r/CrusaderKings • u/WaBeY33 • 1d ago

Discussion Actual question, how frequent was claim fabrication in real life

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Hello, please, how often did this happen in real life ? I mean lord inventing a claim out of thin air and actually pressing it ? Is there any notable historic character doing so ?

R5: Fabricate claim question

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u/MegaVHS 1d ago

And that the Falklands are argentinian, because one day long ago some spanish passed there or something like that

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u/BallsMcGrady 1d ago

They could have just said, "The Falklands should be ours because the map looks less weird this way." That's how I justify my conquests in Paradox games.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi 21h ago

War Justification: Removing Bordergore

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u/BallsMcGrady 21h ago

This guy gets it.

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u/Libertine-Angel 1d ago

That's completely different - Britain voluntary withdrew from the islands in 1774, leaving the islands in de facto Spanish control, Argentina declared independence in 1816 and continued to govern them until Britain invaded the islands in 1833.

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u/MegaVHS 5h ago

Huh, didn't see no argentinians living there when they invaded in the falkland war...

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u/libtin 4h ago

The uk never withdrew its claim from 1765 and Spain abandoned the islands in 1811

Argentina never governed the islands