I'm doing relatively well as a wealthy count of Montpellier. I took a northern Iberian province from an indepedent muslim, but found myself fortunate enough to take a province right next to Montpellier. The Iberian province is poor and revolting, and I'm over my demesne limit, so I'm wondering what to do with it (I'm pretty new to CK). I could give it to my son, but I think I remember reading that counts can't have vassals, so I assume he'd become independent. I don't really care for the Iberian province anyway since it's poor, revolting, and isolated. Is there anyway to offload it and preferably with a little compensation?
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Nope .. you can't "sell" it off
... but you COULD give it to your heir and hopefully let him gather some prestige before taking over your current county. Problem is that as a christian count in Iberian, it would only be a matter of time before he gets mauled by the berber muslims .. and that is probably not good for his prestige.Depending on how much your effeciency is, you could just grant it to someone in your court to be rid of it. If it is making you no income (being poor and in revolt), then the province is actually draining your income, it if makes you less effective with your Montpellier province. So by giving it away, you could actually make more money
...Efficiency is about 95%. It would cost me money if I adjust taxes to raise the loyalty of the peasants, so I'm just ignoring it. I don't know if revolts have any negative influence beyond that province, so if they do I should get rid of it.
Something to consider is that it is 1/2 of a Duchy, although the other half belongs to the Duke of Orleans, so there doesn't seem much potential there. The muslims don't seem much of a threat (they only hold a few provinces), so I'll try giving it to the heir. What's the worst that could happen?
Something to consider is that it is 1/2 of a Duchy, although the other half belongs to the Duke of Orleans, so there doesn't seem much potential there. The muslims don't seem much of a threat (they only hold a few provinces), so I'll try giving it to the heir. What's the worst that could happen?
If your efficiency is above 90%, there's no need to give the province away. Remember that a revolt will end in some day, and an income from Iberian province will increase.
Worst case would be, that your heir becomes a vassal of Iberian feudal, who revokes his title.
Worst case would be, that your heir becomes a vassal of Iberian feudal, who revokes his title.
With 95% efficiency, no serious money problems, and no serious possibility of the province gaining independence, a province in revolt is a good thing - every time the event fires to end the revolt choose 'hang some more traitors' and you get a nice little prestige bonus.
And eventually the peasants get hungry enough to go back to work without you losing any prestige. It's a win-win if you don't need the province anyway.
And eventually the peasants get hungry enough to go back to work without you losing any prestige. It's a win-win if you don't need the province anyway.
I usually make useless outlier provinces into bishoprics. Piety is always nice to have, as it not only speeds up BB reduction, but it also makes it harder for papal controllers to excommunicate you.