Teleporting King!!!

[macsen rufus]

Yes, it seems absolute number of buildings "trumps" the tech level - so a province with lots of low level buildings can count as your capital as opposed to say your Citadel + Master troop producers if you don't beef out this with some "variety"

And VI - good move; XL even better move

[sharpshooter]

Bad luck about the king teleporting - seems you have the solution now.

Other factions kings teleport too - and not just to capitals. I've chased the HRE up into a cul de sac in Friesland, and lo, when I invade he turns up in Swabia next turn. Same thing with the Sicilian king - he's invaded and captured a Serbia that has no port. When the counterattack into Serbia is done he's teleported through my fleet in the Adriatic (fleets and Sicilians being another subject) and reappeared in Naples.

Has anyone else noticed similar?

[caravel]

This is one for Martok, being better equipped than most to explain the phenomenon of "beaming up".

Perhaps he died in battle and his heir took over? His Heir would have been moved to the highest tech province (capital) for the coronation. The other possibility is that he was ransomed back after capture?

[macsen rufus]

I have come across a few instances where a king has escaped from a province it wasn't possible to escape from by withdrawing before battle. I noticed as I had worked hard to get him trapped in the first place! Another case of the AI cheating, IMHO

[Martok]

This is one for Martok, being better equipped than most to explain the phenomenon of "beaming up".

Perhaps he died in battle and his heir took over? His Heir would have been moved to the highest tech province (capital) for the coronation. The other possibility is that he was ransomed back after capture?

That was going to be my guess as well. I've heard of faction leaders magically escaping to provinces they couldn't possibly reach (and there was no explanation for the Houdini act), but I have yet to experience the phenomenon myself. Thus far, whenever I've seen a faction leader "teleport" to somewhere else, it's usually because the current leader died and the crown prince was crowned king.