Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 251034 - Anarchy in the Legations for Papal States has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Papal States and Naples are at war

Will happen within 20 days of September 26, 1419
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after November 26, 1419)
unless prevented by
Action B of 251034 - Anarchy in the Legations for Papal States

Description

Entering his dominions, the Pope's first task was to restore the State of the Church to the prosperity and order to which it had become a stranger. In doing this he tried to gain external political support which he eventually obtained from Giovanna II of the House of Anjou-Durazzo and Queen of Naples, also known as Giovannetta or the 'Queen-Bee' for her dissolute life. In exchange for the repossession of the Papal territories, which her brother Ladislao formerly occupied when Rome had no ruler, Giovanna was legitimately enthroned Queen of Naples by the Pope in a solemn ceremony held in the city of Naples on 28 October 1419. But the Pope desperately needed troops to bring back the order over the territories of the Papal Legations in Umbria, Marche and Romagna, where the populations rebelled thanks to the abuses perpetrated by Braccio da Montone's mercenaries, and asked Giovanna II for help.

Actions

A. Help the Pope

• +50 relations with Papal States
• -20
• Event 251035 - The Neapolitan support for Papal States is triggered immediately

B. Ignore the Papal call

• -50 relations with Papal States
• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Papal States
  Break vassalization with Papal States
• Event 251106 - The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 239010 - The Pope requests more troops for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 251034 - Anarchy in the Legations for Papal States has already occurred
• Papal States owns Roma
• Papal States owns Marche
• The following must not occur:
  • Papal States and Naples are at war
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Peasant Rebels controls Roma
  • Peasant Rebels controls Marche

Will happen within 10 days of November 26, 1419
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 26, 1419)
unless prevented by
Action B of 239008 - The Pope requests troops for Naples
Action B of 251034 - Anarchy in the Legations for Papal States

Description

In the fight for the reacquisition of the Church territories, the Queen sent her best condottiero, Muzio Attendolo, 'lo Sforza', commander of Neapolitan troops to help the Pope against Braccio da Montone. Although both Muzio Attendolo Sforza and Braccio da Montone came from the Alberico da Barbiano's Compagnia di Ventura di San Giorgio, they had different approaches to strategic-tactical warfare, the 'Scuola Sforzesca' based mainly upon coordinated field manoeuvres and planned tactics and the 'Scuola Braccesca' based mainly upon energic assaults and the element of surprise. In their first battle against each other Fortebraccio (da Montone's nickname) prevailed. Informed of M. Attendolo Sforza's defeat, having always been hostile to the celebrated condottiero, Gianni Caracciolo, Giovanna's favourite advisor and lover, managed to induce the Queen to refuse the Pope's request of more troops in order to stop da Montone. In spite of her refusal and thanks to the mediation of Florence, Martinus V managed however to come to terms with da Montone promising him a title in exchange for his military services. Finally the Papal troops commanded by Braccio da Montone himself succeeded in retaking the Church territories. As soon as the order in his States was re-established and in order to punish Giovanna for her unexpected refusal to send troops, the Pope offered the crown of Naples to the junior House of the Angevins, always interested in the succession to the throne of Naples, proclaiming Louis III d'Anjou 'King of Naples' on 4 December 1419.

Actions

A. Ignore the Papal call

• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Papal States
  Break vassalization with Papal States
• Stability +2
• Event 251036 - The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee for Papal States is triggered immediately

B. Help the Pope

• +50 relations with Papal States
• Stability -1
• -20
• Event 251105 - A second Neapolitan support for Papal States is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Will happen within 15 days of June 15, 1420
Checked again every 15 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 15, 1423)

Description

Giovanna of Anjou-Durazzo was not destined to be Queen, and when she found herself with the crown of Naples on her head after the death of her brother, she refused to give up her previous dissolute life. She soon started to yield the power to whoever happened to be her current paramour. The nobility was restless and conspirative. Pope Martinus V, as his predecessors, wanted to see Naples in the firm hands of a trusted man, but as a previous arranged marriage to Jean of Bourbon had failed, and Giovanna was now 50 years old, he decided to invest Louis III of Anjou, Count of Provence, of the junior branch of the House of Anjou, with claims to Naples. Martinus and Louis recruited the help of Neapolitan condottiero Muzio Attendolo, also known as 'lo Sforza'. When Sforza's army invaded Naples, Giovanna turned to Alfons V of Aragon, who had also distant claims to the crown of Naples, and in exchange for his help, adopted him as heir. Alfons arrived to Naples with his forces, and made Braccio da Montone, Sforza's greatest rival, commander of the Neapolitan armies.

Actions

A. Make Alfons our heir

AI chance: 95%

Conditions

• Aragon exists

Effects

• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Papal States
  Break vassalization with Papal States
• Set flag [Aragonese] for events
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Provence
• Event 111012 - The gift of Naples for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 262004 - Naples defies the Angevins for Provence is triggered immediately
• Event 251020 - Naples refuses Papal suzerainty for Papal States is triggered immediately
• +2000 infantry in the capital province
• +4000 cavalry in the capital province
• -50
• Leader Braccio Montone becomes active

B. Accept Louis' demand to be heir

AI chance: 5%

Conditions

• Provence exists
• Papal States exists

Effects

• Set flag [Angevin] for events
• Stability -1
• +50 relations with Provence
• -50 relations with Aragon
• Event 111009 - Naples defies the Aragonese for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 262003 - The promise of Naples for Provence is triggered immediately
• Event 251037 - Naples Papal fief for Papal States is triggered immediately
• +2000 infantry in the capital province
• +4000 cavalry in the capital province
• Leader Attendolo Sforza becomes active
• Event 239011 - The Queen's choice for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 239006 - Crisis in Naples for Naples has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of May 11, 1423
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 11, 1423)
unless prevented by
Action B of 239006 - Crisis in Naples for Naples

Description

Alfons of Aragon, after being adopted by Giovanna of Anjou-Durazzo, arrived at the Kingdom of Naples with the intention of being recognised as its legitimate ruler, due mainly to his descent from the last Hohenstaufen King of Sicily, and not due to the will of a member of an usurping dynasty, the House of Anjou. He wanted to take control of Naples immediately without waiting for the Queen's death. He soon imprisoned Caracciolo, Giovanna's lover, but he failed to capture the Queen. Muzio Attendolo Sforza, the Neapolitan condottiero in the service of the Pope, informed that Giovanna was in great danger, went hastily to Naples and rescued her. It was then easy for the Pope to convince the Queen to adopt Louis III of Anjou, Count of Provence, instead of Alfons of Aragon. Taking advantage of the absence of Alfons due to his problems in Aragon, and with the military help of Visconti, Duke of Milan and Signore of Genoa, the Aragonese were expelled from Naples, and Giovanna appointed Louis as Duke of Calabria, the heir's title. Louis moved his court to Cosenza to arrange his stay in Italy.

Actions

A. Louis should be the new heir

• Clear flag "[Aragonese]"
• Set flag [Angevin] for events
• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
  Break vassalization with Aragon
• +50 relations with Papal States
• Napoli revolts
• Napoli revolts
• Gain 3 galleys in a random province
• +3000 infantry in a random province
• Event 111003 - Naples adopted the Angevin Duke for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 262011 - Naples to the House of Anjou for Provence is triggered immediately

B. Forgive Alfons and keep him as heir

• Clear flag "[Angevin]"
• Set flag [Aragonese] for events
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Provence
• +50 relations with Aragon
• Event 111004 - Naples to the House of Trastamara for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 262023 - Naples adopted the Aragonese King for Provence is triggered immediately
• Event 251038 - The Queen of Naples is out of control for Papal States is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Will happen on February 1, 1435

Description

Queen Giovanna of Naples is dead. Her last will was that the crown should be given to René of Anjou, brother of Louis III of Anjou, her adopted son who died just three months before she did. Pope Eugenius IV declared that as suzerain he had the right to invest the new King and as for now he would send a bishop as temporary regent. However the Neapolitan people, determined to respect the will of their former Queen, ignored the Papal resolution and sent a delegation to Provence to urge René of Anjou to claim the throne in Naples. Since René of Anjou had been taken captive in Burgundy by Duke Philip the Fair, his wife Isabelle of Lorraine accepted the crown in his place. From his base in Sicily, Alfons of Aragon, who was designated heir by Giovanna between 1420 and 1423, and had a claim to Naples as King of Sicily, gained the support of the Neapolitan nobility hostile to the Anjou dynasty, and started making preparations to invade the Kingdom before the French Angevins could arrive in Naples and take the crown.

