Ending Realm Duress?

[unmerged(124447)]

The question is basically in the title. How long will realm duress last and how can I hurry up its end? I'm playing as the Byzantine Empire in about 1074 and my king is Michael Dukas. He's totally incompetent -- his stats are 0, 0, 1, 2. If I could figure out some way to get rid of him as well as duress, that would be good. But, since I'm dealing with about one revolt per month, that's more important. I don't know if I can keep squashing these rebellions indefinitely.

 

[Cecasander]

It lasts while it lasts, so while there are disloyal vassals that will want to rebel. Your best bet is therefore to keep fighting them (and revassalising them, don't take their land! That will only piss the others off more). Don't be afraid to let some of your vassals go if you're afraid you can't manage; you can always come back and attack or vassalise them later.

If things really get bad, you can kill off your current leader, as his heir won't inherit the realm durress (as the vassals likely have a problem with their liege on a personal note). Downside to this is that you won't get a 'realm duress is over' event, and won't get your stability and prestige back.

 

[Olaus Petrus]

As an addition your new ruler is likely to suffer rebellions, because of loyalty hit which death of a ruler causes. And if the vassals are already hostile then you have bunch of loyalty 0 princes who might start new civil war. It has happened to me few times when ruler died in battle against rebels.

If you manage to keep your princes at bay, then realm duress will go away in few years. Vassalize those who you can (allow people who peacefully secede to go away, because you can diplovassalize them later if you have kingtitle over the area or conquer them once realm duress is over) and bribe those who haven't revolted yet.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Make sure that all your vassals are at least 60% loyal and don't have one with the rebellious-trait. That speeds up the event that ends the realm duress.

Also being at peace helps.

 

[unmerged(124447)]

Thanks for the help! About how long does duress take, on average? 5 years? 50?

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Thanks for the help! About how long does duress take, on average? 5 years? 50?

Depends on your rulers stats (specially his intrigue) and your number of vassals and a lot of other factors.

But in my games it is usually closer to 5 years then to 50 years.