I Found the 6 RAREST Titles in CK3

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[00:00:00]Crusader Kings 3 has hundreds of titles.

[00:00:03]Some are nearly impossible to form.

[00:00:05]Others exist for only a brief moment in the game's timeline before being erased from history all together. A tiny merchant republic that once rivaled Venice, a lost Slavic kingdom caught between east and west, a step confederation that terrified medieval Europe. states that existed for barely a century before vanishing from history entirely. Today we are diving into six of the rarest titles in the game and the brutal fascinating history behind each one. Number one, Duchy of Amalfi 1066.

[00:00:44]The Duchy of Amalfi was one of the smallest, richest, and most unusual states in medieval Europe. Hidden along the cliffs of southern Italy, the city of Amalfi began as a bisantine outpost during the collapse of the western Roman Empire. While much of Europe descended into chaos after Rome fell, Amalfi turned toward the sea. By the 9th century, it had become an independent duchy and more importantly a maritime trading empire. Its independence came through violence and political chaos. In 838, the city was captured by Sikard of Benavvento after traitors had Lombard forces enter through Amalfi's sea defenses. But only a year later, Cikard was assassinated and Amalfi used the resulting civil war to free itself from Lombard rule. The city even backed Sikon, a rival claimment in Benavvento's power struggle, showing that this tiny coastal duchy was already becoming an important political player in southern Italy. Amalfi also became famous for its navy. In 849, Amalfi joined Naples, Ga, and Sorrento in the Legacana, a naval alliance formed to stop a Saren raid aimed at Rome itself. At the battle of Austia, the Allied fleet defeated the invaders before they could attack the city and the papacy. The battle became one of the great military victories of the early medieval papacy. During the 10th century, Amalfi entered its golden age. The city was ruled by dukes from powerful local families. In 914, Masterus I was appointed the city's first judge, marking the beginning of a more formal independent state. Then in 958, Masterus II was assassinated in a political coup and Sergio I became Amalfi's first duke. Unlike most medieval states built on farmland and feudal armies, Amalfi's wealth came almost entirely from trade and naval power. Amalfitan merchants traded with Christian Europe, Byzantium and especially the Islamic world. The duche became closely connected to the Fatimid Kiphate in Egypt. And these trade ties were so valuable that Amalfi refused to join Christian forces at the battle of Gariglano in 915 likely to protect its commercial relationship with the Fativits. The city even created one of medieval Europe's earliest maritime low codes, the Tabula Amalfitana, which influenced Mediterranean trade law for centuries. And despite its tiny size, Amalfi's influence reached all the way to Jerusalem. Amalfita merchants and Benedictine monks established hospitals and hosts for Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land before the Crusades even began. These institutions later became connected to the Knights Hospitaler whose famous eight-pointed cross was likely inspired by Amalfitan and Bisantine symbols. That emblem would eventually became known as the Maltese cross. But Amalfi's golden age did not last. From the 11th century onward, stronger powers began closing in. In 1073, Robert the Hootville conquered Amalfi and took the title Duke of the Amaritans. The city revolted multiple times. But the real catastrophe came in 1135 and 1137 when Pisa sacked Amalfi.

[00:04:29]Its fleet, trade networks, and political power were shattered. Venice, Genoa, and Pisa replaced it as the dominant maritime republics of Italy. Ironically, one of Amalfi's greatest contributions to world history came after its political decline. Between 1295 and 1302, the Amalfitan navigator Flavio Gioya is traditionally credited with perfecting the modern compass design.

[00:04:57]Modern historians heavily debate this story. Still, whether the story is true or not, Amalfi remained strongly associated with navigation and maritime innovation long after its political decline.

[00:05:13]Number two, the Majar Confederation 867.

[00:05:18]The Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin began with a people known to medieval Europe as the Majars, a semi-nomedic tribal confederation that emerged from the Eurasian step and would eventually found the Kingdom of Hungary.

[00:05:35]Before settling in central Europe, the modulars lived far to the east, likely somewhere near the Ural Mountains. They spoke a urelic language completely unrelated to the Germanic, Slavic or Latin languages surrounding them. Over centuries, they migrated westward across the step, mixing with Turic peoples and adopting many step traditions centered around horse warfare, raiding, and tribal alliances. By the 9th century, the Mojars took a blood oath which was a pact between seven major Mojour tribe leaders, Al-Mosh, Alud, On K, Tosh, UBA, and Tutum. Traditionally led by the ruling house of Al-Mosh. Politically, the confederation resembled other step powers of the era. decentralized, mobile and heavily dependent on personal loyalty between tribal leaders. Religion among the early modules was primarily pagan and sheistic. They practiced stepy beliefs focused on sky worship, ancestor reverence, sacred animals and spiritual leaders often described as taltosh, a shaman. At this stage, Christianity had not yet fully penetrated modular society. Although contact with both Bisantine and Latin missionaries had already begun, the moduars first entered European history mainly through fear.

