Title Loss on Succession: Why aren't my kingdoms going with my Empire?

[Kamuflaro]

This is why I don't let my 1st born breed. Serves me right, that he died before my ruler did and I have to hand bishophics to my grandchildren. ^^

 

[Velorian]

So why exactly doesn't born in the purple precedence affect all titles held by the emperor?

I suppose that part of it really IS a bug. I've been getting around it by just destroying any king titles I get my hands on, and not forming any.

 

[Alyiakal]

I suppose that part of it really IS a bug. I've been getting around it by just destroying any king titles I get my hands on, and not forming any.

AFAIK, it's WAD. Again, only the Byzantine and Roman Empire titles follow born in the purple. All other kingdom inheritence laws are seperate. Those two empires have a unique form of succession.

I like to throw a wrench in this by simply switching, as always, to elective succession. The only problem with this is that male members of your dynasty with the born in the purple trait will always have a strong claim to the empire, unlike in other empires, where elective will only give them a weak claim.

 

[Herunaut]

No, you misunderstood my answer.
Only the Roman and Byzantine empires are influenced by porphyrogenesis. The kingdom of Greece doesn't care whether someone's porphyrogenetic or not.

Maybe it's just me, but this seems like little more than a contrived way to frustrate Byzantine players. My understanding (and I readily admit I'm no expert on Byzantine history) is that the Byzantine empire was not organized along "western" feudal lines in the first place, so I imagine porphyrogenetic heirs would pose less of a problem in real life, but applying it to a "feudalized" Byzantine empire in-game feels like an unnecessary and undesirable complication.

 

[Darkgamma]

It's far more realistic and far better than the current state of the HRR, or (gaggle) the Papacy.