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)
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
- +150 relations with Papal States
- +150 relations with France
- +150 relations with Spain
- +150 relations with Tuscany
- +150 relations with Venice
- +150 relations with Naples
- +150 relations with Order of St. John
B. Let the matter fall
- +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
- -50 relations with Papal States
- -50 relations with France
- -50 relations with Spain
- -50 relations with Tuscany
- -50 relations with Venice
- -50 relations with Naples
- -50 relations with Order of St. John
Savoy — Not random
Triggered by
Action A of 3710 - The Sale of Corsica to Savoy for GenoaDescription
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 GenoaDescription
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 B of 3709 - The Sale of Corsica to Spain for GenoaAction B of 3175 - The Sale of Corsica for Spain
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