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====Archduchy of the Sydonas==== | ====Archduchy of the Sydonas==== | ||
The 1566 reforms of the Elamite Order imposed by Pope Anonymous V compelled the Order to relinquish civil authority over Sydona.<ref>This was part of the Counter-Reformation.</ref> Sovereignty over the islands was sold in 1569 to Lord Maxamór, a [[Ventarya]]n nobleman whose family had a long history as benefactors to the Order. The [who] granted Sydona the dignity of an Archduchy. While the inaugural Archduke dispatched his eldest son to the islands as his captain-general, the son in question would remain in Sydona upon inheriting the throne, beginning a tradition of resident Archdukes that would last until AD [YR]. | |||
Archduke Terentius married his daughter to the [[Duchy of Bourgondi|Duke of Bourgondi]] and gifted the Bourgs the [[Great Prince's Own Royal Thračician Foot Guard]] as dowry. | Archduke Terentius married his daughter to the [[Duchy of Bourgondi|Duke of Bourgondi]] and gifted the Bourgs the [[Great Prince's Own Royal Thračician Foot Guard]] as dowry. | ||
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Of the immigrant peasantry, most Istroyan homesteaders hailed from Xelphia, the [[Melian Isles]], and the islands of what is now North Solis. Most Coscivian immigrants had roots in [[South Kirav]] or [[Great_Kirav#Baylands|the Baylands]], where population pressure was strong and land prohibitively expensive. These were the same regions from whence a plurality of the Elamite crusaders had come, so ancestral and cultural-linguistic ties helped facilitate the immigration and absorption of southern and southeastern Kiravians. A small but notable contingent of settlers came from [[Fiannria]], including Fiannrian {{wp|Albanian people|Illyrians}}. | Of the immigrant peasantry, most Istroyan homesteaders hailed from Xelphia, the [[Melian Isles]], and the islands of what is now North Solis. Most Coscivian immigrants had roots in [[South Kirav]] or [[Great_Kirav#Baylands|the Baylands]], where population pressure was strong and land prohibitively expensive. These were the same regions from whence a plurality of the Elamite crusaders had come, so ancestral and cultural-linguistic ties helped facilitate the immigration and absorption of southern and southeastern Kiravians. A small but notable contingent of settlers came from [[Fiannria]], including Fiannrian {{wp|Albanian people|Illyrians}}. | ||
===Modern Sydona=== | ===Modern Sydona=== | ||
====Kiravian Possession==== | ====Kiravian Possession==== | ||