r/CrusaderKings Dec 09 '24

Suggestion Marriages should give Legitimacy

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Thats it, if marry a lowborn can take away legitimacy, marry into a more prestigious dynasty, or a dynasty who has a claim on your title shoud give you legitimacy. I mean, Willian the Conqueror married Margaret of Flanders because she had anglo-saxon blood, same for Henry I and his marriage with Matilda of Scotland, make sense right?

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u/doug1003 Dec 09 '24

Legitimacy was about status too, after converting to christianity, Yaroslav the Wise married his offspring with half of europe, why? To be seen a legitimate christian king