well done on the AAR so far. CKII is really addictive. I've started out as the Parma's but wasn't able to get them that far. I started as head of the Duchy of Apulia next, and now I'm close to creating the Duchy of Sicily around 1241, just as the Mongols are knocking on Europe's door. So far my Queen's appear to be the best rulers in the family (two of them so far).