This is important because it will allow you to beat them to Constantinople with the help of a maneuver general, By this time, you should have the ability to start claiming provinces in portugal. Introduction Castile has proven to be an exciting playthrough with different unexpected twists that were challenging but rewarding as will be explained in the following post I have decided to modify by using chapters that try to follow a chronological order but mostly focus on certain events that happened between 1444-1532 in the game which will be referenced in each chapter as each chapter holds its own story but all intertwined within the gameplay. All rights reserved. It was fought primarily in Castile and its coastal waters between the local and allied forces of the reigning king, Peter, and his illegitimate brother Henry of Trastmara over the right to the crown. That can trigger civil wars. There are players who refuse to use them except in the most dire circumstances. That lasted for a few more months and my 12,000 men were all stack-wiped by the Aragonese troops since Castille kept retreating. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Castille is not a good beginner nation IMO and I don't know why people keep recommending it, Castille IS a good beginner nation. At the same time,it also has a great influence on monopoly Seville busi. $PROVINCENAME$ has fallen into the hands of the rebel forces. One of the candidates has sent to us for help. Sure you can and you need to fight this civil war and potentially France depending on RNG. Use claims bordering claims to attack Ireland or Scotland, If you didnt get the Habsburg heir event early on, a neat trick that you can do is if Austria gets the Burgundian Inheritance, you can steal it by RMing them with no heir. Its just too valuable for us to get a lot of land at the same time, no matter how much money it costs us, Make sure your burghers and clergy are always running the interactions that increase settler growth and lower the chance of an uprising, Use the button to kill natives and stack wipe them so they dont return. Personally, I kinda like the idea that some disasters are pretty much unavoidable once the conditions for triggering it have occured. Pretender rebels (size 1) (friendly to Aragon) rise in revolt in a random own province that is not the capital province. Chapter 4: Gradual Morrocan Conquest (1486-1500)After many devastating losses, Castile decided to release their wrath on Morroco as a sign of revenge against the Islamic world, during the time of the war Morroco was allied with Tunis which was very satisfying to defeat after the shameful loss against them, and the Ottomans. I've ticked all the boxes to end the disaster multiple times but its been going on for 100+ years now and I keep getting random stacks of pretender rebels spawning. A few months after that fight, France decided to attack England which I refused to join because i'm not going to sacrifice myself for England. Therefore managing to establish Spanish Peru and New Granda in and around Central America. Well, technically speaking, if you get a female consort-regent, you'll almost certainly fire the Iberian Wedding before the civil war. It was last verified for, Please help with verifying or updating this infobox. The country had the event New Factional Powers and thereby chosen the option Support one side. This thread is archived . He was acclaimed Henry II and immediately solidified his rule by removing Jews from high office. We are at an evolutionary standstill and drastic measures must be taken to reclaim our nation's prominence and put an end to the infighting before it is too late. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast . This event fires only once for a country. And then suddenly, Castille decides to surprise attack Aragon. Chapter 3: Poor Ally Choices (1479-1485)Some years earlier in the game, Hungary had offered an alliance with Castile, and due to my negligence and lack of premonition, I accepted the alliance which was a big mistake to continue from the sequences of the previous chapter a war Ottomans started a war against Hungary which made us join due to the alliance between us which was catastrophic since we didnt have time to recover from the previous war Tunis attacking us from the south with our limited number of soldiers managed to hold them at bay but the navy suffered major casualties due to the lack of recovery from the previous succession war, the ottomans managed to make quick work of the navy almost entirely wiping it out. Dont forget to set your new subjects to either siege or offensive! The War of the Roses on the other hand is usually an opportunity to get a really nice leader :) It wasn't the Spanish Civil war, it was called Castilian Civil war. That said, make sure to spam galleys if your focus is inside the mediterranean, Getting a foothold in Britain early can be really valuable since you can collect trade already in the English Channel with the Burgundian Inheritance. You don't have anyone that really tries to murder you. This event fires only once for a country. Once again the Castilian crown has seen a disputed succession and it seems the country is now on the brink of civil war. if you REALLY want to avoid disaster play as aragon. the start of Castilian Civil War disaster. I don't think I've had this disaster in at least some of the Castille games I played (might have had it in my first one, but that was my first run in this game, and I believe I've prevented it the other 2 or so times I played Castille), but it doesn't seem too difficult to prevent if you just have a male heir which will be of age when your ruler dies (80 claim strength is not unusual to have). Take everything you know about a chill, peaceful, Castile game, and throw it out the window. Additionally, for some reason out of the blue before my inevitable invasion of Granada since they seemed extremely helpless, Argon in 1449 Immediately declared war against Castile (me) which was probably the worst decision they could make since they failed miserably but worse than that, this sealed their fate in my mind to erase their existence. There is an army just outside the gates of $CAPITAL_CITY$, and the city is about to fall!". Finish sieging Constantinople with the assistance from ottoman troops, then put all your troops into Achaea and Morea, If youve managed to become the curia controller, call for a crusade against ottomans before declaring war for a major boost to your stats while fighting, Once youre ready, peace out with Byzantium for vassalization and all of their money, Now, you get to call in all of your allies against the Ottomans. Any owned province (saved as targeted province): Pretender rebels (size 1) rise up in revolt in targeted province. