Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Event 170307 - Treaty of Arras for France has already occurred
• Cleves and Burgundy have a royal marriage
• Relations with Burgundy are at 100 or higher

Will happen within 50 days of September 2, 1435
Checked again every 50 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1436)

Description

In 1435 Philip the Good of Burgundy switched sides in the Hundred Years War when he declared his support for Charles VII in the Treaty of Arras. To strengthen the ties between Burgundy and France and to seal the peace symbolically he arranged a marriage between Charles d'Orléans, who had been Burgundy's arch-enemy for a long time as the leader of the Armagnac party, and his niece Maria of Kleve, the daughter of Duke Adolf, his close ally and relative. Thereby, Kleve was a key factor in the settlement of the Hundred Years War.

Actions

A. Fine

• Gain a royal marriage with France
• +50 relations with France
• -50 relations with England
• +20 relations with Burgundy

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Relations with Papal States are at 50 or higher

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1489
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1489)

Description

Although he did not think too highly of chastity, Duke Johann II received the surname the Pious, certainly not because of his character, but due to his favourable politic regarding the church, granting them a lot of privileges and advantages. As a reward, he was awarded the Golden Rose by Pope Innocentius VIII in 1489.

Actions

A. Thank you, your holiness

• +50 relations with Papal States
• +30 relations with Mainz
• +30 relations with Berg
• +30 relations with Bremen
• +5 victory points

Cleves — Not random

Will happen within 1500 days of January 2, 1490
Checked again every 1500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1501)

Description

Duke Johann II had a very extravagant way of life. He permanently waged war and loved luxury, but his biggest problem was due to his extraordinary potency. Beside three legitimate children he produced 62 bastards. In order to be able to support all of them, he had to mortgage a part of his possessions, and he still was in financial troubles.

Actions

A. Support all illegitimate children

• -150
• -1 base tax value in the capital province
• Centralization -1
• +65 population in the capital province

B. Refuse to pay for the Duke's bastards

• Stability -3
• Event 200004 - Control is imposed on the Duke for Cleves will never fire

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Event 200003 - Johann II's bastards for Cleves has already occurred

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1501
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1501)
unless prevented by
Action B of 200003 - Johann II's bastards for Cleves

Description

Johann II's incompetent rule hurted Kleve pretty much. While his two predecessors had improved the economy, were successful militarily and expanded the Duchy's possessions, Johann's policies failed almost completely. In 1501, the estates had seen enough and forced the Duke to allow the establishment of a council that controlled the administration and the appointment of a financial advisor.

Actions

A. Fulfil the estates' demands

• Stability +1
• Aristocracy +2
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 240 months

B. Don't give in to the estates

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

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Country is controlled by human
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Country is controlled by AI
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Event 235002 - The succession in Jülich-Berg for Berg has already occurred
      • Event 235003 - The succession in Jülich-Berg for Berg has already occurred
      • Event 235004 - The succession in Jülich-Berg for Berg has already occurred
• Berg exists

Will happen on January 16, 1521

Description

It had always been a primary goal of the Dukes of Kleve and Mark to unite their possessions with the duchies of Berg and Jülich, thereby creating a coherent territorial state in the low rhine area. This union was realised in the early 16th century. It was prepared on November 25th 1496 when the estates of both countries and Duke Wilhelm IV of Jüülich-Berg agreed to a marriage between the future Duke of Kleve, Johann, and Wilhelm's only child Maria. In 1510 the couple was finally married and succeeded in Jülich-Berg in 1511. The union was complete when Duke Johann of Kleve died in 1521 and Kleve, Mark, Berg, Jülich and Ravensberg had the same ruler in Johann.

Actions

A. Unite the low rhine duchies

• Kleves will be considered a national province
• Inherit the realms of Berg

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Country is controlled by AI
• Event 235008 - The succession in Jülich-Berg for Berg has already occurred
• Berg exists

Will happen on January 16, 1521

Description

It had always been a primary goal of the Dukes of Kleve and Mark to unite their possessions with the duchies of Berg and Jülich, thereby creating a coherent territorial state in the low rhine area. This union was realised in the early 16th century. It was prepared on November 25th 1496 when the estates of both countries and Duke Wilhelm IV of Jüülich-Berg agreed to a marriage between the future Duke of Kleve, Johann, and Wilhelm's only child Maria. In 1510 the couple was finally married and succeeded in Jülich-Berg in 1511. The union was complete when Duke Johann of Kleve died in 1521 and Kleve, Mark, Berg, Jülich and Ravensberg had the same ruler in Johann.

