Naples foolishly annexes an Imperial province and we immediately return it to the Empire after a quick war. This a byproduct of our policy to arrange marriages with every country we can. Habsburg relatives sit on the thrones of several countries by the mid 1500s. He is now the King of Austria, Gelre, Hamburg, and France, as well as the Emperor of all of the states of the Holy Roman Empire. Georg follows through and claims each throne. Allied forces push through and occupy French territory all the way to the coast. The tide begins to turn against France as they lose armies faster than they can replace them. Hamburg's allies are forced to come into the fold too, with religious conversions and forced vassalization demanded when the warscore permits. Once The Netherlands is occupied, we force them to release Utrecht and Friesland in return for peace, and we gain authority for restoring the conquered states. Our reinforcements arrive in the Netherlands fight their forces into submission. The fighting goes back and forth with France for a while, with Burgundian lands taking the brunt of France's counterattack. I start recruiting replacements deep in our core territories and send a few of our eastern armies to help take control of the situation. They wipe out the army stationed in our Flemish territories and begin occupying friendly territories. The Netherlands comes into the war to aid Gelre and they strike with ferocity. The war in the heart of the Empire goes smoothly as our troops march through minor powers with the help of our vassal states. Instead, spies are sent to drudge up documents legitimizing our claims on their thrones.Īll three claims are pursued simultaneously, and the majority of Europe is dragged into war over Georg I's ambitions. Georg I on the other hand takes full advantage of them and doesn't even go through the trouble of claming them formally. Before we deal with Prussia though, there are some time-sensitive opportunities to take advantage of.ĭisputed successions within our neighbor's courts have come and gone over the past few decades, but our last few Emperors have ignored them. Riga and Kurland have managed to gain freedom from Prussia and return two provinces to the Empire, but more Imperial territory along their borders remains in Prussian hands. Prussia still holds Imperial territory that needs to be reclaimed, Catholicism is still the state religion in many member states, and the scope of our spheres of influence still hasn't recovered to pre-Reformation levels. There are still some things we need to take care of. The restoration of the Empire is within reach, but we shouldn't rush. We have a gifted Emperor on the throne in Georg I von Habsburg.
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