Iberian Union Succession
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Iberian Union Succession

iberian_union_succession

A type of Succession Law used by the Christian monarchies of Iberia bound by an iberian wedding pact. Should one of the rulers die without a legitimate heir of their own, the other ruler will inherit the throne of the former, drawing the crowns together into a Union.

Can't be changed while
Exact conditions

Succession

Candidates

  • Follows the ruler's family tree
  • A child's descendants come before the child's younger siblings
  • Includes the ruler's siblings
  • Men and women
  • Children can be candidates
  • Claims pass through women
  • Only from Nobility
  • Countries that can't use it at the start get Union of Crowns Succession

Candidate score

How the game scores each candidate: the lines that apply add up.

Order among siblings

Which sibling comes first when following the family tree.

  • If
    Root exists
  • Otherwise
    • +• Score for Male
      • =100
    • +• Score for Legally Male
      • =100
    • +• Score per years of age
      • =1
    • +• Is unsuited to Rule
      • =-1,000

Form a Union in case our successor is not the heir of our previous ruler
Exact script

Requires 2

DLCs
Modifier Types

References 2

Estates
Heir Selections

Required by 3

On Actions

Granted by 1

Referenced by 1

Scripting 5

Uses 1

References 1

Mentions 2

Granted by 1

include_ruler_siblings = yes
through_female = yes
allow_female = yes
allow_children = yes
ignore_ruler = yes
allowed_estates = { nobles_estate }
custom_tags = { cannot_be_transferred }
heir_is_allowed = {
}
traverse_family_tree = yes
depth_first = yes

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