
I make sure to not give them control over the lower titles, especially if I managed to find a mayor who removes the recently captured modifiers. These generally go to my family, although I do like to have a few other families mixed in now and then, especially for the 2nd barony in provinces with 2. I'm generally looking for provinces with a city with good upgrades.įinally, I hand out the titles to feudal nobles. Then I decide which provinces I want to keep myself, and which I want to make Prince-Bishoprics or Republics. Again, the modifers are probably going to last so long, that it doesn't really matter who gets them. If I can't find anyone, then I give them out pretty randomly, or to poach characters from my vassals for my council-the modifiers last so long, there's no point worrying about getting the right man for the job.

If the holdings have wrong-culture/religion penalties, then I try to find characters with the right religion and culture and grant them the title (thereby removing the modifiers. Short answer: anyone who doesn't already have a holding becomes the right type to fit the first holding you give him.Īs for strategy, if it's newly conquered land where I hold everything, like after a holy war, then I begin by handing out the cities. Here's an explanation of the holder-types: The advantage of uniting them is that 1) your Dukes like you better 2) there isn't any cross-claim and fightingĭisadvantages are that they are a lot stronger if they revolt, you don't get possible extra cash, and they'll spend all their attention trying to kill your heir. The disadvantage is that 1) your Dukes will hate you for holding a county, 2) your Dukes will go to war with other counts to get counties (which can be stopped with high crown authority but them hating you more The advantage of separating them is that 1) your Dukes remain weak, 2) they might divert their attention to killing whoever owes the other two counties and not you and 3) if you keep one of the counties, extra cash. In unite them, you make John a Duke and give him county A, B and C.

In separate them, you make John a Duke and give him county A, but either keep or give someone else county B and C. You can either separate them or unite them. Take Duchy of X with Counties A, B and C. They are two ways of dealing with Duchies.