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). The legitimacy of the current heir is being questioned by some leading nobles who would prefer a relative of the King aligned with the Aragonese Crown. If you kept them, then abandon the union and feed them to Aragon once the truce ends, Since a rival should free up as morocco has become invalid, nows the time to rival Burgundy if you havent already, Keep in mind not to state anything new yet, because we will have very specific goals for our states soon, You should take the missions so that you can get your claims on Burgundy, With the boost of power from the Iberian Wedding (You should be the 2nd rank great power at this point), were gonna want to force the burgundian inheritance. The three provinces played a very important role in the balance of the three forces in the Libya peninsula. The conflict started after the death of king Alfonso XI of Castile in March 1350. The Castilian Civil War was a war of succession over the Crown of Castile that lasted from 1351 to 1369. You can easily end the civil war within a year if you play your cards right. the war ended with a major Ottoman victory. 1. If you do, however, choose India, this is a nice way to do it, Arumba, our patron god, tells us not to use one colonist in multiple colonies. Today, were gonna be sweating bullets as we do our best to maximize the potential that Castile has as a european and world power. If the progress reaches 100%, the disaster will start with the following event: $MONARCH$'s continuous scheming and plotting has infuriated the nobles and made $MONARCH$ some powerful enemies among the aristocracy. If Burgundy has rivaled you, rival them back, and its the same for Aragon if theyve rivaled you. Was having a fun run as Castile but the Castilian Civil War disaster fired and wont end and has ruined the game. Being at war non stop for a nation like castille isnt hard and the IB fires quickly. Portugal gets the event Castilian Civil War (Portuguese event) in 10 days. Something that will be essential here is that Austria rivals France. Chapter 1: Argonian Outrage and Conquering of Granada (1444-1528)At the start of the game, the first 4 visible countries I encountered were Granada, Portugal, Navara, and Argon, and right off the bat, Navara was an easy country to vassalize under Castile, therefore, eliminating a potential enemy and earning a long-lasting ally. If these prerequisites are met, the monthly progress can begin. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by . Check the amount of natives in the interface and put around double the troops to guarantee a wipe, Our first project will be tenerife for the Plus Ultra mission, but our real goal is to rush to india as fast as we can, The strategy were gonna utilize is building spy networks on people in other continents, then putting a colony next to them so that we have adjacency for a claim, The way it tends to go for me is that Ill use this to fabricate on Jolof, take their land and core it (Take every TC province that you can, theyre really powerful), then move on to benin, kongo, colonize the cape, then Ill use comoros to fabricate on the Madagascar natives in order to reach India, Youll want to enter through either the Maldives or Ceylon (Sri Lanka) because chartering land is too expensive and a no-cb entrance gives you too much AE, The alliance chains are rough, so make sure to bring 30k+ units for your Indian wars, Try to get 100% of Zanzibar quickly, as your Indian trade will have to flow through there in order to get sent home correctly. Cookie Notice One of the candidates has received support from the Aragonese crown, our rival on the other side of the Pyrenees. 14th-century war of succession in the Kingdom of Castile, For the other conflict sometimes called the "Second Castilian Civil War", see, introducing citations to additional sources, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castilian_Civil_War&oldid=1127561766, Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Europe, Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe, Articles needing additional references from November 2022, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 12:03. Champasak does not exist. A truce with Granada. Prominent nobles in [Root.GetName] have joined the revolt and taken up arms against us. Will bring us closer to Aragon! If youve picked carefully, you should be calling in people strong enough to have more than double, possibly triple the Ottomans army count. at least one of the following is true for this country: Every owned provinces in Champasak and Khorat areas, Enacts government reform 'Mandala System', Gets a new ruler of our dynasty comes to power, Every owned provinces in Vientiane and Khorat areas, Every owned provinces in Luang Prabang area. If you're the aggressor y. Province Vientiane: As the civil war rages on, Luang Prabang has emerged as an independent kingdom, ruled by a former Prince of Lan Xang. Make sure to find time to embargo your rivals without missing an improve relations tick. After this, the whole province of Galicia took sides with Henry. Number one is france, since they will be a nice snack for us later on down the line. There, he petitioned Edward, the Black Prince, for aid and, in exchange for lands in Castile, received it. Youll know its coming because they will move troops to Edirne and probably Selanik or Tirhala. Despite what everyone else says, the Iberians are not easy. We don't have much time to turn this around, if we are to act this is the time or our nation will likely crumble before us. Dont stab up immediately, just let the pretenders force demands so that your stability is reset to 0, then go up so the disaster can end, Do NOT expel the moriscos in the event, because theyll come back. You may need to ask hungary for access for austria and the others to be smart enough to go and walk into greece, (I have no idea at all why byzantium allied circassia in my game, but usually itll be serbia or wallachia), Try to avoid sieges, but leave 1k stacks on the forts in case the AI decides to run off of it when its done sieging. The following event may also occur during this disaster. Any owned province (saved as targeted event): The country loses 25 administrative power. 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