How can I keep my Kings from fighting each other?
I'm running a nice empire with, as any self respecting Emperor would require, absolute crown authority. The wiki says:
Vassals can no longer go to war (except to rebel) at all ... It also does not work for any king vassal unless they are your de jure vassal.
I have several King vassals who wage quite a lot of wars on each other, vassals, and outsiders. If I wanted to keep all of my Kings at constant peace, would I have to hold the de jure Empire title above them? E.g. Hispania for Leon, Castille, Navarra et al, Francia for France, Aquitane, Bhriotáin and Brugundy. So far, only the Holy Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire exist, so it feels very weird to have vassals beholden to crown laws under nonexistent empire titles.
Can Kingdoms ever assimilate into Empires? If this were to occur, would they finally be under my crown authority?
I noticed that I can set the Crown Authority for each of my Kingdom titles independently; I gather that my vassals have that authority as well. What would the impact be if they had a lower crown authority than mine? Their vassals would be able to declare war, yes? Would they be able to declare on just other vassals of their liege or would they be able to target my other vassals?
Best Answer
Crown laws only apply to de jure vassals of the particular crown title, with no respect to the de facto realm holder. This rule is exactly the same for dukedoms under kingdoms as it is for kingdoms under empires. What this means in practice is that in order to maintain absolute crown authority under all of your vassal kings, you need to either form the empire they are de jure vassals of and hold it, or make sure that title is not held by any other character and wait a hundred years for de jure drift to move the kingdom into your empire. Keep in mind that even if you hold the empire title that is the de jure liege of a kingdom, that empire title has to have absolute crown authority, at that point the crown authority of your primary empire title has no sway over the kingdom. I believe the same applies to Imperial Administration, but I haven't tested that (there's nothing to indicate otherwise, though).
Something to keep in mind is that laws apply to characters based on their primary title. If, for example, you control the Empire of Britannia, and one of your vassals owns both the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Brittany (where the Kingdom of Ireland is your de jure vassal and the Kingdom of Brittany is not), the King will be subject to your crown laws if the Kingdom of Ireland is his primary title, but not if the Kingdom of Brittany is his primary title. Since absolute authority tends to cause a lot of rebellions, using this strategy probably is not generally a good idea, but can work if your current ruler is loved, respected or feared and the two kingdom titles will split after the current king's death, to give yourself some time to start incorporating the kingdom into your empire.
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How do you stop vassals from fighting each other?
With level 3 in the Feudal or Clan government type, High Crown Authority forbids vassals from fighting each other unless they have a hook on their liege, whilst Absolute Crown Authority, the maximum level, forbids them from fighting any war at all without your permission.Why do my vassals keep fighting each other ck3?
Some of your vassals will fight each other because they're fighting a war of independence: one of your counts has revolted against one of your dukes. Check the character screens of the people in the war to see what wars they're currently in.How do you keep your vassals weak in ck3?
Simply give them the court jester honorary title, and raise their vassal levies and just leave them there. Eventually they will rebel, and then you can crush them and take a title from them. Another way to make them rebel without incurring tyranny is imprisoning them with a just cause.Is Absolute crown authority worth it ck3?
Always go for max crown authority. Allowing vassals to take land for themselves is fairly stupid, giving them more power than they are supposed to have, and creating border gore. Only thing you never need is Tribal authority level 4, this only has the single effect of allowing the adoption of feudal / clan ways.Why Did Kings Stop Leading Troops into Battle? (Short Animated Documentary)
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