Marriage in Medieval Times

**DensterNY** · 07-22-2005, 17:16

Hey guys I would appreciate some feedback on the marriage aspect of the game. As a new convert to the MTW game I am completely hooked and want to explore it thoroughly so that I can play the game to the hilt.

My first question is this... I have been having a lot of daughters and marrying them off to Princes in other realms. Aside from the marriage forming an alliance will I ever really see it paying off with having a claim to their lands due to the mix of our bloodlines? If you've seen this how long did it take? I imagine she'd have to marry the Prince and hopefully he one day becomes king and has children and perhaps in a civil war I could lay claims?

My second question... If I marry my daughter to a loyal general will they then have children with blood ties to the royal family?

Alright, thanks a lot and Have a Great Weekend everyone!

**mfberg** · 07-22-2005, 18:38

Marrying your daughters to their sons gives them a claim on your lands when your lines fail. Marrying your sons to their daughters gives you a claim on their lands when their lines fail. As Byz it took a war between England, France and Spain, but I got Aquitaine, Toulouse, and Isle de France when the Spainish killed of the last of the French line, so you just have to wait until either the line gets killed off or dies out on its own. (Assassins may be of some use here.)
Keep your emmisaries busy asking princesses to marry your worthless progeny and you could have lands from east to west without directly fighting for it.
Your generals will gain loyalty if you give them your princesses, but no bloodlines are formed.

mfberg

**Martok** · 07-23-2005, 05:27

Originally Posted by mfberg

Your generals will gain loyalty if you give them your princesses, but no bloodlines are formed.

mfberg

While I haven't experienced this myself, a number of people have said that a general married to one of their princesses can also take over your empire should your faction leader die without an heir. So married generals may also provide an extra measure in helping to secure the line of succession.

**King of Atlantis** · 07-23-2005, 08:30

Marrying your sons and daughters can give you some messed up kids. It is kimda funny though.

**edyzmedieval** · 07-23-2005, 10:07

Originally Posted by Martok

While I haven't experienced this myself, a number of people have said that a general married to one of their princesses can also take over your empire should your faction leader die without an heir. So married generals may also provide an extra measure in helping to secure the line of succession.

Very true.....
I marry a Princess to my best general, so if my king dies without heirs(I never had this

), he's gonna be the leader of the empire....

**Martok** · 07-23-2005, 19:28

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Very true.....
I marry a Princess to my best general, so if my king dies without heirs(I never had this

), he's gonna be the leader of the empire....

Cool cool. Just remember that even if your general does take over the empire, it's possible a civil war could happen (since he is not a "direct" heir), and he may have to fight off one or more claimants to the throne.

**EatYerGreens** · 07-31-2005, 16:24

I came very close to seeing this happen for myself, so I've still not got any direct verification that the game takes account of it. If anyone out there has got direct experience, I'd be happy to hear about it.

Basically, my Byz emperor took over, was married, had no perversions but had no heir and then the Royal-blood uncles all started dying of old age, leaving him as the only one left with a crown icon on his parchment. He was advancing into his forties and it looked like my time was soon to be up (his predesessors didn't all die at 56, so that bugfix definitely worked but none of them lasted much more than 2 or 3 years beyond that).

I had married a daughter to my highest acumen govenor and it would be interesting to know how the game keeps track of his potential for a claim to a vacant throne, since the only sign left of such a link is the wedding ring icon on his parchment.

I now have an heir but I'm still not out of the woods yet, since the emperor should be about 62 before the heir comes of age, so it's touch and go which will happen first.

Is it possible to have an under-age faction leader or does the game disintegrate your empire if the successor is as little as one year too young?