Consider taking out weaker vassals early and confiscating as much land as possible before granting it to new allies. He is also fairly healthy and tends to survive until at least his fifties, usually into his late 60s or early 70s, excluding unnatural deaths.ĭecent starting land: Charlemagne can have a demesne cap of around 7-8, and starts out with 5 counties, four near Frisia and Vermandois as its capital in northeast France. He is still young at 26 and unmarried, and is an extremely desirable marriage catch, allowing flexible options for alliances or genetics. Great starting ruler: Charlemagne himself spawns with the brilliant strategist trait, generally has over 20 martial and around ten in every other stat.

Pagan defensive attrition is also extremely dangerous, but they lack the offensive power of West Francia. The tribal pagans of eastern Europe around Saxony can also be dangerous through sheer quantity of troops, although they are largely light infantry and inferior quality.

The largest external threat is the Umayyad Caliphate which can generally roughly match West Francia. West Francia is generally more powerful than most of its external neighbors. Geographic size: Large realm capable of pulling a fairly large number of troops for external conquest. Your brother and enemy Karloman, his untimely death could be a huge victory for Charlemagne Useful as he and his brother are young, unmarried, unlanded, and possess no claims on your realm. One of Charlemagne's cousins, has randomized stats every game.

*This guide and its screenshots uses most but not all of the other available dlcs. While Charlemagne spawns with a vast kingdom and is quick to inherit most of western and central Europe, he is surrounded by threats, both internal and external. Surviving as King Karl “the Great” of West Francia and the Karling dynasty is not easy. Charlemagne is easily one of the most recognizable names in early Medieval history, and thus may be a tempting character to play as.

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