Actions

A. Unite with Jülich-Berg (End Game)

• Event 235009 - Union with Kleve-Mark for Berg is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of September 2, 1523
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1523)

Description

In 1523 Duke Johann III of Kleve appointed the famous humanist Konrad Heresbach teacher of his son and successor Wilhelm. Heresbach had become professor for Greek at the University of Freiburg at the age of 26, and was a renowned supporter of tolerance and innovativeness, in contact with Erasmus of Rotterdam and Philipp Melanchton. He educated Wilhelm according to humanist ideals, making him a well-educated, philanthropic prince.

Actions

A. Let Heresbach educate Wilhelm

• Innovativeness +1
• -25 relations with Papal States

B. Don't allow him to teach his dangerous thoughts to the future Duke

• Innovativeness -1
• Event 200007 - The church constitution of 1532 for Cleves will never fire
• Event 200010 - Konrad Heresbach becomes ducal adviser for Cleves will never fire

Cleves — 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 France
• +50 relations with England
• +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 Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• +100 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
• +50 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Strasburg

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Innovativeness is at 5 or higher

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1532
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1532)
unless prevented by
Action B of 200009 - Konrad Heresbach for Cleves

Description

Inspired by humanist teachings, Duke Johann III of Kleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg tried to find a third way between catholicism and protestantism, reconciling the confessions. In cooperation with the humanists Johann Weyer and Konrad Heresbach (and probably as well Erasmus) he worked out a church constitution in which he ordered tolerance for all Christian confessions and even prohibited arguments between catholics and protestants. Neither catholics nor protestants outside the United Duchies approved this, and Kleve was not able to maintain this policy for a long time since it was isolated.

Actions

A. Try to find a third way

• Innovativeness +2
• Stability +1
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Spain

B. Embrace protestant teachings

• Stability -2
• Religion in the capital province changes to protestant
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Hesse

C. Stick with a conservative catholicism

• Stability -1
• Religion in the capital province changes to catholic
• Change religion to catholic
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Hesse
• Innovativeness -1

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Own Münster

Will happen within 360 days of February 2, 1534
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1535)

Description

Anabaptism is considered to be an extreme form of radical Protestantism. The Zwickau Prophets and Thomas Müntzer were the very first Anabaptists of all time, though some scholars believe that similar doctrines can be found on John Wycliffe and Jan Hus. Anabaptists were distinguishable because of their belief that child baptism was a sin. Consequently they only baptized adults, believing that being a Christian had to be a mature thorough decision. Rejecting salvation only by faith such as Luther claimed (Romans 1.17), Anabaptists also believed a model life in Christ imitation was necessary to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The first Anabaptist movements, such as that of Müntzer, were characterized by millenarist violence. Millenarism theologists claimed to have come to Earth to reform all customs and to prepare it for the imminent arrival of the Mesiah. Münster was by 1530's was a multi-confessional city, and as such, many Anabaptists from all over Rhineland flocked to it. Among their leaders were Jan van Leyden, Bernard Knipperdolling, Bernard Rothmann and Jan Matthys. After installing communism and polygamy, Jan van Leyden was crowned King of Münster and invited Dutch and German Anabaptists to join the city. Unfortunately the Bishop had already started the siege which lasted more than a year. Many foreigners were arrested in the proximity ad savagely tortured by catholic and protestant troops. After a large starve and desperation, two soldiers finally opened the city doors and let the Bishop's troops start the horrible massacre.

Actions

A. Let the Kingdom of Heaven come to our city!

• Münster revolts
• Münster revolts
• Münster revolts
• Global revolt risk +10 for 18 months
• Innovativeness -3
• Event 200023 - Münster's siege for Cleves is triggered immediately

B. Drown the heretics

• Global revolt risk -1 for 6 months
• +25
• Innovativeness -1
• -250 population in Münster

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 75006 - Wilhelm was elected Duke of Guelders for Cleves has already occurred
  • Event 75011 - Wilhelm was elected Duke of Guelders for Cleves has already occurred
• Spain is a neighbor

Will happen within 5 days of January 2, 1539
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1560)

Description

Despite some initial successes and support from France, Kleve could not hold the Duchy of Guelders for long in their war against Habsburg. Spanish elite troops that had just completed a campaign in North Africa decided the war and committed terrible massacres among the populace. Wilhelm V eventually resigned and accepted the Treaty of Venlo, forcing him to revoke his claim on Guelders forever, to cancel all the religious reforms he and his father had enacted and to end his alliance with France, on September 7th 1543.

