Savoy — Not random

Conditions

• Savoy owns Piemonte

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1550
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1560)

Description

Chambéry had been the capital of Savoy since its elevation from a county to a duchy by the Emperor Sigismund in 1416, but by the mid-16th century French influence had given way to an obvious desire for outright annexation of the Savoyard state. In 1536, King Francis I had ordered the occupation of Savoy by French troops, who essentially set up a police state and governed Savoy as a de facto feudal appanage of the French kingdom. Duke Charles III realized too late the weakness of his state, and tried to fortify the southern city of Turin as a possible alternative seat of power. His son, the far more competent and energetic Emmanuel Philibert, broke off relations with France and moved the capital to Turin in 1562, which he protected with a complex system of fortifications known as the Cittadella. Turin would remain the Savoyard capital until Italian unification in the 19th century and the final acquisition of Rome in September 1870.

Actions

A. Move the court to Turin

• Move capital to Piemonte
• +5 base tax value in Piemonte
• +15% population in Piemonte
• -100 relations with France
• Break vassalization with France
• Stability -1

B. Remain in Chambéry

• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• +50 relations with France
• Stability +2
• Event 3584 - The King of Sardinia for Savoy will never fire

Savoy — Not random

Conditions

• Ottoman Empire exists
• Event 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1568
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States

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 Pie 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
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Portugal
• +50 relations with Tuscany
• +50 relations with Venice
• +50 relations with Naples
• +50 relations with Order of St. John
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Genoa

B. Let the matter fall

• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Portugal
• -50 relations with Tuscany
• -50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with Naples
• -50 relations with Order of St. John
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Genoa

Savoy — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3914 - The Savoyard Court for Savoy has already occurred
• Savoy owns Sardinia
• The following must not occur:
  • Sardinia exists

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1713
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3914 - The Savoyard Court for Savoy

Description

Following the War of the Spanish succession - in which Savoy had changed sides, initially backing Louis XIV - the island of Sardinia and its title of Kingdom were ceded by the Habsburg and Bourbon claimants to the Spanish throne to the Duke of Savoy, Victor Amadeus II. The Savoyards united it with their historical possessions on the Italian peninsula, and the kingdom came to be progressively identified with the Italian states, which included - besides Savoy and Aosta - dynastic possessions like Piedmont and Nice, both of which the Savoyards had ruled since the 14th century. As a result of this shift, the historically French-aligned duchy of Savoy evolved into the culturally Italian kingdom of Sardinia, which in turn became the founding state of a unified kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Actions

A. Let us claim the crown of Sardinia

• Become Sardinia
• Flag graphics extension set to "SAV"
• french will no longer be an accepted culture
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Sardinia will be considered a national province
• Liguria will be considered a national province
• Stability +2

B. We shall remain as we are

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy +1
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Austria
• Stability -1

Savoy — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus tried to name Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. However in the late phase of the Franco-Spanish negotiations a secretary of one of the Spanish ministers leaked out information and Habsburg partisans back in Madrid argued for allocating succession to the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty, so Charles II hard beset, in one of his last official acts, left Spain to his nephew, Charles of Habsburg. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against Austria and Spain. Thus when Austrian forces reinforced the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. Accept it conditionally

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• +100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability +1

B. Fight him

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 36 months
• -150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability +3

C. Accept it

• +150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability -1

Savoy — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3710 - The Sale of Corsica to Savoy for Genoa

Description

Your most generous offer of Corsica, is greatly appreciated. The Genovese court is utterly pleased to do business with you and accepts your proposal with no conditions.

Actions

A. Good

• +150 relations with Genoa
• -800

Savoy — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3710 - The Sale of Corsica to Savoy for Genoa

Description

However generous it may be, the Genovese court has decided to decline your offer of Corsica. The fate of the people of Corsica will remain in your hands.

Actions

A. Darn

• -50 relations with Genoa

Savoy — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus named Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against France and Spain. Thus when French forces occupied the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. Accept it

• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability +2

B. Fight him

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 36 months
• +150 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with France
• Stability -1

Sardinia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 3136 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for France

Description

In 1733, the death of August II prompted a new election for the Polish monarch. Due to the permanent practice of Liberum Veto and the ensuing constant bribery, the Polish Sejm was unable to agree between the French Candidate, Stanislas Leszinsky and his opponent, August III of Saxony, supported by Austria and Russia. The Sejm finally agreed on Stanislas, but this was rejected by Austria and Russia starting the war of Polish Succession. The war ended with August III on the Polish throne.

Actions

A. Secure Poland for Stanislaus

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months
• Stability +1
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Poland
• -150 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Saxony

B. Stay out of it

• Stability -1
• -1 badboy
• -100 relations with France
• +50 relations with Prussia
• +50 relations with Poland
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Saxony

Savoy — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3175 - The Sale of Corsica for Spain
Action B of 3709 - The Sale of Corsica to Spain for Genoa

Description

By 1760, the Ligurian Republic of Genoa had grown fed up with the permanent unrest that plagued the island of Corsica, its possession for nearly 400 years. The local people of that poor island would refuse to pay tax, disrupt trade and resort to banditry whenever an opportunity arose. The local political situation had gone to the point where the Beauty Island (nickname of Corsica) had gone to outright rebellion and semi-independence. Their Genoese had not the means to sustain repression there and were eager to get rid, if possible for a profit, of that possession. Finally it was Savoy, who bought it in 1768 and restored order, one year before the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio on 15th August, 1769. Later on the inhabitants of Corsica would freely chose to become French as Savoy held free elections over the question of annexion by France.

Actions

A. Offer to buy Corsica

• Event 3710 - The Sale of Corsica to Savoy for Genoa is triggered immediately

B. Pass the opportunity

• +100