Unlocks the Manage Royal Guards marshal task Unlocks the Bestow Royal Favor chancellor task If Court Grandeur falls below a level's required amount the bonuses will be lost in 6 months unless Court Grandeur is raised back.Ĭourts for newly created kingdoms and empires start with 25 Court Grandeur. Once enough Court Grandeur has been acquired the grandeur level will increase, granting various benefits. A small amount of Court Grandeur is also lost upon succession. Court Grandeur can also be raised or lowered by holding court and certain events can affect it. Court Grandeur will be raised or lowered towards the baseline at a rate of 0.2 per month, which is doubled if the ruler's dynasty unlocked the second Glory dynasty legacy. Each court will have a baseline Court Grandeur, which is determined by dynasty legacies, court amenities and court artifacts. The level of Court Amenities can only be raised or lowered once per year.Ĭourt Grandeur is a measure of how famed a royal court is. The cost of each level of amenities scales with the size and income of a ruler's realm as well as their culture's era. Said language must be either the ruler's culture language or the court language of another ruler within diplomatic range.Ĭourt Amenities are monthly expenditures that increase a court's grandeur and grant various benefits. This bonus is reduced by -50% if the rulers of the courts follow faiths from different religions and by -25% if they have a different government type.Ī court can change its language every 5 years at the cost of 750 Prestige. For the rest, the ruler knowing the language is not required. For the court with the highest current grandeur, the ruler must know the language. If multiple royal courts use the same language, they will all gain additional Court Grandeur as well. This bonus is increased by +25% if the character's culture also uses the same language. If a King or Emperor knows the same language as their court, the court will gain Court Grandeur based on each county in their realm that speaks the same language. +10% More likely to gain Inspired CharactersĬourt language is the language spoken by a court.Increased Agent Acceptance for Hostile Schemes +0.2 Monthly Development in Realm Capital +30% Promote Cultural Acceptance Effectiveness +10% Powerful Vassal Councilor Levy Base Contribution +0.5 Offer Vassalage Acceptance per point of Grandeur If a ruler's Culture is changed, they can still keep their old court type. Court type also determines which court petition events will be more common. Changing the court type costs 500 Prestige. Court types determine some additional bonuses that the court will grant at certain levels of grandeur, as well as which courtier trait a courtier will gain after spending 5 years at a court with grandeur level 5. When such an event takes place, the player will be notified that something is happening within the Royal Court.Įach ruler will have the option to choose between two court types based on the Culture's ethos. Holding Court costs 100 Prestige for a King and 125 for an Emperor and triggers 3 random petition events.Īn optional event will take place inside a Royal Court every 24-32 months, indicated by an icon above the involved characters. On the court screen, adult characters have the option to Hold Court every 5 years. The visual appearance of a royal court depends on the architecture aesthetics of the realm capital's culture. A liege character's court can be visited at any time in order to petition them. If the last title is taken by a character of lower rank, the court will be transferred to the new title owner. If a character's last title of King or Emperor rank is destroyed or taken by a character of equal rank, the court becomes dormant. The Royal Court represents a ruler's seat of majesty and is only available to Feudal and Clan rulers of King or Emperor rank. This article has been verified for the current version (1.5) of the game.Īvailable only with the Royal Court DLC enabled.