
Researching "legalism" technology will further raise the limit by 1 for each level, though this will increase slowly and over centuries. In addition, a Duke in control of multiple duchies will get the "Great Duke" bonus, increasing his demesne limit by 1. Based on your title, you get a bonus to your demesne size limit: emperor 4, king 3 and lower titles 1. Your personal stewardship, added by half of your wife's stweardship stat, will increase your demesne limit.

Increasing the limit is difficult, as the game revolves around gaining power but maintaining stability, however it is possible. Increasing your demesne size the list is not complete, please add and delete this sentence. Choose wisely - give away weak and under-developed counties to your vassals, but keep the good ones to yourself. It is sometimes more beneficial to hold all the best provinces yourself even if your vassals think slightly less of you for doing so.įor every holding you control over your demesne limit your vassals' opinion of you will drop by Hovewer, it is always good to control counties directly since you can upgrade structures on your own, raise your own levyand get direct income. Having a demesne over the limit is not always bad, though. In this case, the demesne limit is exceeded by 5 holdings.Ĭontrolling more holdings than your limit allows will give you negative tax modifiers for every holding above that limit. The holdings that you own personally will always have your banner on the right and left side of the picture when you click on a county.

Demesne is the total amount of holdings that you, as a ruler, have under your direct control.