Actions

A. Sign the treaty

• Geldre will no longer be considered a national province
• +100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with France
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• Innovativeness -2
• Change religion to catholic

B. Reject the treaty

• -200 relations with Spain
• Start a war with Spain
• +100 relations with France
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Event 75013 - Wilhelm was elected Duke of Guelders for Cleves has already occurred
• France owns Geldre

Will happen within 5 days of January 2, 1539
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1560)

Description

Despite some initial successes, Kleve could not hold the Duchy of Guelders for long in their war against France. Wilhelm V eventually resigned and accepted the Treaty of Venlo, forcing him to revoke his claim on Guelders forever and to cancel all the religious reforms he and his father had enacted, on September 7th 1543.

Actions

A. Sign the treaty

• Geldre will no longer be considered a national province
• +100 relations with France
• -100 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• Innovativeness -2
• Change religion to catholic

B. Reject the treaty

• -200 relations with France
• Start a war with France
• +100 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate

Cleves — Not random

Will happen on February 7, 1539
unless prevented by
Action B of 200009 - Konrad Heresbach for Cleves

Description

When Wilhelm V ascended the throne in 1539, he did not want to loose the services of his valuable teacher and friend Konrad Heresbach. Therefore he appointed him ducal adviser. Heresbach was particularly skilled as a diplomat, travelling to several european courts for his Duke, but he also engaged in the improvement of agricultural productivity, the securing of religious tolerance, the reform of the law system and especially the promotion of education in Kleve.

Actions

A. Appoint Heresbach adviser

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 444 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +1 for 444 months
• Infrastructure tech investment: +50

B. Get rid of Heresbach

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

Cleves — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1548
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1548)

Description

Alessandro Pasqualini was born in Bologna on May 5th 1493. He grew up and studied in Bologna and Rome, getting in touch with the architecture of Raffael, Peruzzi and Bramante there. After completing his studies and becoming an architect, he worked for several different noble clients, constructing civil, sacral and military buildings, and gained a reputation as an progressive humanist architect, until he was attracted to the court of Wilhelm of Kleve. In the United Duchies, he oversaw several projects, but the most notable one was the reconstruction of the city of Jülich from scratch after it had burned down in 1547, making it exemplary for renaissance architecture. After his death in 1559, his sons Massimiliano and Giovanni continued his work and the Pasqualini dynasty served the Dukes of Kleve until the 17th century.

Actions

A. Pay Pasqualini

• -40
• Infrastructure tech investment: +60
• +5 victory points

B. We don't need him

• -5 victory points

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Innovativeness is at 4 or higher
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is reformed
  • State religion is protestant

Will happen within 200 days of March 2, 1552
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 2, 1553)

Description

Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), Latin name of Gerhard Kremer, was a Flemish cartographer, geographer and, mathematician best known for his mapping work, especially the Mercator projection, which used straight lines to indicate, latitude and longitude. Mercator studied in Leuven, Belgium, under Gemma Frisius, and in 1552 he became a mapmaker and lecturer at the University of Duisburg, in the dominion of the Duke of Kleve, where he gladly moved since as a calvinist he had to fear religious persecution in the Netherlands. His map of Europe (published in 1554) was the best of its kind for many decades. He produced a map of the British Isles in 1564 and in the same year was made court cosmographer of Duke Wilhelm of Kleve.

Actions

A. Great!

• Naval tech investment: +150

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 337028 - Edict of Blood for Friesen has already occurred
  • Event 337029 - Edict of Blood for Geldre has already occurred
  • Event 337030 - Edict of Blood for Holland has already occurred
  • Event 337031 - Edict of Blood for Zeeland has already occurred
  • Event 337032 - Edict of Blood for Luxembourg has already occurred
  • Event 337033 - Edict of Blood for Brabant has already occurred
  • Event 337034 - Edict of Blood for Artois has already occurred
  • Event 337035 - Edict of Blood for Flandern has already occurred
• Innovativeness is at 5 or higher

Will happen within 600 days of January 2, 1565
Checked again every 600 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1580)
unless prevented by
Action A of 137038 - Mary's suitors: the Duke of Cleves and Mark for Burgundy

Description

Many Dutch calvinists fleed from repression and persecution in their homecountry. The neighbouring United Duchies of Kleve, Berg, Jülich, Mark and Ravensberg were one of the most common direction for them, since its Dukes always practiced tolerance towards their confession. Kleve greatly profited from these refugees, among which were skilled craftsmen and wealthy merchants who provided Kleve with their precious knowledge and abilities, and the country's economy was greatly strengthened.

