If they don't rebel you can just ransom them, thus taking a bit of money from them and giving it to you, and you'll likely end up with another reason to imprison them later.īeyond how you distribute county/duchy grants, and stripping of titles, it is very important to attain Medium Crown Authority. They'll rebel approximately half the time, and upon crushing their rebellion you'll be able to strip them of a title. Eventually they will rebel, and then you can crush them and take a title from them.Īnother way to make them rebel without incurring tyranny is imprisoning them with a just cause. Simply give them the court jester honorary title, and raise their vassal levies and just leave them there. You can then follow the strategy described above to give this title to someone else.įurther, you can deliberately make strong vassals rebel so that you can imprison them and strip them of a title. To do this you will need Limited Crown Authority. Whenever a vassal rebels and you beat him, you should strip him of his primary title. By following this strategy you'll end up with dukes who hold a single duchy and a single county, and will be unlikely to ever be able to challenge your power. It does not matter if (s)he actually holds any counties within the duchy that is their problem, not yours. One county and one barony is also fine, but only a single holding is preferable. Find someone who owns a single county or barony. Sort by dynasty, and scroll down to your own. Search for characters that are rulers, are of your religion, and are of your culture. The new count will then soon make the holdings in the county into vassals, and will be of no threat to you.įor duchies you do much the same. You then give that person a single county with all its holdings (if applicable). You should now find someone who is not heir to anything, and whose heir does not own anything. You should then sort by dynasty, and scroll down to your own. The strategy I recommend for giving out counties goes like this: Search for characters that are not rulers, are of your religion, are male, and are of your culture.
You should be quite careful about who you give these titles to, as it is easy to end up with a single vassal holding many titles, and eventually being able to challenge your power. If you expand via conquest, you'll often have titles that you need to give out.
The other side of the coin is keeping your vassals weak, and reducing their powerbase when possible.
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You'll also refill your levies faster, so you'll be able to recover from wars faster.Īs your vassals will seldom be able to upgrade their holdings to the same extent as you, construction can give you a large advantage. This is covered in further detail in the installment on construction.īy upgrading your holdings you'll have more money available, and more troops. Second, you want to upgrade your holdings as much as possible. The advantage of keeping your demesne limited to a small geographical area is that you can now gather up your army very quickly, so you'll be able to respond quickly to any rebellion with very low risk of your units being picked off separately. No vassals will thus be able to plot for your duchies, thus keeping your powerbase secure. These two duchies should together have 7 to 10 counties so that you can use most of your demesne limit without having to construct holdings.īy keeping your entire demesne in two duchies you avoid the penalty from having more than two duchies, and you avoid the penalties for vassals desiring your duchies. You want to hold every single county in two duchies you own that are either bordering each other, or very close to each other. Keeping yourself strong in the long term primarily relies on two factors: Number and concentration of holdings, and construction. Third, you don't want your vassals to have a lot of vassals.įourth, you want to keep your vassals happy. Second, you don't want your vassals to hold a lot of titles. To prevent sizable rebellions, you have one primary goal: Prevent your vassals from having more power than you.
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Thus I'll be going into how to prevent this from happening, concentrating on keeping your vassals weak. Everything you've worked for could be undone in years. If any single vassal gets strong enough to challenge your power, you're at constant risk of rebellion. If you've played Crusader Kings II for any decent length of time, you've almost certainly encountered what happens when vassals get too strong and dislike you.