Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is reformed
  • State religion is protestant
• The following must not occur:
  • Hussites exists
• The following must not occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Bohemia exists
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Event 129051 - Taborite republic for Bohemia has already occurred
      • Event 129052 - Utraquist republic for Bohemia has already occurred
      • Event 129053 - Podiebrad dynasty for Bohemia has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of August 18, 1419
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1499)

Description

The Kingdom of Bohemia has finally been won back for catholicism. As a consequence, the German princes who have been forced by the Hussites to adapt their misguided faith can now safely return to the Roman church. By a general indulgence the Pope will make sure they will be forgiven having turned to the heresy under compulsion.

Actions

A. Restore Catholicism

• Change religion to catholic
• Stability +3

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen on October 13, 1435

Description

Agnes Bernauer, the daughter of a baker from Augsburg, was secretly married to Albert, son of Duke Ernst of Bavaria-Munich, who had fallen in love with her. Ignorant of the fact that this union was a lawful one, Ernst urged his son to marry and to give up his relationship with Agnes. Albert then declared she was his lawful wife but during his absence, she was arrested by order of Duke Ernest, accused of having bewitched the Duke's son and condemned to death. On October 12th 1435 she was drowned in the Danube near Straubing, in which town her remains were afterwards buried by Albert. This sad story lived long in the memory of the people, and inspired many German writers.

Actions

A. Execute this witch

• Stability -1
• Serfdom +1
• +50 relations with Papal States

B. Let her live, but dissolve her marriage with Albrecht

• Stability -1

C. Allow the marriage of Agnes Bernauer and the Duke's son

• Stability -3
• Serfdom -1
• Innovativeness +1
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Hungary
• -50 relations with Papal States

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 129004 - The Letter of Peace for Bohemia has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 125039 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Bavaria is a vassal of Bohemia

Will happen within 40 days of January 2, 1440
Checked again every 40 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 1, 1460)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 129004 - The Letter of Peace for Bohemia
Action A, B of 125039 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria

Description

Albrecht of Bavaria-Munich was offered the Bohemian throne by the estates of Bohemia in 1440. Busy fighting his hostile relatives and willing neither to risk a conflict with the Habsburgs nor to deal with the rebellious and heretic Bohemians Albrecht of Bavaria refused the proferred crown. This left the Bohemian nobility with no choice but to accept the still unborn child of Albrecht of Habsburg as his successor.

Actions

A. Reject the offer

• -100 relations with Bohemia
• +100 relations with Austria
• Stability +1
• Event 125039 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 129007 - Bavaria refuses for Bohemia is triggered immediately

B. Accept the offer and become King of Bohemia

• -100 relations with Austria
• +40 victory points
• Gain Bohemia as vassals
• Stability -2
• Event 125039 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 129005 - Bavaria accepts for Bohemia is triggered immediately
• Event 125041 - The Crown of St. Wenceslas for Bavaria is triggered immediately

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 129004 - The Letter of Peace for Bohemia has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 125040 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria has already occurred
• Bavaria is a vassal of Bohemia

Will happen within 40 days of January 2, 1440
Checked again every 40 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 1, 1460)
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 125040 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria

Description

Albrecht of Bavaria-Munich was offered the Bohemian throne by the estates of Bohemia in 1440. Busy fighting his hostile relatives and willing neither to risk a conflict with the Habsburgs nor to deal with the rebellious and heretic Bohemians Albrecht of Bavaria refused the proferred crown. This left the Bohemian nobility with no choice but to accept the still unborn child of Albrecht of Habsburg as his successor.

Actions

A. Reject the offer

• -100 relations with Bohemia
• +100 relations with Austria
• Break vassalization with Bohemia
• Event 125040 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 129007 - Bavaria refuses for Bohemia is triggered immediately

B. Accept the offer and become King of Bohemia

• -100 relations with Austria
• +40 victory points
• Break vassalization with Bohemia
• Stability +3
• Gain a royal marriage with Bohemia
• Event 125040 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 129005 - Bavaria accepts for Bohemia is triggered immediately
• Event 125041 - The Crown of St. Wenceslas for Bavaria is triggered immediately

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Palatinate exists

Will happen on December 2, 1503

Description

On December 1st 1503 Duke Georg the Rich of Bayern-Landshut died without a male successor. Despite several treaties made in the 15th century that should secure the inheritance for Bavaria-Munich he declared his daughter Elisabeth and her husband, the palatine elector Ruprecht, heirs of his duchy. This caused a war between the palatine and the Bavarian Wittelsbach branches for the inheritance. Bavaria eventually prevailed due to support from the emperor and the Swabian League and managed to secure Landshut.

Actions

A. I werd narrisch

• +7 base tax value in the capital province
• +3 base manpower in the capital province
• +6000 population in the capital province
• Event 179001 - The rewards of mediation for Austria will never fire

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Palatinate exists

Will happen on December 2, 1503
unless prevented by
Action B of 137038 - Mary's suitors: the Duke of Cleves and Mark for Burgundy

Description

On December 1st 1503 Duke Georg the Rich of Bayern-Landshut died without a male successor. Despite several treaties made in the 15th century that should secure the inheritance for Bavaria-Munich he declared his daughter Elisabeth and her husband, the palatine elector Ruprecht, heirs of his duchy. This caused a war between the palatine and the Bavarian Wittelsbach branches for the inheritance.