Actions

A. Welcome to Renato, our new King!

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Provence is a vassal of Aragon
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Aragon is a vassal of Provence
  • Naples is a vassal of Provence
  • Flag [Angevin] is set

Effects

• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
  Break vassalization with Aragon
• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Papal States
  Break vassalization with Papal States
• Clear flag "[Aragonese]"
• Set flag [Angevin] for events
• +50 relations with Provence
• +25 relations with Venice
• +25 relations with Genoa
• +25 relations with Milan
• Event 251039 - The troublesome Neapolitan Succession for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 111011 - The Inheritance of Naples for Aragon is triggered immediately

B. Welcome to Alfonso, our new King!

Conditions

• Aragon exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Aragon is a vassal of Provence
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Provence is a vassal of Aragon
  • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
  • Flag [Aragonese] is set

Effects

• Conditions:
  
  • Naples is a vassal of Papal States
  Break vassalization with Papal States
• Clear flag "[Angevin]"
• Set flag [Aragonese] for events
• Monarch Alfonso d'Aragona ° becomes active
• Monarch Renato d'Angiò will never rule
• +50 relations with Aragon
• -25 relations with Venice
• -25 relations with Genoa
• -25 relations with Milan
• Event 251039 - The troublesome Neapolitan Succession for Papal States is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Aragon exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 239007 - The Inheritance of Naples for Naples has already occurred
  • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
• The following must not occur:
  • Aragon is a vassal of Provence

Will happen on June 2, 1442
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 239036 - The battle over Naples for Naples

Description

After his release from Milan, Alfons returned to Naples, where his brother Pedro had conquered Gaeta. Naples was defended by Isabelle of Lorraine with the support of Pope Eugenius IV. For three years Alfonso conducted as much a diplomatic war as a military one, gaining allies to his cause from the Neapolitan nobles. In 1438, René of Anjou paid a huge ransom to Burgundy for his release, and arrived in the Kingdom, but since he had exhausted his funds his allies abandoned him and he had to retreat to Naples. A long siege was then established, during which the Infante Don Pedro was killed by a chance shot to the great grief of his brother. The support of the Genoese fleet allowed René to sustain the besieged capital, but finally on June 1, 1442, 300 well-armed men entered the town through an open drain accesible during the dry season, revealed to Alfons' son Ferrante by some prisoners. After several hours of fighting, Naples was conquered and René escaped to Florence. After conquering the rest of the Kingdom, Alfons entered the capital in triumph on February 23, 1443. Pope Eugenius refused to invest Alfons as King of Naples and threatened to declare him in unlawful possession of Naples, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia. Alfons threatened back with his support for an anti-Pope, Felix V, chosen at the Council of Basel, and Eugenius accepted to invest him in exchange for his support as the genuine Pope and help against the Turks that never materialized. Ferrante was named Prince of Calabria, and the Neapolitans were pleased that their Kingdom was not going to be incorporated to Aragon. Alfons, who as a Castilian had always felt a foreigner in Barcelona, never returned to Aragon, and his court in Naples was filled with the splendor of the Renaissance. Alfons soon gained the nickname of the Magnanimous.

Actions

A. Alfonso has overcome the Angevins

• Clear flag "[Angevin]"
• Set flag [Aragonese] for events
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
  Break vassalization with -1
• Stability +2
• Messina will no longer be considered a national province
• Sicily will no longer be considered a national province
• Malta will no longer be considered a national province
• Event 262010 - The Angevins chased out of Naples for Provence is triggered immediately
• Event 251040 - The House of Anjou lost Naples for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 262006 - The Angevin Kingdom of Naples for Provence will never fire
• Event 239036 - The battle over Naples for Naples will never fire

B. Renato has recovered the Angevin throne

• Clear flag "[Aragonese]"
• Set flag [Angevin] for events
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • Naples is a vassal of Provence
  Break vassalization with -1
• Stability -2
• Lose 8000 troops in Napoli
• Napoli revolts
• Napoli revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Leader Alfonso will never be active
• Monarch Alfonso I will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando I will never rule
• Monarch Alfonso II will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando II will never rule
• Monarch Federico I will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando III * will never rule
• Monarch Carlo IV will never rule
• Monarch Filippo I will never rule
• Monarch Filippo II will never rule
• Monarch Filippo III will never rule
• Monarch Carlo V will never rule
• Monarch Filippo IV will never rule
• Monarch Giuseppe I will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VI will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VII will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando IV will never rule
• Monarch Renato I becomes active
• Monarch Renato II ° becomes active
• Monarch Antonio I ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco I ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo V ° becomes active
• Monarch Enrico I ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VI ° becomes active
• Monarch Nicola Francesco ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VII ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VIII Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Leopoldo Giuseppe Carlo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco II ° becomes active
• Monarch Pietro Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco III ° becomes active
• Event 111015 - The Aragonese chased out of Naples for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 228022 - René of Anjou took Naples for Milan is triggered immediately
• Event 251041 - The Angevins control Naples for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 111014 - The Aragonese Kingdom of Naples for Aragon will never fire
• Event 239036 - The battle over Naples for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 239007 - The Inheritance of Naples for Naples has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Aragon is a vassal of Provence
  • The following must not occur:
    • Aragon exists

Will happen on June 2, 1442
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 239009 - The battle over Naples for Naples

Description

After his release from Milan, Alfons of Aragon returned to Naples, where his brother Pedro had conquered Gaeta. Naples was defended by Isabelle of Lorraine with the support of Pope Eugenius IV. For three years Alfons conducted as much a diplomatic war as a military one, gaining allies to his cause from the Neapolitan nobles. In 1438, René of Anjou paid a huge ransom to Burgundy for his release, and arrived in the Kingdom, but since he had exhausted his funds his allies abandoned him and he had to retreat to Naples. A long siege was then established, during which the Infante Don Pedro was killed by a chance shot to the great grief of his brother. The support of the Genoese fleet allowed René to sustain the besieged capital with success until 1 June 1442, when 300 Aragonese well-armed men entered the town through an open drain accessible during the dry season, revealed to Alfons' son Ferrante by some prisoners. After several hours of fighting and in spite of the stealthy move inside the city walls, Naples withstood the Aragonese and Alfons was forced to retreat to Sicily. After recovering the rest of the Kingdom, René entered the capital in triumph the year after. Pope Eugenius IV, very happy for the Angevin success, invested René as King of Naples and Sicily thus declaring Alfons of Aragon in unlawful possession of the Sicilian island.

