If you expand via conquest, you'll often have titles that you need to give out. The other side of the coin is keeping your vassals weak, and reducing their powerbase when possible. You'll also refill your levies faster, so you'll be able to recover from wars faster.Īs your vassals will seldom be able to upgrade their holdings to the same extent as you, construction can give you a large advantage. This is covered in further detail in the installment on construction.īy upgrading your holdings you'll have more money available, and more troops. Second, you want to upgrade your holdings as much as possible.
The advantage of keeping your demesne limited to a small geographical area is that you can now gather up your army very quickly, so you'll be able to respond quickly to any rebellion with very low risk of your units being picked off separately. No vassals will thus be able to plot for your duchies, thus keeping your powerbase secure. These two duchies should together have 7 to 10 counties so that you can use most of your demesne limit without having to construct holdings.īy keeping your entire demesne in two duchies you avoid the penalty from having more than two duchies, and you avoid the penalties for vassals desiring your duchies. You want to hold every single county in two duchies you own that are either bordering each other, or very close to each other. Keeping yourself strong in the long term primarily relies on two factors: Number and concentration of holdings, and construction. Third, you don't want your vassals to have a lot of vassals.įourth, you want to keep your vassals happy. Second, you don't want your vassals to hold a lot of titles. To prevent sizable rebellions, you have one primary goal: Prevent your vassals from having more power than you. Thus I'll be going into how to prevent this from happening, concentrating on keeping your vassals weak. Everything you've worked for could be undone in years. If any single vassal gets strong enough to challenge your power, you're at constant risk of rebellion. If you've played Crusader Kings II for any decent length of time, you've almost certainly encountered what happens when vassals get too strong and dislike you.
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