College of Cardinals (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

The College of Cardinals is the collection of Cardinals within the Roman Catholic Church. Each Cardinal is appointed by the Pope and represents the upper echelon of the Catholic Church.The College is responsible for selecting the next Pope whenever the incumbent dies or decides to resign. Due to the present Western Schism, the College of Rome is only one of two Colleges, the other being in Avignon.

Rules for Players
For more player involvement, each player will be able to decide the vote of his or her respective Cardinals. If you do not sign off in the section below before the next turn after the Papal death it will be assumed that you are not interested in voting and your votes will go to MP. NPC votes also go to MP.

In order to be elected Pope, a two thirds majority must be obtained. As there are fifteen Cardinals, there must be a vote of ten in order to become Pope. You are allowed to vote for yourself, but it is discouraged.

Current College
The current College is composed of fifteen Cardinals, down from sixteen in the last Papal Conclave in 1389.

Papal Conclave, 1404-1405
This College was composed of fifteen Cardinals, down from sixteen in the last Papal Conclave in 1389. Strikeouts represent Cardinals who died in the process of selection.

Please cast your votes for a particular candidate below. Because no one was voted in as Pope this turn, the vote will go into next turn. Maroni is eliminated, leaving only Migliorati, Maramaldo, and Mendoza to contest the papacy. Vote below. With nine votes, Maramaldo becomes Pope, taking the name '''Innocent VII. '''
 * Lope de Mendoza votes for himself. ~Edge because Mp is a bum
 * Pietro II di Candia nominates his close friend, Francesco Carbone Tomacelli, for the esteemed position of the Pope. ~Rex
 * Ludovico Fieschi votes for Francesco Carbone Tomacelli. ~Oct
 * Balint Alsani votes for Cristoforo Maroni ~Lieu
 * Thomas Pupio votes on his Castillian friend,  Lope de Mendoza. ~Nic
 * All of Naples's cardinals (Maramaldo, Tomacelli, Sommariva, Brancaccio, Minutolo, and Migliorati) vote for Naples's eldest clergyman in the College of Cardinals, Landolfo Maramaldo. ~Pyra
 * The other four cardinals vote for Cosimo Gentile Migliorati. -MP
 * Ludovico Fieschi votes for Landolfo Maramaldo~ Oct
 * All remaining Neapolitan cardinals continue to vote for Landolfo Maramaldo ~Pyra
 * Pupio votes on Lope de Mendoza. ~Nic
 * Mendoza votes for himsel again. ~Edge
 * Pietro II di Candia casts his vote for Landolfo Maramaldo. -Rex
 * Balint Alsani votes for Angelo Acciaioli ~Lieu
 * Angelo Acciaioli (just realized I control Florence, and ergo Acciaioli) votes for Landolfo Maramaldo. ~Rex
 * He was a cardinal from Florence before you conquered his home city, he won't vote on your behalf. -MP
 * Florence votes for Angelo Acciaioli while the other two vote for Maramaldo.

Cardinals
Below is the section where you may propose Cardinals to fill in seats left vacant by a Cardinal's death. Please try to restrain your proposal to one Cardinal per nation, unless you'd like the risk of the College being filled by an entire nation of Cardinals, which is no fun anyway.


 * With the death of two more cardinals in the college, Charles VI, the King of France and Defender of the faith proposes that the Primate of the Gauls and Archbishop of Lyons, Philippe III de Thurey would be a good choice as a cardinal.
 * Sweden proposes the Archbishop of Uppsala, Knut Bosson, who is very much a capable administrator in his own mind. He is conducting the Christianization of the Lappish and Finnish pagans in the North.
 * Norway proposes the Archbishop of Nidaros Christian Ahlefeldt as a cardinal, a man who preached and converted northern pagans to Christianity bringin many to christ and rallied the men of Norway and the least say of Kalmar under the banner of Christ against the apostate of Hesse. He influenced the Former Archbishop into blessing the marriage of Olaf and Margarethe thus founding the Kalmar Union. He also expanded christian reach to the farthest corners of Europe bringing Glory to the Lord. He is the successor of one of the crowners of Margaret I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Defender of Faith.


 * Naples proposes Giordano Orsini, the Archbishop of Naples, as a cardinal.
 * Robert IV of Scotland proposes the consistently drunk Bishop of St Andrews, John Trevor, as a Cardinal.
 * Cologne proposes Archbishop Friedrich III von Saarwerden, the steady-minded, perceptive leader of Cologne who single-handedly brought the archbishopric out of debt.
 * Bohemia proposes the Archbishop of Prague, Zbyněk Zajíc of Hasenburg. Zbyněk was a military leader who was apart of the forces sent to Hesse, and the King's military adviser. He also led efforts against Hussites in the Kingdom.
 * Milan proposes the Bishop of Florence and canon law scholar, Jacobus Palladinus de Teramo for a position as a Cardinal.
 * Denmark proposes the Archbishop of Lund, Jakob Gertsen Ulfstand, who was one of the masterminds behind the Kalmar Union and is known for his administrative skills. He is a humble servant of God and has tirelessly fought against the pagans of the North. He is one of the crowners of Margaret I, Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and Defender of the Faith.
 * Republic of Ragusa proposes Dživo Sorkočević, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (and by extent, Bosnia, Serbia, Dioclea, Travunia and Zachumlia), second son of Knez Mavro Sorkočević. The archbishop has been trained in the ways of the Lord since childhood by the finest tutors and his family ties will surely strengthen relations between the Papacy and the Republic.
 * Who is this guy? The Archbishop of Dubrovnik at this time would either be Niccolò de Hortis or Niccolò Sacchi, depending on if de Hortis was appointed Archbishop of Manfredonia. I bet it is Niccolò Sacchi.
 * Since de Hortis I believe died in 1402 I talked about MP about it a couple of days ago he said I could name a ragusan priest as archbishop. 
 * P.S. Don't strike my posts or you won't be allowed to post -Sky
 * Knights Hospitaller propose the Dean of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Castle, Angelo d'Accostella. A priest of the Order, the fifty year old has decades of experience in the Order and is intimately aware of the dangers posed to Christendom by the Infidels. He also studied in Rome. [The name is made up but someone of the description would have existed at this time].
 * Genoa proposes Archbishop Pileo de' Marini for Cardinal and begins bribing the Pro-Genoan Pope through the Bank of St. George. Genoa also proposes in the invent of him being raised to Cardinal the title of Prince of Sassello will be granted to the Popes descendants.
 * Epirus proposes the Bishop of Ioannina, Matthew as a Cardinal, however we promise to covert Epirus to Roman Catholicism, here before the god and having the support of the Church could help us a lot.