Actions

A. Press our claim

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Palatinate for 36 months
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• Event 255001 - War of Succession in Landshut for Palatinate is triggered immediately

B. Accept Georg's last will

• +100 relations with Palatinate
• Event 255007 - Inheritance of Bavaria-Landshut for Palatinate is triggered immediately
• Event 179001 - The rewards of mediation for Austria will never fire

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 125007 - Inheritance of Bavaria-Landshut for Bavaria has already occurred

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1506
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1506)

Description

After inheriting Bavaria-Landshut, thereby unifying the Bavarian Wittelsbach possessions again, Duke Albrecht IV secured the future unity, strength and prosperity of his country by introducing a primogeniture law in 1506 which was an obvious necessity considering the fatal consequences of the division in the 15th century. Bavaria was ready to recover its status as a major force in imperial politics.

Actions

A. Introduce primogeniture

• Stability +1
• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen on April 23, 1516

Description

On April 23rd 1516 Wilhelm IV of Bavaria issued the first regulation of grocery in the world, the Reinheitsgebot (purity law) for beer. In this law exact prices and taxation for all known kinds of beer, and most importantly, the allowed contents of Bavarian beer are regulated. The Duke allowed to put nothing but water, malt and hops into beer, intending to make sure that there would be no more additional spices and, especially, no 'good' grain that could be used for bread instead in the beverage. Yeast, although an obviously necessary ingredient, was not mentioned because it was not known then that it took part in the fermentation process (the substance was discovered in the 19th century by Louis Pasteur). The beer law soon raised the quality standard of beer significantly and it became exemplary for the whole of Germany. Many German princes adapted a similar regulation in the next centuries. When Germany was united in 1871, the Bavarians made the introduction of their beer purity law in the whole empire one of their conditions for joining, and a similar statute is still valid in Germany today.

Actions

A. Pass the beer purity law

• Mercantilism +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +50

B. Don't regulate beer brewery

• -10 relations with a random country

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of February 2, 1517
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1522)

Description

Johannes Turmair, calling himself Aventinus, born in Abensberg in 1477 was the father of Bavarian historiography. A humanist with universal education who studied in Ingolstadt, Krakow, Vienna and Paris, he was called to the Bavarian court as mentor of the princes Ernst and Ludwig in 1509. In 1517 he was given the noble office of a ducal historian. In 1521 he had completed the Annales ducum baiorum, a complete account of Bavarian history in which he applied an entirely new style based on humanist ideas: he did not only compile sources like medieval historians, but introduced a critical analysis of sources, questioned famous myths and legends and tried to work out greater contexts. Even more important than the completion of his innovative historic work in Latin was its translation into German that he started in 1522 because he wanted his history of Bavaria to be comprehensible for the people, not just for some scholars (thereby following the humanist concept of popular education). However, the Annales could not be made accessible to a broader public by printing them for a long time due to Aventine's critical, anticlerical point of view and the suspicion of being protestant. The venetian inquisition put his teachings on the index in 1554 and Aventinus himself was arrested for some months in 1527, after which he emigrated to the safe free city of Regensburg where he wrote the town history 'Von dem herkomen der statt Regenspurg' (about the origins of the town of Regensburg), completed the germanisation of his Bavarian chronicle and died in 1533. His Annales were finally printed in Ingolstadt in 1554, the german version 1566 in Frankfurt.

Actions

A. Appoint Aventinus ducal historian

• Infrastructure tech investment: +20
• +10 victory points
• -10

B. We already know about Bavaria's great deeds

• -5 victory points

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1527
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1529)

Description

After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants' confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threaten by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534).

Actions

A. Give it our support

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Strasburg

B. Ignore it

• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Cologne
• -150 relations with Strasburg

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1541
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1541)

Description

Besides the Habsburg emperor, Wilhelm of Bavaria was the Reformation's strongest and fiercest enemy in Germany, and prevented the new religion from spreading into Bavaria (which it was about to do). He even gave up the traditional rivalry to the Habsburgs when he signed a treaty at Linz with Ferdinand of Austria, Bohemia and Hungary to suppress the new faith. Furthermore he cooperated closely with the Pope, the clergy and the Inquisition and banned many reformers from his Duchy. The most effective and consequential measure was the invitation of the Jesuits into Bavaria in 1541. This order founded to oppose Protestantism and to revive the church spiritually and intellectually established its German headquarter in the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt.

Actions

A. Take measures against Protestantism

• Change religion to catholic
• Innovativeness -2
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Mainz
• +100 relations with Wirtemberg
• +100 relations with Spain

B. Be tolerant towards the new faith

• Religion in the capital province changes to protestant
• Innovativeness +1
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Mainz
• -50 relations with Wirtemberg
• -50 relations with Spain

C. Embrace protestantism

• Change religion to protestant
• Stability -2
• Religion in the capital province changes to protestant
• Innovativeness +1
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Mainz
• -100 relations with Wirtemberg
• -100 relations with Spain

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Albrecht V is active

Will happen within 6000 days of March 7, 1550
Checked again every 6000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 25, 1579)

Description

Albert V was a great patron of art despite his intolerant religious policy. His court at Munich was the resort of artists of all kinds, the city was enriched with splendid buildings and artistic works were collected from Italy and elsewhere. The expenses of a magnificent court led to a permanent quarrel with the estates, to oppression of the subjects and to a great burden of debt when Albert died in October 1579, having been close to bankruptcy multiple times.

Actions

A. Promote arts and culture

• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +200
• -300
• +10% inflation

B. Don't waste our precious money

• Stability -1
• -10 victory points

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Maximilian I is active

Will happen within 900 days of October 16, 1597
Checked again every 900 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1601)

Description

Maximilian I was the most talented and skilled Wittelsbach since Emperor Ludwig in the 14th century. Having found his Duchy in a miserable state, close to bankruptcy and in disorder, he began ambitious reforms, renewing the jurisdiction, reorganising the finances and tax collection, founding a class of civil servants and acquiring several small territories.