[00:07:07]Western chronicles described them as terrifying mounted raiders capable of crossing enormous distances with incredible speed. Their armies relied on horse archers using composite bows, faint retreats, and highly mobile tactics inherited from centuries of step warfare. To many Europeans of the time, the arrival of the Modars felt like the return of the Hans. Everything changed around 895.

[00:07:37]Pressured by enemies from the east, the Modar Confederation crossed the Carpathian mountains under the leadership of Arpad, son of Almos. They entered mostly through the Vetski Pass into the Carpathian basin, the region that would later become Hungary. This migration, known as the Hungarian conquest, permanently reshaped central European history. Over the next decades, modular forces launched massive raids across Europe. They attacked East Frankia, Italy, the Balkans, and even reached as far west as Spain. Entire kingdoms struggled to stop them. But unlike temporary raiders such as the Hans or Aars, the Moars established a permanent homeland in the Carpathian basin. The turning point came in 955 at the battle of Auxburg. There the German king Otto the great decisively defeated the Major armies ending the era of large-scale western raids. After this defeat the modular leadership gradually shifted away from scap raiding towards state building and Christianization. The ruling Arpa dynasty consolidated power and by the late 10th century Grand Prince Gaza began converting the modular elite to Christianity. His son Ishtan I completed the transformation in the year 100. Ishtan was crowned the first Christian king of Hungary with papal recognition transforming the old tribal confederation into the medieval kingdom of Hungary. In just over a century, the Modars had evolved from a pagan step confederation feared across Europe into one of the major Christian kingdoms of medieval central Europe while still preserving a language and identity completely unique in the region. Also, boy number three, Duchy of Sandom 1178.

[00:09:44]The duche of Sandom was one of the fragmented successor states that emerged during one of the most chaotic periods in medieval Polish history. The fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland centered around the city of Sandier in southern eastern Poland. The duche was created in 1138 after the death of the Polish ruler Bolislav III. Hoping to prevent civil war between his sons, Boliseslav divided Poland into several hereditary duchies while establishing a seniority system where the eldest member of the dynasty would rule as high Duke of Poland. It did not work. Instead of preserving unity, the system shattered Poland into competing PS duchies that spent the next two centuries fighting each other for land, influence, and the senior title. Sandir became one of these regional Pia states ruled by junior branches of the P dynasty. The duche was originally granted to Henry of Sandir, one of Bleslav's sons and one of the most unusual Pest rulers of the period.

[00:10:55]Henry spent part of his life outside Poland and likely participated in crusading campaigns in the Holy Land during the 1150s. Medieval chronicles describe him as deeply influenced by nightly and religious ideals associated with the crusades. Some historians even believe he may have had contact with the Knights Templar or hospitalers while abroad. This gave Sandom a strong frontier and military character.

[00:11:24]Geographically, the Dutch is set on the dangerous eastern borderlands of medieval Poland, exposed to raids from pagan Prussians, Yotwingians, Lithuanians, and Scap peoples from the east. Much of the region was sparsely populated frontier territory filled with forests, river crossings, and trade routes connecting Poland to Rutenia and the Black Seabird. Henry himself died in 1166 during a military campaign against the pagan Prussians. His death triggered disputes over succession and Sandom was divided among other Pia rulers. Over time, the Duchi was repeatedly reunited, partitioned and reorganized as different branches of the Pia dynasty fought for control. Like many Polish duchies during this era, Sandomier became heavily influenced by feudal decentralization.

[00:12:20]Local nobles gained increasing power.

[00:12:23]Towns expanded under the Magdabur law and the church played a major political role in the region. Roman Catholicism dominated the duche. But because of its eastern position, Sandom also existed near the frontier between Latin Catholic and Orthodox Christian words. During the 13th century, the Duches suffered devastating invasions. In 1241, the Mongols invaded Poland as part of the wider Mongol expansion into Europe.

[00:12:54]Sandom was attacked and heavily destroyed during the campaign. According to medieval accounts, large parts of the population were massacred, churches were burned, and the city itself was devastated before the Mongols moved westward toward Kraco and Hungary.

[00:13:11]Despite repeated destruction, Sandom survived as an important regional center. Its location on the Vista River helped it recover economically and the city became key trade hub between Poland and Eastern Europe. Eventually, as the Polish kingdom slowly reunified under later PS rulers, the independent duchy of Sandir disappeared back into a restored Polish state.

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[00:13:51]>> Number four, Great Moravia, 867.

