Bretagne Intrigue

I've started a game in easy mode, to get to grips with army movements and suchlike. As this disables achievements, maybe I ought also to have taken advantage of enabling gender equality. Started with an independent duchy in France, that of Duke Konan app Alan of Brittany. This should help with my understanding of French geography! My RNG Duke is paranoid and highly skilled at intrigue. IRL, he may have been more belligerent, feuding with Normandy. Having taken advantage of William's trip across the channel, he was assassinated toward the end of 1066, ending his line. Duke Konan (1066)Took my time setting things up before pressing start. He's unmarried with one illegitimate son, so his sister is the player heir, which was initially confusing. Marriage was the first order of business, securing an alliance with Normandy in the process – having some idea of who might win England. So far it's all daughters. Eldest daughter got betrothed to the grandson of Champagne, second in line to the…