Okay, here's what's happening:
I'm King of Sicily. Croatia has been really aggressive and has a chunk of Northern Italy. I want to become King of Italy. I decided to take over Croatia peacefully. I married one of my family members to the King's eldest daughter. They had a son. Perfect! He's first in line for the throne. (Though I've already had to assassinate one son he had in order to keep my family as the successor.)
So, what's the problem? I got confused over who I married to the Croatian King's daughter. It was supposed to be someone in my direct inheritance line, but it's actually my current ruler's first cousin thrice removed. I think. Cousins confuse me. (His grandfather and my ruler's father were brothers. I think that makes my ruler and the Croatian successor cousins thrice removed.)
Anyway, the point is, he's nowhere in my inheritance line. Any ideas on how I can rectify this? My first inclination is to appoint him a vassal and switch to elective law, but that's a really risky idea that might fail. (Especially since half my vassals aren't related to me.)
Assassination isn't an option right now as Tomislav (heir to the Croatian throne) has a bunch of younger brothers, and I'd gain a LOT of BB for knocking them all off (along with his father) and remarrying to someone more suited. My current ruler is 5th successor to Tomislav, so I suppose I could kill the 5 people in front of me and then Tomislav, but that'd also be pretty awful for my reputation. Even with my current piety (4100), it'd still take a while to recover, and I'd probably have revolting vassals left and right. Speaking of piety, I'm also papal controller, but I don't think any of my papal abilities will help with this.
Any ideas? Anything? I'm really stuck here.
I'm King of Sicily. Croatia has been really aggressive and has a chunk of Northern Italy. I want to become King of Italy. I decided to take over Croatia peacefully. I married one of my family members to the King's eldest daughter. They had a son. Perfect! He's first in line for the throne. (Though I've already had to assassinate one son he had in order to keep my family as the successor.)
So, what's the problem? I got confused over who I married to the Croatian King's daughter. It was supposed to be someone in my direct inheritance line, but it's actually my current ruler's first cousin thrice removed. I think. Cousins confuse me. (His grandfather and my ruler's father were brothers. I think that makes my ruler and the Croatian successor cousins thrice removed.)
Anyway, the point is, he's nowhere in my inheritance line. Any ideas on how I can rectify this? My first inclination is to appoint him a vassal and switch to elective law, but that's a really risky idea that might fail. (Especially since half my vassals aren't related to me.)
Assassination isn't an option right now as Tomislav (heir to the Croatian throne) has a bunch of younger brothers, and I'd gain a LOT of BB for knocking them all off (along with his father) and remarrying to someone more suited. My current ruler is 5th successor to Tomislav, so I suppose I could kill the 5 people in front of me and then Tomislav, but that'd also be pretty awful for my reputation. Even with my current piety (4100), it'd still take a while to recover, and I'd probably have revolting vassals left and right. Speaking of piety, I'm also papal controller, but I don't think any of my papal abilities will help with this.
Any ideas? Anything? I'm really stuck here.
