well the plague is finally being swept from my lands, huzzah, i still have a few settlements and family members but nowhere near the large scale of the black death. Total death toll:

approx 115 000 citizens of my many cities and castles.
5 family members which wasnt really a big hit seeing as i have 30 ish, but it did hurt cos several of them were very young promising generals.

to the person asking about editing the events file, i honestly dont know if this would work or not, I dont htink that would be it, cos i think u would still have to remove the trigger, but that said, if the descr file is the trigger to let the game know to do the event it may well work. GL, but imo leave it in, its frustrating but def adds to the immersion.

Cheers Knoddy