Vasall succession

[DrMaier]

Hey, a noob question.

I sometimes get the warning, that my vasalls will be lost to another family or nation or whatever. The picture of the heir looks red and it seems that the game wants to warn me to do something.
I never know what to do! xD

Should I imprison the heir and its father/Mother? Kill them and remarry? How can I prevent the county from being lost?

 

[Kimberly]

Your vassal's lands going to another dynasty is not, in itself, a problem. It doesn't really matter what dynasty holds a title, because all dynasties that aren't yours are really treated the same way--do something about it if the land is going to fall out of your dynasty (thus lowering the potential for dynastic prestige), but don't bother if it's just going to switch between two other dynasties.

If the land is going to be inherited outside your realm, well, that's a different story. What you could do is try and give the current ruler a new heir. For example, say a male duke in his 40s is married to a woman in her 40s, and they have no children, thus the inheritance is going to a distant relative, who happens to be outside the realm. You could kill the mother, so that the man will remarry to a woman who is still of child-bearing age, and they are likely to squeeze out an heir before the duke dies. If there are people within your realm close to the line of succession, you could also kill all the heirs until the heir is one inside your realm. Alternatively, you could revoke the title in question--taking the opinion hit is worth it if it means not losing an important title!

 

[DrMaier]

Hmm, I see.. thanks.

I'll try to do something about it. I love paradox games, but it just takes me like forever to really understand every single bit of the mechanics.