If your ruler has the Gavelkind Succession Law, the demesne limit will be increased by 30%.

In addition, a Duke in control of multiple duchies will get the 'Great Duke' bonus, increasing his demesne limit by 1. As such, finding a wife with a high stewardship is vital for trying to rule many holdings, and a important factor in choosing a Marriage.īased on your title, you get a bonus to your demesne size limit: emperor 4, king 3 and lower titles 1. The bonus is calculated in this way : (your stewardship + spouse stewartship/2)*0.15 and is rounded down. Your personal stewardship, added by half of your wife's stweardship stat, will increase your demesne limit. Increasing the limit is difficult, as the game revolves around gaining power but maintaining stability, however it is possible. Increasing your demesne size (the list is not complete, please add and delete this sentence) Choose wisely - give away weak and under-developed counties to your vassals, but keep the good ones to yourself.

Hovewer, it is always good to control counties directly since you can upgrade structures on your own, raise your own levy, and get direct income. It is sometimes more beneficial to hold all the best provinces yourself even if your vassals think slightly less of you for doing so.įor every holding you control over your demesne limit your vassals' opinion of you will drop by 10. Having a demesne over the limit is not always bad, though.

Controlling more holdings than your limit allows will give you negative tax modifiers for every holding above that limit. In this case, the demesne limit is exceeded by 5 holdings. Your demesne limit is displayed in the upper right corner, for example 12/7 - the first number is how many you control directly, the second number is what your limit is. The holdings that you own personally will always have your banner on the right and left side of the picture when you click on a county. Demesne is the total amount of holdings that you, as a ruler, have under your direct control.

Crusader kings 2 over vassal limit