Actions

A. Renato has recovered the Angevin throne

• Clear flag "[Aragonese]"
• Set flag [Angevin] for events
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • Naples is a vassal of Provence
  Break vassalization with -1
• Stability -2
• Lose 8000 troops in Napoli
• Napoli revolts
• Napoli revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Leader Alfonso will never be active
• Monarch Alfonso I will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando I will never rule
• Monarch Alfonso II will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando II will never rule
• Monarch Federico I will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando III * will never rule
• Monarch Carlo IV will never rule
• Monarch Filippo I will never rule
• Monarch Filippo II will never rule
• Monarch Filippo III will never rule
• Monarch Carlo V will never rule
• Monarch Filippo IV will never rule
• Monarch Giuseppe I will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VI will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VII will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando IV will never rule
• Monarch Renato I becomes active
• Monarch Renato II ° becomes active
• Monarch Antonio I ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco I ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo V ° becomes active
• Monarch Enrico I ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VI ° becomes active
• Monarch Nicola Francesco ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VII ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VIII Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Leopoldo Giuseppe Carlo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco II ° becomes active
• Monarch Pietro Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco III ° becomes active
• Event 111015 - The Aragonese chased out of Naples for Aragon is triggered immediately
• Event 228022 - René of Anjou took Naples for Milan is triggered immediately
• Event 251041 - The Angevins control Naples for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 111014 - The Aragonese Kingdom of Naples for Aragon will never fire
• Event 239009 - The battle over Naples for Naples will never fire

B. Alfonso has overcome the Angevins

• Clear flag "[Angevin]"
• Set flag [Aragonese] for events
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • Naples is a vassal of Aragon
  Break vassalization with -1
• Stability +2
• Event 262010 - The Angevins chased out of Naples for Provence is triggered immediately
• Event 251040 - The House of Anjou lost Naples for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 262006 - The Angevin Kingdom of Naples for Provence will never fire
• Event 239009 - The battle over Naples for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Milan exists
• Monarch Alfonso I is active
• Event 228003 - The Ambrosian Republic for Milan has already occurred
• Event 111014 - The Aragonese Kingdom of Naples for Aragon has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of August 16, 1447
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 8, 1454)

Description

In 1447 Duke Filippo Maria Visconti died without a male heir in his succession to the throne. As a result of this the city of Milan proclaimed the Republic giving the high military command to Francesco Sforza on the purpose to stop Venice from the eastern borders profiting from the Milanese crisis by expanding her dominions beyond Adda River. After 2 years and half of life, isolated and surrounded by the unfaithful Sforza, who in the meanwhile and with the support of Venice turned against the city of Milan aiming at the ducal throne, the Ambrosian Republic eventually ceased to exist. Brought to severe famine the citizenship of Milan was forced to surrender to the condottiero and accept him as their new Duke. As soon as Sforza proclaimed himself successor of Visconti to the throne of Milan and the Holy Roman Emperor didn't acknowledge him the ducal investiture, the war of succession inevitably began. All legitimated or self-proclaimed claimants of the Milanese throne, took arms against him. Charles of Orléans and Louis of Savoy because of their family ties with the House of Visconti, Alfons of Aragon because of an alleged secret agreement with the last Visconti Duke which would have entitled him to the duchy of Milan.

Actions

A. Let us press our rightful claims to Milan

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Milan for 36 months
• -50 relations with Milan
• +50 relations with Savoy
• +50 relations with Venice
• Gain an alliance with Venice

B. The throne of Milan is not our business

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 24 months
• +50 relations with Milan
• Event 239022 - The Treaty of Lodi for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Venice exists
• Milan exists
• Tuscany exists
• Papal States exists
• Event 228034 - The Peace of Lodi for Milan has already occurred
• Monarch Alfonso I is active
• Event 111014 - The Aragonese Kingdom of Naples for Aragon has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Naples and Milan are at war
  • Naples and Tuscany are at war
  • Naples and Venice are at war
  • Naples and Papal States are at war
  • Naples is a vassal of Provence

Will happen within 30 days of April 8, 1454
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 10, 1466)
unless prevented by
Action B of 239021 - The Trastamara claim to Milan for Naples

Description

During the war of succession in Milan, all the belligerent nations were brought to exhaustion of money and troops. Francesco Sforza, ruler of Milan and Venice, the chief state of the league confederates, who was more and more threatened by the advancing Ottomans in her eastern Mediterranean territories, convened a cease-fire while a bilateral treaty was hastily signed in Lodi on 7 April 1454. With that treaty Sforza was legitimated Duke of Milan. Without even being called for, Florence and the Pope had no choice then to endorse the treaty. The King of Naples, being a rightful claimant on the ducal throne reluctantly joined the alliance under the condition to keep Genoa out of it. Intended 'infra terminos italicos', that treaty showed the objective impossibility for all the Italian major powers (specifically Milan, Tuscany, Venice, Naples and Papal States) to prevail upon each other in the struggle for the hegemony in Italy and that the better solution was to come to terms with each other. That would have also avoided the practice of very expensive and pointless wars in the next future. Although the treaty actually played a minor part in Italian balance of powers and so won't be able to avoid future wars of aggression from inside as well from outside Italy, the post-Lodi era historically represented a period of relative peace in which the figurative arts definitively flourished in the whole Italian peninsula, as well as economy and trade and, last but not the least, the skills and tricks of the art of diplomacy.

Actions

A. Sign the Treaty and legitimate Sforza

• +50 relations with Venice
• +100 relations with Milan
• +75 relations with Tuscany
• +75 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Genoa
• +3 diplomats
• +2 merchants

B. Milan is ours

• Stability -1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Genoa for 24 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Milan for 60 months
• -50 relations with Milan
• -50 relations with Tuscany
• -50 relations with Genoa
• -50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with France
• Event 275017 - The Treaty of Lodi for Savoy will never fire
• Event 257000 - The Peace of Lodi for Siena will never fire
• Event 220010 - The Peace of Lodi for Mantua will never fire
• Event 252010 - The Peace of Lodi for Modena will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Ferdinando I is active

Will happen within 30 days of October 29, 1485
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after September 12, 1486)

Description

Because of his distrustfulness of the barons, Ferdinando was pursuing a policy aimed at strengthening royal authority at the expense of them, that attitude brought him to have many enemies amongst the nobles of the Kingdom. In 1485, when his son, Alfonso Duke of Calabria, decided to revoke all the privileges that granted the city of Aquila a certain political autonomy towards the Kingdom, arresting the local nobles and occupying the city with his troops, the city magistrates refused to submit to him chasing the Neapolitan troops away and asking Pope Innocentius VIII for help and protection. The Pope, already put out by the fact that King Ferdinando didn't pay the 'chinea' (the annual tribute a Neapolitan fief has to give to the Pope as suzerain), accepted to help by sending troops to Aquila. In a rally immediately arranged in Melfi to discuss about Alfonso's aggression to Aquila, the nobles led by Antonello Petrucci, Count of Policastro and Francesco Coppola, Count of Sarno, King's ministers and by Antonello Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno, all hostile to the Aragonese rule, agreed to revolt against the King, who in the meanwhile refused to come to terms with them and confirm their feudal privileges. The revolt resulted in a civil war by which both Papal and Neapolitan territories were systematically devastated by the contending armies. On 11 august 1486 a permanent truce was eventually signed between Ferdinando, the Pope and the rebelling nobles, The King of Naples promised to pay the tribute due to the Church, to forgive the unfaithful barons and to assign Aquila under the Papal suzerainty.

Actions

A. Suppress the barons

• Napoli revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Napoli revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Stability -2
• Event 251042 - The baronal allegiance to the Pope for Papal States is triggered immediately

B. Find a compromise

• Centralization -2
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 120 months
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 120 months
• Event 239012 - The Persecution of the Barons for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Ferdinando I is active
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Control Napoli
  • Control Apulia
• Event 239020 - The Conspiracy of the Barons for Naples has already occurred

Will happen within 60 days of January 6, 1487
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 6, 1490)
unless prevented by
Action B of 239020 - The Conspiracy of the Barons for Naples

Description

In spite of his promises, King Ferdinando didn't respect the truce, he got Coppola and Petrucci arrested and all their properties confiscated. Sanseverino managed to escape and took refuge in France at the royal court. The arrested nobles were horrendously tortured before being executed. In January 1487 during a wedding-feast arranged in Castel Nuovo (aka Maschio Angioino) in Naples, the King completed his fierce personal retaliations. He deceitfully invited the nobles who had taken part in the baronal revolts with the aim to have them all arrested, then after arguable trials all the nobles were sentenced to death. Rumours had that some of them were simply closed in bags and thrown in the sea, leaving no traces. As a last macabre act, Ferdinando ordered that corpses of the conspirators should be mummified and then permanently exposed in the Castel Nuovo as a warning to all the Neapolitan subjects. The break of the truce indeed displeased the Pope who didn't even receive the city of Aquila as previously agreed. Innocentius VIII will proclaim the vacancy of the throne of Naples.

