Moving Capital question.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Hello all.
I am finally getting close to my goal of creating the Kingdom of Badajoz in Spain.
I worked my way from a lowly Count of Lisboa and now only need 2 more counties to create my Kingdom.
The traditional seat of power seems to be the county of Badajoz, which I already hold.
Once I create the Kingdom should move my capital from Lisboa to Badajoz?

[Glokenpop]

You're free to move capitals at any time you want usually once in your lifetime (the cooldown is crazy). Just find the province you want and look at the upper right corner of the province window. The button to change capitals should be somewhere there.

[bri]

One thing to consider is that de jure stuff matters under certain succession laws so moving your capital can work against you pretty hard in some circumstances.

[Karlington]

I very rarely move my capital because the technology there is usually better than in the other province.

[Glokenpop]

Having a capital with 7 slots is quite precious though.

[kappahun]

Pick the biggest duchy with the most slots in the capital of the duchy. The capital duchy + capital county + councilor mission bonuses are huge.

[Karlington]

Note that the capital troops bonus only applies to the capital holdings in counties, though, and not the other baronies according to the Wiki: https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Capital#Significance

[desolation0]

To go further on Bri's mention of succession laws, it certainly comes up with any sort of Gavelkind. Your primary defined title will go to your principle heir while others can be divided among the other heirs. What you have set as your capital county can directly affect how that divide happens. Obviously a stronger primary county and duchy are a significant benefit. When moving county capital it's also good to have tech points saved up to bring the new area up to speed.

[Michael]

Originally posted by Karlshammar:

Note that the capital troops bonus only applies to the capital holdings in counties, though, and not the other baronies according to the Wiki: https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Capital#Significance

And yet every barony I hold in my capital county gets the same bonus. I would caution against taking things stated on a wiki as the gospel truth.

[Karlington]

Originally posted by Michael:

And yet every barony I hold in my capital county gets the same bonus. I would caution against taking things stated on a wiki as the gospel truth.

Yeah, that's why I said "according to the Wiki." People will have to verify the information for themselves. Anyone who takes a statement like that as gospel truth has a problem we can't help them with, heh. :)

EDIT: I checked and can confirm that you are correct. I updated the Wiki. :)

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Many thanks all for the great feedback.
Badajoz has 4 counties, the same number as Beja, home to my capital Lisboa.
Lisboa has 4 holding slots compared to 3 in Badajoz and the technology of Lisboa is also superior.
The only reason I was thinking of moving is that Badajoz will be the kingdom name and I was unsure whether or not the kingdom is linked in some way to the county?

[bri]

Originally posted by Baron Von-Wulfen:

Many thanks all for the great feedback.
Badajoz has 4 counties, the same number as Beja, home to my capital Lisboa.
Lisboa has 4 holding slots compared to 3 in Badajoz and the technology of Lisboa is also superior.
The only reason I was thinking of moving is that Badajoz will be the kingdom name and I was unsure whether or not the kingdom is linked in some way to the county?

If you put the map in "de jure kingdoms" mode and mouse over the various provinces one will have "default capital" listed in the information box (this also applies to duchies in the duchy map mode). Note that this determines how gavelkind treats the provinces and the ai will go out of their way to obtain the default capital for their primary title but otherwise I don't know of any in-game effects.