Similarly, if you push someone else's claim for a title equal in rank to your own, they will be independent. Thus, if you're pushing a claim for a non-dynasty courtier, make him your vassal first by granting him a landed title. Note that if you push a claim that is outside your de jure lands for someone who is not already your vassal or a member of your dynasty, they will not become your vassal upon taking the title. If the claimant was unlanded and the claim is on a higher title, they will also usurp a county from the target, and their opinion of you will increase by a further 100. Upon winning, the person you were pushing the claim for will gain this title and their opinion of you will increase by 100. You cannot press claims for women against agnatic titles. You can also push a single claim on behalf of any of your courtiers or vassals. This lets the attacker take all claimed titles in a single war and without waiting out 10-year truces. If you have a personal claim upon a title in a realm, you can push this claim to usurp the title.Ī ruler with multiple personal strong claims (upon a single realm) can push them all at once. If the target title changes hands (whether due to another claim war or any other reason), the claim war will continue against the new controller! Multiple claim wars on a single title cause all attackers to be hostile against each other. If it ends in loss, the claim will be lost in addition to 200 prestige.If it ends in a stalemate, you'll lose 100 prestige.Upon winning a claim war, you will gain the title and you'll gain 100 prestige.You should usually choose the CB with the largest reward, although it can be to your advantage to avoid a holy war to reduce the number of possible defenders. You can have several CB for a single target, and each has its own goal and reward for success. Muslims are an exception, however, as they will vassalize infidels instead of usurping their titles if possible. Holy wars usurp all holdings from infidels.

Minor holdings in occupied counties are also usurped. Invasion-type wars usurp occupied territory in addition to the war's stated target.They try to make the current rulers into vassals, but usurp if they cannot, due to the attacker's low rank or the defender holding territory elsewhere. De jure wars on counties, as well as subjugation-type wars, vassalize or usurp the target titles.Pressing another's claim makes them your vassal if they are lower rank, and: they are your de jure vassal, or of your dynasty, or already your landed vassal.Pressing a personal claim usurps the title.Warfare is a primary way to expand your realm, as most CBs can give you new territory: 6.4.1 County Conquest (Pagan and Nomads)Ĭasus Belli and expansion.You can also cancel the tributary status by decision if specific conditions are met (suzerain has negative prestige, suzerain refuses a defensive call to arms suzerain realm size is smaller than tributary realm size. if you declare and win a free tributary war, you are no longer their tributary. all other CB agains the suzerain are invalid as long as they are tributary. Tributaries can only declare 'free tributary' wars on their suzerain. suzerain can't call the tributary into his wars, but the tributary can call the suzerain into defensive wars. The latter (that's the one you have) only pays 20% but doesn't end with the death of the suzerain. The former automatically ends when the suzerain dies pays 40% tax and can be called into wars by the suzerain some of them are only relevant for special cases, but feudal realms have access to 2 different types via the 'extort tribute' and 'establish tributary state' casus belli. There are several different types of tributary relations in the game.

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