Actions

A. Arrange for 'the Feast'

• -50 relations with Papal States
• Serfdom +1
• +100

B. Respect the pacts

• Centralization -1
• Serfdom -1
• Stability +1
• +25 relations with Papal States

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Milan exists
• Event 239013 - Isabella's marriage in Milan for Naples has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of April 9, 1492
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 22, 1494)

Description

Isabella, daughter of Alfonso Duke of Calabria and spouse of the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, was getting annoyed by the situation she was facing at the ducal court of Milan. Ludovico il Moro acted as regent of Milan in spite of his nephew's come of age and Beatrice d'Este, il Moro's wife, availed herself of her position as mistress of the ducal court surrounding herself with learned men, poets and artists and due to her education and political ability she took part in the ducal policies too. Isabella, member of a royal dynasty, couldn't accept to renounce the right to rule in Milan and nevertheless to play a second role at the ducal court. She then complained to her father Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, about her segregation in the ducal court and asked for an immediate political or military intervention in favour of her husband Gian Galeazzo, who dared not to retake his legitimate power. By this, Alfonso, Ferrante's son and future King of Naples, had the occasion for pressing his claims to the throne of Milan, which Filippo Maria, the last Duke of the Viscontis, seemingly promised to his grandfather, Alfonso I, before death caught him in 1447 and the war for succession in Milan started.

Actions

A. Intervene in Milan

• -50 relations with Milan
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Milan for 24 months

B. Ignore Isabella's requests

• -10 relations with Milan
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 12 months
• Event 228025 - Il Moro sends for Charles VIII for Milan will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 12143 - The Anti-French League of Venice for Spain has already occurred
  • Event 12144 - The Anti-French League of Venice for Aragon has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Naples is a vassal of Spain
  • Naples is a vassal of Aragon

Will happen within 20 days of October 7, 1496
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after November 12, 1500)

Description

With the French entering Naples, the young King Ferdinando II, also called Ferrandino, had sailed to Sicily to receive the military support of his cousin, Ferdinand II King of Aragon. Starting from his base in Messina he then tried to reconquer his Kingdom with an Aragonese army led by general Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. After an initial defeat against the French in the battle of Seminara, the King organized a fleet and, supported by the local population which was hostile to the presence of French troops, entered Naples retaking the castles which were still in French hands. But it was an epidemy which struck the French troops in Southern Italy that mostly contributed to Ferrandino's success: the syphilis. At those times Naples was both a great port and a very populated city and sailors who had sailed with Columbus a few years earlier had allegedly imported the new disease from the New World. However even if the French would call it 'le mal de Naples' and the Italians simply 'il mal franzese' it is certain that the French Army returning north helped this malady spread across Italy and eventually to all of Europe where it was known as 'the French disease'. Ferradino, now Ferdinando II King of Naples, didn't enjoy his realm for a long time as he died of malaria when he was only 23. Having died heirless, his uncle Federico, Alfonso II's brother, rose to the throne as Federico III. He was a weak monarch whose unhappy diplomatic moves to appease France, even acknowledging his realm as a French fief, and to encourage diplomatic relations with the Turk would let the Kingdom be prey of foreign powers. Ferdinand of Aragon, who didn't deny to disconfess Alfons V's testament to keep the crown of Naples separate from those of Aragon and Sicily, feared that the defense of Naples, crucial to the Aragonese trading in the Mediterranean, could no longer be entrusted to his relative. He had to face the difficult choice of either going to war against France or splitting the Kingdom of Naples with them. When Federico refused a marriage between his son Ferrandino, Duke of Calabria, and Ferdinand's niece, Juana de Aragón, Ferdinand of Aragon definitively resolved to come to terms with the French King signing the treaty of Granada. The fate of Naples was then written.

Actions

A. Try to appease the French.

• Break vassalization with Aragon
• Break vassalization with Spain
• Stability +1
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire

B. Strengthen the ties with Ferdinand of Aragon

• Stability -1
• Gain a royal marriage with Aragon
• Gain a royal marriage with Spain
• -50 relations with France

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 170164 - A new military expedition to Naples for France has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Federico I is active
  • Monarch Ferdinando III * is active
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • France and Naples are at war
  • Spain and Naples are at war
  • Aragon and Naples are at war

Will happen within 50 days of November 12, 1500
Checked again every 50 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after November 12, 1505)

Description

On 11 November 1500, in Granada, Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon secretly stipulated a treaty by which they agreed on an equal partition of the Neapolitan territories: the northern part of the Kingdom including Terra del Lavoro and Abruzzi was to be given to France whilst the southern part of the Kingdom including Calabria and Apulia was to be given to Aragon/Spain. King Federico still strongly believed in the help of his cousin Ferdinand of Aragon against any French aggression to his realm as much as to let Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba take some strongholds in Calabria. Even if he perceived the coming danger through a bull from Pope Alexander VI depriving him of his throne and confirming the partition of his Kingdom, King Federico was unable to oppose much resistance...

Actions

A. Alas!

• Stability -3
• -200 relations with France
• -200 relations with Spain
• -200 relations with Aragon
• Lose 10000 troops in Apulia

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 12022 - Charles VIII presses claims on Naples for Naples has already occurred
  • Event 170040 - The French King in Naples for France has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Aragon exists
• Event 170043 - The Treaty of Granada for France has already occurred
• Naples and France are at war
• Own Napoli
• France owns Lombardia

Will happen within 60 days of November 12, 1500
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after November 12, 1515)
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 239019 - Naples encircled for Naples
Action B, C of 170043 - The Treaty of Granada for France

Description

King Federico III of Naples was unable to oppose much resistance, and the French entered Naples in August 1501. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba met more resistance in the siege of Taranto, defended by Federico's son Ferdinando. Ferdinando surrendered Taranto to Spain on March 1502, and Fernando of Aragon did not keep Cordoba's promise of personal freedom to him, asking Cordoba to send him to Spain. His father King Federico III had already ceded the Kingdom to Louis XII King of France, who in exchange for it, appointed him Duke of Anjou. Federico III will die in 1504 in France. In 1550 with the death of his son Ferdinando, who was taken captive in Spain, the line of the House of Trastamara Naples will be definitely extinct. But the Kings had neglected to properly divide the regions of the Kingdom, leaving the Principati, the Basilicata and the Capitanata between both parts unassigned. The French denied that Capitanata (a land on which both Apulia and Abruzzi depended for food and flock wintering) was part of Apulia arguing recent administrative usage, and refused to allow the commissaries of Spain to collect the tolls on migrating flocks as the treaty stipulated. Soon incidents were taking place and open war broke out in July 1502. But the lack of decision by the French to attack when they had the advantage, the skill of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and the delays of Louis in bringing reinforcements will see the French expelled from Naples in one year. Completely defeated in Naples by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Louis XII of France agreed at Blois in October of 1505 to cede his rights over Naples to his relative Germaine de Foix on her marriage to Fernando of Aragon. After the battle of Cerignola on 28 April 1503 Gonzalo Fernández will be remembered as el Gran Capitán. He introduced many of the reforms that would change the way battles were fought for centuries, and lead to the creation of the Spanish Tercios, and also trained most of the next generation of Spanish commanders.

