宣称

对一个头衔拥有宣称意味着你有理由拥有它。宣称（英文：Claim）被用作战争的宣战理由，而且有时可以作为剥夺头衔的理由。

宣称类型

宣称有两种，弱宣称和强宣称。强弱宣称的不同可以根据图形判断，而鼠标悬停在一个宣称上将表明它当前是否会被继承。

任一类型宣称的持有者都有资格通过派系索取他们的宣称，并且自动地获得封建选举继承法下的潜在候选人。对某一个头衔拥有任一类型宣称的领主可以从一位封臣处剥夺此头衔，不会招致暴政。

强宣称

强宣称，顾名思义，是更有用的宣称类型。几乎所有人都可以对任何人索取强宣称。有两个例外：

1. 你不能向一个使用男性继承法的头衔索取一位女性的宣称。（然而，如果你是女性，你可以不顾头衔的继承法，索取你的个人宣称。）
2. 不能索取伊斯兰教女性的宣称，即使它们是你的个人宣称。只有该女性转变为一个非伊斯兰宗教或（假设是可继承宣称）在她的儿子继承宣称后，它们可以完全被使用。

拥有强宣称，统治者能够从国内一位角色处篡夺公国或王国，只要此头衔和领主的头衔不是同等级或更高。持有多个强宣称的统治者可以在同一场战争中索取全部强宣称。

拥有 神圣之怒，拥有强宣称的部落民可以为了部落头衔和持有者决斗，如果两人都独立或者属于同一国家。

弱宣称

弱宣称仅可以在以下情况下使用:

• 该头衔拥有者为女性但宣称者为男性 (除非有完全女性地位法律或性别平等游戏规则)。
• 该头衔拥有者处于摄政期间 (比如逮捕, 无能，未成年, 朝圣, 或 藏匿中)。
• 该头衔处于其他宣称战争中。
• 宣称者为第二，三顺位继承人。

获得宣称

当一个君主去世或退位后, 第二三顺位继承人会得到强宣称，其他孩子会得到弱宣称，以下几种情况例外:

• 在选举继承制下, 第二三顺位继承人只有弱宣称
• 在均分继承制下, 已成为封臣的主要继承人们不会得到任何宣称
• 神权国和共和国没有宣称。

宣称可以通过这些途径获得:

方法	宣称种类
Chancellor mission to Fabricate Claim	Strong, uninheritable claim
Plot to Forge Claim	Strong, inheritable claim
Request claim from Pope	Strong, uninheritable claim
Lost title through war, peaceful usurpation, or folding to claimant faction	Strong, inheritable claim
Abdicated due to banishment, fleeing arrest, being elected Pope, or losing Overthrow Ruler war	Strong, inheritable claim
Title was destroyed upon becoming landless (even through revocation)	Strong, inheritable claim
Lost title to liege who "emergency usurped" the vassal county upon losing their last county	Strong, inheritable claim
Lost title to liege who revoked the title	Weak, inheritable claim
Lost control of direct vassal title when vassal gained a higher title	Strong, inheritable claim
Lost control of direct vassal title through independence war	Strong, inheritable claim
Lost control of direct vassal title through independence faction war or ultimatum	Weak, inheritable claim
Viceroy became independent (grant independence or during rebellion)	Strong, uninheritable claim
Inherited from previous claimant	Weak, uninheritable claim

It is also possible to lose titles without getting a claim. For example, losing a county due to nomad agitation when the top liege dies does not generate claims.

Pressing a claim

A claim is "pressed" when war is declared using that claim as a casus belli. Pressing a claim "renews" it, ensuring that it will be inherited by the claim holder's children. Even if the war ends in white peace or inconclusively, the claim remains pressed. It is sometimes useful to press a claim of a courtier and then get white peace or murder the courtier. In both cases, the courtier's children - belonging to your dynasty, perhaps - will inherit the claim.

Multiple strong claims against a single opponent may be pressed in a single war, but only if they're all held by the attacker; you can only push a single claim by someone else at a time.

Finding claimants

When viewing a title, clicking the "show claimants" button will display a list of all claim holders, together with an icon indicating whether they will accept an invitation to your court. Note that this display does not distinguish between strong and weak claimants, nor does it show characters who will get claims upon the deaths of their parents but do not presently have them. To find potential claimants, try looking at the family tree of the dynasty that holds the title.

Impact of claims on AI

Your AI vassals with claims on one of your titles will have a lower opinion of you. Additionally, the AI is much more reluctant to release a prisoner with a claim on their title. AI rulers will not let you take a concubine who has a claim on any title.

See also

• Casus Belli#Claim wars
• Expanding your realm#Gaining claimants

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