Actions

A. Reform everything

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• +1000 population in the capital province
• -5% inflation
• Gain bailiff in the capital province

B. Reform only the finances

• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +200
• +1000 population in the capital province
• -10% inflation
• Gain bailiff in the capital province

C. Don't reform anything

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 125015 - Administrative Reforms of Maximilian I for Bavaria has already occurred
• Monarch Maximilian I is active

Will happen within 900 days of January 2, 1600
Checked again every 900 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1602)

Description

After reforming the administration, Maximilian I improved Bavaria's military force by creating a national militia and employing foreign military advisors. Very soon Bavaria became a notable military power, able to play an important part in the Thirty Years War.

Actions

A. Reform the army

• Quality -2
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine +1
• +10000 infantry in the capital province
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +20 artillery in the capital province
• -50
• +15 national manpower
• +2 base manpower in the capital province

B. Make smaller reforms

• Quality +1
• Land +1
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• +2000 cavalry in the capital province
• +5 artillery in the capital province
• -20
• +8 national manpower
• +1 base manpower in the capital province

C. We can rely on our old army

• Land +1

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1605
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The Holy Roman Empire had a fragile balance, split between 10 major and nearly 400 minor states and principalities, as well as two opposing religions. The power of the Emperor was quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II, such increased frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and was banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states formed the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Cologne

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1607
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The German Catholic states felt threatened by the 1608 creation of the Evangelic Union of their northern Protestant neighbors, following the Donauwerth exclusion from the Empire. Feeling the urge to unite, they regrouped into a Catholic League that same year. The stage was set for the Thirty Years War.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -100 relations with Baden
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +150 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is counterreform
  • State religion is catholic

Will happen within 30 days of November 2, 1607
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after February 2, 1608)

Description

In the protestant imperial city of Donauwörth adjacent to Bavaria there were only a few catholic families left in 1600 who celebrated their masses in the benedictine monastery Zum Heiligen Kreuz. Encouraged by the Bishop of Augsburg the monks used to make the Procession of St. Marc a big demonstration of Catholicism and marched through the town with banners and music. The protestant citizens felt provoked by this behaviour and attacked and dissolved the procession in 1607. Even after the Reichshofrat in Vienna had condemned the action and demanded tolerance for catholics, Donauwörth remained stubborn. As a consequence, emperor Rudolf outlawed the town and asked Maximilian of Bavaria to execute the empire's will. For Maximilian, this was a long-awaited opportunity to annex the wealthy town and to promote Catholicism. He went to Donauwörth with 5000 men and forced it to submit on December 17th 1607. A bavarian administration was installed and the recatholisation of the town initiated. In 1609 the emperor formally accepted the annexation of Donauwörth, and within a few years there were nearly no more protestants left in the town. The seizure of Donauwörth was one of the main reasons for the foundation of the Evangelic Union (and hence the Thirty Years War).

Actions

A. Seize Donauwörth and recatholise it

• Change religion to counterreform
• Innovativeness -1
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Tyrol
• +50 relations with Styria
• +50 relations with Mainz
• +50 relations with Cologne
• -80 relations with Palatinate
• -80 relations with Brandenburg
• -80 relations with Wirtemberg
• -80 relations with Hesse
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• +1500 population in the capital province

B. Seize Donauwörth, but be tolerant towards the protestants

• Innovativeness +1
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Wirtemberg
• -50 relations with Hesse
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• +1500 population in the capital province

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Palatinate and Bavaria are at war
• Bavaria controls Pfalz
• Event 3665 - The Winter King of Prague for Palatinate has already occurred

Will happen within 60 days of January 3, 1620
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

In 1622 the Imperial General Tilly captured Heidelberg and had the famous Bibliotheca Palatina carried off to the Vatican.

Actions

A. Send the Bibliotheca Palatina to the Vatican!

• -100 relations with Palatinate
• +100 relations with Papal States
• Event 29009 - Bibliotheca Palatina stolen for Palatinate is triggered immediately

B. Let the Palatinate keep their religious artifact

• +100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Papal States

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Own Ansbach
• Event 3665 - The Winter King of Prague for Palatinate has already occurred
• Event 3196 - The Edict of Restitution for Austria has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1629
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1629)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3196 - The Edict of Restitution for Austria

Description

The first phase of the Thirty Years War, the war against the rebellious Bohemians and the Winterking, was an almost complete success for the Emperor and the Catholic League. In the battle of the White Mountain Bohemia was reconquered, and the protestant nobles who had dared to depose Ferdinand of Austria as Bohemian King were punished severely, their land was given to Catholics and a consequent persecution of Protestants began. To penalize Friedrich V of the Palatinate and to reward Maximilian of Bavaria, Ferdinand deprived Friedrich of his electorate and of the Upper Palatinate and granted both to Bavaria, which was an obvious violation of imperial law, but since no German prince was really in a position to defy Ferdinand and Maximilian, it was done and Maximilian had achieved a recognition proportionate to his power.

Actions

A. Ignore these ridiculous objections and become an elector

• Pfalz will be considered a national province
• Bavaria will now have 2 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
• Palatinate will now have 1 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
• +50 victory points
• -200 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Wirtemberg
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Oldenburg
• -150 relations with Holstein
• -150 relations with Sweden
• -100 relations with Mainz
• -100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Scotland
• Flag graphics extension set to "Electorate"

B. Acknowledge imperial law and don't touch the palatine electorate

• Stability +1
• +200 relations with Palatinate
• +100 relations with Brandenburg
• +100 relations with Saxony
• +100 relations with Wirtemberg
• +100 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Oldenburg
• +100 relations with Holstein
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Mainz
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with England
• +50 relations with Scotland

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Austria and Ottoman Empire are at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Hungary exists

Will happen within 90 days of January 1, 1682
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 1, 1690)

Description

In the winter of 1682-83 a defensive-offensive coalition of powers formed against the Turks. The Pope organized another Holy League comprising of Austria, Poland, Saxony and Bavaria. The Venetians determined to join the struggle, signed in March 1684. Russia was eventually to join this League in 1686.

