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Last update:11 May 2016
Crusader Kings IIoffers few ways to the victory.
It’s known that the pen is stronger than the sword, and this game confirms it.
It’s much easier to seize the kingdom with the smiles and daggers than in a military encounter.
The crucial thing are marriages, the best expansion tool that have been ever invented.
But to use it correctly, you better know some basics.
There are three types of marriages: normal, matrylinear andbetrothal:
Normal- the most common one.
Wedding takes place between two adults, and children inherit the House after the father.
Matrylinear- takes place also between adults, but children inherit all titles after their mother.
Men rarely agrees to such weddings, because they have no profits from it.
Betrothal- it’s almost normal marriage but between teenagers (or between a teen and an adult).
He’ll agree sooner on sending his three years old daughter than the adult princess.
Marriage is the easiest way to gain honours, but mainly titles, not the land.
If thecountessmarry thekingshe becomes aqueen consort, so the person without rights to the throne.
Getting a duke title means so far that it makes the diplomatic relations easier.
Crucial is also an issue of alliance.
Good marriage provides alliance with the secondary persons (look atDiplomacy: Alliances).
How to cumulate estates thanks to the marriages, you’re able to read in the next chapter.
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