How do I get more generals?

[jahjeremy]

So I've begun a little campaign as the Teutonic Order, and I'm not at around turn 25. This faction starts with a small number of generals. Once I start expanding, I don't have nearly enough for governors and my field armies. Right now I have 4 generals total and 6 cities (about to take a 7th). That doesn't seem so terrible on the face of it, but I have one field army kicking around at the moment, leaving 3 generals for the cities with three ungoverned ones. And I only see the problem getting worse as I steamroll Novgorod.

Anyone have this problem, especially with the smaller factions? What to do about it? The spawning of new generals does not seem to occur very often.

[Caesar Clivus]

Conquer more regions. There is a hardcoded regions to family member (or generals in the case of the TO) ratio. Get more regions and you'll get more generals.

[Lazy]

i forgot which biulding you need to have... somethng like a citadel...
then you can biuld "bodyguards"... but the characters are usually "not that good"!
if you do not care or want to use them as cavalry only its ok...
i would prefer the solution above!

[shailesh]

^^ u need a fortress to build bodyguards but can only build 1 in 20 turns . best way is to fight rebel armies using ur captain led armies and get man of the hour . i dont know if its just me but i've always seen that autoresolving gives me better chivalry generals . i once got a 20 something yr old general with 5 chiv this way .
also there seems to be a glitch in my game as metz always has 10710 (i think ) general bodyguards always available so i keep churning them out as required