Kingdoms of the HRE

Mod that changes how Kingdoms are formed in the HRE for both the player and AI.
These changes apply to both existing HRE Kingdoms and creatable ones.

This mod is considered complete. I will do my best to ensure compatibility with game version updates.

Please note that I currently have no intention of buying future CK3 DLCs. If a future DLC breaks this mod I will not be able to fix it.

Kingdoms
* Kingdoms within the HRE’s ‘sphere of influence‘ can no longer be created manually by vassals of the HRE
* HRE vassals will need to petition the Emperor in order to be granted a Kingdom title
* The Emperor will be given the options to either bestow the Kingdom title or reject the petition, risking further trouble with the vassal
* Improve your change of acceptance by swaying the Emperor, or guarantee it with a strong hook blackmail…
* Form new HRE Kingdoms of Upper Saxony, Lower Saxony, Carinthia or Slavinia
* Flavorization changes rename Kingdoms (with some exceptions) to Principalities to better reflect the structure of the HRE

Cultures
* Requires the Royal Court DLC
* Characters who are not culture heads may be given the option to diverge or convert their culture
* See more unique cultures such as Austrian, Lothringian or Upper Saxon

Decisions
* Decisions to form Austria and Switzerland have been removed and instead incorporated into this mod
* As a Saxon prince unite your people to form the Kingdom of Saxony!
* As an archduke of Austria establish your dynasty to gain early access to single heir succession
* As the leader of the Swiss Confederation build cities to receive region wide buffs from the Cantons

Artifacts
* Gain a crown to kick-start your reign upon gaining a Kingdom
* Also receive the Golden Bull used to justify your reign as a court artifact

For a detailed explanation of the changes visit the mod’s README[github.com].

This mod changes the definition files of the HRE Kingdom and so whilst unlikely to cause crashes you will see strange
behaviour with other mods that either:
* add or remove duchies to HRE Kingdoms
* add or remove Kingdoms to the HRE empire (and surrounding empires)

A compatibility mod has been created for Culture Expanded. Subscribe to this mod if you are using it.

In regard to adding new Kingdoms this mod’s purpose was to break up the German (East Francia) Kingdom into smaller parts.
I feel that this has been achieved with the addition of Lower and Upper Saxony therefore I am unlikely to add more Kingdoms.

The code should be easy enough to follow for modders who are interested.

This mod works with the 867 start date (more specifically the ‘Restore Holy Roman Empire’ decision) and special consideration has made for the French Kingdoms.

Should the Empire to formed with the French Kingdoms as de jure (i.e Charles ‘the Bald’ restores the Empire), then the French Kingdoms will be added to the petition options.

The Kingdom of Upper Saxony will have slightly easier requirements in the 867 start due to the existence of Sorbia.

Unfortunately due to code limitations the major changes made by this mod are static. Any changes that go about adding/changing/removing titles that this mod changes will most likely be incompatible.

Whilst unlikely to crash your game you may see things like orphaned duchy titles which may have a negative impact.

Apologies but due to the large amount of mods out there I am not interested in making compatibility patches at this point in time.

Localization files for all supported languages has been provided by ModTranslationHelper[github.com].

Please note that these files are machine translated and most likely will not be 100% accurate. I welcome any modders out
there to provide language support for this mod.

Below lists mods which provide localization support for this mod. If your preferred language appears below you must use the
associated mod as the machine generated localization will have been removed.

Chinese Localization Mod – thanks to 無壹

This mod has been tested to the best of my abilities. If any bugs or issues are found please described them in a comment.