Empire of Lorraine

Aussey

Hello, and welcome to the new-updated version of my timeline the "Kingdom of Lorraine." Here is the link to the old-timeline, so you don't have to search. The last few updates of the old timeline will not be used. So sit back, and be prepared to read, critique, comment, and help edit my new timeline. Thanks!

Part I: Lotharii Regnum​
The Kingdom of Lotharingia was formed in 855 when Lothair II, son of the late Emperor Lothair I, succeeded his father, governing the third nation between the kingdom of his brother Charles (Francia,) to the west, and his brother Louis (Holy Roman Empire,) to the east. Upon the death of his father, Lothair II begins to centralize the government; Thus making Lorraine the first centralized state in the post-Roman era. Instead of succeeding his state, his state succeeds him, as his twenty-eight year reign proves prosperous, leaving Lotharingia more powerful than France to her west, and second only in power to the Holy Roman Empire in the east. His son, Lothair, who becomes King of Lotharingia in 878, succeeds him.

*For this timeline, the monarchs’ information will be posted as:
Title Name “Honorific Surname”
Claim to Power/Sovereignty
Reign/Regency
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**The uploaded picture is the will of the late-King Lothair I.

King Lothair III "The Expansionist"​

Son of Lothair II
878-917​

Lothair III, King of the Lotharingians, is generally referred to as the “the Modernizer,” in contemporary history, though the Imperial Government still officially refers to him as “the Expansionist.” Under his rule, the Kingdom of Lotharingia began to develop co-operations with the quasi-independent Burgundians in the south of Lotharingia, against the Danes and Vikings who raided their coasts. Pope John VIII himself crowned Lothair III “King of the Lotharingians.” The coronation was held in the then-swampy village of Strasbarium, which, by the end of Lothair’s reign, would be known throughout Europe as the “City of Enchantment.”

Lothair III married a daughter of his cousin, the Lady Engelberga, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the German. Queen Engelberga’s dowry included Provence (which had been captured by the Germans from the Burgundians immediately after Lothair II’s death), and the introduction of the Germanic language as a lingua franca for the empire; Their wedding ceremony included King Lothair being proclaimed “Sovereign Lord of the Provençeaux.”

The Kingdom of Lotharingia was straddled between both the North and Mediterranean seas, as it was intended to be by the late-King Lothair II’s will. By replacing his borders to their intended places, the King was now truly a national hero. In 880, King Lothair III and the Duke of Burgundy set off for Denmark from the Lowlands, and by the end of 883 had forced the Danish ruler to halt Viking attacks from attacking Lotharingian ships and coasts, in return for the Lotharingia to not interfere with Viking raids on Lotharingia’s neighbors the Holy Roman Empire and France. The “Great Northern War,” is the first run and success of the modern Imperial Lorrainian Navy. In 884, the King issued the Edict of Strasbarium declared Lothair III "King of Lotharingia and Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians,” showing the King’s desire for his power over the Land and People to be known.

For the rest of King Lothair’s reign, the new kingdom was organized, and continued with Lothair II’s policy of centralization. Further development of cities; including the building of Strasbarium in Lotharingia-proper, Bruxella on the Northern Sea, and of Masillia (Marseilles) on the Mediterranean occurred. A few years before his death, King Lothair issued the most important document in Lorrainian history: The Carta Liberta. The Carta Liberta read ”The Kingdom of Lotharingia and the Lotharingians shall henceforth, and forever be, completely free and liberated of tribute, control, and recognition of imperial supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, and that the said freed Kingdom’s monarch shall be held to same degree of honor and caliber of the Holy Roman Empire’s monarch in all good Christian courts of Europe. So speaketh His Most Majestic Grace the Sovereign Lord of Lotharingia, the Lotharingians, the Burgundians, the Frisians, and the Provençeaux.” This act had its repercussions: Relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Lotharingia began deteriorating quickly.

The last action undertaken by King Lothair III was the taking of Genoa. In 870, the Lombards had invaded and overtaken the ancient region of Liguria. The people pleaded with the Lotharingian king, and in 910, Prince Gustaf led a massive force of Lotharingians, Elsasstian, Frisians (Lowlanders), Burgundians, and Provençeaux into Genoa, forced the Lombards out, and restored the Genoese leader, who was made to now pay tribute and recognize the supremacy of the Kingdom of Lotharingia.

