Marriage Proposals/ Alliances

[Alexios]

Being too large sounds about right at the moment, I must be close to the 60%

Yes, unfortunately this is one of the realities of the game: once you get to about the 25 to 30% range (my own personal guestimate) in World Conq. mode, that's when things starts getting a little lonely - no one wants to be your ally, and no one wants to marry any of your princesses.

Anyway, when it gets to that point, what I do is send my princess on a spying mission to one of my adversary's provinces. Then, just before she gets the "Spinster" title, which I think is around 34 or 35 yrs old, I'll marry her off to one of my leading generals that doesn't have any bad vices. This practice will raise the level of loyalty your generals will have to your King.

BTW, welcome to the Org, Ripken!