cool, thx for the tips, especially on the happiness for rebels

update:

I was impaitient and so I basically took a risk and wiped out my garrisons in my "italian" areas and sent them to Spain...

so on 1211, guess who showed up again.. yup.. The Almos

But I was lucky, with my stacks, I took Cordoba, Granada & the other Almo prov

Toulouse was taken by the English and so the Almos have Portugal/Spain and who knows of France. while I have North Africa and Almo spain...

The Pope himself is now a 3 star general..lol. So $ coming in is plentiful and my Pope got the Great Builder virtue.. I have only seen Builder and Magnificent Builder.. so I am seeing different vitures & vices with my various campaigns I play... since I have a habit of executing my prisoners, the Pope has a decent dread too...:P

so it is currently 1218 and things are stable in the Iberian region.. I have yet to see if the Almos want to re-ally with me, or this time I will just conquer them... so time will tell