Actions

A. War then

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 100 months
• -200 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• Gain an alliance with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1682
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1683)

Description

We have opportunity to hire the Prince Georg Friedrich von Waldeck. He is very skilled general who proved his abilities during his service in the Low Countries as well during his service for the Elector of Brandenburg. He is good infantry and cavalry leader. What shall we do?

Actions

A. Hire him for 3 years

• Leader von Waldeck becomes active
• -10

B. Hire him for longer

• Leader von Waldeck becomes active
• -40
• Leader von Waldeck will never be active

C. We do not need him

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3205 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Austria has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of October 22, 1740
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)

Description

The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Heiliges Reich (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Anti-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Stability -1
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Genoa
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -100 relations with Russia
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria
• Event 125036 - Karl Albert's imperial ambitions for Bavaria is triggered immediately

B. Neutral

• -50 relations with Prussia
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with France
• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +50 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Austria
• Stability +1
• Event 125037 - The claim to Bohemia for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 125038 - The loss of claim to Bohemia for Bavaria will never fire

C. Pro-Habsburg

• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with England
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +50 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Austria
• Stability -2
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 12 months
• Event 125037 - The claim to Bohemia for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 125038 - The loss of claim to Bohemia for Bavaria will never fire

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 125038 - The loss of claim to Bohemia for Bavaria has already occurred
  • Bavaria and Austria are at war
• Event 125036 - Karl Albert's imperial ambitions for Bavaria has already occurred
• Own Ansbach
• Own Bayern
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • At least one of the following must occur:
    • Austria is a vassal of Bavaria
    • All of the following must occur:
      • The following must not occur:
        • Austria exists
      • Own Austria
  • All of the following must occur:
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Own Moravia
      • Own Ostmarch
      • Own Bohemia
      • Own Erz
      • Own Sudeten
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Own Salzburg
      • Own Austria
      • Own Krain
      • Own Steiermark
      • Own Tirol
      • Own Baden

Will happen within 10 days of January 1, 1748
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1749)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 3616 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Bavaria

Description

The war of the Austrian succession was victorious for the Elector of Bavaria, who was granted the crown of Bohemia and the allegiance of Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria.

Actions

A. Good!

• Stability +1
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 60 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 60 months
• Gain an alliance with Austria
• +400 relations with Austria
• Event 125038 - The loss of claim to Bohemia for Bavaria will never fire
• Event 179105 - Bohemia is lost for Austria is triggered immediately

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 125037 - The claim to Bohemia for Bavaria has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1749
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1753)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 3616 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Bavaria
Action A of 125037 - The claim to Bohemia for Bavaria

Description

The war of the Austrian succession was disastrous for the Elector of Bavaria, who was deprived of the crown of Bohemia and forced to swear his allegiance to Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria and soon to become Holy Roman Empress.

Actions

A. Alas!

• Stability -1
• +300 relations with Austria
• Moravia will no longer be considered a national province
• Ostmarch will no longer be considered a national province
• Bohemia will no longer be considered a national province
• Erz will no longer be considered a national province
• Sudeten will no longer be considered a national province
• Salzburg will no longer be considered a national province
• Austria will no longer be considered a national province
• Krain will no longer be considered a national province
• Steiermark will no longer be considered a national province
• Tirol will no longer be considered a national province
• Baden will no longer be considered a national province
• Cede Moravia to Austria
• Cede Ostmarch to Austria
• Cede Bohemia to Austria
• Cede Erz to Austria
• Cede Sudeten to Austria
• Cede Salzburg to Austria
• Cede Austria to Austria
• Cede Krain to Austria
• Cede Steiermark to Austria
• Cede Tirol to Austria
• Cede Baden to Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Will happen on January 3, 1756

Description

Inspired by Prussian efforts to modernise the law, Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria and his advisor Wiguläus Xaverius Aloysius von Kreittmayr undertook the codification of Bavarian. Their goal was not to incorporate the ideas of the Enlightenment, but to consolidate Bavaria after its devastating defeat in the War of Austrian Succession. Nevertheless, Kreittmayr managed to establish some enlightened concepts, such as an inner logic of the laws, the desire to apply them without discriminating between social classes and the use of the German language instead of latin. After passing the Codex iuris Bavarici criminalis, the criminal law, in 1751 and the Codex iuris Bavarici iudicarii, the reorganisation of the jurisdiction, in 1753, the most important part of the new legislation, the Codex Maximilianeus Bavarici civilis which took care of the civil law, was enacted on January 2nd 1756. It remained valid Bavarian law until 1899 when it was replaced by the Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch of the German Empire.

Actions

A. Let Kreittmayr codify the law without big changes

• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness +1
• Gain courthouse in the capital province
• Gain courthouse in a random province
• -5% inflation
• Stability +2

B. Incorporate the ideas of the Enlightenment

• Innovativeness +2
• Serfdom -2
• Aristocracy -2
• Gain courthouse in the capital province
• Gain courthouse in a random province
• Stability -3

C. Leave the Bavarian law as it is

• Innovativeness -2

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Cologne exists
• Event 3853 - The Archbishop in Cologne for Bavaria has already occurred
• Own Köln
• Control Köln

Will happen on February 6, 1761

Description

With the death of Klemens August I Wittelsbach, any Bavarian influence over Cologne has been lost.