[00:13:55]Great Moravia was the first major Slavic state in central Europe, a kingdom that briefly became powerful enough to challenge East Frankia, spread Christianity across the Slavic world, and lay the foundations for several future nations. This state emerged during the early 9th century in the region around the Morava River, mostly covering parts of modern-day Czecha, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Serbia, and Poland. At the time, central Europe was a patchwork of Slavic tribes, Frankish border territories, and remnants of the Avar covenant, which had collapsed after wars with Charlemagne. Out of this power vacuum rose the Moravians. The first major ruler associated with the state was Moir I who unified neighboring Slavic territories and established the ruling Moiri dynasty. Around 833 he absorbed the principality of Nitra, creating what historians now call Great Moravia. But Moravia's rise immediately brought it into conflict with the Franks. The kings of East Frankia viewed Moravia as both a rebellious frontier territory and a strategic threat.

[00:15:10]Throughout the 9th century, Moravian rulers fought repeated wars against Frankish invasions while also navigating alliances, tribute, and diplomacy with the Carolian word. The greatest ruler of great Moravia was undoubtedly Swatluk the first. Under his reign in the late 9th century, great Moravia reached its peak. Swattopluk expanded Moravian influence across large parts of central Europe, bringing neighboring Slavic tribes under his authority and transforming Morabia into a regional power. Some medieval sources even describe him as a king. Religion played a massive role in Moravian history.

[00:15:51]Originally, the Moravians had practiced Slavic paganism centered around nature worship, sacred groves, and local deities. But as Frankish influence grew, Christianity began spreading into the region through Latin missionaries from Bavaria. Moravian rulers wanted independence not just politically, but religiously as well. To reduce dependence on Frankish clergy, Prince Rustislav made one of the most important decisions in Slavic history. In 863, he requested missionaries directly from the Bisantine Empire. In response, Constantinople sent the brothers St. Seriel and St. Methodus. Their arrival transformed the Slavic word forever.

[00:16:37]Serial and Methodius created the Gleotic script, the first writing system designed specifically for the Slavic language. They translated Christian texts into old church slavic and introduced liturgy in the local language instead of Latin. This was revolutionary in medieval Europe where most religious services remained inaccessible to ordinary people. Because of their work, Great Moravia became the center of early Slavic Christianity and literacy. But this also triggered conflict with the German clergy who opposed Slavic language liturgy and viewed Bisantine influence as a threat. Moravia became caught between the Latin Christian West and the Bisantine East, culturally and politically balancing both worlds.

[00:17:25]Despite its achievements, Great Moravia collapsed surprisingly quickly. After Swatluke's death in 894, internal divisions weakened the kingdom. His successors struggled to maintain unity while facing pressure from East Frankia and growing instability among neighboring tribes. Then came the Mojars. Around the turn of the 10th century, the Mojar tribes entered the Carpathian basin from the Eurasians Their raids devastated Moravian territories and by around 9007 Great Moravia had effectively disappeared.

[00:18:01]Even though the state itself lasted badly a century, its influence was enormous. Great Moravia helped spread Christianity among the western slaves shaped the early development of Slovakia and the Czechlands and preserved the legacy of Syrial and Methodius whose religious and literary traditions would later influence Bulgaria, Serbia, Kievanas and the entire Orthodox Slavic world. Today, historians still debate the exact borders and political structure of Great Moravia. But despite its short existence, it remains one of the most important early medieval states in central European and Slavic history.

[00:18:45]A kingdom that stood between east and west during the formation of medieval Europe itself.

[00:18:54]Number five, Autoagate of Erzerum 1178.

[00:18:59]Erzurum was one of the great frontier strongholds of medieval Anatolia with fortress city caught between Bisantine, Armenians, Seljuk Turks, Georgians, Persians, and eventually the Mongols.

[00:19:14]Known in ancient times as Tao under the Bisantine, Azun set at one of the most strategic crossroads in the entire near east. Whoever controlled the city controlled major trade and invasion routes between Anatolia, the Caucuses, Persia, and the Black Sea. Because of this, Elzarum spent centuries changing hands between empires. Originally part of the Bisantine Empire, the city became heavily fortified and served as a military bastion against Persian invasions. Christianity dominated the region for centuries with strong Greek and Armenian influence throughout eastern Anatolia. But everything changed after the battle of Manziker in 1071.

[00:20:01]The Bisantine defeat against the Seljuk Turks shattered imperial control over Anatolia and opened the region to Turk migration. In the chaos that followed, Arzerum fell under the control of a Turkish dynasty known as the Saltokits.

[00:20:18]The Saltokits were one of the several small Turk ba that emerged after Manzikard. Although overshadowed by larger powers like the Seljuks, they ruled Azerum for over a century and transformed the city into an important Islamic frontier state. Under the Salto kids, Erzerum became a center of Persian and Turk culture. Sunni Islam became dominant. Mosque and madrases were built across the city and Erzum developed into both a military fortress and a major stop along regional trade routes. But life on the frontier was never stable.

