Either give them away to a mayor or bishop or create a new such vassal by right-clicking that settlement and choose the 'Create new vassal' option from the menu that pops up. I conquered Rome but had wrong hold type since the capital of the county was a temple. 'Wrong type of holding' refers to you directly holding a city or bishopric. I know its late replying to this but I can confirm that this works. Originally posted by NinjaPepper:If you wish to keep control of the county yourself, or give it to a noble rather then a bishop (which is often something I'd recommend, as ruling over a vassal who holds a county that is either a theocracy or a republic will cost you a -30 opinion hit due to you not being the same government type), all you need to do is gain control of a castle in that county, and it will automatically become the capital again. This usually is best reserved for duchies and above, however, as it takes alot of time for this to come about, and really is only effective for one title per generation. If this is the path you choose, I would recommend setting the spymaster on the county as well to increase assassination chances and lower your chance of discovery.ДЄnd, of course, there is admittedly the third option of inheritance, marrying your heir and the heir of that holding together, and when both them die and you become their child, you will have the holding. As barons and their family only require 50 each to assassinate, so long as you have enough cash, and a decent Intrigue, this should remain a feasible possability. The best ways to do this is to either simply revoke the baron's title (which WILL give you an opinion hit from all your other vassals, but is often still the simpler of the solutions), or, assassinate the entire family holding the castle so that upon the last holder's death, it will revert to you. As per minor perilous demesne (see below), except this can involve up to four hazards, each of CR 6 or less, imperil creatures in the area. If you wish to keep control of the county yourself, or give it to a noble rather then a bishop (which is often something I'd recommend, as ruling over a vassal who holds a county that is either a theocracy or a republic will cost you a -30 opinion hit due to you not being the same government type), all you need to do is gain control of a castle in that county, and it will automatically become the capital again. Type regional curse Area 1-mile-radius emanation Save Will DC 16 to remove.

Wrong type of holding in demense