Lothair III died in 917, and was succeeded by his grandson, Gustaf, as Gustaf I.

King Gustaf I "The Weak"​

Grandson of Lothair III
917-920​

Gustaf I, King of Lotharingia, Sovereign Lord of Lotharingia and the Lotharingians, the Burgundians, the Frisians, and the Provençeaux, ruled as king for a mere three years. The years he reigned, the de facto ruler was his more-known and ever-powerful wife, none-other than the Lady Marozia, daughter of Count Theophylact of Tusculum, Senatrix & Patricia of Rome, and Queen of Lotharingia. Shortly after their son Prince Gustaf Lothair was born in 919, the ever-scheming consort Marozia overthrew him, by declaring him mad, and personally led a group of soldiers to the spot on the Rhine were she ordered him to be drowned, then signaled for some cavalrymen to ”Come and kill the murderers of our good king.” With her husband dead, the distraught widow proclaimed herself “Regent and Lady-Protector of the King’s Dominion,” in 919.

King Gustaf II
Son of Gustaf I
919-920 ​

The infant Gustaf II was declared “King of Lotharingia and the Lotharingians, the Burgundians, and the Provençeaux,” after the murder of King Gustaf I. A year later, the Lady-Protector had forced all the nobles of the Lotharingian, Burgundian, Frisian, and Provençal courts to accept her as their new ruler. The Lady-Protector was declared Sovereign by her known-lover, Pope Sergius III. The King of France and Holy Roman Emperor both acknowledged her Sovereignty, hoping with a woman on the throne, conquest of their ever-more-powerful neighbor would be easy. Gustaf II was never heard from, though a popular legend is that he was given to be raised by the Vonshepherds (Ducal family of Elsass.)
 

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ninebucks

Banned
Hmm... sounds good. I like the idea of translating an entity that in OTL never really survived the centralising of states into an entity that will.

Also, am I a bad person for giggling at the shape of Lorraine in that map?
 

Aussey

Queen (later Empress) Marozia I "The Great"
Wife of Gustaf I/Mother of Gustaf II
Proclaimed Ruler by the Vicar of Christ
920-977 ​

Marozia I was declared Queen of Lotharingia and the Lotharingians, the Burgundians, the Frisians, the Provençeaux, and Senatrix and Patricia of Rome in Rome, in 920, after solidifying control f the Kingdom before the “death” of the infant Gustaf II. Her reign of Lotharingia and the Papal States whom she de facto ruled together with her sister, Senatrix Theodora Theophylactus, and their male-associates) controlled most of Western Europe for many years, until Theodora’s death in 943.

Her reign was referred to as “The Reign of the Harlots,” in the Holy Roman Empire, England, Scandinavia, Spain, and the Muslim world. Her opponents in Lorraine and Rome, as well as in the Byzantine Empire, France, and other Orthodox nations termed her reign “the Pornocracy,” a term widely used still to this day. After her coronation, the Queen was found to be pregnant, and the child’s paternity was not doubted- Pope Sergius III. Before her being with child began to show, she married Count Guy of Lucca, Margrave of Tuscany. He was declared the baby’s father, and in 921, a son whom they named John was born. The Rinasciment, or rebirth of the Western Roman Empire was brought about under the reign of Queen Marozia. She personally wrote the law system of Lorraine, duly termed the Codex Marozianus, although it iss formally titled the Corpus Juris Imperius or “Body of Imperial Law.” This she modeled after the Codex Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, and introduced Roman laws and customs into the Germanic kingdom.

Through the Marozine Code, her court, advisers, and favorites, Marozia I is the sole reason for the Romanization of Germanic Lotharingia. Latin was established as the language of the Court; Lotharingian and Latin were the official languages of the Empire. The Queen’s utter dislike for all things German was well known, and it wasn’t all too surprising when the Sovereign Queen ordered, authored, and passed the Lex Nombrus, which officially changed the name of her dominion to the less-Germanic Lorraine. “Lotharingia,” was preserved to refer to what was formerly called “Lotharingia-Passend,” or “Lotharingia-proper.” The influx of Latin speakers, Latin vocabulary, etc. made “Lorrainian,” or the Latin influenced-Germanic language more spoken than the old Lotharingian, a Low Allemanic language, which is still spoken today in Elsass, and many parts of the former-Lorrainian Lower New World.

