Law · Gender Laws

Male Only

Male Only is a gender law in Crusader Kings III: Women are disqualified from inheritance. Passing it costs 500 prestige before modifiers. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Women are disqualified from inheritance

Women cannot inherit Claims

Male Rulers can have Concubines or multiple Spouses if their Faith has the Doctrine Concubines or Doctrine Polygamy Doctrine

How succession works

gender law: male only

The values are the game's own keys from the law's succession block.

The gender laws

Who can pass it

Can pass (can_pass) (1 line of game script)

can_change_succession_law_trigger = yes

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Can have (can_have) (11 lines of game script)

trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		government_has_flag = government_is_theocracy
		NOT = {
			can_have_male_monastic_holy_order_succession_law_trigger = yes
		}
	}
	rite = {
		rite_has_parameter = clergy_must_be_male
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Kept while (can_keep) (35 lines of game script)

trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		can_have_male_monastic_holy_order_succession_law_trigger = yes
	}
	always = yes
}
trigger_else_if = {
	limit = {
		government_has_flag = government_is_theocracy
	}
	rite = {
		rite_has_parameter = clergy_must_be_male
	}
}
trigger_else_if = {
	limit = {
		should_synchronize_liege_law = yes
	}
	top_liege = {
		has_realm_law = male_only_law
	}
}
trigger_else = {
	custom_tooltip = {
		text = culture_not_male_only_tt
		rite = {
			rite_has_parameter = male_dominated_law
		}
		NOT = {
			culture = {
				has_cultural_parameter = female_only_inheritance
			}
		}
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Rulers start with it when (should_start_with) (40 lines of game script)

trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		can_have_male_monastic_holy_order_succession_law_trigger = yes
	}
	always = yes
}
trigger_else_if = {
	limit = {
		should_synchronize_liege_law = yes
	}
	top_liege = {
		has_realm_law = male_only_law
	}
}
trigger_else_if = {
	limit = {
		government_has_flag = government_has_merit
	}
	rite = {
		rite_has_parameter = male_dominated_law
	}
}
trigger_else_if = {
	limit = {
		government_has_flag = government_is_theocracy
	}
	rite = {
		rite_has_parameter = clergy_must_be_male
	}
}
trigger_else = {
	AND = {
		faith = {
			religion_tag = islam_religion
		}
		rite = {
			rite_has_parameter = male_dominated_law
		}
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Source: game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt, common/law_groups and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. A cost shows the base the files give; “varies” when it depends on your realm.