Actions

A. Cede the Kingdom to Louis XII (End Game)

• Grant independence to Mantua
• Grant independence to Modena
• Grant independence to Milan
• Grant independence to Siena
• Grant independence to Tuscany
• Grant independence to Papal States
• Cede Emilia to Milan
• Cede Marche to Papal States
• Cede Apulia to Spain
• Cede Messina to Spain
• Cede Sicily to Spain
• Event 170044 - The conquest of Naples for France is triggered immediately
• Event 239019 - Naples encircled for Naples will never fire

B. Let's fight until the end

• -75 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with France
• Event 239019 - Naples encircled for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 12022 - Charles VIII presses claims on Naples for Naples has already occurred
  • Event 170040 - The French King in Naples for France has already occurred
• Aragon exists
• Event 170043 - The Treaty of Granada for France has already occurred
• Naples and France are at war
• Own Napoli
• France owns Lombardia

Will happen within 60 days of November 12, 1500
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after November 12, 1515)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 170043 - The Treaty of Granada for France
Action A, B of 239018 - Naples encircled for Naples

Description

King Federico III of Naples was unable to oppose much resistance, and the French entered Naples in August 1501. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba met more resistance in the siege of Taranto, defended by Federico's son Ferdinando. Ferdinando surrendered Taranto to Spain on March 1502, and Fernando of Aragon did not keep Cordoba's promise of personal freedom to him, asking Cordoba to send him to Spain. His father King Federico III had already ceded the Kingdom to Louis XII King of France, who in exchange for it, appointed him Duke of Anjou. Federico III will die in 1504 in France. In 1550 with the death of his son Ferdinando, who was taken captive in Spain, the line of the House of Trastamara Naples will be definitely extinct. But the Kings had neglected to properly divide the regions of the Kingdom, leaving the Principati, the Basilicata and the Capitanata between both parts unassigned. The French denied that Capitanata (a land on which both Apulia and Abruzzi depended for food and flock wintering) was part of Apulia arguing recent administrative usage, and refused to allow the commissaries of Spain to collect the tolls on migrating flocks as the treaty stipulated. Soon incidents were taking place and open war broke out in July 1502. But the lack of decision by the French to attack when they had the advantage, the skill of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and the delays of Louis in bringing reinforcements will see the French expelled from Naples in one year. Completely defeated in Naples by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Louis XII of France agreed at Blois in October of 1505 to cede his rights over Naples to his relative Germaine de Foix on her marriage to Fernando of Aragon. After the battle of Cerignola on 28 April 1503 Gonzalo Fernández will be remembered as el Gran Capitán. He introduced many of the reforms that would change the way battles were fought for centuries, and lead to the creation of the Spanish Tercios, and also trained most of the next generation of Spanish commanders.

Actions

A. Cede the Kingdom to Louis XII (End Game)

• Grant independence to Mantua
• Grant independence to Modena
• Grant independence to Milan
• Grant independence to Siena
• Grant independence to Tuscany
• Grant independence to Papal States
• Cede Emilia to Milan
• Cede Marche to Papal States
• Cede Apulia to Aragon
• Cede Messina to Aragon
• Cede Sicily to Aragon
• Event 170044 - The conquest of Naples for France is triggered immediately
• Event 239018 - Naples encircled for Naples will never fire

B. Let's fight until the end

• -75 relations with Aragon
• -50 relations with France
• Event 239018 - Naples encircled for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Country is controlled by AI
• Spain exists
• Napoli is a national (core) province of Spain
• Spain owns Messina
• Spain controls Messina
• Spain owns Sicily
• Spain controls Sicily
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Own Napoli
    • Control Napoli
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Own Apulia
    • Control Apulia
• None of the following must occur:
  • Aragon exists
  • Spain and Naples are at war
  • Spain and France are at war
  • Spain is a vassal of Naples
  • Spain is a vassal of Papal States
  • Spain is a vassal of France
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Papal States is a vassal of Spain
  • France is a vassal of Spain
  • Naples is a vassal of Spain
  • Spain and Naples have a royal marriage
  • Spain and Papal States have a royal marriage
  • Spain owns Roma
  • Spain owns Napoli
  • Spain owns Apulia
  • Spain and Naples are allied
  • Spain and Papal States are allied
  • All of the following must occur:
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Spain owns Piemonte
      • Spain owns Lombardia
      • Spain owns Mantua
      • Spain owns Veneto
      • Spain owns Liguria
      • Spain owns Emilia
      • Spain owns Romagna
      • Spain owns Firenze
      • Spain owns Siena
      • Spain owns Marche
      • Tuscany is a vassal of Spain
      • Genoa is a vassal of Spain
      • Milan is a vassal of Spain
      • Venice is a vassal of Spain
      • Savoy is a vassal of Spain
      • Mantua is a vassal of Spain
      • Siena is a vassal of Spain
      • Modena is a vassal of Spain
      • Parma is a vassal of Spain
    • None of the following must occur:
      • Lombardia is a claim province of France
      • Lombardia is a national province of France
      • Naples is a vassal of France
      • France is a neighbor

Will happen within 65 days of October 13, 1505
Checked again every 65 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after September 14, 1598)
unless prevented by
Action B of 285105 - The Trastamara inheritance of Naples for Spain

Description

In 16th century the Kingdom of Naples was at its most: flourishing economy and Arts, still good trade routes between the Middle East and the rest of Europe. Unfortunately, a powerful economy is not always being represented by a powerful ruler. Expecially the throne of Naples being claimed by two of the most powerful courts in Europe of those times, Spain and France. In his very expensive rush to the leading role of Western Europe still contested by the untamed King of France, the King of Spain eventually made the decision to send troops, officers and insignia to the capital city of the Southern Italian Kingdom in order to press claims on the crown of Naples definitively. Despite Papal firm opposition but in accordance with treaties stipulated with France which stated the definitive Spanish hegemony in the Italian Peninsula, the King of Spain was certain that his move wouldn't have found any local hostility...

Actions

A. OK

• Event 285105 - The Trastamara inheritance of Naples for Spain will never fire
• Event 285333 - The Crown of Naples for Spain is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Ottoman Empire exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States has already occurred
  • Event 236000 - The Holy League for The Pope has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of May 8, 1571
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 14, 1573)

Description

When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pius V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again.

Actions

A. Support the Holy League

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 72 months
• -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +50 relations with Papal States
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Genoa
• +50 relations with Italy
• +50 relations with Order of St. John
• +50 relations with Savoy
• +50 relations with Sicily
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Tuscany
• +50 relations with Venice

B. Let the matter fall

• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Genoa
• -50 relations with Italy
• -50 relations with Order of St. John
• -50 relations with Naples
• -50 relations with Savoy
• -50 relations with Sicily
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Tuscany
• -50 relations with Venice

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Filippo II is active

Will happen within 500 days of January 2, 1610
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1620)

Description

The Duke of Osuna served as viceroy of Naples from 1610-1620. He followed an aggressive foreign policy, particularly with regards to naval matters. He built up a private navy seperate from (and larger than) the state navy. This fleet, which was supposedly raised to protect the coast, was in fact composed of privateers, and harassed Venetian and Muslim shipping. He favoured round ships over the traditional Neapolitan galleys. After his departure the fleet passed into the government's hands.

Actions

A. Support his ambitions

• Stability -2
• Naval tech investment: +500
• Land -1
• Gain 5 warships in the capital province
• -100
• -150 relations with Venice
• -80 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -80 relations with Mamluks
• -40 relations with Algiers
• -40 relations with Tripoli
• -80 relations with Tunisia

B. This is foolish!

• Stability +1
• Naval tech investment: -200

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Event 285002 - Masaniello's Revolt for Spain has already occurred

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1647
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

Neapolitan revolutionist, whose original name was Tommaso, Aniello. A fisherman, he led a revolt of the lower classes who were, overburdened by high taxes. Tumults broke out in 1647 and soon became so, serious that the viceroy came to terms with Masaniello, promised the, reforms demanded, and recognized him as captain general. Demented by his, sudden success, Masaniello was killed shortly afterward either by agents, of the government or by his own disillusioned supporters. The revolution, was soon repressed.

Actions

A. Promise reforms and kill their leader!

• Stability -2
• The capital province revolts
• Serfdom +1

B. Promise reforms and make their leader Captain of the people!

• Stability -1
• The capital province revolts
• -25
• Aristocracy +1

C. Start Reforms

• Stability +1
• Serfdom -2
• Aristocracy -4
• Innovativeness +2
• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• -2 base tax value in a random province
• -400 relations with Spain
• -400 relations with Papal States
• Break vassalization with Spain

D. Don't act

• A random province revolts
• The capital province revolts
• Global revolt risk +10 for 36 months
• Innovativeness -1

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Country has at least 10 non-colonial provinces
  • Innovativeness is at 9 or higher
  • Serfdom is at 3 or higher
  • Aristocracy is at 1 or higher

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1675
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1715)

Description

In the late XVIIth century, the disuse of the Mediterranean sea as the main international trade junction between Europa and the East Indies brought the Italian economic system to collapse. Southern Italy became more removed from the mainstream of European development and the administration of Naples lagged behind that of their European contemporaries. The practice of agriculture as prevailing economic activity meant the coming back to power of the most conservative landowning aristocracy. while the receding of the naval threat from Muslim powers in the Mediterranean Naples also became much less militarized. That economic backwardness associated with the effects of Counterreform deeply affected Italian social life too, now less and less inclined to accept innovation and to develop some entrepreneurial attitude.

