Landed Titles | Glossary Crusader Kings 2 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
There are many titles in the game which are given to the particular characters. About what type of title the person has, decides type of his lands. For instance, if the townsman receives the city he'll become a mayor and if the bishopric, then a bishop. For making it easier, every character is titled from the highest title. It means that even if the king has few counties he won't be called a count but the king.
You can get titles by distribution (monarchs gives land) or thanks to the marriages or succession.
As if there are lot of titles and lands, below you can find them in few charts, what makes them more intuitive.
Level I
Range of power: one of estates in the county
Color of character's icon: brown
Name | Type | Other names | Possible estates | Meaning and possibilities |
Baron | Feudal lord | Wali | Barony(castle) | Unplayable. The lowest type of feudal lords, with very small meaning. |
Bishop | Clergyman | Priest, shaman, mufty, mullah | Bishopric | Unplayable. The lowest type of clergyman. Bishop's children aren't taken into consideration during succession. |
Mayor | Townsman | - | City | Unplayable. The lowest type of towsman, very small meaning. |
Level II
Range of power: one field on the map (province, called a county in this guide)
Color of character's icon: silver
Name | Type | Other names | Possible estates | Meaning and possibilities |
Count | Feudal lords | Earl, Sheikh | County | The weakest playable person. More details in Basics: Choice of person, region and time: Count. |
Prince-bishop | Clergyman | Metropolitan, high priest, seid, sheikh, ayatollah | Bishop duchy | Unplayable, managing the province with the bishopric as a dominating structure. His children aren't taken into account during succession. |
Lord mayor | Townsman | - | Big city | Unplayable. It's not worth to make a marriage with the Lord mayor, because his position is elective. Besides that he has the same possibilities as a count. |
Attention! For making it easier, most of lords from the Level II are called counts and their lands counties in this guide.
Level III
Range of power: duchy which usually contains few provinces. Duchy's owners have no influence on what is happening in those counties unless they are their directly owners (counts, princ-bishops or Lords mayor)!
Color of character's icon: silver with the blue scarfs
Name | Type | Other names | Possible estates | Meaning and possibilities |
Duke | Feudal lord | Emir, jarl | Duchy, emirate | Playable, has few provinces. More details in Basics: Choice of person, region and time: Duke |
Prince-archbishop | Clergyman | Patriarch, archpriest, great mufty, great ayatollah | Archbishop duchy | Unplayable, managing few provinces but a clergyman. His children aren't taken into account during succession. |
Doge | Townsman | - | Republic | Unplayable. It's not worth to make a marriage with the Doge, because his position is elective. Besides that he has the same possibilities as a duke. |
Attention! For making it easier, most of lords from the Level III are called dukes and their lands duchies in this guide.
Level IV
Range of power: kingdom (set of provinces and duchies)
Color of character's icon: gold
Name | Type | Other names | Possible estates | Meaning and possibilities |
King | Feudal lord | Sultan, Despot | Kingdom | Political leader of the country, one of the most important playable persons in the game. More details in Basics: Choice of person, region and time: King |
Pope | Pope | Ecumenical patriarch | Papacy | Unplayable, religious leader of particular cult. Decides about divorces, crusades and excommunication. More in the chapter Religion. |
Serene Doge | Townsman | - | Serene Republic | Unplayable, can control other doges and characters form lower level. It's not worth to make a marriage with the Serene Doge, because his position is elective. Besides that he has the same possibilities as a king. |
Level V
Range of power: empire (big set of various lands)
Color of character's icon: gold with the violet scarf
Name | Other names | Type | Possible estates | Meaning and possibilities |
Emperor | Kaiser, Basileus | Feudal lord | Empire | The highest secular, playable ruler. Only he can control kings. More in the chapter Basics: Choice of person, region and time Kaiser/Basileus |
Caliph | - | Clergyman | Caliphat | Religion leader of sunni or shiism, who is simultaneously a secular ruler. His children can inherit the title. |