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King [[Aedanicus VIII]] died just before 8 AM [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] time on 1 November 1889, surrounded by his immediate female relatives as well as a cadre of officers and soldiers personally loyal to [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] (to the exclusion of the [[Life Guard (Urcea)|Life Guard]]). Once the King died, news spread quickly throughout the [[Julian Palace]], but FitzRex ordered the building locked down and all staff and personnel to remain in place. The date was advantageous; it was the {{wp|All Saints' Day|Feast of All Saints}}, an important Catholic Holy Day, and most Urceans - including those in political office - would be in and out of mass most of the day. FitzRex's officers managed to round up some of the most loyal of his senior officers as well as important so-called "railroadocrats" (most notably [[Trasinor affair|Leo Trasinor]]) by 8:45 AM to determine how to proceed. After about a half hour of discussion, it was determined FitzRex would take power and establish a regime of reform inclined towards the privilegiata, which many of the railroadocrats and senior officers had worked for in the preceding decades. The degree to which this coup was planned ahead of time has been disputed, though FitzRex's decision to isolate the palace even prior to the King's death indicates that at least he, personally, had been planning to make a move. Many opponents of FitzRex at the time and since have accused him of orchestrating a poisoning of the King, though most scholars believe he died naturally. Whatever the case, the railroadocrats moved quickly, and by 10 AM almost all railroads throughout [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]] were halted. All military trains were halted except those of the units known to be loyal to the coup, who now could move freely throughout the country. Though most people were still at mass, those who were not began to gather in large crowds in cities throughout the Valley in both confusion and discontent. FitzRex's units began to secure Urceopolis by 10:30 AM and other major cities in the vicinity by 11 AM. Most [[Concilium Purpaidá]] members were detained until their loyalty could be ascertained, and any officers of the [[Concilium Daoni]] around the Palace were also seized and detained. | King [[Aedanicus VIII]] died just before 8 AM [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] time on 1 November 1889, surrounded by his immediate female relatives as well as a cadre of officers and soldiers personally loyal to [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] (to the exclusion of the [[Life Guard (Urcea)|Life Guard]]). Once the King died, news spread quickly throughout the [[Julian Palace]], but FitzRex ordered the building locked down and all staff and personnel to remain in place. The date was advantageous; it was the {{wp|All Saints' Day|Feast of All Saints}}, an important Catholic Holy Day, and most Urceans - including those in political office - would be in and out of mass most of the day. FitzRex's officers managed to round up some of the most loyal of his senior officers as well as important so-called "railroadocrats" (most notably [[Trasinor affair|Leo Trasinor]]) by 8:45 AM to determine how to proceed. After about a half hour of discussion, it was determined FitzRex would take power and establish a regime of reform inclined towards the privilegiata, which many of the railroadocrats and senior officers had worked for in the preceding decades. The degree to which this coup was planned ahead of time has been disputed, though FitzRex's decision to isolate the palace even prior to the King's death indicates that at least he, personally, had been planning to make a move. Many opponents of FitzRex at the time and since have accused him of orchestrating a poisoning of the King, though most scholars believe he died naturally. Whatever the case, the railroadocrats moved quickly, and by 10 AM almost all railroads throughout [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]] were halted. All military trains were halted except those of the units known to be loyal to the coup, who now could move freely throughout the country. Though most people were still at mass, those who were not began to gather in large crowds in cities throughout the Valley in both confusion and discontent. FitzRex's units began to secure Urceopolis by 10:30 AM and other major cities in the vicinity by 11 AM. Most [[Concilium Purpaidá]] members were detained until their loyalty could be ascertained, and any officers of the [[Concilium Daoni]] around the Palace were also seized and detained. | ||
