Titular title

A Titular title is a title that does not have any de jure territory associated with it. The game uses titular titles to represent rulers considered higher in status than counts, but who did not govern territories corresponding to a de jure territory. For example, in 867, Great Moravia is a titular kingdom, while most of the pagan Slavic and Baltic tribes are titular duchies.

Titular kingdoms and empires may assimilate de jure duchies or kingdoms, respectively, into their realms, and upon doing so cease being titular. Alternatively, de jure kingdoms can lose all their de jure duchies via de jure drift, and can become titular kingdoms. For example, in 867, the Kingdoms of Asturias and León have one de jure duchy each, but in 1066, León has assimilated the Duchy of Asturias and the Kingdom of Asturias has become titular.

Generally, to create a titular kingdom or empire, you must control its de jure capital (since there is no de jure territory to control 51% or 80% of). You can determine the capital by searching for the title and hovering the "Create" button, or by checking the list of kingdoms or empires.

Certain titular kingdoms (and one titular empire, the Latin Empire) may be formed by a character who holds the required territories and/or meets certain, often religious, requirements. Other titular kingdoms exist in historical starts but cannot be created during the game.

Creating a titular title can be one way of advancing one's title tier, in order to unlock mechanics and allow higher-tier vassals. However, as titular titles have no de jure vassals, the amount of levies provided by vassals will be limited.

Related concepts

Tribal titles are similar to titular titles. The two differences are that they cannot assimilate any de jure titles, and they are destroyed when another title of the same rank is gained. Until the introduction of tribal government in patch 2.2, many Slavic, Finnish, and Baltic characters started out with duchy-tier tribal titles.

Landless titles can exist without the holder having any land, and are often titular. They include holy orders, mercenary companies, most religious head titles, and horde empires that arrive from off-map. The only way these titles can be destroyed is due to lack of heirs, which never happens for those that use Open Elective succession (like the Ecumenical Patriarchate). Without land, they are listed as "residing" in a county, e.g. a landless Pope is usually "Residing in Rome".

Temporary titles are always titular. There are several types of temporary titles:

• Rebellion titles are given to leaders of faction rebellions, so they can temporarily control other members. The title is destroyed when the rebellion ends.
• Landless temporary titles are given to generated revolt leaders and to ToG adventurers. The title is destroyed when the war ends.
• Adventurer titles are given to raiding adventurers and dynamic mercenaries. These titles can persist without land or war, but are not playable.

List of createable titular titles

Title	Rank	Requirements
Territorial
Latin Empire	Empire	Be Catholic or a Catholic heresy. Control Kaliopolis and Thrake. Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire do not exist. Exists May 5, 1204 – July 24, 1261.
Mongol Empire	Empire	Can only be created by decision when Ruler is nomadic Mongol and has 30 Counties under his rule. Always exists once activated. Exists if you start between year 1206 and 1227. Almost certainly arrives in Mongolia between 1210 and 1218, if it doesn't already exist.
Genoa	Kingdom	Be a republic. Control Genoa. Is not titular. Exists 1066-July 26, 1318 and from 1334.
Pisa	Kingdom	Be a republic. Control Pisa. Is not titular. Exists 1066-1284.
Naples	Kingdom	Control Napoli. Only if it has previously existed (i.e. after 30 August 1282). De jure Italian Empire.
Cyprus	Kingdom	Is not titular. De jure Byzantine Empire. Exists from May 3, 1192
Magyar	Kingdom	Control Pest. Is player. Exists from start dates 769 to 867.
Amalfi	Duchy	Be a republic. Control Amalfi. Exists until 1060. Titular from 1052.
Pechina	Duchy	Be a republic. Control Almeria.
Gotland/Visby	Duchy	Control Gotland. Is not titular. [is titular in some start dates and de jure in others]
Durham	Duchy	Control Durham. Has Theocracy government. Must be Catholic. [tooltip says that title can be held only by catholics but that is not true. + tooltip does not say you need to be catholic to create it.] Uses short name.
Franconia	Kingdom	Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start.
Swabia	Kingdom	Control Schwaben. Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start.
Thuringia	Kingdom	Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start.
Religious heads
Fylkirate	Duchy	Given to the reformer of the Norse Pagan religion. Can be recreated if destroyed: requires 3 holy sites, 750 piety.
The Romuvan Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Romuva religion.
The Slavic Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Slavic religion.
The Tengri Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Tengri religion.
The Suomenusko Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Suomenusko religion.
The West African Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the West African religion.
The Aztec Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Aztec religion.
Church of Zun	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Zunist religion.
The Zoroastrian Church	Duchy	Given to a vassal of the Zoroastrian restorer of the Persian Empire. Control Persian Empire, 300 piety.
The Sunni Caliphate	Duchy	Be Sunni. One of: Have Sayyid trait and 1000 piety Have Sayyid trait or Mirza trait or 1000 piety, AND one of Control Mecca and Medina Control Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad
The Shia Caliphate	Duchy	Be Shia. One of: Have Sayyid trait and 1000 piety Have Sayyid trait or Mirza trait or 1000 piety, AND one of Control Mecca and Medina Control Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad
Fraticelli Papacy	Duchy	Fraticelli, County of Rome
The Hurufi Skeikhdom [sic]	Duchy	Be Hurufi. One of: Have Sayyid trait and 1000 piety Have Sayyid trait or Mirza trait or 1000 piety, AND one of Control Mecca and Medina Control Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad
The Ibadi Caliphate	Duchy	Be Ibadi One of: Have Sayyid trait and 1000 piety Have Sayyid trait or Mirza trait or 1000 piety, AND one of Control Mecca and Medina Control Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad
Yazidi Sheikhdom	Duchy	Be Yazidi. Control Mosul. Have 1000 piety.
The Kharijite Caliphate	Duchy	Have 1000 piety and one of Control Mecca and Medina Control Jerusalem, Damascus and Baghdad (Kharijites don't care about Sayyid and Mirza traits.)
The Iconoclast Patriarchate	Duchy	By decision. Requires Sons of Abraham, 1000 piety and someone in the realm must own Constantinople. Granted to a randomly generated Iconoclast priest.
Jewish High Priesthood	Duchy	Jewish, County of Jerusalem

