Shall I declare my independent kingdom yet?

Hi, my name is Troy McLure and you may know me from posts such as

my fresh kingdom gets squashed (old kingdom)

and

Clan Tier 3. Now what?

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Following my clan tier 3 posts I managed to conquer three rebellious cities. Unfortunately, they are all over the place: Epicrotea, Myzea, and Sargot (conquered in that order).

I have a wife, two kids, my niece recently turned 18. It is the year 1088.

All three cities have garrisons of about 400 men of all levels but mostly in the upper end. They consist of Battanian Fian Champions, Imperial Legions and Elite Cataphracts, and Vlandian Sharpshooters.

My personal retinue is currently 139 in size, same type of troops of different levels.

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The game at this point is becoming kind of stale. I could wait for another city to rebel but only heavens know where that might be. I have taken an eye to the Vlandian territory but that means I have to attack one of their groups and either pull it through to the end or get destroyed, for I am still clan tier 3 and cannot make peace.

I could of course declare my own kingdom (I am not that many renown points away from tier 4) and then attack Vlandia. On the flip side, that would expose all my cities to retributions from all kind of kingdoms.

Tough choices to make. Which route would you suggest?

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