Quote Originally Posted by econ21
My only concern now is a self-interested one, as I am a bit confused how the Kaiser and Outremer fit in.

I guess you are assuming that the Kaiser is Lord of Imperial provinces and the King of Outremer is Lord of Outremer provinces? However, the only Imperial province that can provide Elberhard income is Antioch which is also an Outremer province.

Since the King of Outremer is supposed to govern Antioch, I propose he be treated as if he were a Count of that city - so he takes one, Elberhard takes two. The other Outremer provinces, I say we just treat as the King's, and forget about them belonging to Houses (a de facto kind of thing - the Houses are far away and out of communication; by contrast, the Kaiser retook Antioch and is hanging around it with a big army).

So King Jan will also takes one each for being Lord of Aleppo and Acre, unless he appoints a Count for them.

Any objections, TinCow and Privateerkev?

The crusaders could always tear up the Charter and effectively rebel against the Lord (King) of Outremer, but hopefully we are all going to play nice.
If you want Elberhard to be "Duke" for Antioch and Jan to be "loyal Count", that is fine with me, but you will both have to agree to it. If Jan does not agree to it, you can either abide by his wishes (he remains "Duke" and Elberhard is "loyal Count") or simply seize the place for your own. That would be a superficial matter since Elberhard is inside it and has a larger army. Elberhard would then receive all 3 income and he could disperse 1 to Jan if he wanted to, but it would not be required.

The other issue relating to the Kaiser is reconquered provinces (including any provinces conquered by one House from another). For reasons unconnected with revenue during the cataclysm - basically to introduce an element of politicking - I want reconquered provinces to be formally Imperial. Then they can be re-allocated by the Kaiser in the next Diet session (or a Charter Amendment if the Diet wants to remove that power from the Kaiser). So, I am happy for them to be allocated de facto as TinCow sees fit during the cataclysm (presumably with possession being 9/10 of the law), but de jure, they will be Imperial when this thing ends.
Possession is 10/10ths of the law during the cataclysm. I will leave all other matters of ownership to the will of the Diet in 1340.