At some point in my playthrough, the county of Rome was taken over by a nord adventurer (it's still norse and pagan), but I haven't been able to take it back through regular means (papal or holy war).
Instead, I'm only given the option to do a papal war for the duchy of Latium... which belongs to a Duke in Lombardy, not the nord adventurer. Winning the war does nothing: the duchy stays in the hands of whichever duke had it before, and the adventurer is still sitting pretty in Rome. If I go back to the declare war window, I can keep doing the same Papal war for the same Duchy over and over again.
I've uploaded 5 screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/7yywTT8
With the first three, you can see that save for the county capital (Tusculum), every other holding belongs to the papacy (the mayor of Viterbo is a vassal of the Pope). The adventurer isn't anyone's vassal and only owns a single holding and county.
On the 4th one, I have the (presumably) bugged war option. My character is fully catholic and can holy war other religious rulers just fine.
On the 5th one, I show the Duchy of Latium, in the hands of a vassal of the King/Queen of Lombardy (it's been this way for centuries)
As it stands, every time my emperor dies, the new one has to go on a papal war that does nothing to get crowned, because the pope complains about being landless. He stays landless and the cycle continues.
I haven't tried fabricating a claim on Rome, it might get me out of this mess, but my council is full of powerful king vassals and I'll have to eject one to get a competent chancellor (they all have trash stats). It's an ironman save, so I don't really want to take too many risks. (I'd rather fight a 1.5K adventurer every 30 years than face a potential rebellion from a 10k vassal...)
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edit: I bit the bullet and fabricated a claim on Rome. It allowed me to conquer it, then give it back to the Pope.
Instead, I'm only given the option to do a papal war for the duchy of Latium... which belongs to a Duke in Lombardy, not the nord adventurer. Winning the war does nothing: the duchy stays in the hands of whichever duke had it before, and the adventurer is still sitting pretty in Rome. If I go back to the declare war window, I can keep doing the same Papal war for the same Duchy over and over again.
I've uploaded 5 screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/7yywTT8
With the first three, you can see that save for the county capital (Tusculum), every other holding belongs to the papacy (the mayor of Viterbo is a vassal of the Pope). The adventurer isn't anyone's vassal and only owns a single holding and county.
On the 4th one, I have the (presumably) bugged war option. My character is fully catholic and can holy war other religious rulers just fine.
On the 5th one, I show the Duchy of Latium, in the hands of a vassal of the King/Queen of Lombardy (it's been this way for centuries)
As it stands, every time my emperor dies, the new one has to go on a papal war that does nothing to get crowned, because the pope complains about being landless. He stays landless and the cycle continues.
I haven't tried fabricating a claim on Rome, it might get me out of this mess, but my council is full of powerful king vassals and I'll have to eject one to get a competent chancellor (they all have trash stats). It's an ironman save, so I don't really want to take too many risks. (I'd rather fight a 1.5K adventurer every 30 years than face a potential rebellion from a 10k vassal...)
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edit: I bit the bullet and fabricated a claim on Rome. It allowed me to conquer it, then give it back to the Pope.
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