(As an aside, once you are an emperor you can vassalise the pope.

However, non-heritable claims become heritable if you press them in a war (even if you loose the war). If the claims you had last time were fabricated by the chancellor, note that they are not heritable. some of the relevant duchies may have had female or child rulers). Firstly, it could be that last time you went to war the weak claims were applicable (ie. Metaserver is a bit dodgy so me and my friends use Hamachi to give us 5x player games. If none of the above options work, then take one of the counties in a larger duchy that will allow you to usurp the duchy title (you need over 1/2 of the holdings in the duchy).Īlso, if you are loosing claims to duchies, this could be for a number of reasons. Ok so multiplayer is just like single player except up to 32 dukes/kings/counts are player controlled, you can still do whatever you want and be co-op or plot against each other. If weak, then arrange for the duke to be either female or a child. Their kids will then have a claim and be of your dynasty.įinally, you need to check if their claim is weak or strong. If their claim is heritable and you don't want to give them a county inside your realm you can also marry them (matrilineally if they are male) to a member of your dynasty. If they are not of your dynasty then give them a title somewhere in your kingdom - this will make them your vassal. However, most of the time you will not be so lucky. Invite them to court and press their claim. If you are lucky enough that they are of your dynasty and have a strong claim you are all set. All of those with a green thumbs up will accept an invitation to your court. You can get a list of claimants by clicking on the coat of arms of the duchy you want (or a county in that duchy and then navigating to the duchy by clicking on the CoAs at the top of that screen), then clicking on the claimants button. If the current duke is adult male, they need a strong claim, otherwise a weak claim works as well. If they are not of your dynasty or your vassal, the duchy will not join your realm after the war (although the claimant still gets the title). In Crusader Kings II, players will get to control one of the great Christian Dynasties of the West, attempt to conquer all of Europe and liberate the Holy Land. I find that these usually work quite well.Īnother, potentially a lot more complicated way is to find a claimant to one of the duchies who are either your vassals or of your dynasty and pressing their claims. Sometimes you will also get plots to fabricate a claim.

This option should always work, but it takes a while (unless you are Catholic and your target is the pope). Most of the time he will get a claim on a county, but there is a small probability that he will obtain a claim for the whole duchy. The most straightforward (although not necessarily speedy) way is to send your chancellor to fabricate claims.

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