I'm a bit puzzled by recent events in my current (first) IGC regarding royal marriages
I'm playing England, and converted to counter-reformed catholic in 1500s (can't remember exactly when, as I'm now in 1780s). I didn't realise at the time that I couldn't then convert to protestant, which was unfortunate, as I'd been planning on spending the 17th century diplo-annexing the german states. still, never mind.
A couple of decades ago, while I was trawling around the map looking for unattached countries to ally with, i realised that ethiopia was available. I made friends, invited them successfully to alliance, and then noticed that the offer royal marriage option was available. a bit surprised, I tried it and was accepted. a bit later, they accept vassalisation
I was aslo concurrently allied with ragusa, who wouldn't take a royal marriage because they're protestant. fine, I thought - I'll wait for the edict of tolerance and can make friends with them in the meantime.
EoT comes along - still can't marry ragusa - when I hold the cursor over the offer marriage option it says 'can't do it, different religion'. When I go back to diplo-annex ethiopia (I know, not much point, but what the hell), my royal marriage has disappeared but they are still vassalised.
I now start making friends with bohemia, practically the only non-aligned state in the world. get the friendship up and - guess what? - even though they are protestant and exactly the same as ragusa, they accept a royal marriage.
next oddity. as soon as I marry bohemia, I go back to ragusa - still no joy. I go to the religion screen to check if they've changed religion in the interim, and they haven't, but I notice that the edict of tolerance now says 'no'. so i couldn't marry ragusa when the Eot was in effect, but I can marry bohemia when it has ended. And it didn't know it could end!
anyone any ideas
I'm playing England, and converted to counter-reformed catholic in 1500s (can't remember exactly when, as I'm now in 1780s). I didn't realise at the time that I couldn't then convert to protestant, which was unfortunate, as I'd been planning on spending the 17th century diplo-annexing the german states. still, never mind.
A couple of decades ago, while I was trawling around the map looking for unattached countries to ally with, i realised that ethiopia was available. I made friends, invited them successfully to alliance, and then noticed that the offer royal marriage option was available. a bit surprised, I tried it and was accepted. a bit later, they accept vassalisation
I was aslo concurrently allied with ragusa, who wouldn't take a royal marriage because they're protestant. fine, I thought - I'll wait for the edict of tolerance and can make friends with them in the meantime.
EoT comes along - still can't marry ragusa - when I hold the cursor over the offer marriage option it says 'can't do it, different religion'. When I go back to diplo-annex ethiopia (I know, not much point, but what the hell), my royal marriage has disappeared but they are still vassalised.
I now start making friends with bohemia, practically the only non-aligned state in the world. get the friendship up and - guess what? - even though they are protestant and exactly the same as ragusa, they accept a royal marriage.
next oddity. as soon as I marry bohemia, I go back to ragusa - still no joy. I go to the religion screen to check if they've changed religion in the interim, and they haven't, but I notice that the edict of tolerance now says 'no'. so i couldn't marry ragusa when the Eot was in effect, but I can marry bohemia when it has ended. And it didn't know it could end!
anyone any ideas