[00:20:55]The city constantly faced wars with neighboring Christian kingdoms, especially Georgia. During the reign of Queen Tamar of Georgia in the late 12th and early 13th century, Georgian armies campaigned repeatedly across eastern Anatolia, sometimes defeating Muslim rulers in the region and threatening Erum itself. At the same time, larger Islamic powers were beginning to absorb the smaller Anatolian states. Eventually the Saltuks lost control of Erzum and the city passed into the hands of the Sultenate of Ram, the powerful Seljuk state that ruled much of Anatolia. Even then, Azerum remained a border city exposed to invasion. In the 13th century came the greatest catastrophe of all, the Mongols. After their victories across Persia and the Caucuses, Mongol armies swept into Anatolia. Elerum was captured and devastated during the Mongol invasions, becoming one of the many cities shattered during the collapse of Seljuk power. Over the centuries that followed, the city would continue changing rulers repeatedly. But despite endless wars, Erzum survived because of its strategic importance. For medieval rulers, controlling meant controlling the eastern gateway into Anatolia itself. Armies, merchants, pilgrims, and conquerors all passed through the city at one point or another. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the great frontier cities of the Islamic and Bisantine worlds. A fortress standing directly between empires, religions, and civilizations for centuries.

[00:22:35]Number six, Duchy of Prunk, 1178.

[00:22:39]The duche of bronze was one of the many small Russ principalities born from the collapse of Gaban Russ. A frontier duchy overshadowed by larger neighbors but deeply connected to some of the most important dynasties and conflicts in medieval Russian history. Centered around the town of Bronk near the upper Don River, the duche emerged as part of the wider principality of Friezen, ruled by branches of the Rurikid dynasty. Like many Russ states during the Middle Ages, Pronk was less a unified kingdom and more a constantly shifted network of princely families competing for survival and influence. Its history was shaped early on by the violent politics of the Ross principalities. One major figure connected to the region was Roman Gabovich, prince of Ryzen. During the 12th century, Ryzen and its subordinate territories, including Bronze, became involved in power struggles with neighboring Russ rulers, especially the powerful princes of the Grand Principality of Vladimir. This brought them into conflict with one of the most famous rulers of medieval Russia, Sevel, the big nest. See earned the nickname the big nest because of his enormous family and political influence. Under his rule, Vladimir became one of the strongest states in Ross world. One of the most important moments in pros early history came in 1177. Roman Gabovich together with his father Gabroislavich fought against the forces of Seo the big nest at the battle of Koska. The campaign ended in disaster for the princes of Friezen. Sea defeated them decisively and captured both father and son imprisoning them in the city of Vladimir. Gabroislavich was unable to endure captivity and died in prison later that same year. The defeat demonstrated the growing dominance of Vladimir over the smaller Russ principalities and showed just how vulnerable frontier touches like Bronk and Rizen had become during the age of dynastic conflict. In 1207, after accusing Roman Cleavich and the princes of Rzen of conspiracy and disloyalty, Seo launched a major campaign against them. Rizen was devastated and many local princes were captured and deported. Geography only made things worse. Ron set on the dangerous southern frontier of the Rossword, exposed to raids from scap nomads and positioned along major invasion routes from the Eurasian scap. The principality existed in a constant state of military pressure, balancing conflicts between neighboring Ross princes while defending against external threats. Religion in Bronze was Eastern Orthodox Christianity inherited from the Christianization of Kiev and Russ. Monasteries and churches helped tie the duchy culturally to the broader Orthodox world centered around Kiev and later Vladimir. But no event shaped Bronk more than the Mongol invasion. In the 1230s, Bukan and the armies of the Mongol Empire invaded the Ross principalities. Rizen was among the first states attacked and was almost completely destroyed. According to medieval chronicles, cities were burned, populations massacred, and entire regions devastated. Bronk survived the invasion, but like the rest of the Ross principalities, it became subordinate to the Golden Horde. For generations afterward, the princes of Bronk ruled under Mongol overlordship, paying tribute and receiving authority through the cons of the Horde. Like many smaller Russ states, survival depended on diplomacy as much as warfare. Today, Bronk is almost forgotten. But during the fractured age of Kievan Russ, it stood on one of Europe's most dangerous frontiers. a small Orthodox duchy surviving between rival princes, Mongol ks, Lithuanian expansion and the growing power of Moscow.

[00:26:54]And with that, the stories come to an end. I hope you enjoy the video and thank you for watching it. Which title had the most interesting history? And are there any rare titles that I had missed? Let me know down in the comments. And also tell me what would you like to see next. If you enjoyed the video, consider subscribing for more obscure medieval history and rare CK3 content. Thank you again for watching, and I'll see you next time. Bye.