Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Country is controlled by AI

Will happen on February 10, 1471

Description

Having grown old and frustrated by his futile attempts to secure the inheritance of Stettin, Elector Friedrich abdicated and ceded Brandenburg to his brother Albrecht, Margrave of Ansbach and Kulmbach, in 1471. Albrecht, not particularly interested in the remote, poor Electorate, immediately appointed his son Johann Cicero regent of the marches. Once again the Hohenzollern possessions in Brandenburg and Franconia were united.

Actions

A. Good!

• Event 132151 - Abdication of Friedrich II for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Country is controlled by human

Will happen on February 10, 1471

Description

Having grown old and frustrated by his futile attempts to secure the inheritance of Stettin, Elector Friedrich abdicated and ceded Brandenburg to his brother Albrecht, Margrave of Ansbach and Kulmbach, in 1471. Albrecht, not particularly interested in the remote, poor Electorate, immediately appointed his son Johann Cicero regent of the marches. Once again the Hohenzollern possessions in Brandenburg and Franconia were united.

Actions

A. Good!

• Gain Brandenburg as vassals
• +200 relations with Brandenburg
• Event 132152 - Abdication of Friedrich II for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

Ansbach — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of January 2, 1497
Checked again every 180 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1502)

Description

The Margrave of Kulmbach fell out with the von Guttenberg family, who had transferred a part of their castle to the Duke of Bavaria-Landschutz. The dispute lasted for a year and ended with von Guttenberg's capture. This led to the construction of a network of watchtowers in Kulmbach.

Actions

A. Demand the fief

• Stability -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Quality +1

B. Demand the fief

• Stability +1
• Aristocracy +1

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Aristocracy is at 5 or higher
  • Serfdom is at 5 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1524
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1527)

Description

The Reformation had a great impact on the peasants of Germany, providing a pretext for liberation from the oppression of the nobility and landlords. Large-scale peasant uprisings broke out in Swabia, Franconia, Thuringia, and the Rhine. Hundreds of thousands of poorly organised commoners fell at the hands of the armies of the nobility. Large areas were devastated, and the unrest was condemned by the leaders of the Reformation.

Actions

A. Put down the mad dogs!

• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk +8 for 24 months
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• +25 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• +10 relations with a random elector
• +10 relations with a random elector
• +10 relations with a random elector

B. Do not interfere, no matter what happens

• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +4 for 24 months
• Mercantilism -1
• Innovativeness +1

C. Let the peasants take as much freedom as they want!

• Stability -3
• Serfdom -3
• Aristocracy -1
• Mercantilism -1
• Innovativeness +1
• -100 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• 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 our support

• +100 relations with France
• +100 relations with England
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Baden
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Cologne
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Strasburg

B. Ignore it

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -100 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Strasburg

Ansbach — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1540
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 8, 1557)

Description

Albrecht Alcibiades of Kulmbach conspired with Protestant princes to fight in the Second Schmalkaldic War. Filled with passionate ambition, he sought to create the Duchy of Franconia, ruled by the Hohenzollerns. This led to the devastating Margrave War, in which Albrecht fought many neighbours.

Actions

A. Make the Claim

• Wьrzburg will be considered a claim province
• Oberpfalz will be considered a claim province
• -100 relations with Wьrzburg
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -20 relations with Mainz
• -20 relations with Saxony
• -20 relations with Meissen
• -20 relations with Hanover
• -20 relations with Trier
• -20 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor

B. Enact the Eternal Peace

• Stability +1
• +100 relations with Wьrzburg
• +100 relations with Palatinate
• +20 relations with Mainz
• +20 relations with Saxony
• +20 relations with Meissen
• +20 relations with Hanover
• +20 relations with Trier
• +20 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Oberpfalz is a national (core) province
• The following must not occur:
  • Own Oberpfalz

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1561)

Description

Albrecht II tried unsuccessfully to establish domination in Franconia. After his death, the status quo was established.

Actions

A. A lost war

• Oberpfalz will no longer be considered a national province

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Wьrzburg is a national (core) province
• The following must not occur:
  • Own Wьrzburg

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1561)

Description

Albrecht II tried unsuccessfully to establish domination in Franconia. After his death, the status quo was established.

