
Use your chancellor to improve their opinion of you, befriend them with carousing, improve your personal diplomacy, make them councillors. How do you deal with the powerful vassals in ck3? Transfer all direct count vassals to someone else. If your wife has low diplomacy, try divorcing her and marrying one who has a lot. You might try lowering centralization to sacrifice one demesne slot for five or so extra vassal slots. The portrait of dukes (or equivalent) has a thin silver border adorned by gems. It is generally held by a Duke tier character. Crusader Kings II, is the level of authority (“title tier”) below kingdom and above county.

It’s a -10 malus to every duchy above two. The problem for a king isn’t losing duchies, but the impact having more than two duchies has on your vassals.

Any Duchy above the limit reduces the Opinion of all Vassals by -15. Too Many Held Duchies: If a character is a King or Emperor, they can hold a maximum of 2 Duchy titles without penalties. By creating it yourself, you gain the prestige, and have control over what happens to it. Yes, the AI will *highly* prioritize increase their rank from count to duke if they can afford to create a duchy. Right-click on the portrait of the character that you wish to find a partner for, and you will see two options, “Find Spouse” and “Arrange Marriage”. Remember, marriage can be a powerful tool to drawn allies closer to you, or turn potential enemies into an invested party in your own kingdom.