The first twenty-three years of Marozia's reign are characterized by the spread of the arts and culture. When Marozia’s husband, the King-Consort, mysteriously died, the Queen then married a minor Burgundian prince, who is the recorded father of her second son, Benedict. However, the strong likeness of Prince Benedict, his older brother Prince John, and Pope Sergius III has led modern scholars to believe the pornocratic Pope was the father of both of the Queen’s son, and thus co-founder of the House of Theophylactus (which still rules Lotharingia (Lorraine) today.)

In 940, Queen Marozia signed the "Lex Fœderatæ,” which united the crowns of Lotharingia, Burgundy, Frisia, and Provence, instead of the Queen’s dominions being held together in personal union. The Law, however, did more than just unite and centralize the new nation; The Queen’s pride could not be overlooked, and with the blessing of her new lover, Pope Agapetus II, she was styled "Empress Marozia of Lorraine, Queen of Lotharingia, Queen of Burgundy, Queen of Frisia, Queen of Provence, Sovereign Lady of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, and Provençeaux, Senatrix & Patricia of Rome, and Conqueress of the Northern Seas." The Holy Roman Emperor and Catholic-Coptic Pharaoh of Ægypt both wrote angrily to the pope, refusing to admit Marozia to the Imperial Council of the Catholic Religion, in Rome (a council formed at the ascension of Pope Sergius II in 860 to decide on matters of State within Catholic Christendom.) However, the Pope’s decision was final. Prince John died in 942, thus making his son, Gustavus Benedictus, heir to the now-Imperial throne of Lorraine.

Shortly before Empress Marozia’s sister’s, Lady Theodora, death in 943 (which would also mark the end of the pornocracy,) the Empress declared that the Empire of Lorraine would protect the independence and sovereignty of the States of the Church, whose leader was her lover- the pope. In 943, Lady Theodora died, resulting in Marozia returning to Strasburgium, where she quickly took an interest in the organization and control of her empire. By 960, the empire was organized and very centralized on Strasburgium. Deciding her power had not been completely displayed to her rival, the Holy Roman Emperor, Marozia had herself styled "Augusta" in 962, the same year John XII became Pope. In order to protect himself against the intrigues in Rome Berengar II of Ivrea, he called to his aid Empress Marozia, to whom he granted the imperial crown on February 2, 962, making Marozia "Holy Roman Empress," in exchange for the Lorrainian crushing of Berengar’s attempt to proclaim himself “King of Italy,” which Marozia styled herself soon thereafter. Even before Marozia left Rome the Pope had apologized to the Holy Roman Emperor, who had threatened to invade Rome. Together, the two began a correspondence of plans to dethrone the Lorrainian Empress. Pope John had now made himself an enemy of the ever-vain Empress Marozia.

Marozia, who, after defeating and imprisioning Berengar, returned to Rome, and discovered the plans of the Pope. Marozia again bribed ten Papal Guards into poisoning the Pope, and then ordering her cavalrymen to “execute the murderers of the Holy Father.” Subsequently, she summoned a council, which elected Prince Benedict’s second son, the Archbishop Leo Cardinal Bruxella, in his stead. The inhabitants of Rome made an attempt at a revolt even before Marozia left the city. The Duke of Elsass gave the new Pope 500 guards from his Ducal Palace, thus beginning the tradition of the Elsatian Guards in Rome.
Her death in 977 caused a great crisis, for many men claimed to be a son of hers, and the title "Holy Roman Emperor," was vacant for three years. Her grandson, Prince Gustavus Carolus succeeded her as Gustavus III upon her death, claiming to be the sole Holy Roman Emperor.
 

Aussey

Part II: Imperium Lorrainica

Emperor Gustavus III "The Savior"
Grandson of Marozia I
977-1018 ​
Gustavus III Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, assumed the throne at the age of 39. He inherited a culturally and financially-rich, and a militarily-strong nation from his grandmother Marozia I.

The first years of Gustavus’ reign, Lorraine was engaged in war with Saxon England. However, the Lorrainian Navy, which had never experienced northern battle, lost to the Anglo-Saxons, and watched as the Danes took control of England. Gustavus III had earlier in his life married Canute of Denmark's daughter, the Lady Emma the Dane. Their marriage had produced four sons: Prince Gustavus, Prince Octavian, Prince Antonius, and Prince Ptolemy.

