Umayyad Invasion Of Hispania Puns

IDK if this is normal/intentional or a bug (not the part where the dukes split off, but where the new states gain shitloads of gold), but it is very frustrating trying to declare war on each new duke since they can just raise mercenaries for days and never have any kind of dent in their wealth.

Overall, this is making my playthrough VERY frustrating

So the dev diary says :

>"A Reconquista will be considered a success when all the lands of Iberia has been taken, or a Christian Emperor of Hispania is crowned. Similarly, if a Muslim gets the Empire of Hispania, they will stop the Reconquista as well."

In my game the Umayyads hold the empire of Hispania. According to the dev diary that should stop the Reconquista. But is there any way to restart it again? What if the Umayyads lose the empire title? I have never played in Spain before so im not sure if that would work.

Im playing a norse bloodline collector game and it would be a shame to miss out on the Reconquista bloodlines.

All my family is from Asturias, Spain and everyone is always very prideful about Pelagius of Asturias who used the mountainous terrain to keep the Moorish at bay and consequently pushing them back and out of Spain. I am just looking to find some validity or understanding of the events that lead to Spain's rising as a super power in the following centuries.

Bonu notte/die amigos meos! Bomo stade bos? (Good evening/morning friends! How are y'all?)

I'd like a few recommendations for a map project which I'm doing. This is a continuation of the same timeline covering the history of Africa, a Romance-speaking Latin country based within the former Exarchate of Africa, which I described here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternateHistory/comments/ow5cnc/if_i_want_to_do_a_complete_history_of_a/

My question now regards the effect of this country's presence on the Islamic world. In my current lore, Gregory the Patrician succeeds in repelling the Umayyad invasion and pushes them at least back to Cyrenaica. I am unsure about what would logically happen from here; is a Christian reconquest Egypt/Levant as early as the 9th-10th c. pretty much inevitable at this point? If the Islamic world is able to hold out till the 11th-12th c., do the Crusades succeed? Or do you think they'd be strong enough to hold off reconquest attempts and survive till the present?

Gratzias pro suas rispostas e suu ajudu. (Thanks for your answers and your help.)

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Can you guys please help me with this? I just want to hear the opinions of people, who are not from Spain, about this episode of the Roman conquest of Hispania. Just tell me what you know/ think.

As I said, I'm trying to do a challenge by starting as a lowly count to the king of León in 867 and going on to conquer & form the empire of Hispania. Finally preparing for a sunset invasion on my shores.

The Umayyad's are the biggest problem because I don't want to convert to Islam which makes the game way too easy. I can understand secretly converting just to avoid death, but ultimately I want to convert back because I want to avoid war with Europe and get their help through Crusades when the Aztecs land.

I want to take the Iberian peninsula for myself. I'm playing on Ironman. I have 1096 prestige, 645 gold and my levies are about 981 in total.

I'm a Jarl of Nidaros but I have about 45% of the "Kingdom of Norway"

I haven't hit "Prepare Invasion" yet, but I meet all the requirements and it's ready to be clicked.

What do I do to make this successful? I need tips, tricks, and even a few warm thoughts.

Any possible future attempt is repelled too, so there is no Al-Andalus and Iberia remain under Visigoth rule