To inherit or not, that is the question...

[Martok]

Wow bamff, that's one hell of an inheritance. My old roommate once inherited a bunch of Spanish lands as well (he was playing an English campaign), but even that doesn't compare to this!

Well, it is such a rare ocurrance (happened to me once in years of playing) you should try how it works to the end. I'm curious t what happenes next, but if I remember correctly loyalty was not an issue with the new provinces...

No, there's shouldn't be any major problems with loyalty. When my friend inherited most of Iberia in his English campaign, most of the Spanish generals appeared to be quite content with their new liege lord; and the provinces themselves were content as well.

[seireikhaan]

Only issue might be religion. Serbs are Orthodox, while the Spaniards are Catholic. Martok, bear in mind that your friend was likely inheriting a lot of nice, like minded catholics to go along with his own, so that would've made it easier to coralle them.

[Martok]

Only issue might be religion. Serbs are Orthodox, while the Spaniards are Catholic. Martok, bear in mind that your friend was likely inheriting a lot of nice, like minded catholics to go along with his own, so that would've made it easier to coralle them.

Doh! You're right. For some reason, I was thinking bamff was playing the Sicilians at the time I posted that.

I still doubt there'll much difficulty with the Spanish generals swearing allegiance to the Tsar. The provinces themselves, however, may be somewhat restive. (It's been a while since I played an Orthodox faction, so I can't remember offhand what kind of loyalty issues they have with Catholic provinces.)

[bamff]

One further bizarre little twist that I have just noted.....

Among the various Castile-Leonese that have sworn loyalty to Serbia, I note that there are two CATHOLIC BISHOPS!

Why these two and no others? Could it be because these two are 4 stars (and I am guessing that the others were lesser?)

[seireikhaan]

Well, that certainly is odd...

Are they still preaching catholicism, or did they turn into orthodox priests when they 'converted'?

As for only those two... I think its anyone's guess, unless those were somehow the only two bishops they had. You didn't by chance inherit a fleet as well, did you?

[bamff]

No fleet, no inquisitors or other agents, just two Catholic Bishops....both of whom are still identified as "Catholic Bishops".....all that appears to have changed is their nationality markers.

I wonder if it matters that they were all the way over in Tripoli at the time of the inheritance?

Another curious aside - some other previously Castile-Leonese provinces are now French, some independent....so it would appear that some Spanish generals preferred to join a Catholic faction...or not to join any....

[Aldgilles]

My best guess is that another one of their princesses was married to a French prince (so he inherited some of the lands, too). But those bishops, I have no idea.

[Martok]

That's pretty darned odd about those two Catholic bishops, man. I'll rummage through my brain to make sure, but I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before.

Another curious aside - some other previously Castile-Leonese provinces are now French, some independent....so it would appear that some Spanish generals preferred to join a Catholic faction...or not to join any....

1.) It's entirely possible that the French have prince married to a Spanish princess as well.

2.) You won't necessarily inherit *all* a former faction's lands, even if your king/prince is married to the only living princess from that faction.


I can personally vouch for this, as it's happened to me in reverse: When I've suffered civil wars as a result of my faction leader dying without a direct heir, a number of my provinces have sometimes switched to a different faction. In every single case, it was because I'd married princesses into those factions.