Crusader Kings II: The English conundrum (Lloegyr)
0If I didn't usurp the title Kingdom of England, there was a good chance my vassal duke Prince of England (who held a Welsh duchy and an English duchy) would press his weak claim for that title since the English king was a child. If he did, then he would drag the Welsh duchy within the kingdom and would be unhappy with me until I transfer all relevant vassals to him and thus making him very powerful.
So I had to usurp but the next problem was to whom I grant this title. Granting it to a duke would retain the prevailing succession law i.e. Elective Monarchy. I'm not sure whether the Prince of England can nominate himself because his primary title is the Welsh duchy.
Granting it to Grand Mayor of Guenet was quite attractive because (1) that would change the kingdom to be a merchant republic and thereby disallowing Prince of Duke of being elected as leader (wouldn't stop him from pressing his claim, if opportunity arises), (2) of bucketload of income, and (3) Prince Mayor generally is not ambitious to press claim against me. However, I would have a powerful vassal with -20 penalty (on top of the usual -20 for High Crown Authority) for having the wrong type of government. Also, it would yield less army levy.
In the end, I granted it to a vassal duke, hoping that they would never want to elect a Welsh duke (yes, the Prince of England was Welsh due to me placing a Welsh guardian to educate him previously). Hope that's true!
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