Actions

A. Alas!

• Grant independence to Cologne
• Stability +2

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Palatinate exists

Will happen on December 30, 1777

Description

On December 30th 1777 Duke Maximilian III Joseph, the last Bavarian Wittelsbach, died. By virtue of a contract signed in 1724 for the case of one Wittelsbach dynasty dying out, the Palatine Elector Karl Theodor was the legitimate heir, with the condition that he moved his court to Munich so that Bavaria could remain the main Wittelsbach country.

Actions

A. The Wittelsbach possessions shall be united (possibly End Game)

• Event 255003 - The Palatinate inherits Bavaria for Palatinate is triggered immediately
• Stability +1

B. Let Bavaria pass to the sidebranch of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen

• -200 relations with Palatinate
• -200 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Austria
• Stability -2
• Monarch Karl Theodor will never rule
• Monarch Maximilian IV will never rule
• Monarch Johann of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen ° becomes active
• Monarch Wilhelm of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen ° becomes active
• Event 3207 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for Austria will never fire

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Palatinate exists

Will happen on December 30, 1777
unless prevented by
Action B of 137044 - The House of Wittelsbach settles in Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

On December 30th 1777 Duke Maximilian III Joseph, the last member of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach, died. By virtue of a contract signed in 1724 for the case of one Wittelsbach dynasty dying out, Karl Theodor, member of the Palatine branch of the House of Wittelsbach was the legitimate heir with claims to both the Palatine and the Bavarian possessions. After more than 400 years of division the Wittelsbach possessions could be reunited again.

Actions

A. The Wittelsbach possessions shall be united again

• Stability +1
• Pfalz will be considered a national province
• Würzburg will be considered a national province
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3617 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for Bavaria has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Control Erz
    • Control Sudeten
    • Control Silesia
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Austria owns Bohemia
    • Control Bohemia
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Austria owns Austria
    • Control Austria
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Austria owns Brabant
    • Control Brabant
• Control Bayern

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1778
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1783)
unless prevented by
Action A of 3617 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for Bavaria

Description

The War of Bavarian Succession caused by Austria's attempts to annex Straubing was a short conflict without great military action which started with a Prussian invasion of Bohemia and was terminated in May 1779 when Empress Maria Theresia forced her son Joseph II to capitulate. The peace was concluded at Teschen on 16th May 1779 and Austria settled for the small Inn district.

Actions

A. We are victorious

• +50 victory points
• +100 relations with Prussia

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 12124 - General Bonaparte First Consul for France has already occurred

Will happen on November 18, 1799

Description

Maximilian Josef Garnerin Count of Montgelas, a noble from Savoy, dominated Bavarian politics as Minister of Foreign Affairs, of Finances and of Domestic Affairs during the Napoleonic era and made it a much stronger, modern state. He was an unscrupulous, pragmatic politician and a supporter of Enlightenment. Under his influence, Bavaria betrayed the empire and allied with Napoléon, acquired territories from the Church (Würzburg and Salzburg) and from the defeated Habsburgs (Tirol and parts of Swabia) and eventually became a Kingdom in 1806. In order to strengthen the royal authority and to assimilate the new possessions, Montgelas introduced several reforms of the administration's organisation, competences and personal that have strongly affected Bavaria throughout his whole further history. Thus, he is considered the creator of modern Bavaria, although he always remained a stranger to the country and did not really understand its inhabitants or any nationalist sentiments that would have kept Bavaria away from an alliance with Napoléon.

Actions

A. Make Montgelas our Minister

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 230 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 230 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 230 months
• Innovativeness +1
• +100 relations with France
• -100 relations with Austria
• Set flag [Montgelas] for events

B. Appoint a less controversial person

• Stability +1
• +50 relations with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [Montgelas] is set

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1803
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1803)

Description

Maximilian Josef and his minister Montgelas, who both had an enlightened, anti-clerical attitude and believed in the necessity of drastic reforms from above, desired to make Bavaria an internally strong, homogenous and progressive state. After short, difficult discussions with the still powerful Bavarian estates they decided to just ignore the estates, and to gradually reduce their privileges, thus extending the Elector's power and central bureaucracy. Also, Montgelas reformed the education system, improved measurements and began the systematic dispossession of the clerus and the secularisation of administration and laws. These steps were not very well received by the rather conservative populace and especially the church, and resistance against them emerged.

Actions

A. Reform

• Stability -3
• Innovativeness +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• Centralization +2
• -200 relations with Papal States
• Aristocracy -1

B. We don't need any reforms

• Stability +1

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [Montgelas] is set
• Own Ansbach
• France owns Köln
• France owns Pfalz
• France owns Alsace

Will happen within 1 days of February 26, 1803
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1806)

Description

By the Treaty of Lunéville of 1801 the empire formally ceded everything left of the Rhine to Napoleonic France. With the princes who thereby lost territory demanding a compensation and the empire disintegrating, it was evident that the empire would need to be drastically reformed. Negotiations began in 1802, and victorious France soon tried to influence them, in order to strengthen the medium powers like Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and Hessen to be counterweights against Austria and Prussia. On February 25th an agreement was reached, the two most important decisions were the Mediatisation of all free cities except for Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck, Frankfurt, Augsburg and Nürnberg and of most small independent principalities and the Secularisation of almost all church possessions in the empire. The big countries in Southern Germany that France wanted to ally with, Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden, massively increased their territories. Bavaria received the bishoprics of Würzburg, Bamberg and Augsburg, several abbeys and twelve former imperial cities.

