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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.

Its easy to get lost in here. - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough
It's easy to get lost in here.

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 - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough

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 - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough

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 - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough

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 - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough

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 - Landed Titles - Glossary - Crusader Kings II - Game Guide and Walkthrough

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.

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