Actions

A. Grant asylum to the Dutch calvinists

• +4000 population in Kleves
• +1 base tax value in Kleves
• Trade tech investment: +200
• Naval tech investment: +100
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Burgundy
• -50 relations with Austria

B. Don't accept the Dutch calvinists

• Stability +1
• +100 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Burgundy
• Innovativeness -1

Cleves — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1566
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1566)

Description

In 1566, Duke Wilhelm V of Kleve suffered several strokes, leaving him with a paralysed tongue and right hand and a broken spinal columm. He was thus unable to rule his Duchies and he just pined away for the last two decades of his life. When his exceptionally talented son Karl Friedrich who was educated at the court in Vienna died prematurely of smallpox on February 9th 1575 and the younger son Johann Wilhelm showed corporal weakness and mental retardedness, the country was in a desolate situation. The United Duchies were effectively ruled by the estates from 1566 to 1592.

Actions

A. Damn!

• Monarch's administrative skill -4 for 320 months
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 320 months
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 320 months
• Stability -3
• Aristocracy +2
• Centralization -1
• Serfdom +1

Cleves — Not random

Will happen within 100 days of January 2, 1589
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1589)

Description

While Duke Wilhelm V was still alive in 1589, nobody really cared for him. The estates ruled the United Duchies arbitrarily and without much interest in the country's fate. The only person who seemed capable of saving Kleve was Wilhelm's son Johann Wilhelm, born in 1562. However, the young man never seemed to be able to live up to the expectation, and things got even worse when he started to show signs of insanity in 1589: he was paranoid, very irascible and completely unpredictable in his behaviour.

Actions

A. Ouch!

• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +5 for 120 months
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• Serfdom +1

Cleves — Not random

Will happen on September 4, 1595

Description

With her husband a madman and his lands sinking into anarchy, Duchess Jakoba, who was a princess from Baden, tried to take control of Kleve to save it. However, she had unscrupulous enemies in the nobility controlling the Duchies and especially in the Duke's sister, Sybille, who envied her for her beauty and suspected her of protestantism. Sybille sent a letter to the emperor in which she accused Jakoba of heresy, fornication and depravity, and got her arrested on May 8th 1595. On September 3rd 1597, When the emperor did not seem likely to condemn Jakoba, Sybille entered her chamber and strangled. This outrageous crime was never punished.

Actions

A. Jakoba is murdered

• Stability +1
• Aristocracy +1

B. Jakoba escapes and takes control of Kleve

• The capital province revolts
• Stability -2
• Global revolt risk +3 for 60 months
• Monarch Jakoba von Baden ° becomes active
• Aristocracy -2
• Centralization +2
• Serfdom -1

Cleves — 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

Cleves — 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 Bavaria
• +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

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists
• Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief. The protestant princes of Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg however, encouraged by the Evangelic Union, France and the Netherlands, managed to agree on a common administration in order to fight off all other claimants. They proclaimed complete religious toleration for all Christian confessions in the Duchies and were acknowledged by the Estates in Jule 1609. A more permanent solution was to be agreed on later...

Actions

A. Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg seize the Duchies

• Event 132201 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Set flag [historical_succession] for events
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3

B. The Elector of Saxony inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 273031 - Inheritance of Cleves for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

C. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

D. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief. The protestant princes of Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg however, encouraged by the Evangelic Union, France and the Netherlands, managed to agree on a common administration in order to fight off all other claimants. They proclaimed complete religious toleration for all Christian confessions in the Duchies and were acknowledged by the Estates in Jule 1609. A more permanent solution was to be agreed on later...

Actions

A. Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg seize the Duchies

• Event 132201 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Set flag [historical_succession] for events

B. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

C. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists
• Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. The protestant husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm, has managed to seize the Duchies with support from the Netherlands, France and the Evangelic Union. His claim is disputed by the Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony who consider themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several ancient treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, who declares both female succession and the treaties invalid and intends to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

B. The Elector of Saxony inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 273031 - Inheritance of Cleves for Saxony is triggered immediately

C. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

D. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. The protestant husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm, has managed to seize the Duchies with support from the Netherlands, France and the Evangelic Union. His claim is disputed by the Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony who consider themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several ancient treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, who declares both female succession and the treaties invalid and intends to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne

B. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

C. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists
• Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. The Elector of Brandenburg inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 132203 - Inheritance of Cleves for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

B. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

C. The Elector of Saxony inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 273031 - Inheritance of Cleves for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

D. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. The Elector of Brandenburg inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 132203 - Inheritance of Cleves for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

B. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

C. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

D. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 132202 - The Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists
• Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. The protestant husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm, has managed to seize the Duchies with support from the Netherlands, France and the Evangelic Union. His claim is disputed by the Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony who consider themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several ancient treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, who declares both female succession and the treaties invalid and intends to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

B. The Elector of Saxony inherits (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 273031 - Inheritance of Cleves for Saxony is triggered immediately

C. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

D. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 273032 - The Cleves succession for Saxony is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony exists

Will happen on March 25, 1609

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. The protestant husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm, has managed to seize the Duchies with support from the Netherlands, France and the Evangelic Union. His claim is disputed by the Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony who consider themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several ancient treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, who declares both female succession and the treaties invalid and intends to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief.

Actions

A. Palatinate-Neuburg inherits

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Change religion to protestant
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• Stability +3
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Palatinate
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne

B. Cleves-Nevers inherits

• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Set flag [Nevers] for events
• Event 170031 - Nevers-Rethel inherits Cleves for France is triggered immediately
• Change religion to catholic
• Stability -3

C. The Emperor seizes the Duchies (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Event 179202 - Confiscation of Cleves for Austria is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [historical_succession] is set
• Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists

Will happen on November 15, 1614

Description

The agreement between Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg did not last long. Both parties still were keen on securing the whole inheritance for themselves, and soon disagreements on fiscal, personal and administrative matters arose. In order to secure support for their cause, they both prepared religious conversions. While Ernst, the brother of the Elector who represented him in the Duchies, became reformed in 1610 and the Elector himself adapted Calvinism at the urge of his Dutch and Palatine allies in 1613, Wolfgang Wilhelm of Palatinate-Neuburg began secret negotiations with the Emperor and his Wittelsbach relatives in Bavaria and Cologne. He was eventually convinced to convert to Catholicism, first secretly in Munich in summer 1613 and openly on May 16th 1614 in Düsseldorf. These two conversions almost immediately caused the Dutch and Spanish, acting in the interest of their respective new coreligionists, to invade the Duchies. The stage was set for a huge religious war. Afraid of the consequences of such a conflict, Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg concluded a tentative treaty of partition in the city of Xanten on November 14th 1614. Neuburg received Jülich and Berg, Brandenburg got Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg. Nevertheless, the succession was not finally settled until 1672, and even thereafter both of them continued to claim the whole inheritance.

Actions

A. Partition the Duchies

• Change religion to counterreform
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Break vassalization with Brandenburg
• Stability +4
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Cologne
• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Event 132204 - Treaty of Xanten for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Cede Geldre to Brandenburg
• Cede Hannover to Brandenburg
• Cede Magdeburg to Brandenburg
• Cede Sachsen to Brandenburg
• Cede Anhalt to Brandenburg
• Cede Hessen to Brandenburg
• Cede Oldenburg to Brandenburg
• Cede Bremen to Brandenburg
• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne

B. Brandenburg gets everything (End Game)

• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands
• Cede Luxembourg to Netherlands
• Cede Brabant to Netherlands
• Cede Artois to Netherlands
• Cede Flandern to Netherlands
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Hanover
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Event 132203 - Inheritance of Cleves for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

C. Palatinate-Neuburg gets everything

• Change religion to counterreform
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Break vassalization with Brandenburg
• Start a war with Brandenburg
• Stability -3
• A random province revolts
• Lose 8000 troops in a random province
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Cologne
• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Event 132205 - War over the Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [historical_succession] is set
• The following must not occur:
  • Country has at least 2 non-colonial provinces
• Brandenburg exists

Will happen on November 15, 1614

Description

The agreement between Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg did not last long. Both parties still were keen on securing the whole inheritance for themselves, and soon disagreements on fiscal, personal and administrative matters arose. In order to secure support for their cause, they both prepared religious conversions. While Ernst, the brother of the Elector who represented him in the Duchies, became reformed in 1610 and the Elector himself adapted Calvinism at the urge of his Dutch and Palatine allies in 1613, Wolfgang Wilhelm of Palatinate-Neuburg began secret negotiations with the Emperor and his Wittelsbach relatives in Bavaria and Cologne. He was eventually convinced to convert to Catholicism, first secretly in Munich in summer 1613 and openly on May 16th 1614 in Düsseldorf. These two conversions almost immediately caused the Dutch and Spanish, acting in the interest of their respective new coreligionists, to invade the Duchies. It's upon us to decide who will prevail and get the inheritance, so how do we choose?

