Short update on my Shattered World playthrough: King Jaufré I "the Great" of France and Britanny died at the age of 65. Overall, that makes him my second longest-living character after his grandfather Emmanuel the Great. With a dynastic score of over 10,000, he is also my second-best character so far (once again behind his grandfather). Who would have thought when you consider I nearly had a ragequit when I started playing as him?
Anyway, on to his successor: his grandson King Jaufré II. And I must say... It's the first time none of my vassals has a negative opinion of my King at all. Jaufré might not have had the best education outcome (Indulgent Wastrel, the basic Stewardship-based ed.), he makes up for that with a very gentle personnality. He is Gregarious and Just and he also has three of the seven virtues (Diligent, Kind and Humble). He used also to be Charitable be he has recently lost that trait. Anyway, the end result is that I don't have to worry about plots and factions right now because he is way too popular (despite the fact there were 5 factions that appeared when he was crowned). As a bonus: when his grandfather died, I was in the middle of a war to conquer Limousin for the Duke of Bourbon, my vassal (and also a bastard son of Jaufré I). The Duke of Bourbon and Jauffré II grew up as rivals... But since Jaufré II finished the conquest of Limousin, even the Duke of Bourbon loves him!
I keep expanding South to form the Empire of France. I think all that's left for me to conquer is France South of the Garonne, Auvergne and Provence as well as a few counties in the Alps. I also have made the Count of Lusignan, one of my vassals, the Duke of Poitou. There was also a plot in Tuscany that aimed to make me the new Duke (Jaufré II's mother was the Aunt of the current duke) but it failed miserably (without much surprise on my part given the fact that it was one count trying to overthrow a Duke who had the support of his wife, the Queen of Serbia).
In terms of succession, it seems Princess Sophie, Jaufré II's daughter, won't be the next Queen of France and Britanny. After his accession to the throne, Jaufré II had an event where he and his wife became lovers. A few months later, she was pregnant. The end result was a baby boy christened Thibault, after Jaufré II's late father, who is currently tutored by the Steward of France (Jaufré II has a too poor Stewardship ed for me to handle Thibault's personnal education). Well, at least Sophie isn't out of the succession: she is married and she has one daughter (Adalmode) so far.
Kome said:
Update! Apparently not completely lesbian after all, since she just gave birth to a secret bastard with the Grandmaster of the Knight's Templar.
If that child had been born in wedlock, I would have pointed out that she still needed an heir for the succession so she had the "close your eyes and think of the Kindgom" mind. That's what most homosexual rulers did in the past. That said, it's technically the result of an affair... So, I guess that definitely makes her bi, unless the bastard is intended to be legitimised.