Actions

A. Alas!

• Stability -1
• -2 base tax value in the capital province
• -1 base manpower in the capital province
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Centralization -1
• Mercantilism +1
• Serfdom +1
• Land +1
• Lose 10000 troops in a random province
• Trade tech investment: -500
• Infrastructure tech investment: -500
• Naval tech investment: -500

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3495 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Poland has already occurred
  • Event 258086 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Poland has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Spain owns Messina
  • Spain owns Sicily
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 179099 - The Austracist victory in Spain for Austria has already occurred
  • Event 239015 - The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily for Naples has already occurred
  • Naples and Spain are at war
• Monarch Carlo VII is active

Will happen within 15 days of January 1, 1734
Checked again every 15 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 7, 1759)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3626 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony
Action B of 3628 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony
Action A of 390025 - Regno delle Due Sicilie for Parma
Action B of 273017 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony

Description

The diplomatic handlings which followed the war of Polish succession established that Don Carlos, son from the second marriage of King Felipe V with Elisabetta Farnese and current duke of Parma and legitimate successor to the Medici dynasty in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, would be assigned the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily if he had renounced both his ducal titles. Don Carlos, named Carlo VII King of Naples and Carlo V King of Sicily would establish the cadet line of the Spanish House of Bourbons in the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.

Actions

A. Up the Bourbons!

• Flag graphics extension set to "Bourbon"
• +25 relations with Papal States
• +25 relations with Austria
• Messina will be considered a national province
• Sicily will be considered a national province
• Malta will no longer be considered a national province
• Event 285206 - The independence of Sicily for Spain is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Carlo VII is active

Will happen within 3000 days of January 2, 1740
Checked again every 3000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1760)

Description

The main centers of Italian Enlightment were Milan and Naples. In Naples, the movement arose from the social and cultural reforms, introduced by the Bourbon Kings, in the newly independent state. The, intellectuals favoured the initiatives of the Kings, expecially intended, to reduce Church's privileges and Pope's political power. Important, scholars in the Neopolitan Enlightenment included Antonio Genovesi, Ferdinando Galiani and Gaetano Filangieri, who established the basis for, modern political, economical and monetarist sciences. In particular, Filangieri brought on a general reform of Jurisprudence, renewing the, civil life of the realm.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• Stability -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Centralization +1
• Mercantilism -1

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Carlo VII is active
• Austria exists
• Event 3138 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for France has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • France and Naples are at war

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1741)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 3138 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for France

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. Join the Bourbon Family Pact

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Stability -1
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Genoa
• +50 relations with Prussia
• +50 relations with France
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -100 relations with Portugal
• -50 relations with Russia
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Neutral

• Stability +2
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Genoa
• -50 relations with Prussia
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with France
• +20 relations with England
• +20 relations with Netherlands
• +20 relations with Portugal
• +20 relations with Russia
• +20 relations with Hesse
• +20 relations with Hanover
• +75 relations with Austria

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Carlo VII is active

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1742
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1743)

Description

When Charles VII became King of Naples he received a small army, as an outright gift from his father, Philip V of Spain. In 1743, Naples' army was still composed of foreigners and Charles created twelve, 'national' regiments with manpower drawn from provincial militias. This, army was to be officered by the Neopolitan nobility in order to tie them, more closely to the regime, and modeled after the Prussian army. Although the new army was able to fend off an Austrian invasion in 1744, the reforms failed in their ultimate goals.

Actions

A. Enact absolutist reforms

• Serfdom -1
• Offensive Doctrine -1
• Land +2
• Quality -1
• Stability -2
• Land tech investment: +2000
• +1 base manpower in the capital province

B. Maintain the present system

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

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Carlo VII is active

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1752
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1752)

Description

Carlo VII, King of Naples and son of Felipe V of Spain, wanted a palace like Versailles. It was commissioned to Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-1773). His project was grandiose: it comprehended not only the palace itself (247 m x 184 m = 270 yards x 201 yards), but also a place, a vast park (120 hectares = 296.5 acres), a new urbanistic plan for Caserta and an aqueduct. The Reggia (Royal Palace) was very expensive, expecially for a small state like Naples, but when it was completed in 1774 it gave more prestige and cultural importance to the Kingdom of Naples.

Actions

A. Build the Reggia!

• -400
• Stability -1

B. Don't build it

• Stability +1
• Event 17323 - The Reggia di Caserta in all it's glory for Naples will never fire

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 170120 - The Diplomatic Revolution for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • France and Naples are at war
  • Austria and Naples are at war
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Carlo VII is active
  • Monarch Ferdinando IV is active

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1753
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1772)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 170120 - The Diplomatic Revolution for France

Description

In 1740s the problem of Maria Theresia's succession to the Austrian throne and to the Habsburg inheritance caused a big instability in the European balance of powers which led to the War of Austrian succession. The peace that followed the conflict, provoked by the foreign opposition to the Pragmatic Sanction stated by the former Emperor Charles VI and ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, resulted in a well defined rivalry between major European powers forming essentially two main political formations: the alliance of the socalled 'Bourbon family pact' (France, Spain, Naples and the latest Parma, all with members of the same House of Bourbons) with Prussia and the alliance between Austria, Russia and England. Disappointed by England's interested approaches to the emerging power of Prussia wich led to the Convention of Westminster, a treaty with which both countries would avoid any foreign military presence or access in the German territories, Austria strengthened her political ties with Saxony, Russia and Sweden and started new diplomatic handlings with France, traditionally an arch-enemy of the Habsburgs since the old dispute over the Burgundian inheritance but for sure the most powerful antagonist to the rising British colonial empire. And an alliance with France would also mean the support of Spain and the Bourbon Italian monarchies. That diplomatic move would lead to a huge world conflict fought in the years between 1756 and 1763: the socalled 'Seven Years War'.

Actions

A. Side with the Habsburgs

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against England for 36 months
• +150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Prussia

B. Maintain old alliances

• Stability -1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• +50 relations with France
• -75 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with Russia
• +25 relations with Sweden
• +25 relations with Saxony
• +25 relations with England
• +25 relations with Prussia

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 17322 - The Commissioning of Reggia di Caserta for Naples has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1774
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1774)
unless prevented by
Action B of 17322 - The Commissioning of Reggia di Caserta for Naples

Description

After 22 years of hard work, the Reggia (Royal Palace) is completed! Now we are more important and our court is a beacon of Enlightment!

Actions

A. OK

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in Napoli
• +50 victory points

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Ferdinando IV is active
• Own Sicily
• Control Sicily
• None of the following must occur:
  • Control Napoli
  • Control Apulia

Will happen within 30 days of January 1, 1790
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

Our capital has fallen to our enemies. Should we move the government to Sicily?