Gustavus III is referred to as "the Savior" because during his reign, he began expanding Lorraine. He began planning to take Corsica in the 990s, and at the young age of 19, Crown Prince Gustavus led the invasion from Genoa, successfully adding Corsica to the empire, and enthroning Emperor Gustavus III as "Grand Duke of Corsica." Gustavus III went mentally insane sometime around 1000, this is generally thought to be caused from the many relations his grandmother and father had, and that his biological grandfather and biological mother are unknown. His son, Prince Gustavus the younger ruled as Regent until his untimely death in 1018. During the Regency, however, the Regent fell deathly ill around 1013.

Emperor Gustavus IV "The Just"
Son of Gustavus III
(Regent) 1000-1013
(Reign) 1013-1015 ​
Gustavus IV's actual reign lasted only two years. He suffered from chronic influenza every winter for the last five years of his life. However, his reign is remembered because of law he passed in 1015, weeks before his death, which declared all subjects had the right to trial by their fellow countrymen. Before this act, he had worked hard to develop the courts in Lorraine, and enforcing the Marozine Code, starting when he was first declared Regent, until his death in 1015. He was succeeded by his infant son, Marcellus (since modern time, sovereigns by this name are referred to as "Marcel,"), under the Regency of his wife, Marja Christina of Sweden.

Empress-Regent Marja Christina "The Beautiful"
Wife of Gustavus IV/Regent for Marcellus I
1015-1032 ​
Empress Marja Christina was declared “Regent and Lady-Protector of the Empire,” by Emperor Gustavus IV minutes before his death. Her son and only child, Marcellus, had been declared Emperor by the advisors. Shortly after the death of Gustavus IV, Robert II of France invaded Provence, intent on establishing France as an imperial power. For decades France had been overlooked in comparison to it’s neighbor, Lorraine. Robert II, a semi-close cousin of the infant Emperor was determined on making France “First Among Equals,” of the European powers: the Kingdom of France, Empire of Lorraine, and the Holy Roman Empire.

In order to defeat France, Lorraine needed a strong infantry and navy. Marja Christina decided on hiring mercenaries from Christian Nubia. Within two months, 10,000 Nubian troops arrived, not only shocking the French, but razing almost all of France to the ground. The army of Marja Christina was able to defeat the strong French army. However, the advisors warned the Regent against taking anymore French lands, in fear of rebellion. Instead demanded that Robert II recognize Marcellus as his Emperor and King of France, and allowed Robert II and his descendants the title "Duke of France." The Regent was declared “Interrix Francogallica,” or “Regent of French Gaul.”

To thank the hired soldiers, and to protect her borders, the Regent invited the Nubians to stay and “become good subjects of Lorraine, being fitted with land, titles, houses, and occupations.” Over 5,000 of the Nubians stayed and made their home in France, settling mainly in Provence. Three more thousand where hired again to conquer inland Corsica, and made their homes there. Only 2,000 returned to Nubia, via the Nile.

Emperor Marcellus I “The Ally”
Son of Gustavus IV
1032-1060​
Marcellus the First Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, King of France, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, French, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, is responsible for establishing the present-day Anglo-Lorrainian alliance. With the help of the Lorrainians, and the Normans vasals of the French duke, the English overthrew their Danish masters, and united into the English Union, consisting of the Kingdom of England (very Anglo-Saxon,) the Kingdom of Kent (very Scandinavian,) and the Principality of Wales, which was a vassal to the King of England and Kent (as the two were in personal union. The Duke of Normandy was proclaimed King of England and Kent, and declared his independence from France, along with the duchy of his wife, Brittany.

The Gaullian War was fought between the English Union, the Duchy of Normandy and Brittany (in personal union), the Kingdom of Lorraine, and the Spanish Marches, which were also vassals to the French. The French monarch refused to allow the Norman duke, and Breton duchess to seced from France. The Lorrainians supported the Union forces, and eventually, in 1043, defeated the French, who were forced to sign the Treaty of Rouen, recognizing the independence of the Duchy of Normandy, the Duchy of Brittany, and the Spanish Marches, in the Transpyrennes. By the time Marcellus I died, the Anglaise Union had formed, with equal representation in the “Great Assembly,” for the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Kent, Principality of Wales, Duchy of Normandy, and the Duchy of Brittany.