Actions

A. Fine

• Würzburg will be considered a national province
• +5 base tax value in the capital province
• +4 base manpower in the capital province
• +10000 population in the capital province
• +3 base tax value in Ansbach
• +2 base manpower in Ansbach
• +5000 population in Ansbach

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [Montgelas] is set
• Country has at least 3 non-colonial provinces

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1806
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1813)

Description

Montgelas, being a secret supporter of the revolution's ideas and an astute politician, seeked Napoleonic France's friendship with the goal to make Bavaria a first-rate-power at the expense of the small neighbouring principalities and especially Austria. He pursued this policy with determination and consumate skill, and achieved great successes by the Deputation of the Empire in 1803 and even more by the Peace of Pressburg signed between Napoléon and Austria. In this humiliating treaty Austria accepted the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, ceded large territories to France and Bavaria - almost all of Tyrol, the principality of Eichstädt, the margraviate of Burgau, the lordship of Vorarlberg, the countships of Hohenems and Konigsegg-Rothenfels, the lordships of Argen and Tetnang, and the city of Lindau with its territory were to be added to Bavaria - and allowed the promotion of several German allies of Napoléon to new ranks. The last was the most important term for Bavaria, since it finally gained the possibility of royal honours that so many Bavarian electors had failed to obtain before. The price which the new King Maximilian had reluctantly to pay for this triumph was the marriage of his daughter Augusta with Eugene Beauharnais and the accession to the Rhine Confederacy.

Actions

A. Finally a King's crown

• Tirol will be considered a national province
• Salzburg will be considered a national province
• +50 victory points
• +3 diplomats
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 180 months
• -100 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with France
• Gain a royal marriage with France
• Flag graphics extension set to "Kingdom"

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Event 125027 - The Kingdom of Bavaria for Bavaria has already occurred

Will happen on May 2, 1808

Description

Urged by Napoleonic France and according to his own convictions, Montgelas managed to continue his reforms, after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Bavaria. The revolutionary constitution of May 1st 1808 can be considered his, greatest political achievement, introducing equality before the law, universal liability to taxation, abolition of serfdom, liberty of conscience, and some individual constitutional safeguards in all of Bavaria. In this code, Montgelas also, expanded Bavarian laws and administration to all new territories, including also Tyrol that had always enjoyed some autonomy, under Austrian rule. Again, his policies met great opposition, particularly in the newly acquired territories.

Actions

A. Introduce the constitution in all of Bavaria

• Innovativeness +2
• Serfdom -3
• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Stability -3
• Revolt risk value in Tirol +5
• Revolt risk value in Salzburg +4
• Revolt risk value in Würzburg +3

B. Introduce the constitution, but make concessions to the new territories

• Innovativeness +2
• Serfdom -3
• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy -2
• Stability -5
• Revolt risk value in Tirol +3
• Revolt risk value in Salzburg +3

C. Stop these dangerous reforms

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +2

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 179019 - Bavaria-Straubing is granted to Habsburg for Austria

Description

In 1425 Duke Johann II the Merciless of Bavaria-Straubing (in Lower Bavaria) died and the Wittelsbach subbranch was extinct. Surprisingly, emperor Sigismund initially did not grant Straubing's possessions to one of the other Wittelsbach branches, but to Albrecht of Austria. This decision was opposed by the Wittelsbachs who claimed the former possession of their dynasty.

Actions

A. Oppose the Habsburgs and Sigismund

• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Hungary
• Ansbach will be considered a national province

B. Accept the emperor's wise decision

• Event 188002 - Sigismund reverses his decision regarding Bayern-Straubing for Hungary will never fire
• +30 relations with Austria
• +30 relations with Hungary

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3853 - The Archbishop in Cologne for Bavaria

Description

With his new throne Ernst of Wittelsbach brought Cologne into Bavaria's alliance and orbit.

Actions

A. Good!

• Gain an alliance with Cologne

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 255001 - War of Succession in Landshut for Palatinate
Action A of 179001 - The rewards of mediation for Austria

Description

On December 1st 1503 Duke Georg the Rich of Bayern-Landshut died without a male successor. Despite several treaties made in the 15th century that should secure the inheritance for Bavaria-Munich he declared his daughter Elisabeth and her husband, the palatine elector Ruprecht, heirs of his duchy. This caused a war between the palatine and the Bavarian Wittelsbach branches for the inheritance. Bavaria eventually prevailed due to support from the emperor and the Swabian League and managed to secure Landshut.

Actions

A. I werd narrisch

• +7 base tax value in the capital province
• +3 base manpower in the capital province
• +6000 population in the capital province

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 188002 - Sigismund reverses his decision regarding Bayern-Straubing for Hungary
Action A of 188003 - Death of Johann of Bavaria-Straubing for Hungary
Action B of 188001 - Death of Johann of Bavaria-Straubing for Hungary
Action A of 188004 - Death of Johann of Bavaria-Straubing for Hungary
Action B of 179019 - Bavaria-Straubing is granted to Habsburg for Austria

Description

In 1425 Duke Johann II the Merciless of Bavaria-Straubing (in Lower Bavaria) died and the Wittelsbach subbranch was extinct. Surprisingly, emperor Sigismund initially did not grant Straubing's possessions to one of the other Wittelsbach branches, but to Albrecht of Austria. This decision was opposed by the Wittelsbachs and revised in 1429 when Sigismund decided to divide it among the Bavarian Wittelsbach branches, with Bavaria-Munich getting the majority.

Actions

A. Finally

• +100 relations with Hungary
• +50 relations with Austria
• Ansbach will be considered a national province
• Break vassalization with Hungary

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Bohemia is a national (core) province of Austria

Triggered by

Action A of 3616 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Bavaria

Description

According to the Will of Joseph, Maria Theresia's grandfather, under which his son and Maria Theresia's father Karl took the throne, the Elector of Bavaria would have the legal claim to all of the Austrian domains in the Empire (as per the Salic Law which precluded royal inheritance by a woman). So, upon the death of Karl of Habsburg, Karl Albert of Wittelsbach should have been elected Emperor and legitimatedly proclaimed Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia. In facts, even in Bohemia he had a claim through a treaty stipulated with the House of Habsburg in the 16th century, successively confirmed by Leopold of Austria.

