

In response to the struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, the Treaty of Venice made official the independence of Papal States from the Holy Roman Empire in 1177. You can’t form Jerusalem after the Age of Reformation has ended. The kingdom itself existed for nearly 200 years and was the major Crusader State of that period. Can papal state form Jerusalem?Ĭatholic who can’t form it. If you are catholic and annex the pope, you will trigger an event where you can either release the papal states or face a stability and infamy hit. because they always were the Roman Empire in the first place. earlofbrigand said: If anyone SHOULDN’T be able to form the Roman Empire it’s the Byzantines. The Pope wouldn’t create Rome because he is God’s Vicar, not an Emperor.

Can the Papal States become emperor?ĭeclare war and vassalise him.

Genoa, two powerful merchant republics in northern Italy with holdings elsewhere in the Mediterranean. Annexing Rome gives -1 diplo rep, vassalizing the Papal State gives -2 diplo rep. Having the Pope as a vassal gives you a DipRep penalty, but it’s a lesser penalty than annexing.

