Find spouse vs Arrange marriage?

[JonB]

AS the title says; What is the difference between "find spouse" and "arrange marriage"? I cant find the answer...

[jerrypocalypse]

Find spouse shows all available marriage options from all realms in diplomatic range.

Arrange marriage shows only marriage options from your court/available relatives. Effectively, marriage candidates that you personally have control over.

[JonB]

Oprindeligt skrevet af jerrypocalypse:

Find spouse shows all available marriage options…..

Aaaaah. Thanks. I’ve noticed the number of options drops dramatically with marriage.
However I also noticed that when you are searching for a spouse, they don’t always show next to your portrait immediately as marriage does. Could it have to be something with joining court first perhaps.

Anyways, big thanks for sorting that out! 👍🏼

[jerrypocalypse]

Oprindeligt skrevet af JonB:

Oprindeligt skrevet af jerrypocalypse:

Find spouse shows all available marriage options…..

Aaaaah. Thanks. I’ve noticed the number of options drops dramatically with marriage.
However I also noticed that when you are searching for a spouse, they don’t always show next to your portrait immediately as marriage does. Could it have to be something with joining court first perhaps.

Anyways, big thanks for sorting that out! 👍🏼

No problem!

Find spouse generally means you're going to select someone from someone else's court or family (someone not under your control). So you have to wait several days for that character's leige (or that character themself if they're a wanderer) to agree to the proposal. Arranging a marriage between between your own courtiers or family at your court where both characters are under your ruler's influence is instant because no other leige/character has to agree to it.

Basically, if you're the leige of both characters, it'll be instant.