marrying rules some info needed

[ajoin007]

Hello,

i just don't get the marrying part. I started the 1067 scenario as king of léon. Now i am not married but i want to marry the countess of Zamora. she is single so i suppose when i marry her i immediately take controll of her province. Now i can propose myselve but i can't select the countess to mary. Is this a bug?

 

[leon521]

She - his sister!!!

 

[ajoin007]

ah i didnt see she was his sister but i can't marry that duchess in italy either

 

[cosmeIII]

The duchess of Florence won't marry you because she's clever enough to know that all you want is to be duke of Florence.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Ruler's can't marry other rulers.

 

[ajoin007]

so its no use of searching counties where there is a woman as the leader? Best is to find a wife with good stats?

 

[cosmeIII]

so its no use of searching counties where there is a woman as the leader? Best is to find a wife with good stats?

Yes.

 

[CoSMoS]

Ruler's can't marry other rulers.

Isn't the rule that a female (AI) ruler won't marry anyone...?

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Isn't the rule that a female (AI) ruler won't marry anyone...?

No, you can marry your heir or other familymembers to a female-ruler.

Female-rulers will never seek a partner out of their own.

 

[Brettmo]

so its no use of searching counties where there is a woman as the leader? Best is to find a wife with good stats?

You can still use marriage as a tool to gain provinces. It's just slower and requires more planning.

If the ruler is female then you can let her marry your heir (assuming he's of age and you haven't allready given him some land). Neither you nor your heir will rule those lands but if the couple have a son then he will inherit both his mothers titles and yours (once his father croaks).

If the ruler is male then he needs to have no male heir and semisalic heritance laws (able to trace heritance through females). If you then marry his oldest daughter and produce a son before daddy dies then your son will inherit.

 

[CoSMoS]

No, you can marry your heir or other familymembers to a female-ruler.

Has this always been the case? I wasn't aware of that

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Has this always been the case? I wasn't aware of that

I don't know if it has always been the case but it has been the case since at least public betapatches for CK 1.05

 

[elDrastico]

but the chance of them accepting such a marriage seems to be much lower than with "normal" marriage offers