Actions

A. Great!

• Moravia will be considered a national province
• Ostmarch will be considered a national province
• Bohemia will be considered a national province
• Erz will be considered a national province
• Sudeten will be considered a national province
• Salzburg will be considered a national province
• Austria will be considered a national province
• Krain will be considered a national province
• Steiermark will be considered a national province
• Tirol will be considered a national province
• Baden will be considered a national province

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Ansbach is a national (core) province

Triggered by

Action A of 179092 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for Austria

Description

After the extinction of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Bavaria in 1777, Joseph II endeavored to strengthen the position of Austria within the Empire by exchanging territories with Charles Theodore of the Palatinate, the heir of the Bavarian throne (Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate for Lower Austria). Austria would then legitimatedly press her claims to Straubing, thereby expanding her influence into Southern Germany.

Actions

A. OK

• +30
• Cede Ansbach to Austria
• Ansbach will no longer be considered a national province
• +50 relations with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Ansbach is a national (core) province

Triggered by

Action A of 179021 - Austria recovers Straubing for Austria

Description

Despite resistance from Prussia, Austria managed to occupy and annex Straubing, thereby expanding into Southern Germany.

Actions

A. OK

• +30
• Cede Ansbach to Austria
• Ansbach will no longer be considered a national province
• +50 relations with Austria

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Bavaria is a vassal of Cologne

Triggered by

Action A of 3852 - The Bavarian Archbishops for Cologne

Description

Ernst, a member of our ruling Wittelsbach family, has been appointed Archbishop of Cologne. This means a new era of Bavarian influence there.

Actions

A. Splendid!

• Gain Cologne as vassals
• Event 125043 - Ernst of Wittelsbach succeeds to the Archbishopric for Bavaria is triggered immediately

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3207 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for Austria

Description

After the extinction of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Bavaria (1777), Joseph II endeavored to strengthen the position of Austria within the Empire. His plan to exchange territories with Charles Theodore of the Palatinate, the heir of the Bavarian throne (Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate for Lower Austria) led to the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-1779). Prussia intervened in July 1778 in what she saw as a dangerous Austrian expansion. It was a short conflict which started with a Prussian invasion of Bohemia but was terminated in May 1779s when Empress Maria Theresa forced her son Joseph II to capitulate. The peace was concluded at Teschen on 16th May 1779 and Austria settled for the small Inn district.

Actions

A. Defend the Throne

• Gain an alliance with Austria
• +50 relations with Austria
• Event 125022 - Austria is defeated for Bavaria will never fire

B. Defend Straubing against Habsburg

• Gain an alliance with Prussia
• +150 relations with Prussia
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 125040 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria
Action B of 125039 - The Bohemian throne for Bavaria

Description

Our Duke Albrecht has received the Crown of St. Wenceslas in Prague and is now King of Bohemia.

Actions

A. Great!

• Gain an alliance with Bohemia
• +150 relations with Bohemia
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 12 months

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170192 - Louis XIV threatens the balance and claims Flandern for France
Action A of 170053 - Louis XIV threatens the balance and claims Flandern for France

Description

For years Europe has been preparing for the death of childless Carlos II of Spain. He was related to several royal families in Europe, but after the death of the designated heir, Joseph Ferdinand Wittelbach of Bavaria, at the age of six, the royal houses of Austria and France had a similar claim. But both were too powerful, and the addition of the Spanish empire would make any of them unstoppable, and so candidates not destined to their thrones, Philip of Anjou and Charles Habsburg, were discussed as heirs to Carlos, and several partition agreements were negotiated. That is precisely what everybody wanted to prevent in Spain. A will was redacted and the agonizing Carlos signed it. It left the Kingdom to Philip Anjou, but it contained two crucial clauses, the condition that the crowns of France and Spain should never be held by the same person and that the Spanish possessions could not be divided. Austria, of course, rejected it, but the rest of Europe seemed to agree, as the equilibrium was not broken. But Louis misjudged the uneasiness that the rest of Europe displayed for the French expansionism, and made several mistakes after the Spanish succession. He closed the Spanish-American commerce to the English and the Dutch, he recognized James III Stuart as King of England, and French troops occupied the fortresses in Spanish Netherlands. In February, the French States had ratified the right of Philip of Anjou to the crown of France, violating the will of Carlos II. The maritime powers had the motive and the excuse, and Austria discovered that now she had allies for the war of Spanish succession. The only allies of France were the Wittelsbach: the electors of Bavaria, Cologne and Trier, and the Duke of Savoy. Maximilian II of Bavaria had been named governor of the Spanish Netherlands. The Bavarian participation in the war lasted until the battle of Blenheim in 1704, when she was knocked out of the war by a crushing defeat.

