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The '''Western Kingdom of the Levantines''' ({{wp|Latin}}: ''Regnum Levantorum Occidentalis'') or the '''Western Levantine Kingdom''' was a successor state of [[Levantine Empire|Conchobar's Levantine Empire]] | The '''Western Kingdom of the Levantines''' ({{wp|Latin}}: ''Regnum Levantorum Occidentalis'') or the '''Western Levantine Kingdom''' was a successor state of [[Levantine Empire|Conchobar's Levantine Empire]] created by the division of the Empire among the three sons of [[Brian III|Emperor Brian III]] in 917. The western kingdom was given to Brian III's son [[Aemon the Unworthy|Aemon]]. It was ruled by King Aemon until his death in 947 and would then be inherited by his son [[Lorcan the Last|Lorcan]]. King Lorcan would rule the kingdom until 978 when the now greatly diminished kingdom was dissolved after Lorcan was captured during a rebellion by the kingdom's {{wp|Scottish people|Carnish}} and {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} vassal lords. | ||
17 years later in 995, [[Duncan the Great|Duncan]], petty king of [[Kingdom of Dunaird|Dunaird]], succeeded in uniting the numerous Carnish lords under his rule. With the Carnish lords once again united under a single ruler, Duncan founded the [[Kingdom of Carna]] becoming its first king and beginning more than a millennia of independent Carnish rule. | 17 years later in 995, [[Duncan the Great|Duncan]], petty king of [[Kingdom of Dunaird|Dunaird]], succeeded in uniting the numerous Carnish lords under his rule. With the Carnish lords once again united under a single ruler, Duncan founded the [[Kingdom of Carna]] becoming its first king and beginning more than a millennia of independent Carnish rule. | ||