I am currently replaying a game from my teen years, called Knights of Honor ( awesome game by the way). So i will politely ask you to suggest me other similar games ( playing in medieval setting, controlling a country from the time period and so on). Please do not suggest the total war game. For some reason it doesnt click with me. I am more intrested in managing my kingdom, than in the military aspect. I will be very gratefull for any recommandations :P

P.s. it would be nice as well if the time period of the game is before the introduction of the firearms( so earlier medieval ages)

EDIT: "Crusader Kings 2" is the winner i think :)

My recommendation would be Stronghold. https://www.gog.com/game/stronghold

Probably, Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion.
Also, Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition, but it has strong military aspect. :)
Maybe some game from Anno series. Haven't played them.

Crusader Kings.
Castles(Castle?)
King Arthur The Roleplaying Wargame*
*loose recommendation as fighting is more prevalent than country management

I was gonna say "pick the French and screw the HRE" but then I saw that you don't care for the Total War series. :D

Mount & Blade Warband?

There is not much strategy involved but you can conquer castles and cities.

I second Stronghold.

Someone plays it?! OMG! I cannot seem to get the hang of the kingdom managing aspects :-(

Uhmm, something similar, still medieval..... ugh! Cannot think of anything. There are quite a few set later in history though.

Try searching for "grand strategy"

Played it, love it :D ( like crusader more :D) however, stronggold is not exactly what i am looking for. It is castle managment game and not country managment one. Nevertheless, i enjoyed it a lot :P I will check Knights and Merchants, maybe it is similar to what i am looking for :P, Lords of the realms, hmmmm, i will check it anyway :P I was thinking about Crusader Kings. What worries me is how much the focus is on dynasty management, raher the on country managment. However, this is i think the closets to what i am looking for and i havent played it. I will take a look at those, but sadly they dont seem to be the type i am hunting for. Thank you anyway :P (except crusader kings maybe :D )

It is installed on my hard drive. Still havent played it :( looks sweet, but is not a strategy game, nevertheless thanks for the suggestion :) Thank you for the help. Sadly not exactly what i am looking for :) Like this one a lot. Very relaxing and beautiful game. It is however a city building/managment game. Thank you for trying :P

Yeah, playing and waiting for GOG finally to release it here :D. If you have more specific questions about the kingdom management, feel free to ask. If by that you mean the economics aspect, just boost your kingdom power and hire merchants ( a lot of them at the beginning of the game). :D

Already googled 'grand strategy', many nice games, but not exactly in the period i am looking for ( crusader kings seems the closest option for the moment) :D

vsr was right to recommend Anno 1404. I think it'd just what you are looking for.

Caesar 3. Not medieval, but Roman empire stuff. Good stuff too. A great city builder with some military aspects.

Not sure I'm understanding your criteria but I'll recommend you just briefly take a look and might be able to quickly rule it out. Unfortunately I don't think it's available here so this is a Steam link.

Reign: Conflict of Nations