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Jan 1, 1542 – Marketplace in Antwerp, Counting House in Barrois
Feb 1 – I get an alliance CB vs France, but I can’t take Dauphine without hurting my infamy reduction too much. Valenciennes doesn’t become a core for 12 years. I don’t mind the infamy increase, because I have none, but right now, with my 3 diplomacy Duke, my infamy reduction is -0.08. That is not a typo. Taking Dauphine would mean I’d have to get another diplomat advisor and then it wouldn’t go down at all for a long time. I skip it.
On the other hand, Dauphine is not in the empire, so I wouldn’t lose infamy annually for holding it without a core. Hmmm. Plus I get a land connection with Nice and the sea.
Okay, I’ve talked myself into it.
I DOW France
Feb 26 – Auvergne falls to me
Mar 6 – Dauphine falls
Mar 28 – Limousin falls
Apr 12 – Languedoc falls
Apr 14 –
We gain 225 gold, force them to release Alencon, and take Dauphine. I gained 4 infamy
Dauphine – 14553 Occitan Protestant shepherds make wool for sale. Just 13.92 ducats, because this was a province for strategic reasons, and not financial value. It is a core of France, Provence and Dauphine. It is next to Lyonnais, Savoie, Cuneo, Piedmont, Avignon, Provence, Languedoc and Auvergne.
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