List of uncreateable titular titles

Title	Rank	Notes
Religious heads
The Ecumenical Patriarchate	Kingdom	Orthodox head. Always exists
The Miaphysite Papacy	Duchy	Holder is called Coptic Pope. Always exists
The Monophysite Papacy	Duchy	Always exists
The Monothelite Patriarchate	Duchy	Always exists
The Patriarchate in the East	Duchy	Nestorian. Always exists
The Papacy	Kingdom	Catholic head. Always exists
The Paulician Patriarchate	Duchy	Paulician. Always exists
Titular empires
Aztec Empire	Empire	If the Sunset Invasion DLC is active, it will show up somewhere on the Atlantic Coast sometime around 1250.
Chagatai	Empire	Exists from 1227 as Mongol horde.
Cordoba	Empire	Exists in 936 in Iberia (Umayyad Caliphate).
Ilkhanate	Empire	Exists from 1227 as Mongol horde.
Golden Horde	Empire	Exists from 1227 as Mongol horde.
Seljuk Empire	Empire	Now obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Esfahan, Turkish culture, tribal.
Timurids	Empire	Can arrive in Khiva between 1360 and 1405.
Titular kingdoms
Almohad	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Al-Murabitids	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Avaria	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Esztergom, Avar culture.
Aydin	Kingdom	Exists from 1308 in Anatolia.
Beni Helal	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Bosnia	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Serbian culture.
Candar	Kingdom	Exists from 1307 in Anatolia.
Eretnid	Kingdom	Exists from 1335 in Anatolia.
Fatimids	Kingdom	Now obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Cairo, Egyptian culture.
Germiyan	Kingdom	Exists from 1300 in Anatolia.
Hammadid	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
The Hansa	Kingdom	Merchant republic. Created by event in late 1100s if HRE exists. Exists historically from 1227.
Kafsid	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Karaman	Kingdom	Exists from 1256 in Anatolia.
Lombardy	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Pavia, Lombard culture.
Marinid	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Mentese	Kingdom	Exists from 1280 in Anatolia
Ottoman	Kingdom	Exists from 1299 in Anatolia.
Pechenegs	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Oleshye, Pecheneg culture, tribal.
Rum	Kingdom	Never takes on the name of its ruling dynasty. Exists 1077-1306 in Anatolia.
Saruhan	Kingdom	Exists from 1308 in Anatolia.
Tekke	Kingdom	Exists from 1300 in Anatolia.
Trinacria	Kingdom	Exists from March 20, 1282, held by Aragon. Independent most dates after November 11, 1285.
Zenata	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Zirid	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Ziyanids	Kingdom	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Titular duchies
Abbasid	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Arabia Felix	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Arabs	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Culture set to Bedouin.
Assassin	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Balearic	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Belgrade	Duchy	Exists from 1248 to 1272. Held by Hungary.
Bergen	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Bordeaux	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Braganza	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Butrinto	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Campania	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Catalonia	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Chaldea	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Cumberland	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Curonians (Curonian)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Kurzeme, Lettigallian culture, tribal.
Denmark (Danes)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Sjaelland, Danish culture, tribal.
Don	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Dorostotum	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Dregovichi	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Pinsk, Russian culture, tribal.
El Rif	Duchy	Leftover from an earlier version. Can still be created with console command.
El-Arish	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Erzerum	Duchy	Exists from 1071 in Armenia. Held by the Seljuks, Rum (1077), the Ilkhanate (1243) and the Eretnids (1335).
Estonians (Estonia)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Kalevan (Reval), Estonian culture, tribal.
Galatia	Duchy	Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be held by Nikephoros Phokas in 1066, but does not appear in game.
Gauthiod (Geats)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Västergötland, Norse culture, tribal.
Georgia	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Gilan	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Glomacze	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Meissen, Pomeranian culture, tribal.
Hellas	Duchy	Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a Byzantine duchy later held by Aragon, but does not appear in game.