On hearing that his father was in a terminal condition at around 11 PM on 31 October, [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick, Prince of Halfway]] boarded a train at midnight from the southern edge of the [[Urcean frontier]]. His train was halted at 10 AM with no explanation. After about an hour, a contingent of Army forces boarded the train and took the Prince into custody. Their commander, Prafáti Adrian Newlinar, was ordered to take the Prince to [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] to be detained. However, Newlinar discarded his orders; while he believed in a pro-military coup, he believed his superiors might execute the Prince, and his conscience would not allow it. Instead, Newlinar's men took the Prince to the nearby city of [[Sangran]], where he was forced aboard a boat for exile in [[Lariana]]. While Newlinar's superiors were furious that the legitimate claimant had escaped, the move actually suited FitzRex's purposes. Just after 1 PM, he made a public address from the Julian Palace, announcing that the King had died and that his heir had fled the country, functionally proroguing his claim. In his place, a Regency would be established with FitzRex at its head; a new King "would be found in time, one suited to the popular mood and the momentous occasion in which our country finds itself", and that a new era of reform was ahead. The first official act of FitzRex's regency was to hold a large, elaborate funeral for King Aedanicus which he featured prominently in. | On hearing that his father was in a terminal condition at around 11 PM on 31 October, [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick, Prince of Halfway]] boarded a train at midnight from the southern edge of the [[Urcean frontier]]. His train was halted at 10 AM with no explanation. After about an hour, a contingent of Army forces boarded the train and took the Prince into custody. Their commander, Prafáti Adrian Newlinar, was ordered to take the Prince to [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] to be detained. However, Newlinar discarded his orders; while he believed in a pro-military coup, he believed his superiors might execute the Prince, and his conscience would not allow it. Instead, Newlinar's men took the Prince to the nearby city of [[Sangran]], where he was forced aboard a boat for exile in [[Lariana]]. While Newlinar's superiors were furious that the legitimate claimant had escaped, the move actually suited FitzRex's purposes. Just after 1 PM, he made a public address from the Julian Palace, announcing that the King had died and that his heir had fled the country, functionally proroguing his claim. In his place, a Regency would be established with FitzRex at its head; a new King "would be found in time, one suited to the popular mood and the momentous occasion in which our country finds itself", and that a new era of reform was ahead. The first official act of FitzRex's regency was to hold a large, elaborate funeral for King Aedanicus which he featured prominently in. The military and most of the government recognized FitzRex as legitimate regent, some out of genuine support and others accepting it as a {{wp|fait accompli}}; only the [[Life Guard (Urcea)|Life Guard]] decided to follow the Prince into exile, quietly abandoning their posts over the nights of 3-4 November and making their way to Lariana, often with their families. Most members of the [[House de Weluta]] fled to [[Lariana]] or abroad, though a handful remained under comfortable house arrest. | ||
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While the initial revolt was largely between disaffected [[Crown Liberalism|Crown Liberals]] and the Regency, leaders of the uprising pledged to | While the initial revolt was largely between disaffected [[Crown Liberalism|Crown Liberals]] and the Regency, leaders of the uprising pledged to the [[Patrick III of Urcea|Prince of Halfway]] of [[House de Weluta]], then reigning in [[Lariana]] in exile. The promise of restoration motivated [[Catholic Church|Church]] officials to lean towards the side of the insurrectionaries, and the liberal National Pact successfully forged an alliance with traditionalist conservatives who held power in the [[Ionian Plateau]]. No large scale fighting occurred in 1897, but by the end of the year a portion of the armed forces had defected to the rebelling parties, which were now calling themselves the "''Legitimists''". Facing a larger coalition, [[Gréagóir FitzRex|FitzRex]] began to move his technocratic regime in an increasingly socialist direction in an attempt to bring the lower classes to his banner, a move that many historians claim was successful and politically shrewd though in complete contravention of FitzRex's stated rationale for his alliance with Caphiria. Early 1898 saw a campaign of [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] forces trying and failing to break into the [[Ionian Plateau]] in an effort to capture Legitimist leaders, and the failure to do so - culminating with a decisive Legitimist victory at the Battle of Goldvale in April - put the Regency regime on the defensive for much of the remainder of the war. Various states of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] - citing the illegality of Urcea's planned secession and answering calls from within Urcea - declared war following the battle in an effort to help the restoration. Much of the war from 1898 through 1900 focused on the guerilla conflict and small scale clashes domestically, though the war - which was now part of the global [[First Great War]] - saw relatively significant naval action in the run up to allied intervention. The presence of large rebel armies on Urcean territory and foreign blockading actions provided FitzRex with the pretext to indefinitely suspend meetings of the [[Concilium Daoni]], leaving total control of the war government in the hands of his handpicked [[Concilium Purpaidá]] ministers. As the war progressed, FitzRex determined it necessary to make a secret promise to Caphiria that Urcea would cede it [[Lariana]] at the successful conclusion of the conflict. This promise would play a role in the later [[Second Great War]]. | ||
