county conquest for Porhoet. The thing is the Norse outnumber the Franks nearly 4 to 1, occupy a swath of territory in Central Belgium... AND THEY'RE LOSING-- BADLY! The Lotharingians have 95% war score! Apparently the Lotharingians were able to occupy nearly all of East Anglia while losing every single battle. Literally the only reason why they're winning is because they still control the war goal for 162.5% war score...
Thank Our Glorious God for the incompetency of Dirty Heathens and Heretics...
It's now 898 and Britain is now split in half between the Britons and the Norse kingdom of Eastengle with a rump Kingdom of Mierce centered on the Duchy of Middelengle. I role play them as a sort of middleman of sorts where both Norse and Briton benefit from their continued existence.
Eastengle rules from Southern Aberdeen in the North to Kent to the south (whose title history is mildly amusing in its own right).
On the Continent the Franks have regained the Western Emperorship and only lack Lotharingia and the West Coast of France (ruled by the Lotharingians). This was all done by the King of Lombardia.
Presently there is a funny little war going on between the Jarl of East Anglia and the King of Lotharingia. The war has been going on since 886 as a single county conquest for Porhoet. The thing is the Norse outnumber the Franks nearly 4 to 1, occupy a swath of territory in Central Belgium... AND THEY'RE LOSING-- BADLY! The Lotharingians have 95% war score! Apparently the Lotharingians were able to occupy nearly all of East Anglia while losing every single battle. Literally the only reason why they're winning is because they still control the war goal for 162.5% war score...
Thank Our Glorious God for the incompetency of Dirty Heathens and Heretics...
Won't last long, with the Mongols scheduled to arrive in the next couple of decades, but god damn if these aren't the nicest borders I've ever had (With decent name-placement, too! Though that very much wasn't the case until I took the Yaik region).
Minus the Caucuses, that's some real nice borders from all your neighbors too! I am so glad they added that wasteland color override thing, makes maps look so much better.
I know your struggle man. My king had had one son who i accidentaly killed in a spear throwning contest :/ and all the children he had after were girls....7 in total
I know your struggle man. My king had had one son who i accidentaly killed in a spear throwning contest :/ and all the children he had after were girls....7 in total
Oh Geez that Succession had to be painful. How do you kill your son in a spear-throwing contest
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Started as the caliph in 1018. I had only the Sheikdom of Bagdad. Unfortunately, my 1st caliph died 1 month into the game so I had to wait 15 years to start my conquest because of the fucking regency council who wouldn't let me attack my neighbours. But after I started, noone could stop me. I quickly became Emir of Bagdad, then conquered all de jure Iraq than was under my liege. After that I rebelled and gained independance so that I could for Iraq. Then I finish to retake de jure Iraq from the filthy Fatimids. And just as I took this screenshot, I finished to conquer Arabia from said Fatimids. Gonna mop up the rest of the arabian peninsula before hopefully reclaiming the empire and turning my attention to Syria and the Levant. Probably Egypt after that then I'm not sure if I'll go east or west. But this is a lot of fun
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