Ikonion	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Ilmenians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Novgorod, Russian culture, tribal.
Ingrians (Ingers)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Kappadokia	Duchy	Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a vassal of Rum in Anatolia, but does not appear in game.
Karnten	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Käkisalmians (Kexholm)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Khazars	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Sarkel, Khazar culture, tribal.
Kirkuk	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Krakow	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Kryvians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Polotsk, Russian culture, tribal.
Kvens (Kajaneborg)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Laodikeia	Duchy	Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a Byzantine duchy in Anatolia, but does not appear in game.
Lendians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Krakow, Polish culture, tribal.
Lettigallians (Lettigalians)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Lettigallian culture, tribal.
Luristan	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Lut	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Lykia	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Mar	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Meryas	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Rostov, Mordvin culture, tribal.
Meshcheras	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Ryazan, Mordvin culture, tribal.
Milano	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Minsk	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Muromians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Murom, Mordvin culture, tribal.
Nikomedeia	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Obotrites	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Mecklenburg, Pomeranian culture, tribal.
Oxford	Duchy	Obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Oxford.
Pechenegs	Duchy	Obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Olvia, Pecheneg culture, tribal.
Pressburg	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Pronsk	Duchy	Exists from 1177 as a Rurikid Grand Principality. From 1237 vassal of the Golden Horde.
Pruthenians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Marienburg, Prussian culture, tribal.
Qom	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Radimichi	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Mstislavl, Russian culture, tribal.
Romagna	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Saamod (Sames)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Samoyed culture, tribal.
Salamanca	Duchy	Exists from 1337 as a titular duchy of the king of Castille and León.
Sami	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Lappish culture, tribal.
Sandomiersk	Duchy	Exists from 1138 until 1306 as a vassal of Poland.
Satakuntans (Satakunta)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Severians	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Novgorod Seversky, Russian culture, tribal.
Shiraz	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Sinope	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Slovakia	Duchy	Exists from 1066 as a vassal of Hungary. Held by the crown prince (heir to the King of Hungary).
Sorbs	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Luzycka, Pomeranian culture, tribal.
Swithjod (Sweden)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Uppland, Norse culture, tribal.
Switzerland (Swiss)	Duchy	Exists from 1291 as a republic vassal of the HRE. Unplayable.
Tavastians (Tavasts)	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Ural	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Varna	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Veps	Duchy	Exists at 867 start as an independent Finnish high chiefdom. Mordvin culture, tribal.
Vlachs	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Volga	Duchy	Leftover from an earlier version. Can still be created with console command.
Votes	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal.
Vyatichi	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Tver, Russian culture, tribal.
Wielkopolska	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Zara	Duchy	Not implemented, but can be created with console command.
Zaragoza	Duchy	Exists from 769 until 1115 as a Muslim emirate in Hispania.
Zemigallians (Zemigalians)	Duchy	Exists from 1066 until 1199 as an independent Lettigallian high chiefdom. Lettigallian culture, tribal.
Hamadan	Duchy	[placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated]
Kermanshah	Duchy	[placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated]
Esfahan	Duchy	[placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated]
Tigris	Duchy	[placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated]

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