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So I was just playing as the Byzantines, and for some reason, both Hungary and the Aghlabids have conqueror. I thought I was off to a good start, as I was able to take all of Egypt and Syria. Then my second guy died, and I was forced to play a child. Hungary has now gotten over 15,000 men in 900. I have 6,000. Hungary declared war on me for all of Bulgaria. I called my holy order in, but there’s literally nothing I can do. I’m at -80 war score, and I don’t thing I can counter Horse Archers. Is the run over?

In the 1066 start date you can play as Ernst Von Babenberg as the Margravte of Austria. It lists his father as Aldabert and his mother as Frozza Orseolo. However Frozza was born in 1015 and Ernst was born 1027 making her 12 when she gave birth to him. I got curious about that and it sent me down a rabbit hole of whether Frozza is actually the mother or not because half the sources I see is that she is but ther other half she isn’t.

So Aldabert first married Glismod of West-Saxony around 1000 AD I think and according to Wikipedia and other genealogy sites she died around 1040 with no children. This doesn’t make any sense as both Ernst and his brother Leopold were born during this first marriage but to Aldabert’s second wife Frozza Orseolo who I mentioned before and who ck3 lists as the actual mother.

So did Aldabert secretly have two children with a 12 year old during his first marriage or is Glismod the actual mother? I found Glismod’s wiki empty and just added details I believe to be true including her being the actual mother. If anyone has any verified info regarding this topic please add to wiki page or down in the comments so I can add it.

TLDR: Historical confusion as to whether or not Ernst Von Babenberg’s mother was Frozza Orseolo at age 12 or Glismod of West-Saxony at age 42.

After 2 lifetimes, I finally have the option to feudalize. Are there any reasons NOT to feudalize?

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Sooooo, development has always been the hardest part of this game for me to figure out; I literally have 24% of the achievements, including much rarer ones, but this one? I can't figure out.

Ik it becomes easier if I create a religion with the Megalithic Construction tenet or w/e, but... How do I get that much piety to begin with? In, y'know, a way that won't destroy all my wealth.

Thanks y'all!

I've always wondered this

Characters of Polish and pretty much all the Slavic cultures should not have slavicized biblical names like ''Jakub - Jacob'', ''Jan-John'' etc. if they are of a Slavic pagan faith.

It s a very amateurish mistake by paradox but alright.

If someone would want to make such a mod I would be willing to compile for them a full list of the names that need to be seperated for all the cultures of Slavic heritage because the ''issue'' is present in all of them lol.

Per the title.. I managed to get the “Restore the Roman Empire” decision with my ruler aged 60. I choose hard mode for the invasion CB.

I conquer one empire (Egypt in this case).

Absolutely everything (yes i mean absolutely) went wrong after this:

The year is 1069. I go to conquer the rest of the Arabian Empire:

The Catholics - state change uprising - 30k strong to the east

Ash’arists - state change uprising - 60k strong to the south

The Apostles - state change uprising - 20k meh to the east

Me - “Ok. Not too bad, this will just take a decade or so to clear”

Game - Lol. *BLACK DEATH*

I guess my question is how, on top of this, is one meant to fend off an “advanced” mongol invasion AND clean up the map if the CB is lost on succession?

My player character died of heart failure (as would I with all this bs).

I've got 1900+ hours in CK3 (and 1200+ in CK2), and here's something I always remembered working differently: when a faction revolts and I capture members mid-war, they used to stay active "participants" in the war. I could ransom them, recapture them, do this as many times as I wanted, and once I won the war, all of them ended up imprisoned and ready for revocation or execution.

Now, when I capture any vassal — including the war leader — they're immediately removed from the war, and the game notifies me that the ruler left and the war leader changed. That part's fine in theory, except they're not branded as criminals when they leave. Which means I can't punish them afterward without eating a massive tyranny penalty, as if nothing happened.

The weird part: the first war leader (the one who declared the faction's demands) and the final vassal (if capturing them ends the war automatically) both still get the criminal brand and can be punished freely. It's just everyone captured in between who slips through with no consequences.

I assumed this was a mod messing things up, so I tested it multiple times on a clean, mod-free save — same result every time. Then I found several old Paradox forum and Reddit posts describing the exact same issue from years ago, even 2020 and 2021.

So: am I misremembering, or has this actually always been a "feature" since launch?

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I have high crown authority. Hovering over the X sign doesn't show anything.