Emperor Marcellus II “The Catholic”
Son of Marcellus I
1060-1075​
Marcellus the Second Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, King of France, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, French, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, became sovereign at a time when competition for being the “True Successor of the Roman Empire,” was claimed by the Holy Roman Empire, Empire of Lorraine, and the Byzantine Empire.

All Orthodox countries and patriarchs recognized the Byzantine Empire as true successor. Successor to the Western Roman Empire was claimed by Lorraine and the Holy Roman Empire. The Scandinavian countries, France, and Scotland recognized the Holy Roman Emperor as the continuation of ancient Rome. The Anglaise Union, Irish chieftaincies, Spanish Marches, Christian Iberia, and the Papal States recognized the Emperor of Lorraine. The Popes, since Marozia all of the House of Theophylactus, maintained a tradition of non-recognition, though it was well-known that the Pope and Papal States were firm allies of Lorraine.

However, when Muslim invaders and Byzantine missionaries began invading and conquering parts of southern Italy, Lorraine and the Holy Roman Empire along with their allies fought in the “Holy War,” as the “Papal Allies,” against the Byzantines, and their allies as the “Patriarchal Allies,” and the Muslims and their allies as the “Caliphal Allies.” The war lasted on and off from 1064 to 1098. During the Holy War, the Italian Wars were fought between the Papal Allies and the Patriarchal Allies for control of southern Italy. The Papists won the war, with the States of the Church extending southward; Sardinia was brough under Lorrainian influence.

The Iberian Wars, which lasted much longer than the Holy War itself, was to the advantage of the Papists too. By 1070, Navarre had absorbed the Spanish Marches, Minorica, and northern provinces of Cordóba. The culture of Navarre at this time mirrored that of ancient Sparta: war and battle, which would eventually halt their expansion past the Pyrennes.
Marcellus II died in 1075, leaving the throne to his son, Marcellus III.

Emperor Marcellus III “The Countrymen”
Son of Marcellus II
1075-1089​
Marcellus the Third Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, King of France, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, French, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, inherited the Imperial Throne from his father in 1075. His reign, brought about the largest expansion of Lorrainian power in Europe to date in his time.

One of the Old Empire’s last military accomplishments was the Battle for the Pyrennes of the Iberian Wars. The Kingdom of Navarre crossed the mountains, invading the County of Toulouse, a French vassal. Marcellus, seeing his opportunity to check France, and expand Lorrainian influence, drained the treasury defeating the Navarrese, and imposing Lorrainian rule in Toulouse. He declared himself “Protector of Toulouse in 1084. The Count, who’s power was now next to nothing, was compensated by being made a duke.

Marcellus III was deposed by the Senate in 1088 for attempting to impose autocratic rule in Burgundy and Lotharingia, the traditional autonomous kingdoms. His brother, Gustavus Lothairus, as Emperor.
 

ninebucks

Banned
I'm not sure what is happening here in terms of Papal-Imperial relations... It was entirely the Pope's perogative to crown the Holy Roman Emperor, so if he doesn't feel up to crowning the King of Germany as HRE, and if Lorraine is just as able to defend the Papal States, I don't see why he doesn't he just give the title of Holy Roman Empire to Lorraine.

In other words, what is keeping Germany in the Pope's favour?
 

Aussey

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Emperor Gustavus V “The Fool”
1089-1091​
Gustavus the Fifth Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, King of France, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, French, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, was placed as a figurehead emperor, while the Senate began to consolidate power of the government.

In 1090, the Norweigans returned from colonizing Greenland, checking the power of Denmark, and ending the influence of Denmark in Scandinavia.
Constant Swedish raids in Scandia have also further crippled Denmark. In 1091, shortly before the murder of Gustavus V, the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden briefly fought, ending up with a Swedish victory, and the Swedes taking Pomerania. The extensive Swedish-HolyRoman border would soon become one of the bloodiest in Europe. Sweden was now the second-Christian power to Lorraine.

One spring morning in 1091, the Emperor Gustavus V was found stabbed to death in his bed. He was succeded by his son, Gustavus VI.