Actions

A. Brandenburg gets everything (End Game)

• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Event 132203 - Inheritance of Cleves for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

B. Palatinate-Neuburg gets everything

• Change religion to counterreform
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Break vassalization with Brandenburg
• Start a war with Brandenburg
• Stability -3
• A random province revolts
• Lose 8000 troops in a random province
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Cologne
• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Grant independence to Cologne
• Event 132205 - War over the Cleves succession for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• Flag [historical_succession] is set
• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists

Will happen on November 15, 1614

Description

Since the Elector of Brandenburg has lost his hereditary lands, he is in no more position, to oppose succession of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Palatinate-Neuburg to the Duchies of Jülich, Cleves and Berg.

Actions

A. Palatinate-Neuburg gets everything

• Change religion to counterreform
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Berg
• Stability -3
• A random province revolts
• Lose 10000 troops in a random province
• Gain a royal marriage with Bavaria
• Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Cologne
• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Grant independence to Cologne

Cleves — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Joachim Murat is active
  • Monarch Comte de Beugnot is active
  • Monarch Louis-Napoléon is active
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • France owns Kleves
    • France controls Kleves
  • Berg is a vassal of France
  • Own Kleves
• The following must not occur:
  • Cleves and France are at war

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1806
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

Emperor Napoléon wanted to reward his most loyal general and brother-in-law, Joachim Murat, giving him the territories of Berg-Jülich and Cleves to administer with the title of Grand Duke of Berg-Cleves according to the French imperial directives.

Actions

A. Good!

• Inherit the realms of Berg
• Event 170224 - The vassal-state of Berg-Cleves for France is triggered immediately

Berg — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Joachim Murat is active

Will happen within 1 days of April 25, 1806
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after July 30, 1808)

Description

After he had become Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, Joachim Murat soon introduced an administration similar to the French. In a decree from April 24th 1806 he created a centralised administration and completely merged Kleve and Berg, on April 30th all tolls and limitations on trade with France were abolished and replaced by a system favouring France and hurting Berg's economy and on August 8th the Grand Duchy was divided into eight arrondissements.

Actions

A. Reform the administration

• Centralization +3
• Mercantilism +3

Berg — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Louis-Napoléon is active

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1810
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1813)

Description

On January 1st 1810 the Code Napoléon was enacted in the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves. Thus, in the country of Louis-Napoléon the last remaints of feudalism were crushed and the ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity fixed.

Actions

A. Enact the Code civil

• Serfdom -3
• Aristocracy -4
• Innovativeness +3

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 28006 - King Philip for Burgundy

Description

The Emperor has made Philip the Good of Burgundy King of Lotharingia, reviving the ninth century Kingdom of Lothar. The emperor has granted some of our lands to Burgundy!

Actions

A. Damn!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Burgundy for 2500 months
• -50 relations with Austria
• +6000 cavalry in the capital province

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 200001 - The Feud of Soest for Cleves

Description

Johann, the oldest son of Duke Adolf of Kleve and Mark, was educated at the burgundian court, with his uncle Philip the Good his mentor and advisor. Besides a sense for culture and sciences, he received an excellent military education that should prove very useful in the Feud of Soest. When the conflict started, his father appointed him commander of the clevian troops and sent him to Soest with 2400 foot and 800 mounted soldiers. On the way, Johann occupied the city of Xanten and still arrived in Soest much faster than the archbishop of Cologne had expected. There he took Soest's oath of allegiance and started to prepare the defense of the Westphalian towns. In the feud, he used fire arms very efficiently, as the first military leader. Vauban and Clausewitz consider the Feud of Soest as the birth of artillery as an effective weapon. After the victories against Cologne's bohemian mercenaries at Soest and Lippstadt that were achieved with a great amount of artillery he was called the Lion of Lippstadt and Soest.

Actions

A. Send Johann to Soest

• Land tech investment: +200
• +2400 infantry in the capital province
• +800 cavalry in the capital province
• +10 artillery in the capital province

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 200021 - Münster Anabaptist Revolt for Cleves

Description

When more than a year of continuous siege had passed and food started to scarce in the city, women, children and elder people were driven off the city and to the hand of Bishop's troops. This proved to be a wrong decision, as the mercenaries mercilessly killed them. It wasn't too long before desertions started to weaken Anabaptist troops, and in June 1535, two men opened one of the city walls to enemy troops. All defenders were slaughtered and the city taken back by his old Master, abruptly finishing more than one and a half year of Anabaptist rule.