Actions

A. Support Bourbon succession to the Spanish throne

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 120 months
• +75 relations with Spain
• +75 relations with France
• -50 relations with Austria
• -25 relations with England
• -25 relations with Netherlands
• Event 202022 - The Grand Alliance for Cologne is triggered immediately

B. We don't care who inherits Spain

• -25 relations with Spain
• -25 relations with France
• +75 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with England
• +25 relations with Netherlands

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 398000 - The Hussite Wars for Romanists
Action A of 401000 - The Hussite Wars for Hussites

Description

The Czech priest and professor Jan Hus developed radical reformatory demands on the base of the teachings of John Wyclif. Despite a guarantee of safe-conduct by Emperor Sigismund, he was executed at the stake for heresy at the Council of Constance in 1415. This could however not stop the Hussite movement in Bohemia. Hus' followers were rapidly growing, and when King Vaclav IV of Bohemia died and his brother Sigismund, already Emperor and King of Hungary was to succeed him, they, unwilling to forgive him the betrayal of Hus and afraid that he would suppress them, refused to acknowledge him and gained control of most of Bohemia proper - while the lands of the Bohemian crown and the catholic part of Bohemia accepted Sigismund. Due to its radical anti-clerical and anti-feudal tendencies Hussitism posed a big threat to the church and nobility in the countries adjacent to Bohemia. Several German and European princes therefore decided to oppose the Hussites and to support Sigismund in his struggle with them that lasted for almost two decades. Should we decide to fight these heretics, we should be aware that this would be internationally regarded as an intervention in favour of Sigismund as rightful King of Bohemia rather than a war of conquest, and that therefore, if Sigismund prevails and manages to restore royal authority, we would be expected to turn over any conquests in Bohemia to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Actions

A. Express hostility

• -200 relations with Hussites
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Hussites for 120 months

B. Covertly provide aid

• -25
• +25 relations with Hussites

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Flandern is a national (core) province of Palatinate

Triggered by

Action A of 255003 - The Palatinate inherits Bavaria for Palatinate

Description

Karl Theodor acknowledged the terms of the contract, making the Palatinate a mere side country, although he loved his residence in Mannheim and felt like a stranger among strangers in Munich. After more than 400 years of division the Wittelsbach possessions were united again.

Actions

A. Fine

• Inherit the realms of Palatinate
• Pfalz will be considered a national province
• Würzburg will be considered a national province
• Centralization -1

Bavaria — Not random

Conditions

• Flandern is a national (core) province of Palatinate

Triggered by

Action A of 255003 - The Palatinate inherits Bavaria for Palatinate

Description

Karl Theodor acknowledged the terms of the contract, making the Palatinate a mere side country, although he loved his residence in Mannheim and felt like a stranger among strangers in Munich. After more than 400 years of division the Wittelsbach possessions were united again.

Actions

A. Fine

• Centralization -2
• dutch will become an accepted culture
• Pfalz will be considered a national province
• Würzburg will be considered a national province
• Holland will be considered a national province
• Zeeland will be considered a national province
• Brabant will be considered a national province
• Artois will be considered a national province
• Flandern will be considered a national province
• Luxembourg will be considered a national province
• Inherit the realms of Palatinate

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 322024 - Our duke grows old for Tyrol
Action B of 322009 - Our duke grows old for Tyrol

Description

In the last years of his rule, Sigismund of Tyrol who was influenced by corrupt advisors contemplated selling the Vorlande to the Duke of Bavaria-Munich. Bavaria has the possibility of purchasing these rich lands, however a conflict with Sigismund's Habsburg relatives, the Emperor Friedrich V and the Roman King Maximilian, who are eager to secure the Vorlande for Austria, will be likely.

Actions

A. Buy the Habsburg Vorlande

• -70
• Alsace will be considered a national province
• -200 relations with Austria
• Event 322010 - Bavaria accepts for Tyrol is triggered immediately

B. Reject the offer

• +50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Tyrol
• Event 322011 - Bavaria rejects the offer for Tyrol is triggered immediately

Bavaria — Not random

Triggered by

Action C of 129024 - The succession of Albrecht of Wittelsbach for Bohemia

Description

Bohemia has accepted the Bavarian Wittelsbachs as hereditary Kings. The crown of St. Wenceslas will be permanently ours.

Actions

A. Awesome!

• Silesia will be considered a national province
• Moravia will be considered a national province
• Bohemia will be considered a national province
• Erz will be considered a national province
• Sudeten will be considered a national province
• Inherit the realms of Bohemia
• czech will become an accepted culture

Bavaria — Random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • It is the year 1447 or later

Description

Although they were brothers or cousins, the Bavarian Wittelsbach subbranches of Munich, Landshut, Straubing and Ingolstadt were hostile towards each other and were in a state of civil war very often, leading to the temporary eclipse of Bavaria as a force in imperial politics. Neighbouring states seized Bavarian territory, and the nobles and cities ignored the authority of the dukes.

Actions

A. Fight our dishonourable relatives in Ingolstadt

• The capital province revolts
• Global revolt risk +8 for 24 months
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1

B. Try to solve the interfamilial conflict peacefully

• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +4 for 24 months

Bavaria — Random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • It is the year 1425 or later

Description

Although they were brothers or cousins, the Bavarian Wittelsbach subbranches of Munich, Landshut, Straubing and Ingolstadt were hostile towards each other and were in a state of civil war very often, leading to the temporary eclipse of Bavaria as a force in imperial politics. Neighbouring states seized Bavarian territory, and the nobles and cities ignored the authority of the dukes.

Actions

A. Fight our dishonourable relatives in Straubing

• The capital province revolts
• Global revolt risk +8 for 24 months
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1

B. Try to solve the interfamilial conflict peacefully

• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +4 for 24 months

Bavaria — Random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Event 125006 - War of Succession in Landshut for Bavaria has already occurred

Description

Although they were brothers or cousins, the Bavarian Wittelsbach subbranches of Munich, Landshut, Straubing and Ingolstadt were hostile towards each other and were in a state of civil war very often, leading to the temporary eclipse of Bavaria as a force in imperial politics. Neighbouring states seized Bavarian territory, and the nobles and cities ignored the authority of the dukes.

Actions

A. Fight our dishonourable relatives in Landshut

• The capital province revolts
• Global revolt risk +10 for 24 months
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1

B. Try to solve the interfamilial conflict peacefully

• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +5 for 24 months