Best way to get burgundys land?

[BO BO The Monkey]

As the title says, what’s the best way to get they’re land, I hear people say inheritance but idk how to do that or if it’s even worth it, can anyone give they’re two cents?

[Marquoz]

Read through this entire page for a description of the inheritance events: https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Incident_events

Basically, you want to have a royal marriage with Burgundy and be their strongest ally. And by "strongest ally," I mean the one with the most total provinces. Some other special conditions apply if you're France or the Emperor of the HRE.

Note that there's RNG involved, and being the strongest ally with a royal marriage does not guarantee things go your way. Other important factors beyond RNG are the year, Burgundy's rivalries, who is on their throne, and whether or not they have an heir. Sometimes, the event chain never starts at all.

If you get the inheritance, Burgundy becomes a personal union subject of yours. A later event may fire that integrates it for free. This event can't happen when you're at war and also has some time constraints.

Read all the events in the link for full details.

[Damedius]

Basically it's a crap shoot unless you are France or the HRE Emperor(Austria). Unless you make youtube videos, then you are guaranteed to get it every time and make a comment about how lucky you are.

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Originally posted by Damedius:

Basically it's a crap shoot unless you are France or the HRE Emperor(Austria). Unless you make youtube videos, then you are guaranteed to get it every time and make a comment about how lucky you are.

Fun fact: anybody can theoretically "get it every time" if they just alt+F4 every time it goes to somebody else...

[Medicles]

Originally posted by Damedius:

Basically it's a crap shoot unless you are France or the HRE Emperor(Austria). Unless you make youtube videos, then you are guaranteed to get it every time and make a comment about how lucky you are.

I find it pretty consistent when marrying Burgundy with any other christian nation, tbh. When not going for it i also see Burgundy going to some random nation they were allied to instead of the emperor or France the vast majority of times.

[Damedius]

Originally posted by Medicles:

I find it pretty consistent when marrying Burgundy with any other christian nation, tbh. When not going for it i also see Burgundy going to some random nation they were allied to instead of the emperor or France the vast majority of times.

If you look at the base chance, The HRE Emperor and France have a much higher chance of inheriting.

I just had a game as Castile where I alt-F4 four times and didn't get it. France went to war for it once, Austria inherited twice and the last time some minor HRE nation inherited.

Your definition of consistent is very different than my own.

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Originally posted by Damedius:

Originally posted by Medicles:

I find it pretty consistent when marrying Burgundy with any other christian nation, tbh. When not going for it i also see Burgundy going to some random nation they were allied to instead of the emperor or France the vast majority of times.

If you look at the base chance, The HRE Emperor and France have a much higher chance of inheriting.

I just had a game as Castile where I alt-F4 four times and didn't get it. France went to war for it once, Austria inherited twice and the last time some minor HRE nation inherited.

Your definition of consistent is very different than my own.

If "some minor HRE nation" that wasn't France or the HRE Emperor got the Inheritance, you weren't eligible for it in the first place. The only four options Burgundy gets are France, the current HRE Emperor, the singular non-France non-Emperor monarchy with the largest number of owned provinces that they have a Royal Marriage with (ironically, an alliance is not actually required to be eligible, only a Royal Marriage), or staying independent.

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by Totally Innocent Chatbot:

Originally posted by Damedius:

If you look at the base chance, The HRE Emperor and France have a much higher chance of inheriting.

I just had a game as Castile where I alt-F4 four times and didn't get it. France went to war for it once, Austria inherited twice and the last time some minor HRE nation inherited.

Your definition of consistent is very different than my own.

If "some minor HRE nation" that wasn't France or the HRE Emperor got the Inheritance, you weren't eligible for it in the first place.

Yup, this. As Castile, I'm sure you were larger than any minor HRE nation. If you were playing with the current version and if you had a royal marriage with Burgundy, the only possible choices were you, France, the Emperor, and no one.

So, are you playing with the current version of the game? In almost all previous patches, you had to be the one who sent the marriage request to Burgundy. If they sent it to you, it broke when their ruler died and you became ineligible as a result. This was changed very recently, however.

[Damedius]

And yet it did happen. It was the only royal marriage sent, I sent it as soon as I could because Burgundy rivalled me at the start and I had to wait till they unrivalled me.

[Marquoz]

Then all the usual questions apply. Are you running any mods? Are you running the latest version? Have you verified files lately? Etc.

[Dmformom]

Originally posted by Damedius:

And yet it did happen. It was the only royal marriage sent, I sent it as soon as I could because Burgundy rivalled me at the start and I had to wait till they unrivalled me.

Could something have happened to end the RM that you didn't notice? Your monarch dying?

[bri]

Originally posted by Dmformom:

Originally posted by Damedius:

And yet it did happen. It was the only royal marriage sent, I sent it as soon as I could because Burgundy rivalled me at the start and I had to wait till they unrivalled me.

Could something have happened to end the RM that you didn't notice? Your monarch dying?

I'd guess Burgundy rivaled him again and broke it.

Also, does it require being an ally now? I know it used to just be the largest nation with a rm / France / HRE...

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by bri:

Also, does it require being an ally now?

Nope, just the marriage. But Burgundy is a good alliance to have, so if I marry them, I also ally them.

[Omniconda]

dunno if it was listed but
You must be the one to send the marriage request,
if you accept the marriage from them instead it ends upon the ruler death and before the event trigger, so you are not eligable

[bri]

Originally posted by Omniconda:

dunno if it was listed but
You must be the one to send the marriage request,
if you accept the marriage from them instead it ends upon the ruler death and before the event trigger, so you are not eligable

This depends on which game version you're playing as it was changed in one of the more recent patches.

[Marquoz]

Long overdue. We've had more than a decade of repeated "why didn't I get the Inheritance I did everything right!" threads in which the OP accepted a royal marriage offer instead of sending one. Or, in other words, they didn't do everything right.

That problem is thankfully gone.