What to do with siblings when they are the only other dynasty members?

[riskywhat]

I am playing a game in the 867 start as a petty king in south Wales. I used the ruler designer to create a lustful genius character with no children and some poor traits. He fathered 8 children, all to the same lustful genius woman, but he seduced her before marrying so the first 4 were bastards. 2 died, leaving the oldest child also a genius.

After living for a few years with great pox, my character received poor treatment from the court physician, so I knew he was likely to die soon. After a few bribes and a reshuffle of the council (to get vassal opinion positive), I changed the inheritance law from gravelkind to elected monarchy, nominated my eldest, and selected a good regent. When the oldest child was 12, my character died of great pox, leaving my heir in regency. I was pretty worried about this but it actually worked out well as I got to choose most of my traits and the other claimants to my titles were still children.

My new character has now come of age, but I have no idea what to do with his 5 younger siblings. One genius girl, one genius boy, one bastard rival boy, and 2 others. All have claims on my petty king title and a county I granted to a content lowborn in Ireland. I have taken over Wales and some of Ireland, and have reached my demesne limit so I need to start giving out other titles.

Should I grant them counties as I conquer Ireland?
What should I do with the genius boy?
Should I try to marry the genius girl matrilineally?
What should I do with the rival?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Rags17]

Silly, this is CK2 - family values are very important in this game.

Kill them. Kill them all. With fire and the sword.

And if possible make it all look like an accident . . .

 

[riskywhat]

Silly, this is CK2 - family values are very important in this game.

Kill them. Kill them all. With fire and the sword.

And if possible make it all look like an accident . . .

Hehe, problem is I don't want my 16 year old genius ruler getting the kinslayer trait.

 

[TehJumpingJawa]

Keep them around to build a dynasty.
I wouldn't land them, but landing their kids is fairly safe.

You'll probably attain the empire of Britannia within a lifetime anyway, so claims on the Welsh Kingdom will become unimportant by that point.

 

[LeSingeAffame]

Should I grant them counties as I conquer Ireland?
What should I do with the genius boy?
Should I try to marry the genius girl matrilineally?
What should I do with the rival?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Don't land your siblings unless they are content.
Keep the genius boy as your heir until someone better than him comes (like one of your sons), and give him the best education you can (act as if he was supposed to be the next character you play - however don't let him become ambitious)
If you can, yes, matrilineally marry your sister to a potential ally. If possible, someone who'll have claims, so someone like a son of an Irish, Scottish, or English prince, that would be nice.
For your rival, kill him. It's a bastard anyway, so keeping him around won't be useful. If you really don't want to kill him, send him to a distant kingdom to forge an alliance, or make him a monk.

 

[Frank327]

The thing I usually do is educate my second/third sons with either martial or learning education. Then they'll either become commanders (could be a bonus if they die in battle) or papal candidates (more likely to accept taking the vows as well?).

 

[LeSingeAffame]

The thing I usually do is educate my second/third sons with either martial or learning education. Then they'll either become commanders (could be a bonus if they die in battle) or papal candidates (more likely to accept taking the vows as well?).

Your courtiers can refuse to take the vows ?

 

[Frank327]

Your courtiers can refuse to take the vows ?

They can if the stand to inherit.

 

[riskywhat]

Ok thanks for the advice!

 

[deadhand13]

Breed the genius ones to try and keep some local geniuses (or strong or quick) around for future marriages. Turn the rest into priests, monks, nuns, or marry them to foreign rulers/their children to create alliances/get other realms under your dynasty.