Bavaria — Not random
Conditions
- Austria exists
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At least one of the following must occur:
- State religion is protestant
- State religion is reformed
Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1527
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1529)
Description
After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threaten by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534).Actions
A. Give it your support
- +50 relations with Brandenburg
- +50 relations with Brunswick
- +50 relations with Hesse
- +50 relations with Palatinate
- +50 relations with Saxony
- +50 relations with Würzburg
- +50 relations with Baden
- -50 relations with Papal States
- -50 relations with Spain
- -100 relations with Austria
B. Ignore it
- -150 relations with Brandenburg
- -150 relations with Brunswick
- -150 relations with Hesse
- -150 relations with Palatinate
- -150 relations with Saxony
- -150 relations with Würzburg
- -150 relations with Baden
- +50 relations with Austria
- +50 relations with Cologne
Bavaria — Not random
Conditions
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At least one of the following must occur:
- State religion is protestant
- State religion is reformed
Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1605
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)
Description
The Holy Roman Empire had a fragile balance, split between 10 major and nearly 400 minor states and principalities, as well as two opposing religions. The power of the Emperor is quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II increases frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and is banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states form the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.Actions
A. Prepare to Join
- +50 relations with Brandenburg
- +50 relations with Brunswick
- +50 relations with Hesse
- +50 relations with Palatinate
- +50 relations with Saxony
- +50 relations with Würzburg
- +50 relations with Baden
- -50 relations with Papal States
- -50 relations with Spain
- -100 relations with Austria
B. Stay Neutral
- -150 relations with Brandenburg
- -150 relations with Brunswick
- -150 relations with Hesse
- -150 relations with Palatinate
- -150 relations with Saxony
- -150 relations with Würzburg
- -150 relations with Baden
- +50 relations with Austria
- +50 relations with Cologne
Bavaria — Not random
Conditions
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At least one of the following must occur:
- State religion is catholic
- State religion is counterreform
Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1607
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)
Description
The German Catholic states felt threatened by the 1608 creation of the Evangelic Union of their northern Protestant neighbors, following the Donauwerth exclusion from the Empire. Feeling the urge to unite, they regrouped into a Catholic League that same year. The stage was set for the Thirty Years War.Actions
A. Prepare to Join
- -100 relations with Brandenburg
- -100 relations with Brunswick
- -100 relations with Hesse
- -100 relations with Palatinate
- -100 relations with Saxony
- -100 relations with Würzburg
- -100 relations with Baden
- +100 relations with Cologne
- +100 relations with Cleves
- +150 relations with Papal States
- +150 relations with Spain
- +150 relations with Austria
B. Stay Neutral
- +50 relations with Brandenburg
- +50 relations with Brunswick
- +50 relations with Hesse
- +50 relations with Palatinate
- +50 relations with Saxony
- +50 relations with Würzburg
- +50 relations with Baden
- -50 relations with Papal States
- -50 relations with Spain
- -100 relations with Austria
Bavaria — Not random
Conditions
- Country is not at war
- Is not a vassal
Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1620
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1640)
Description
The Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled the duchy of Bavaria was a younger branch of the family which also ruled the Palatinate. The head of the elder branch was one of the seven prince-electors of the Empire according to the Golden Bull of 1356, but Bavaria was excluded from the electoral dignity. In 1621, Frederick V, ruler of the Palatinate, was put under the imperial ban for his role in the Bohemian Revolt against Emperor Ferdinand II, and the electoral dignity and territory of the Upper Palatinate was conferred upon his loyal cousin, Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria. Although the Peace of Westphalia would create a new electoral title for Frederick V's son, with the exception of a brief period during the War of the Spanish Succession, Maximilian's descendants would continue to hold the original electoral dignity until the extinction of his line in 1777 - at that point the two lines were joined in personal union until the Empire itself was abolished by Emperor Francis II in 1806.Actions
A. Ascendancy!
- Stability +3
- Bavaria will now have 2 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
- Centralization +1
- Innovativeness +1
- Pfalz will be considered a claim province
- Mainz will be considered a claim province
- +100 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +50 relations with a random elector
- +200
Bavaria — Not random
Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)
Description
The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Heiliges Reich (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.Actions
A. Anti-Habsburg
- Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
- Stability -1
- +150 relations with Prussia
- +150 relations with Saxony
- +50 relations with Genoa
- +150 relations with France
- -100 relations with England
- -100 relations with Netherlands
- -100 relations with Russia
- -50 relations with Hesse
- -50 relations with Hanover
- -150 relations with Austria
B. Neutral
- -50 relations with Prussia
- -50 relations with Saxony
- -50 relations with France
- +100 relations with England
- +100 relations with Netherlands
- +50 relations with Russia
- +100 relations with Hesse
- +100 relations with Hanover
- +100 relations with Austria
- Stability +1
C. Pro-Habsburg
- -150 relations with Prussia
- -150 relations with Saxony
- -150 relations with France
- +150 relations with England
- +100 relations with Netherlands
- +50 relations with Russia
- +150 relations with Hesse
- +150 relations with Hanover
- +150 relations with Austria
- Stability -2
- Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 12 months
Bavaria — Not random
Triggered by
Action A of 3852 - The Bavarian Archbishops for CologneDescription
Ernst, a member of our ruling Wittelsbach family, has been appointed Archbishop of Cologne. This means a new era of Bavarian influence there.Actions
A. Splendid!
- Gain Cologne as vassals
- Gain a royal marriage with Cologne
Bavaria — Not random
Triggered by
Action A of 3207 - The Bavarian Succession of 1777 for AustriaDescription
After the extinction of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Bavaria (1777), Joseph II endeavored to strengthen the position of Austria within the Empire. His plan to exchange territories with Charles Theodore of the Palatinate, the heir of the Bavarian throne (Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate for Lower Austria) led to the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-1779). Prussia intervened in July 1778 in what she saw as a dangerous Austrian expansion. It was a short conflict which started with a Prussian invasion of Bohemia but was terminated in May 1779s when Empress Maria Theresa forced her son Joseph II to capitulate. The peace was concluded at Teschen on 16th May 1779 and Austria settled for the small Inn district.Actions
A. Defend you Throne
- Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months
- Gain a temporary casus belli against Palatinate for 24 months
- -150 relations with Austria
- -150 relations with Palatinate
- +200 relations with Prussia
- Gain a royal marriage with Prussia
- Stability +1
- -2% inflation
- +300
- +25000 infantry in a random province
- +12000 cavalry in the same province
- +35 artillery in the same province