Question about Jomsviking formation

[benkern]

I've read that they form by asking to build a castle in the duchies of Mecklemburg or Pomerania. Do I need to be the direct lord of these lands, or can this event happen to my vassal? And will this holy order become my (or my vassal's) vassal? Thanks.

 

[StarSword]

Only the permission of the ruler at the county level is needed for a holy order to take up residence, though lieges still have the option to expel them.

 

[Fenian Menace]

A Germanic ruler needs to hold land in one of those duchies, have an empty holding slot, and agree to let the order have a slot to build a holding.

 

[benkern]

Thank you both very much. I take it that it will be an independent Holy Order and not my vassal if I give them permission for the castle?

 

[Fenian Menace]

Thank you both very much. I take it that it will be an independent Holy Order and not my vassal if I give them permission for the castle?

Yes they should be independent.

 

[Soladept]

its probably best to hold them personaly, because the jomvikings countys tend to be feudal, if not from the start they do real fast, and if you are still tribal when you hand them out the vassal usualy ends up tribal with wrong holding type, and will proceed to build tribal holdings in the empty slots, which blocks the jomvikings.

if you cant hold them personaly, then contriving a way to make sure a feudal vassal gets them and doesnt fill the empty slots is best, but i do not know a surefire way to do this.