Holdings can be castles, cities, temples, tribes or nomadic capitals.īarons (other than Patricians) are not playable, and their simulation is simplified to improve game performance. The tiers are as follows from lowest to highest, with their respective portrait and coat of arms frames:Ī baron/baroness owns a holding (also called a Barony), the smallest land unit in the game. Rulers can only be vassals to a single higher-tier liege. 7 Non-baron tier vassals with other government types.This is not the case if the liege grants the vassal the higher ranked title or if the vassal obtains the title via conquest, unless the title is of the same rank as or higher than the liege's primary title. Note that when a vassal inherits a title from outside his liege's realm which is higher ranked than his current one(s), the higher ranked title becomes his new primary title this means that he'll cease to be a vassal of his (now former) liege. If relations deteriorate enough, the vassal might plot against their liege or join a faction to work with others in order to undermine or depose their liege.

The lower it is, the fewer taxes and levies a vassal will provide. In CKII, a vassal meeting their duties depends largely on their opinion towards their liege. In return for their vassals' loyalty, the liege provides protection from external hostile forces. Vassals can in turn distribute lands to vassals of their own, which is called subinfeudation. The feudal system is a type of decentralization which makes ruling easier at the expense of personal power. In Crusader Kings II, every vassal can only have 1 liege. A vassal's direct ruler is called their liege. Under the Feudalism system depicted in Crusader Kings II, rulers grant parts of their personal property (their demesne) to vassals in exchange for a cut of their taxes and levies. The realm tree of the small Catholic Kingdom of Navarra in 1066.

Crusader kings 2 ranks