Emperor Gustavus VI “The Tranquil”
1089-1119​
Gustavus the Sixth Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, King of France, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, French and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, brought peace and tranquility to the Empire, first by recognizing the French monarch (who was referred to as King by all nations except the Papal States, Lorraine, and the Anglaise Union,) as King of French Gaul, and himself as Sovereign Lord of the French Lorrainians. The French king took this lightly, as Gustavus continued to style himself as “King of France,” and “Sovereign Lord of the French Lorrainians.” Secondly, he stayed neutral during the Eastern Wars in Europe.

The Principality of Bohemia, the only Western European not under the power of the Catholic Church (aside from Muslim Spain,) declared itself “a Most Christian Kingdom,” in 1090, sparking anger in Rome, where the Pope declared the Bohemians “heathens” (The Bohemians had an antipope of their own in Prague, whom they regarded as true Head of the the True Religion.) The Bohemians defended their borders when the Catholic elected-kingship of Poland attempted to invade in 1093. The Eastern Wars reach their height during the Hungarian and Croatian civil wars between the Catholics and Orthodox Christians of both countries. The Swedes and the Poles aided the Catholics, while the the Byzantines and Muscovites aided the Orthodox.

The Holy War ended in 1098, with a ceasefire. However, constant Papist expansion into Cordoba, and Patriarchal expansion into the Middle-East would always serve as reasons for future conflict. With Gustavus VI’s death in 1119, his son Marcellus Antonius, succeded him as Marcellus III.

Emperor Marcellus III “The Scholar”
1119-1142​
Marcellus the Third Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, is duly named “the Scholar.” During his reign, he kept Lorraine out of conflict, and built over five-hundred universities and schools. By the end of his reign, Lorraine had the highest literacy in all of Christendom.
 

Nicole

How did the whole Bohemian thing arise?

Very good timeline, Aussey- I liked the original as well.
 

Aussey

Imajin said:
How did the whole Bohemian thing arise?

Very good timeline, Aussey- I liked the original as well.
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It's practically the same...just a few details added.

Right now I'm doing the monarchs specifically that in the first one I lumped into "First Summarization Period," Second, Third, etc. Check the first one...you'll see.

Thanks!

[[drama coming soon...]]
 

Nicole

Ah, I see... where will the revision start to actually diverge? I know you mentioned that the newest posts will be cut out.
 

Aussey

Part III: Recuso Lorrainica
Emperor René I “The Crippled”
March 1142-June 1142​
Renatus the First Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, was the child of his father, and his father’s first cousin, the Empress Portia. He was born with no legs, and suffered from a bipolar disease due to inbreeding. His reign is the second shortest in Lorrainian history. His wife, a Burgundian princess by the name of Maria Julia, was impregnated by his brother in front of him, according to his will. When he ordered his brother killed, his wife and advisors began to plot against him. Two months after his ascension, he was poisoned, and succeded by his brother, René Octavian.

Emperor Octavian I
June 13th, 1142-June 21st 1142​
Renatus II Augustus, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Lorraine, King of Lotharingia, King of Burgundy, King of Frisia, King of Provence, Sovereign Lord of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, and the Romans, Conqueror of the Northern Sea, Senator & Consul & Protector of Rome, has the shortest reign in Western European history. His sister-in-law, who intended to become empress at her husbands death, had René II dragged to death at the back of horse, while she was crowned in Strossora on June 22nd, 1142.

Empress Mariya I Julia “The Bloody”
1142-1145​
Maria I Augusta, Holy Roman Empress, Empress of Lorraine, Queen of Lotharingia, Queen of Burgundy, Queen of Frisia, Queen of Provence, Sovereign Lady of the Lotharingians, Burgundians, Frisians, Provençeaux, and the Romans, Conqueress of the Northern Sea, Senatrix & Patricia & Protectress of Rome, was the usurper who was crowned sovereign after the murder of her brother in law, René II. Her reign is the bloodiest in Lorrainian history; During her three years before being deposed, she was responsible for the death of all 500 Lorrainian senators, and over one thousand Lorrainians, for “Plots Against the Majesty of the Empress.”

The one significant accomplishment of her reign, however, was the designation of the heir-apparent as “High Prince of Austrasia and Neustria.” This title she conferred on her brother, Octavian, while loyalists in Lorraine swore allegiance to the late René II’s cousin, the Princess Aurelia. The two factions in Lorraine, the Octavisits, and the Loyalists, both joined forces in 1145 to depose Mariya Julia, who was beheaded in the same year.

