Spousal warfare to the extreme

[Rysz]

Having a fun game with DVIP and a couple of mods, including the female inheritance.

Started as Count of Loon (that little county squeezed between the Rhein and "Schelde" rivers). Managed to become Duke of Luxemburg, and going at war with my biggest contender, the Duke of Lower Lorraine. Having a good war, died in the meantime, got inherited by my nephew, and ready to sign a total victory-peace, when I suddenly noticed the current Duchess of Lower Lorraine is... my aunt! That is, the wife of the former Duke.

Going back through the autosavegames, I saw that the Duke of Lower Lorraine indeed was the brother of the wife of the Luxemburgian Duke (myself, that is) who started the war... And he died earlier than I did, so it became actually a war of the spouses

And then I remembered why that is... I married her, because she was the heir of the childless Duke, and so I would inherit Lower Lorraine. But alas, she remained childless as well, so I had to refer to warfare. But I completely forgot that o Well, it was already 20 years ago. You wouldn't remember either

 

[enf91]

Well, that had to be awkward. Dialogue in the ducal chamber probably became the stuff of comic legend.

How long had your duke been married to the D of LL's sister before she inherited? I think if the wife is in a different realm from the hubby, they won't copulate.

 

[Rysz]

Well, that had to be awkward. Dialogue in the ducal chamber probably became the stuff of comic legend.

How long had your duke been married to the D of LL's sister before she inherited? I think if the wife is in a different realm from the hubby, they won't copulate.

Nah, she was my spy master from the moment I married her, for more than 15 years, until I started the war, wherein her brother died. And only then did she move to LL, and stopped being my spymaster. But she was ill and later depressive during the 2nd half of that period (and my own duke was stressed and later depressed during the first 10 years...) It was not a happy marriage at all.