#CRUSADER KINGS III WALKTHROUGH HOW TO#

The current lord of Gwynedd is a Saxon usurper installed by Tostig's massive invasion just three years earlier the rightful lord is an exiled kid named Gruffydd in the court of Dublin and the other three are barely holding on. In AD 1066, the titles of Wales are divided among the Kingdom of England (Cornwall and Devon), the Brenin of Gwynedd (Gwynedd and Powys), Gwynedd's vassal (Perfeddwlad), the Brenin of Dyfed, and the independent but petty lords of Glamorgan and Gwent.

#CRUSADER KINGS III WALKTHROUGH HOW TO#

Most unhelpful from a game perspective - the title of high king at Aberffraw de facto passed by male primogeniture (assuming the eldest was of age and neither blind, deaf, lame, or mad) but the land of a family was held in common with all other sons of the same great-grandfather: at death, it was divided among the sons (including the bastards) equally, allowing them to build up independent power bases like Powys and Deheubarth and assert their de jure consanguinity rights to make a claim on the throne.įor added difficulty, the Welsh also typically kept their heirs at home in court (going out to establish a separate court risked invalidating the edling's claim) while the younger brothers were permitted to go establish themselves marriage was avoided until after one's title and land were firmly established and it was effectively forbidden to inherit below the age of majority around 28 - meaning if dad died any earlier than that, one was thrown into exile and plotting for how to retake the crown from the uncle or vassal who just took the throne. Compassion among themselves also meant that the Cymry were constantly angering the church and horrifying the English by refusing to deny inheritance to their bastards. While the Welsh ruled themselves, memories of past glory meant pedigree (within Wales) trumped genetics, alliances, or even wealth foreigners had lower status than the serfs and could not nationalize themselves faster than 3 generations.

(That acceptance, btw, is why the game calls the Welsh 'dukes', the English historically called them 'princes', and everyone else refers to them as 'kings'.) Unfortunately, that vision of union kept the Kings at Aberffraw in a perpetual funk about their fallen state, their countrymen in a perpetual revolt against any encroachments on their traditions and liberties, and everyone in acceptance that at the end of the day whoever was King in London was the rightful overlord of the island.

The king's bard was required - by law - to sing the History of the Britons before and after each battle and, while dreams of Cadwaladr and Cynan's return gave way to newer legends of Arthur, the Welsh never forgot the united Britain that once was. That Romano-Pictish kingdom - along with some more heavily Romanized successor states in the southeast - successfully resisted the Saxons, Black Gentiles (=Vikings), Barbarians (=Irish), more Saxons, and then the French (=Normans) for centuries until finally falling to Edward I, who filled Wales with England's greatest castles to hold it.Īs so often happens with great storylines, the Welsh's greatest strength was their greatest weakness: their long history & many exemplars gave them purpose and drive. The nobles of the area are the Cymry (Brotherhood) who joined Cunedda of Strathclyde in retaking the north coast from Irish invaders after Roman withdrawal left a power vacuum on the island.

The Kingdom of Wales is a Christian (formerly pagan) nation found on Great Britain.

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