We return to the land of Ireland in 1264 as King Enri mac Olchobar Ua Cheinnselaig, King of Ireland, King of Wales, King of Lithuania, Duke of Tara, Duke of Leinster, Earl of Dublin, Earl of Leinster, Earl of Kildare, Earl of Ossory, Earl of Gwynedd, Earl of Dyfed, Earl of Tyrconnell, Earl of Desmond, Baron of Trim, Heir to the Baronry of Clonard
We are 22 years old, our Queen Emma of Byzantine is Heir to the Kingdom of Georgia and our young son Oengus is heir to the Byzantine Empire (and a genius!).
Let us begin...
1264-1278 Waiting on our heir
Our Earl of Galloway passes away and passes Countess Catriona of Galloway takes over - she is married to the Duke of Connacht/Earl of Oriel so their son is going to get all three titles, a little more power than I like my vassals to have but they are rather loyal so it should be okay.
Our son Oengus gains the dilligent trait in 1265, just before another Romuvan Rebellion (I have my Court Chaplin trying to convert these guys but they just keep rebelling!
My wife is pregnant with our third child in October 1266 and our second son Olchobar was born in May 1267.
We gain the Master Rough Terrain Martial Focus while fighting against the Rumuva uprising in Lithuania. Just before taking down the rebellion itself.
I feel a little ill in March 1268 but got better by November. I took over as Guardian for our 6 year old son Oengus during this period. Our younger brother gains the Brave trait under our stewardship
Our Duke Indretach of Courland is trying to fabricate a claim to a County in Lithuania. I was unable to convince him to give up his plot so I had to try to imprison him and I was successful.
Our son gets the Just trait, I'm really excited about his potential. Our wife is pregnant with our third child in 1270, and in February 1271 our third son Conn is born as is our fourth son Tomas (twins!) we're going to have a lot of sons to marry off! Our heir gains the humble trait, he's turing out well.
We imprison our Duke of Lithuania after he acts dishonorably (not sure what he did but I was successful).
We hold a summer fair in 1271, unfortunately I grow ill during the fair and can't enjoy it. Fortunately I lost the illness later in the year and gained the gardener trait.
My relative, the Duke of Normandy asks for my help in a conflict so I raise the levies and go to help.
We get the event to embrace the love we have for our wife in 1272, we are 30 and 29 so hopefully we have several more children (and hopefully she gets over her depression).
We convert the population of Lithuania to Catholosism, so hopefully no more revolts!
A Jihad for Jerusalem is called for by the great Shia Caliph Mina - if England takes too much damage me may have to take the opportunity to take some land from them. A new pope is named in 1272 as well, Pope John XIX.
Not much happens for a few years, although I got the measles without noticing (until I lost it). My oldest two sons are growing up to be amazing boys.
My son Oengus turns 16 and looks to me an amazing boy. His stats are 17/16/25/9/16, He's a Midas Touched Genius who is Dilligent, Just, Humble, Patient, Charitable, Kind and Brave.
Unfortunately (or fortunately if it was going to bring me to war with the Holy Roman Empire) we loose the Heir to the Byzantine Empire for Oengus and Kingdom of Georgia for our wife.
We marry Oengus to Alberade di Friuli, a 16 year old german girl who is Midas Touched, Gregarious, Humble, Kind, Just and Charitable. Her stewardship is 18 so together with a good councilor we should get at least a size 10 Demesne.
1279-1281 Again on the rise
We begin the construction of a new Baronry in Desmond, we're going to need some titles to start passing out to our sons.
I fell ill in the winter of 1278, by the end of the year it developed into Pneumonia but it passes early in the year 1279.
In 1279 we decide it is time to unite Lithuania - so we declare a Holy War for the rest of Lithuania. Unfortunately during the war we gain the 'stressed' trait.
We finish the war in 1281 but only get one territory (I should have kept the war up, was my first Holy War so I didn't know how it worked).
1281 Status
We are now 39, hopefully we have a solid 20 years to throw our power around. I'd love to take some territories from Scotland and get back on track to my overall goal of forming the Empire of Britania.
The ilKhanate continues to take over most of the East but they have now converted to a form of Christianity, I wonder if that means they will stop invading.... hasn't stopped any other Christian nation as evidenced by us, England and the Holy Roman Empire.
Until next time...
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