Actions

A. Flee to Sicily!

• Move capital to Sicily
• Fortress level in Sicily +1
• +2000 population in Sicily
• Napoli will no longer be considered a national province
• Apulia will no longer be considered a national province
• Stability -2
• Centralization -1
• Flag graphics set to default
• Become Sicily
• Flag graphics extension set to "Bourbon"
• +100 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Savoy
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +100 relations with Portugal
• +4 diplomats

B. Stay on the mainland

• Stability +1
• Centralization +1

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • France controls Castilla
  • Spain is a vassal of France
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 235101 - The creation of the Grand Duchy of Berg for Berg has already occurred
  • Event 200200 - The creation of the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves for Cleves has already occurred
• Event 239029 - A Bonaparte King in Naples for Naples has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 179058 - The Restoration in Italy for Austria has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of August 1, 1808
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

After the French troops invaded Spain, Napoléon put his faithful brother Giuseppe to the Spanish throne and assigned to Joachim Murat, already Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, the Kingdom of Naples. Murat named himself King Gioacchino Napoleone. Although husband to Napoléon's sister Caroline, he proved to be not so faithful as the other members of the Bonaparte family. When Napoléon was exiliated at Elba Island, Murat preferred to make a separate peace with the English-Austrian-Russian-Prussian alliance in the hope to preserve his crown. With the decline of Napoléon he also thought about uniting the Kingdoms of Naples and Italy (which owned the central northern part of the Italian peninsula) under his rule at the expenses of Napoléon's stepson, the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, who still ruled in Milan.

Actions

A. Murat King of Naples!

• Monarch Gioacchino Napoleone becomes active
• -75 relations with France
• -75 relations with Italy
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Italy for 60 months
• Break vassalization with France
• Stability +2

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 179058 - The Restoration in Italy for Austria has already occurred
  • Event 179055 - Austrian foothold in Italy for Austria has already occurred
• Event 3791 - The Return of Napoléon for France has already occurred
• Monarch Gioacchino Napoleone is active

Will happen within 90 days of January 1, 1815
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

As soon as Napoléon returned to France in his lasts attempts to preserve his Empire in the socalled Hundred Days, Joachim Murat, also called King Gioacchino Napoleone in Naples, decided this time to give his full support to his imperial brother-in-law and started gathering troops, the socalled 'murattiani'. In his proclamation of Rimini, the King of Naples meant to raise voluntary troops in the last attempt to defend his Kingdom and, in the same time, to expand in other Italian territories as to achieve a stronger position in a future peace treaty with the 7th Coalition. But his calls to the national pride of a population, which had never considered herself as one Italian population until then, remained unheard. After he failed to cross the Po River, King Gioacchino reorganized his troops in the Papal Marches and decided to wait for an Austrian army which was descending Italy to restore the Bourbons in Naples. What shall we do? Face the Austrian troops and defend our Kingdom or ignominiously abdicate and leave Italy to her destiny?

Actions

A. Lead the Italians against the foreign invaders

• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +10000 infantry in the capital province
• Start a war with Austria
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Papal States for 60 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sicily for 60 months
• -200 relations with Austria
• -200 relations with Papal States
• -200 relations with Tuscany
• -200 relations with Parma
• -200 relations with Modena
• -200 relations with Savoy
• -200 relations with Prussia
• -200 relations with Russia
• -200 relations with England
• -200 relations with Spain
• -200 relations with Sicily
• +300 relations with France
• Event 179059 - The last Napoleonic battle in Italy for Austria is triggered immediately

B. Abandon the Kingdom to its destiny (End Game)

• Event 179060 - The last Napoleonic battle in Italy for Austria is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Event 179061 - The Restoration in the Two Sicilies for Austria has already occurred
• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Sicily exists

Will happen within 18 days of May 4, 1815
Checked again every 18 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

In the Congress of Vienna, the Kingdoms of Naples (which Murat believed to maintain) and Sicily, now united in the socalled Kingdom of Two Sicilies, were given back to the former King Ferdinando IV of Bourbon, who was forced to exile in Sicily when the French troops had invaded his realm. Ferdinando changed his numbering from IV to I as to represent that he was the first monarch to rule the United Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

Actions

A. King Ferdinando is back

• Monarch Ferdinando I becomes active
• Flag graphics extension set to "Bourbon"
• Messina will be considered a national province
• Sicily will be considered a national province

Naples — Not random

Conditions

• Stability is at 0 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of February 3, 1816
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 3, 1817)

Description

Rossini studied in Bologna and began his operatic career when, at 18, he wrote a one-act comedy for Venice. Further commissions followed, from Bologna, Ferrara, Venice again and Milan. His first operas to win international acclaim come from 1813, written for different Venetian theatres: the serious 'Tancredi' and the comic 'L'italiana in Algieri', the one showing a fusion of lyrical expression and dramatic needs, with its crystalline melodies, arresting harmonic inflections and colourful orchestral writing, the other moving easily between the sentimental, the patriotic, the absurd and the sheer lunatic. In 1815 Rossini went to Naples as musical and artistic director of the Teatro San Carlo, which led to a concentration on serious opera.

Actions

A. Great!

• +5 victory points
• Infrastructure tech investment: +15

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170144 - The Satellite Kingdom of Naples for France

Description

In his mind Napoléon had the ambition to form a strong centralized grand Empire in Europe by means of strong relations with peripheral vassal-states ruled by members of his family, the Bonapartes, who had also contributed to defend the Empire from external menaces. That's why he decided to assign the Kingdom of Naples to his brother Giuseppe after the Bourbon Kings hastily escaped to Sicily once the French troops descended Italy.

Actions

A. The Bourbons are chased away!

• Flag graphics extension set to "Bonaparte"
• Monarch Giuseppe Bonaparte becomes active
• +50 relations with France
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +2
• Serfdom -2
• +8000 infantry in the capital province
• Gain 5 warships in a random province

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 12021 - The Angevin inheritance of Naples for France

Description

The French claim on the throne of Naples was unpopular with many of the Italian states, nevertheless, they were all cowed at first by the fierce conduct of war of the French army and by the powerful artillery Charles VIII had at disposal. However King Ferdinando I of Naples sought the diplomatic way, asking Charles VIII for the renewal of the treaties he had previously stipulated with Louis XI and to eventually submit the controversy to the Pope's high decision. As a clear answer to that his ambassadors were just ordered to leave France immediately. Then Ferdinando II managed to reconcile with Pope Alexander VI and that made Ludovico Sforza so suspicious as to request an immediate French intervention in the Kingdom of Naples. On 25 January 1494 Ferdinando II died and his son Alfonso succeeded to the throne. Alfonso's first successful diplomatic move was the alliance with Florence and Papal States. Fearing the French himself, Pope Alexander VI preferred to have Alfonso II as new King in Naples. But as soon as the French King, Charles VIII, moved towards Naples, part of the Kingdom defected from Naples and swore allegiance to the new liege. Also Alfonso II didn't want to face the aggression and abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinando (II) who arranged for resistance instead. While the French army did show its fierceness in Italy by slaughtering and pillaging the villages that didn't want to pay homage, no army seemed intentioned to face the invaders: instead of opposing the French, deals were made with them to avoid battle. Facing with a disbanding army and with a turmoil that broke out in the city of Naples, Ferdinando II was forced to leave his Kingdom and flee to Sicily under the protection of his cousin King Ferdinand of Aragon. On 22 february 1495 Charles VIII King of France entered the city of Naples distributing money to the populace. As a French diplomat, Philippe de Commynes, wrote in his Memoires, the French King took 4 months and 19 days only to reach Naples from Asti, an ambassador would take just a little less. Charles VIII didn't face any enemy army, so it was said he conquered Italy with 'wooden spurs' and 'chalk' used to assign lodgings to his troops. But the Italian diplomacy was already at work, looking for military support against the French aggression.

