How to remove an anti pope

[santantnin]

Hello mates i've created an anti pope for wessex in the charlamagne time period to weaken the moral authority of the catholic church. It worked upper england is now made of two large fracelli heretic dutchies easy to conquer, but now i want to remove the anti pope.

Does anyone know how to remove the anti pope now without replacing the current pope with a war?

[Segovax]

I don't know, I've always just pressed the claim. It's useful to be an emperor with a vassal pope.

[clarky]

Assassination. I'd just declare war on the Pope though and make the pope in power work for you.

[Colonel Martyr]

Originally posted by ֆ | ♣ mclarky96:

Assassination. I'd just declare war on the Pope though and make the pope in power work for you.

I'm pretty sure assassination doesn't work. Ant-Papacy just creates an alternative papacy for your realm, so when one Anti-Pope dies a new one gets elected.

[Random]

the game since I believe conclave implemented a new rule where you cant change back to papal investiture from free until the year 1000! yes 1000...

This is just like how the crusades/jihads cannot trigger until the year 900.

Unless you let the pope or some other catholic vassal attack you to depose the anti-pope you can't personally remove it :(

the good news is, most people won't actually attack you unless your are weak enough... so to be honest just take all of the UK through holywars like you have already laid the groundwork for, and once you're emperor push the anti-popes claim on the papacy. this will remove your anti-pope as he will become the new pope and your personally plaything.

[santantnin]

Thank you all for the response, assassination doesn't work sadly he just gets replaced by another anti pope, the bummer is i have no ships atm to leave the island, so it seems i gotta build up my navy.

They should have an option to force the anti pope to abdict since of course you're the one who made him a 'pope'.

[Rowley]

There are conditions under which an anti-papacy will end on its own. I have no idea what they are, though. I've seen someone claim that it happens if the antipope hates his liege more than he hates the real pope, but I've purposefully pissed off mine before to no effect. But short of replacing the real pope, I can't think of any sure-fire way to get it done. I suppose you could grant him independence and then try to depose him from there--depending on how much land he has. I think he'd have to be a Count level or higher, but I might just be pulling that out of my ***.

It is really, really silly and stupid that it's this difficult to get rid of your own antipapal vassal.

[Cryten]

I dunno, I dont see the nobles just accepting a return to full catholicism after you personally helmed a major split in the catholic faith.

[Random]

Granting him independance as cloaked destiny suggested may possibly work.

your anti-pope is usually a simple church vassal, and you can grant independance to mayors and normal bishops. This will force a 5 year peace treaty, but then you can attack them for a holdings claim; they may even readily accept being revassalized as after all they are probably from a church in your demense.

give it a try and let us know if granting independance is even an option :)

[santantnin]

Sadly i couldn't grant him independence..that was my first option but since i couldn't i decided to build a small fleet and transport my men into french territory, when my army regrouped i attacked the papacy and replaced the current pope.......Then after 3 months the anti pope ( now the pope) died :l.

guess his heart couldn't take it when he got to be the proper pope xD

[Random]

hahaha welll problem solved ;)