Actions

A. Assault city walls!

• +10000 infantry in Münster
• +5000 cavalry in Münster
• +20 artillery in Münster
• -300 population in Münster
• Global revolt risk -2 for 48 months
• +100
• Stability -1
• Innovativeness +2

B. Let this people be

• Religion in Münster changes to reformed
• Innovativeness +4
• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +7 for 48 months
• -150 relations with Austria
• -200 relations with Papal States
• +25 relations with Guelders
• -150 relations with Spain

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 137042 - The succession of Archduchess Mary for Burgundy
Action A of 137041 - The succession of Archduchess Mary for Burgundy

Description

On 27 March 1482 Archuchess Marie incidentally fell from her horse while at hunting with a falcon in the surroundings of Bruges and died from injuries sustained. Although before dying she managed to have her husband Johann be recognized from the cities in the Low Countries as legitimate successor to the throne of Burgundy, opposition was strong in the Valois ancestral lands of Bourgogne. The new driven ducal policy, also conducted by the successors to the throne, was more focused to encourage the development of the thriving merchant cities in the Low Countries and the Rhineland.

Actions

A. We will rule over Burgundy

• +50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with France
• dutch will become an accepted culture
• 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 Burgundy
• Set flag [DutchClaim] for events

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 202000 - The Feud of Soest for Cologne

Description

In the Feud of Soest that lasted from 1444 to 1449 the westphalian town of Soest, which was then among the biggest and richest cities of Germany, backed by Cologne's old enemy, the Duke of Kleve, managed to maintain its liberty against the claims of Archbishop Dietrich of Cologne. Like many other territorial princes of his time, the archbishop tried to consolidate his rule and to extend it according to the principles of roman law against the resistance of the Westphalian cities. A great part of former episcopal authority had been granted to the westphalian towns by incompetent archbishops, or outright assumed by the town councils. Thereby, so argumented the council of Soest, it became part of the town's liberty charter. The archbishop's desire to recover his old rights therefore seemed to be an attack on Soest's very existance. The town opposed these policies by accepting the Duke of Kleve and Mark as its new overlord on June 5th 1444. Kleve had been struggling for hegemony in the region with the colonian archbishops for a long time, and they took this chance to win a useful ally. The Duke confirmed Soest's privileges and granted new ones to them. This sparked a feud between the Archbishop and the Duke, which soon turned into major war with Burgundy, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Lippstadt, Hohenstein, Hoya and Lippe supporting Kleve and Bavaria, Saxony, Nassau and Brandenburg on Cologne's side. At the peak of the conflict, both factions fielded over 100000 soldiers. The possessions of Kleve and Cologne were severely devastated and depopulated. The turning point was when a bohemian mercenary army recruited by the Archbishop failed to take Soest and Lippstadt in 1447. Johann of Kleve, the son of the Duke who led the klevian army, then managed to convince the Bohemians to stop fighting. The feud ended with the decision of Pope Nicolas in favour of Kleve in 1449 that both sides had agreed to accept at a congress in Maastricht.

Actions

A. Defend Soest against those preposterous claims

• Centralization -1
• +1000 population in the capital province
• +1 base manpower in the capital province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Cologne for 60 months
• +50 relations with Burgundy
• +50 relations with Berg
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Saxony
• Event 200002 - Johann, the Lion of Lippstadt and Soest for Cleves is triggered immediately

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3127 - Chambers of Reunion for France

Description

The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). The continued French claims and expansion to the detriment of the Habsburg possessions and the German states of the Empire led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686).

Actions

A. Defy French claims

• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Baden
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Palatinate

B. Ignore it

• +50 relations with France
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Hanover
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Palatinate

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170222 - The creation of the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves for France

Description

Although Napoléon had originally only claimed the left bank of the Rhine for France, which he had achieved by the peace of Campoformio in 1797, he forced Bavaria to cede Berg and Jülich in 1806 and took Kleve from Prussia in 1805. To maintain at least the impression of legitimacy, he did not directly annex these territories to France, but chose to bestow them upon his loyal general Joachim Murat as independent 'Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves' with its capital in Kleve instead.

Actions

A. Vive l'Empereur !

• Flag graphics extension set to "Murat"
• Monarch Adolf IV * will never rule
• Monarch Joachim Murat becomes active
• Monarch Comte de Beugnot becomes active
• Monarch Louis-Napoléon becomes active
• german will no longer be an accepted culture
• french will become an accepted culture
• +300 relations with France
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Tuscany
• +100 relations with Naples
• +100 relations with Italy
• Kleves will be considered a national province

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 137042 - The succession of Archduchess Mary for Burgundy

Description

On 27 March 1482 Archuchess Marie incidentally fell from her horse while at hunting with a falcon in the surroundings of Bruges and died from injuries sustained. Although before dying she managed to have her husband Johann be recognized from the cities in the Low Countries as legitimate successor to the throne of Burgundy, opposition was strong in the Valois ancestral lands of Bourgogne. But in order to keep his right to the Burgundian succession as new Archduke of Burgundy Johann of Kleve-Mark decided to annex Cleves.