Although the Legitimist Front was active within the [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]], the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Regal Army]] was having better success keeping most of the allied Imperial forces bottled behind the [[Ionian Mountains]]. Attempts by [[Burgundie]] and other Imperial nations to bypass the mountains via the Antonia Bay were no less successful, as combined efforts of the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Regal Navy]] and Caphiria's [[Imperial Naval Fleet]] successfully managed to interdict allied efforts to break through for most of 1898-1901. Despite the availability of machine gun technology, it was not widely employed during the early war, making the Red Interregnum the final major [[Occidental world|Occidental]] conflict to employ traditional cavalry charges and other traditional techniques. The early parts of the war saw employment, on both sides, of technology that would later have significant use but was not yet technologically ready for warfare. Most prominently, [[Caphiria]] and Urcea collaborated on the creation of fifteen armored cars for use in battle, but each of the fifteen broke down on the battlefield and the idea was scrapped for a decade. The failure of the forces of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] would be temporary, however, as the internal successes of Legitimist forces - which, by February of 1899 induced defections of entire [[Ranks in the Urcean Armed Forces|Cohorts and Regiments]] at a time - opened the doorway for external aid. Defections within the Regal Navy meant that an organized Legitimist navy - sailing out of bases in [[Gassavelia]] - took to the seas by the summer of 1899. By August 1899, the Regal-Caphirian joint naval operation no longer held absolute dominion over the Antonia Bay. On land, Legitimists scored a significant victory over the Regal Army, defeating it in battle at [[Northgate]] and was forcing to retreat. This victory allowed the creation of a Legitimist government in [[Carolina]] and allowed Levantine armies to link up with Legitimist forces. Despite this, allied forces could proceed no further as regrouped Regal forces created a successful defensive perimeter stretching from Westglen and Goldvale. | Although the Legitimist Front was active within the [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]], the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Regal Army]] was having better success keeping most of the allied Imperial forces bottled behind the [[Ionian Mountains]]. Attempts by [[Burgundie]] and other Imperial nations to bypass the mountains via the Antonia Bay were no less successful, as combined efforts of the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Regal Navy]] and Caphiria's [[Imperial Naval Fleet]] successfully managed to interdict allied efforts to break through for most of 1898-1901. Despite the availability of machine gun technology, it was not widely employed during the early war, making the Red Interregnum the final major [[Occidental world|Occidental]] conflict to employ traditional cavalry charges and other traditional techniques. The early parts of the war saw employment, on both sides, of technology that would later have significant use but was not yet technologically ready for warfare. Most prominently, [[Caphiria]] and Urcea collaborated on the creation of fifteen armored cars for use in battle, but each of the fifteen broke down on the battlefield and the idea was scrapped for a decade. The failure of the forces of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] would be temporary, however, as the internal successes of Legitimist forces - which, by February of 1899 induced defections of entire [[Ranks in the Urcean Armed Forces|Cohorts and Regiments]] at a time - opened the doorway for external aid. Defections within the Regal Navy meant that an organized Legitimist navy - sailing out of bases in [[Gassavelia]] - took to the seas by the summer of 1899. By August 1899, the Regal-Caphirian joint naval operation no longer held absolute dominion over the Antonia Bay. On land, Legitimists scored a significant victory over the Regal Army, defeating it in battle at [[Northgate]] and was forcing to retreat. This victory allowed the creation of a Legitimist government in [[Carolina]] and allowed Levantine armies to link up with Legitimist forces. Despite this, allied forces could proceed no further as regrouped Regal forces created a successful defensive perimeter stretching from Westglen and Goldvale. | ||