For the next five years, a civil war waged between the two factions lead by the Prince Octavian, and the Princess Aurelia.
 

Nicole

Very bloody- why aren't France and Germany trying to take advantages of the problems within Lorraine?
 

Jammy

same about Spain? might they not see a chance for expansion, either one of the isles like corsica or something
 

Aussey

Imajin said:
Very bloody- why aren't France and Germany trying to take advantages of the problems within Lorraine?
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France- France isn't because they aren't strong. At all. Right now, they're just a bunch of states almost completely independent, and merely vassals to the Count of Poitiers, who hold the title "King of France." (The Carolingian kings were overthrown almost immediatley after they were installed.)

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)- Although strong, they know that Lorraine is still strong too, even if they are going through monarchs quickly. However, they will attempt to invade Frisia and Elsass during the Civil War

Hispania- Right now consists of Navarre, Castile, Leon, and the quasi-independent Spanish Marches (nominally part of Navarre.) Navarre, by far, is the strongest, however, all the Hispanic nations are fighting in the Iberian Wars against the Moors. Plus, they'd have to ally with France or Toulouse- both of which are enemys to Hispania.

Corsica- isn't really under anyone's control, as it is full of Arab and Lombard warlords. Lorraine basically controls the costs, and has alliances with a few inland chiefs. Minorca is an independnet Vandal kingdom at this time, in personal union with the Spanish March of Barcelona, so basically part of Navarra.

More critiques??? Comments??? THANKS!
 

Aussey

Lorrainian Civil War
1145-1150​
Upon the execution of Mariya I Julia, the Minor Senate of Frisia, the Duke of Elsass, and the Duke of Burgundy all swore allegiance to most close Princess Aurelia, the cousin of the late René II, as their Empress, Queen, and Sovereign Lady. However, the Minor Senates of Lotharingia and Provence, as well as 270 senators of the Imperial Senate swore allegiance to the late Empress’s brother, the High Prince of Austrasia and Neustria, as their Emperor, King, and Sovereign Lord. The Pope declared Aurelia the “Sole True Heir of the Empire,” however, the Holy Roman Empire acknowledged Octavian as Emperor, and invaded Frisia, who recognized Aurelia.

The Tusculani (nowadays termed the “Loyalists”), or those loyal to the House of Theophylactus, and ergo, Aurelia, came from throughout the Empire to fight the Germans in Frisia. Large numbers of Octavists in Frisia and Elsass emigrated to Provence and Lotharingia, while the Duke of Burgundy set off killing Octavists, thus forcing them out of Burgundy. The first clash of Tusculani and Octavists was in the Battle of Divodurie (Metz). The Tusculani, who were fighting the Germans in Frisia and Elsass, where attacked by the Octavists from Lotharingia. Princess Aurelia was snuck out of Divodurie to Antouerpie (Antwerp) on the North Sea in Frisia, the Tusculani stronghold. Meanwhile, in Provence, the Nubinaise (Descendents of the Nubians, their children, and the mixed offspring by the Corsicans,) invaded Masilla, taking the city in the name of “The Most Sovereign Empress of all Lorraine, the Romans, and Dominions of Lothair.” Over 5,000 Nubinaise trekked from Provence to the Frisia, where they, along with the Tusculani, forced out the Germans. Meanwhile, the French began their invasion of Burgundy.

The Duke of Burgundy bought 3,000 more soldiers from Christian Nubia. These soldiers arrived in 1148 in Antouerpie, where they traveled south of Frisia, liberated Elsass, and crushed the French in Burgundy. In June of 1148, Octavian surrendered his claim to the Monarchy. The Octavists, however, discarded this and continued their battle. The Duke of Elsass then hired Norman mercenaries to begin for the invasion of Lotharingia. In July, Octavian was kidnapped, and taken to the last Octavist stronghold, Lotharingia-proper. The final battle, the Battle of Naciacum, was fought between the Tusculani coalition of Loyalists, Nubinaise, Nubian Mercenaries, and hired Norman mercenaries against the strong Octavist forces, and their Holy Roman allies. Over 10,000 men from both side died in this battle, with a strong Loyalist victory. The Princess Aurelia had personally led her forces into battle. The Prince Octavian crowned her on the battle field.
 
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