Actions

A. A lost war

• Wьrzburg will no longer be considered a national province

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• 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 was quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II, such increased frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and was banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states formed the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• +100 relations with France
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Baden
• +150 relations with Holstein
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Cologne
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -100 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Austria

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• 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 France
• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Baden
• -150 relations with Holstein
• +50 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Austria

Ansbach — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1700
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1720)

Description

In 1715, Margrave Georg Wilhelm built the Old Palace near the residential town of Bayreuth as the central feature of a court hermitage. Soon after, it was surrounded by a garden complex, artificial ruins in the form of a ruined theatre, an ancient tomb, the hermitage for Margrave Friedrich III and a lost hermitage for Margravine Wilhelmine. Created in an era when there were no gardens of this type at all in Germany, the Hermitage is thus unique amongst the gardens of the 18th century.

Actions

A. Build the palace

• -200
• Infrastructure tech investment: +200
• +10 victory points

B. Build the palace

• -5 victory points

Ansbach — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1730
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1750)

Description

Margrave Karl Wilhelm Friedrich was fond of falconry. He owned the largest falconry farm in Europe, and commissioned his craftsman to build a house for these birds.

Actions

A. Let it fly

• Infrastructure tech investment: +25

Ansbach — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1780
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1781)

Description

Margrave Karl Alexander founded a state bank to keep finances out of the hands of Jews. He used a small amount of 15,000 guilders as operating capital. After Ansbach became part of Bavaria, this bank became the Royal Subsidiary Bank.

Actions

A. Found the bank

• Infrastructure tech investment: +50
• Size of loans changed to 250 ducats
• -2% inflation

B. Found the bank

• Size of loans changed to 250 ducats
• +250
• +5% inflation

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Brandenburg exists

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1791
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1792)

Description

Karl Alexander of Ansbach-Bayreuth invested in the development of his own lands. But at the same time, he was committed to the cultural ties of England, France and Italy, feeling alienated from Germany. Marriage to Lady Craven alienated the margrave even more, and he decided to abdicate in favour of the King of Prussia. After his abdication, Karl Alexander lived for 15 years, dying childless.

Actions

A. Frederick William II succeeds (End Game)

• Grant independence to Wьrzburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Saxony
• Grant independence to Wirtemberg

B. Invite the second son of Frederick William II

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• -100 relations with Prussia

C. Swabian Hohenzollerns will rule

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• -100 relations with Prussia

Ansbach — Not random

Conditions

• Brandenburg exists

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1791
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1792)

Description

Karl Alexander of Ansbach-Bayreuth invested in the development of his own lands. But at the same time, he was committed to the cultural ties of England, France and Italy, feeling alienated from Germany. Marriage to Lady Craven alienated the margrave even more, and he decided to abdicate in favour of the King of Prussia. After his abdication, Karl Alexander lived for 15 years, dying childless.

Actions

A. Frederick William II succeeds (End Game)

• Grant independence to Wьrzburg
• Grant independence to Palatinate
• Grant independence to Saxony
• Grant independence to Wirtemberg

B. Invite the second son of Frederick William II

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• -100 relations with Prussia

C. Swabian Hohenzollerns will rule

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• -100 relations with Prussia

Ansbach — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 132150 - The testament of Friedrich I for Brandenburg

Description

During his reign, Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg and Burgrave of Nьrnberg, never managed to turn his holdings in Franconia and Brandenburg into one functional state. Realising it was impossible to govern two territories so far away from each other, and intending to will something to each of his five sons, he decided on a partition of his lands in 1436. His first and third son Johann and Albrecht received the Margraviates of Kulmbach-Bayreuth and Ansbach, while the most gifted, Friedrich, succeeded to the electorate, with the fourth and fifth sons Friedrich the Fat and Friedrich the Iron his coregents. This partition came into effect upon his death in 1440.

Actions

A. OK

• Break vassalization with Brandenburg
• Stability +3
• +5000 infantry in the capital province

Ansbach — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3128 - Protestants expelled from France for France

Description

The cancellation of the religious freedom of Protestants in France by Louis the XIVs and the ensuing prosecution and force conversion back to the catholic faith made literally hundreds of thousands of the protestant French Hugenotts to flee into neighboring countries. As a main center piece of the Hugenotts belief were the high praise of hard work and education, most countries where more then happy to welcome these refugees into their society.

Actions

A. Welcome with open arms

• +5000 population in a random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• Stability +1

Ansbach — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3127 - Chambers of Reunion for France

Description

The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). The continued French claims and expansion to the detriment of the Habsburg possessions and the German states of the Empire led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686).

Actions

A. Defy French claims

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 72 months
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Palatinate
• +100 relations with Baden

B. Ignore it

• +50 relations with France
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Hanover
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Baden