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===Medieval Diorisia=== | ===Medieval Diorisia=== | ||
===Union established=== | ===Union established=== | ||
By the dawn of the 16th century, Diorisia was ruled by the House of Agreiter, a local family of nobles whose earliest history can be traced to the Duchy in the 11th century. The House of Agreiter remained loyal Catholics in the face of the rising {{wp|Protestant Reformation}}, and the Dukes became increasingly alarmed by the rise of Protestantism taking place in the neighboring [[Anglei#Kingdom_period|Ænglish Kingdom]]. Consequently, the Dukes readily participated in the [[Emperor of the Levantines]]' call for war against the Ænglish in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. At the end of that war, the Ænglish Kingdom was dissolved into its constituent duchies. The Duchy of Hollona, which neighbored Diorisia, was given to the House of Agreiter, creating a united Hollona-Diorisia polity. Over the next century, integrating two realms of roughly equal size (as well as dealing with the aftermath of the religious turmoil and subsequent [[Dragonnades]]) became the primary task to which the Dukes of Hollona-Diorisia set themselves. During this period, the two duchies began to style themselves as the "Union State". In the north-central [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the destruction of the Ænglish Kingdom created a power vacuum into which the Union State stepped, and between [[1560]] and [[1817]] it was the predominant polity on the southeastern Vandarch basin region. The Duke of Diorisia was created a member of the [[Collegial Electorate]] in [[1580]] by [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines]], replacing a defunct Protestant electorate elsewhere. From then on, the two duchies were ruled by an Elector. | |||
====Moving the court to Rheydt==== | ====Moving the court to Rheydt==== | ||
In [[1621]], Elector Ambrose II moved the court of the Union State from the traditional seat of power in Diorisia to Rheydt, a relatively small town that straddled the border between Hollona and Diorisia. Though unprestigious and unremarkable, Rheydt's central location and easy access to waterways made it the perfect administrative center for the uniting Union State. Throughout the 17th century, the small town would expand to a major city, serving as a major market for goods going west to the Vandarch or headed east into [[Dericania]]. The location and prosperity of Rheydt also allowed the Elector and his successors to begin the process of rapidly centralizing control and enhancing the authority of the crown. | |||
===Fanerian domination=== | ===Fanerian domination=== | ||
In [[1817]], the final Elector of the House of Agreiter died without heir. Due to a series of marriages concluded beginning in [[1760]], Hollona-Diorisia fell to the King of [[Faneria]], [[Luthais Suthar-Màrtainn]]. The inheritance of the Electorate by the King (who styled himself Elector Luthair I) was welcomed by the [[Imperial Diet]], who sought a counterbalance to both [[Urcea]] and [[Fiannria]] within the context of the [[Recess of the Julii]]. The role of the Fanerian ruler in the Collegial Electorate was also envisioned to provide legitimacy and recognition to the office of [[Emperor of the Levantines]] and overall stabilize the Empire. Offering concessions to ensure the continued authority of the local nobility, the Diet ratified the succession on 4 November [[1817]]. The succession proved a major impetus for the [[Third Kin War]], which the Union State's forces joined Fanerian forces in defeating [[Fiannria]]; the ensuing territorial settlement established the modern border between the Union State and Fiannria. | |||
The first decade of Luthair's reign was viewed positively, but political events in [[Faneria]] would undermine his rule. In [[1830]], he issued Faneria's [[History_of_Faneria#The_First_Constitution_(1830)|First Constitution]], a decision which greatly unnerved the nobility of the Electorate. Though the Rih-Elector promised to keep the agreement he had made in [[1817]] with the Imperial Diet, it became clear by [[1832]] that certain court and government functions were to be transitioned directly to [[Oirthidún]]. A conspiracy to eject the Fanerians was being formed by [[1833]] when Luthais's reign in Faneria came to an end. The accession of the child King [[Sean II Suthar-Màrtainn]] eased tensions somewhat as some vicarial functions were restored. The personal union with the Kingdom of Faneria came to an end with the rule of [[Cledwyn Suthar-Màrtainn]]. Cledwyn was replaced in [[Faneria]] in [[1860]] by [[Rethysear Suthar-Màrtainn|King Rethysear]], but continued to rule in the Electorate until his death in [[1886]]. The separation of the thrones ended what was referred to as the "direct Fanerian" period, that is, the time in which the two states were functionally linked. However, the Electorate would continue to be ruled by the House of Suthar-Màrtainn decades after the end of the Fanerian monarchy in [[1906]]. Despite the end of the monarchy in Faneria, the Electorate had largely become dependent on Faneria politically and economically, and remained a staunch ally of Faneria through the beginning of the 1930s, participating in the unsuccessful [[Fourth Kin War]] in [[1887]] and [[1888]] as a Fanerian ally. The Electorate generally grew during the "direct Fanerian" period, as healthy trade relations and streamlined customs greatly accelerated trans-Vandarchine trade. However, relations with nearly all of its neighbors significantly worsened during this period and the Electorate became relatively isolated. | |||
===20th century=== | ===20th century=== | ||
====Establishment of the Republic==== | ====Establishment of the Republic==== | ||
The territory of the Electorate was of major strategic area during the early phases of the [[Second Great War]], as it was a major potential corridor of resupply of [[Fiannria]] from [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]]. The area also controlled the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]], making it an important checkpoint of [[Vandarch]] access. | |||
Early uprisings in the Derian revolutionary period of the war led the Elector of Diorisia to abandon the principality on May 18th, 1934. Following his flight, the territory was reorganized as the Vandarch Autonomous Area of the [[Deric Republic]], though in practice it became the domain of a loosely allied band of Derian nationalist warlords. Until the entry of [[Faneria]] into the war, the Vandarch Autonomous Area was largely an ignored theater of the war in [[Dericania]], but with the entry of Faneria and sudden need to resupply Fiannria with Levantine goods, the area became a top priority. On April 17th, 1935, [[Urcea]] and [[Fiannria]] launched a joint campaign which culminated with the occupation of the country on April 29th, 1935. Rather than restoring the Elector, however, the allied powers reached a negotiated settlement with sympathetic local nationalist groups and established the Provisional Republic of Hollona and Diorisia, reorganizing the former separate duchies (and other Prince-Bishoprics in the area) into a single, united Republic on May 11th, 1935. Though derided by the [[Deric Republic]] as a collaborationist state, the Republic maintained its [[The Two Derics|separate ethnic identity]] from the [[Derian people]]. The Republic subsequently claimed neutrality in the conflict but allowed allied forces and supplies to flow through the country. Upon the Republic's proclamation, it entered an intentionally ambiguous state with relationship to the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], withdrawing from its institutional structure but not making any firm determination about its sovereign status with respect to the Republic; the proclamation stated that this ambiguity would continue "until such time when the Republic has fully considered and upon such time of a general peace". The Republic was accordingly removed entirely from its legal obligations to the Empire with the [[Treaty of Corcra]]. | |||
Early uprisings in the Derian revolutionary period of the war | |||
In [[1952]], the Federal Agreement was adopting, binding together the two halves of the state into a unified federation. | In [[1952]], the Federal Agreement was adopting, binding together the two halves of the state into a unified federation. | ||