A hilarious situation

[HJ]

Originally posted by PhilD:
I was surprised with the way "dominion death" happens. I had conquered every Vanheim Province, and since his Dominions was low everywhere, I decided I'd just siege his capital, build temples all around, and preach him out of the world (I had to bring in my own Pretender for this to work). Still, it took several turns (2-3, I believe) after my own dominion appeared in Vanheim (his was nowhere to be seen) for the message announcing the dominion death to appear.

It probably spread outside his borders, and it took time for your own to wipe it out. I assume you had all his provinces, but the capitol fortress still counts as one, so he cannot die due to having no provinces left.