Actions

A. Seek the protection of Ferdinand of Aragon

• Break vassalization with France
• Break vassalization with Milan
• Break vassalization with Papal States
• Stability -2
• -100 relations with France
• -50 relations with Milan
• -25 relations with Mantua
• -25 relations with Modena
• +25 relations with Tuscany
• +25 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Genoa
• +50 relations with Aragon
• +50 relations with Spain
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Milan for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Genoa for 36 months
• -75
• +5000 infantry in the capital province

B. Bow to French might (End Game)

• Napoli revolts
• Apulia revolts
• Grant independence to Mantua
• Grant independence to Modena
• Grant independence to Milan
• Grant independence to Siena
• Grant independence to Tuscany
• Grant independence to Papal States
• Cede Emilia to Milan
• Cede Marche to Papal States
• Event 12023 - The triumphal entrance in Naples for France is triggered immediately

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 170040 - The French King in Naples for France

Description

The presence of Charles VIII of France in the Kingdom of Naples scared the Italian princes, who had in a certain way permitted the French King to achieve his goal of settling there almost undisturbed. Venice and Florence were worried about a French hegemony in the peninsula. French military presence wasn't limited to Southern Italy but also to villages of Tuscany and the Papal States, which previously surrendered to Charles VIII in his march towards Naples, strategically located to grant the French military supply line. The Pope, who previously granted the French King military access through the Papal territories and consented his stay in Rome, felt in jeopardy as much as to refuse Charles VIII being proclaimed King of Naples. Also King Ferdinand of Aragon couldn't accept the French presence in a Kingdom where he instead, in spite of Alfons V's testament which assigned Naples to the other Trastamara branch, could be the one to have claims there. The position of Naples was also important for the Aragonese trading in the Mediterranean. The Duke of Milan, who decisively affected Charles VIII's decision to settle in Naples, was now alarmed by the presence of French reserve troops deployed in the county of Asti, very close to Milan and at the order of the Duke of Orléans, who had dynastical claims to the Milanese throne. So Venice, Milan, the Pope, Spain and even the Holy Roman Empire (so firmly opposed to the French expansionism in Italy as to join any Anti-French alliance available) consequently formed the Anti-French league in Venice on 31 March 1495. Florence preferred to stay out because of her internal problems caused by Charles VIII's passage and decided to support France instead. Having heard about those arrangements and fearing that the confederates would isolate his army in Italy, Charles VIII decided to return to France for reinforcements leaving his regent in Naples. He had to move his army quickly through the Apennines as to reach the Alps and then safety, but the presence of heavy artilleries and carriages transporting the big loot he accumulated across Italy, slowed his march down. Only at Fornovo on the Taro River, in the Po Valley, Charles VIII finally faced the army of the confederates. Despite having lost all the carriages, he managed to reach the Alps gaining from his expedition to Italy nothing but his army decimated by epidemies.

Actions

A. Find support against France

• Break vassalization with France
• -100 relations with France
• +50 relations with Aragon
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with Milan
• +50 relations with Papal States
• +50 relations with Venice
• -25 relations with Tuscany

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action C of 285002 - Masaniello's Revolt for Spain

Description

Masaniello's revolt has led to the independence from Spain. How shall we organize our state?

Actions

A. Follow the lead of the revolution

• Serfdom -7
• Aristocracy -4
• Innovativeness +2
• Infrastructure tech investment: +300
• -2 base tax value in a random province
• -400 relations with Spain
• -400 relations with Papal States
• Break vassalization with Spain
• +150

B. A bourgeois society

• Centralization +4
• Serfdom -4
• Aristocracy -2
• Quality +2
• -100 relations with Spain
• Break vassalization with Spain

C. An Anjou state

• Break vassalization with Spain
• Gain a royal marriage with France
• Monarch Filippo III will never rule
• Monarch Carlo V will never rule
• Monarch Filippo IV will never rule
• Monarch Giuseppe I will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VI will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VII will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinando IV will never rule
• Monarch Carlo VII ° becomes active
• Monarch Carlo VIII Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Leopoldo Giuseppe Carlo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco II ° becomes active
• Monarch Pietro Leopoldo ° becomes active
• Monarch Francesco III ° becomes active
• +300 relations with France

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 228024 - Gian Galeazzo's marriage in Naples for Milan

Description

In 1480, at the end of the war that ensued the Pazzi conspiracy between Florence, Milan and Venice against Papal States and Naples and at an attempt of the Turks to invade southern Italy with the troops' landing at Otranto, peace was soon agreed with. In order to enforce peace, Ludovico Sforza, regent of the duchy followed the traditional Milanese attitude to stipulate political marriages, which his father Francesco begun with the 1454 treaty of Lodi. A political marriage was arranged to strengthen the relations between the ducal court of Milan and the royal court of Naples between the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo and Isabella d'Aragona, granddaughet of Ferrante, King of Naples. The ceremony took place in 1488 in Naples but the wedding was confirmed in Milan only the following year.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• +25 relations with Milan
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 12 months

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 285096 - The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily for Spain

Description

In the war of Polish succession Felipe V of Spain supported France in her fight against Austria and Russia in order to make the French candidate to be elected as King of Poland. He hoped in this way to secure Mantua for the elder son, Don Carlos, who, already Duke of Parma as Carlo I, had also the expectation of Tuscany and to give the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily to the younger son, Don Felipe. Since Austria was fighting on several fronts on the Rhine against France and on Lombardia against Savoy, Spain easily conquered Naples and Sicily which Austria had previously occupied during the war of Spanish succession. In 1735 the peace treaty that followed the war of Polish succession established that Felipe's son Carlos (later Charles III of Spain) should give up the duchy of Parma, which he had inherited in 1731 as descent of the Farnese family through his mother, Elisabetta Farnese, Queen of Spain and any claim to Tuscany, given to the Duke of Lorraine after Gian Gastone, the last of the Medicis, died. In exchange for that, Don Carlos was confirmed the possession of his conquests in Southern Italy. On 3 October 1735 Don Carlos, named Carlo VII King of Naples and Carlo V King of Sicily, established the cadet line of the Spanish House of Bourbons in the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (renamed Kingdom of Two Sicilies after 1815).

Actions

A. One King, Two Kingdoms

• Flag graphics extension set to "Bourbon"
• Inherit the realms of Sicily
• +25 relations with Papal States
• +25 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with Savoy
• +8000 infantry in the capital province
• Gain 5 warships in a random province
• Messina will be considered a national province
• Sicily will be considered a national province

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 7114 - The will of King Alfons for Aragon

Description

In 1458, in accordance with his father's will, Ferdinando succeeded Alfonso I on the throne of Naples. Ferdinando I, also called Don Ferrante, was the natural son of Alfonso V of Aragon and I of Sicily and Naples. In order to arrange a good future to his bastard son, King Alfonso had him married in 1444 to Isabella of Chiaramonte, a feudal heiress of remarkable feudal possessions in Southern Italy and granddaughter of Maria d'Enghien, Queen consort of Ladislao, the last Angevin King of Naples. But after Alfonso died Pope Calixtus III didn't legitimate Ferdinando as new King of Naples, he declared instead that the line of Aragon was extinct and that the Kingdom was to be considered a fief of the church. Although the Pope died before he could make good his claim and the new Pope Pius II on the contrary recognized Ferdinando, Jean d'Anjou, Duke of Lorraine and René's son, also known as 'Duke of Calabria', profiting by the discontent of the pro-Angevin Neapolitan barons, decided to attempt to regain the throne of his ancestors and invaded Naples. The war started well for the Anjou with the easy occupation of Apulia and the temporary control of Naples after the victorious battle of Sarno in 1460. Ferdinand was so severely defeated that his Kingdom seemed to be completely lost in Angevin hands, but with the military help of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, through his brother Alessandro and of the Albanian leader Gjergj Kastrioti, known as 'Skanderbeg', who came to the aid of the prince whose father had aided him, he triumphed over his enemies in the battle of Troja in 1462. By 1464 Ferdinando could re-establish his authority in the Kingdom, Jean d'Anjou left Southern Italy while the barons agreed to recognize the Aragonese as their King.

Actions

A. Independence from Aragon

• Break vassalization with Aragon
• Stability +2
• Global revolt risk +6 for 36 months
• Apulia revolts
• +50 relations with Milan
• -25 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Aragon
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Provence

Naples — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 12125 - The Napoleonic Wars for France

Description

Napoléon argued that he wanted to build a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government. But if this was indeed his goal, he intended to achieve it by taking power into his own hands. He supposedly intended to grant constitutions, introduce laws, abolished feudalism, create efficient governments and foster education, science, literature and the arts. The other powers of Europe looked on with alarm at an expansionist France, bringing its revolutionary ideals and fervour abroad in the wake of Napoléon's military might.

Actions

A. War!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 192 months
• +150 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Savoy
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Portugal
• -200 relations with France

B. Peace!

• Stability -1