Actions

A. Accept Mary's will (End Game)

• Event 137045 - Cleves unified with Burgundy for Burgundy is triggered immediately
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province

B. Cleves cannot accept this

• Stability -2
• A random province revolts

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 137038 - Mary's suitors: the Duke of Cleves and Mark for Burgundy

Description

Mary of Valois was the only daughter of Charles le Téméraire (Charles the Bold) and so heiress of all the rich Burgundian domains from the Saone River up to the Low Countries. After her father prematurely died, Mary was only nineteen and Louis XI of France seized the opportunity to take possession of the duchy of Burgundy and also of Franche-Comté, Picardie and Artois. He justified his military intervention with the fact that these lands had always been fiefs to the French crown and that with Charles' death, the last member of the French Valois dynasty they had 'de facto', according to the salic law, reverted to France. But the choice of which prince should marry the duchess would be of particular importance for the future political and economical stability of Western Europe, so he urged Mary to accept his son, the Dauphin Charles, as husband, in order to secure the inheritance of the Low Countries for his descendants too, even by force of arms if necessary. Mary, however, distrusted Louis and declined any French support and offer of marriage but, in order to be recognized as legitimate ruler over the Low Countries and to get financial and military help of Flemish cities against the French aggression, she made so great concessions as to reduce the Burgundian states effectively to a sort of federation of provinces. Satisfied that the country was sufficiently weakened and disorganized, Louis XI ordered his army into Artois and Hainault, but the imminence of danger seemed to revive in the Burgundian provinces a spirit of loyalty towards the Valois heiress and arrangements were made for the marriage of Mary with Johann von Kleve-Mark, son of Duke Johann I der Kriegerische who would provide substantial diplomatic and military resources to withstand any French aggression.

Actions

A. The destiny of Low Countries is in our hands

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 60 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 24 months
• +300 relations with Burgundy

Berg — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Louis-Napoléon is active

Triggered by

Action A of 170128 - The restoration of the European monarchies for France

Description

The Congress of Vienna brought Europe back to its boundaries before the French Revolution. Only the former Republics of Genoa and Venice weren't granted the restoration of their pre-revolutionary governments. Since any sort of socalled Republic was now the most hated by all the monarchies of the restoration, they were respectively given to Savoy as to form a medium buffer state against France and to Austria as to strengthen her position in Southern Europe.

Actions

A. OK

• Flag graphics set to default
• Monarch Louis-Napoléon will never rule
• Monarch Maximilian Josef * becomes active
• german will become an accepted culture
• french will no longer be an accepted culture

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 75005 - Death of Charles of Egmont for Guelders

Description

Our Duke Wilhelm was elected Duke by the estates of Guelders. If we accept the election, we can increase our territory significantly, but it will probably infuriate the Habsburgs who claim the Duchy, too.

Actions

A. Ignore the Habsburgs and accept the election

• Inherit the realms of Guelders
• Geldre will be considered a national province
• Event 75007 - Cleves inherited Guelders for Spain is triggered immediately

B. Let the Habsburgs have it (and avoid a conflict)

• Event 75008 - Habsburg inherits Guelders for Spain is triggered immediately
• +100 relations with Spain
• Stability -1

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 75010 - Death of Charles of Egmont for Guelders

Description

Our Duke Wilhelm was elected Duke by the estates of Guelders. This is a great opportunity to increase our territory and to connect Kleve with Jülich.

Actions

A. Accept the election

• Inherit the realms of Guelders
• Geldre will be considered a national province

Cleves — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 75012 - Death of Charles of Egmont for Guelders

Description

Our Duke Wilhelm was elected Duke by the estates of Guelders. If we accept the election, we can increase our territory significantly, but it will probably infuriate the King of France who claims the Duchy, too.

Actions

A. Ignore France and accept the election

• Inherit the realms of Guelders
• Geldre will be considered a national province
• Event 75014 - Cleves inherited Guelders for France is triggered immediately

B. Let France have it (and avoid a conflict)

• Event 75015 - France inherits Guelders for France is triggered immediately
• +100 relations with France
• Stability -1