Crusader Kings III

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Croaker Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:41pm
Your thoughts on disinheriting your children
Like many I don't want to have my kingdom split in 3 or worst at the death of my character. To prevent this I could disinherit 2 of my children so the kingdom is still united after my death.

And I hope by the time my 2nd heir dies I have unlock the single heir law.

Whats your thoughts on the kingdom being divided after your death ?
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Bordric Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:45pm 
I disinherit then give him some unimportant county that I take just for that. They don't cause much trouble most times.
I'm not sure. im still playing on my intro life (Murchad petty king of munster) and am currently the high king, which is always passed down onto your heir. I mean sure u lose a county here and there but it's not a big deal. I'm on my 5th or 6th king rn and still hold 2 duchys and am high king to a united ireland
Bordric Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:46pm 
Also I keep two heirs, but honestly not soon after my king died the second son joined a faction and rose up against my heir.
Croaker Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:48pm 
Originally posted by Bordric:
Also I keep two heirs, but honestly not soon after my king died the second son joined a faction and rose up against my heir.

lol thats really too bad
jfoytek Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:48pm 
Originally posted by Croaky:
Like many I don't want to have my kingdom split in 3 or worst at the death of my character. To prevent this I could disinherit 2 of my children so the kingdom is still united after my death.

And I hope by the time my 2nd heir dies I have unlock the single heir law.

Whats your thoughts on the kingdom being divided after your death ?

The cost of using the Disinherit feature is not worth it period....
Your sacrificing the good of your dynasty log term for short term lazyness!

Its not that hard to take some land back from your brother or sister!
Croaker Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:50pm 
Originally posted by Ahab:
I'm not sure. im still playing on my intro life (Murchad petty king of munster) and am currently the high king, which is always passed down onto your heir. I mean sure u lose a county here and there but it's not a big deal. I'm on my 5th or 6th king rn and still hold 2 duchys and am high king to a united ireland

A county here and there lol ? I'd lose around 20 counties. From a day to day situation I lose literally 2/3 of all my vassals. And there's 2 new potential opponent that have a good income and military. So yeah its worst than any vikings invasion I had by far.
Last edited by Croaker; Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:59pm
archonsod Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:54pm 
It's likely to upset people, and usually the first things I encounter whenever a character dies is an attempted coup by factions looking to either increase liberty or put one of my other siblings on the throne. Generally it pays to keep your realm happy for a smooth handover of power.
You do retain a claim to the titles owned by your parent, so it's always possible to declare war on your sibling to take the title back.

Primogeniture is late game tech too, so you're kind of stuck with partition for a while if you started in 1066. You can grab the tech to adjust it to the slightly less painful version (heir inherits the lions share of titles) which helps a lot - usually it means your heir will get the larger and more powerful titles making it relatively easy to reclaim titles from any errant siblings by force.

Though it can work out better if you deliberately annoy a few people and get a pretender faction rebellion, since your siblings will usually join in and get that lovely "rebelled against me" debuff that makes them open game for just about anything, including sticking them in a dungeon and forcing them to renounce their claims.
Croaker Sep 3, 2020 @ 8:57pm 
Originally posted by jfoytek:
Originally posted by Croaky:
Like many I don't want to have my kingdom split in 3 or worst at the death of my character. To prevent this I could disinherit 2 of my children so the kingdom is still united after my death.

And I hope by the time my 2nd heir dies I have unlock the single heir law.

Whats your thoughts on the kingdom being divided after your death ?

The cost of using the Disinherit feature is not worth it period....
Your sacrificing the good of your dynasty log term for short term lazyness!

Its not that hard to take some land back from your brother or sister!


Actually when your character dies so does his prestige so might as well use it before dying and thats 1 of the 2 ressources it need to disinherit. As for renown ... it isnt 500 renown that is going to make a difference when unlocking the first 3 square cost 6000 renown.


" Its not that hard to take some land back "

What are you talking about even if I could casus belli their duchies one after the other and rekt them in combat it would take literally decades to take the territory my 2 brothers got from their father's death.

I'm literally trading 500 renown to having 6 duchy as vassals. I would easily pay triple that amount for 6 duchy.
BoydofZINJ Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:04pm 
If they are male, put them in the army and fight a hopeless battle and let RNG do its magic.
Croaker Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:05pm 
Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:
If they are male, put them in the army and fight a hopeless battle and let RNG do its magic.


lmao thats a great tip thanks
Enorats Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:17pm 
I'm no expert.. but is this really how these things worked? I mean.. with every generation every kingdom just gets split up into a tiny fraction of what it was before.

That just doesn't seem right to me. If they really did things this way, how did countries ever develop in the first place?
T-Murdah Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:18pm 
Byzantium is convenient that way. You can just make your opponents blind

tfw you miss having the ability to just send off unwanted children as an eunuch to China. You even got paid.
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Edwin Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:21pm 
My first character worked his ass of and got a Kingdom title and I've avoiding getting another more. So, so far none of my characters have needed disinherited anyone at all. I always roleplay the actions.

But this new son I just start as, his mother didn't spend enough time raising him, she was off on viking battles. Now he's 25 year olds, got a kingdom, and is torturing people. It can only get worse.
Seizure Storm Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:22pm 
The renown hit is pretty expensive
BoydofZINJ Sep 3, 2020 @ 9:24pm 
Originally posted by Enorats:
I'm no expert.. but is this really how these things worked? I mean.. with every generation every kingdom just gets split up into a tiny fraction of what it was before.

That just doesn't seem right to me. If they really did things this way, how did countries ever develop in the first place?


Alexander the Great's kingdom got split up. Have you had basic History lessons? YES! This happens all the time in our history. Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) died suddenly at the age of 32, leaving no apparent heir or appointed successor. Some 40 years of internecine conflict followed his death, as leading generals and members of Alexander’s family vied to control different parts of the vast empire he had built. The Battle of Ipsus, fought in Phrygia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) in 301 BC between rival successors, resulted in the empire’s irrevocable dissolution. This late-19th century map in Latin shows the four main kingdoms that emerged after the battle

After the death of King Solomon, the United Kingdom of Israel split into two kingdoms. The Southern Kingdom of "Judah," with their capital remaining at Jerusalem, and The Northern Kingdom of "Israel," with their new capital at Samaria.

Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 813, Charlemagne crowned his son Louis the Pious (778-840), king of Aquitaine, as co-emperor. Louis became sole emperor when Charlemagne died in January 814, ending his reign of more than four decades. At the time of his death, his empire encompassed much of Western Europe.

Charlemagne was buried at the cathedral in Aachen. In the ensuing decades, his empire was divided up among his heirs, and by the late 800s, it had dissolved.

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