This strategy is more effective with realms that are smaller than yours, since they are more likely to accept your propositions and generally have more foreseeable succession laws. This one is tricky with the HRE, since its an elective imperial state, but with a lot of cunning (and probably some mysterious deaths), you might be able to place your heir on the throne. Arrange a hostile takeover (expert level)
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Also: perhaps you can hire Holy Orders? (no time to check). Get divine friendsīecome BFF with the Pope, and have him excommunicate the Emperor. I would focus on allies that can actually make an impact (France, Poland, maybe Hungary or one of the Scandinavian countries depending on your game).
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If you have a few daughters to spare, you could marry them off for beter allies. The HRE is elective, but I guess it still applies. Depending on their situation, a well-timed death might end up in a sucession crisis. You might also consider arranging a tragic accident for the good Emperor. With luck, you can spark a rebellion for him to worry about. The HRE is vast, and someone is bound to already have an itch for the Emperor. In an inevitable war, it means the HRE would have continental provinces they could siege – they would then act as a diversion (less troops for their British invasion) but also a ticking war score for them. This will give you more levies (in the long run), but it might also create problems. Get some holdings in France or in the Benelux. You could perhaps focus a bit on non-British lands for a while. You can change your church/city/feudal laws to allow you to raise more levies. I have begun sowing dissent, assassinating and building alliances with European powers but I was wondering what tactics or plans would be best for taking down this monstrosity - or at the very least getting them out of Britain? I can raise an army of roughly 38,000 men (perhaps 50,000 with Mercs, though only for a short while before I am bankrupted) - however I know from testing that the Holy Roman Empire can easily muster an army of 90k+ which makes it impossible to beat them.
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This is where we hit the inevitable problem. I now have my claims and I am ready to begin pressing them. I currently own 75% of the 'de jure' counties of the 80% required to form the 'Empire of Britannia' - I calculated that I would need 4 more counties and so set about building my claims (especially on the northern section). I'm currently playing as the Kingdom of Ireland - though I now control Alba (Scotland), Wales and more or less half of England.my final goal is to form the 'Empire of Britannia' the issue I have is that early on in the game England and the Holy Roman Empire had a few scuffles, one thing led to another and they ended up in control of most of South England.Ī picture below illustrates my current position.