raising influence

[vlad_demstra]

I was wondering how this is done, for my king, king william III has only 4 in this line. is it raised by owning more land and allies? power? money? any help would be good.

[Senta]

yes, the more you conquer, the higher your influence gets... you also get some influence points for organising succesful crusade/jihad and i think for marrying your daughters/sons off to allies (not sure on the last one, though)
hope that helps a little

[DojoRat]

Be careful with Crusades that don't have a high chance of success. If they disband or fail it may hurt your influence and can cause a civil war. Four crowns isn't that bad. Get a couple of battles under your belt and it should improve.

[Seven.the.Hun]

methinks raising the rank of the king would help out, a.k.a. winning battles with him... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-confused.gif

[Sociopsychoactive]

Also helping our allies raises infulence, breaking their sieges.