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The grant given under the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] should not be understood to constitute a cohesive political entity; it elevated the Archduke Riordan and his heirs to the level of Kings and consequently made their lands Royal domains, but it did not give them wide-reaching powers over the other Imperial vassals of the former [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]]. The distinction between the King as ruling over a cohesive territory called [[Urcea]] and over a Kingdom within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] called Urcea caused a great deal of confusion during the early periods of Urcean historiography. Consequently, historians developed the term [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]] to describe the entity in which the vassals of the area did the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] homage as part of their legal obligations to the Holy Levantine Empire. | The grant given under the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] should not be understood to constitute a cohesive political entity; it elevated the Archduke Riordan and his heirs to the level of Kings and consequently made their lands Royal domains, but it did not give them wide-reaching powers over the other Imperial vassals of the former [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]]. The distinction between the King as ruling over a cohesive territory called [[Urcea]] and over a Kingdom within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] called Urcea caused a great deal of confusion during the early periods of Urcean historiography. Consequently, historians developed the term [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]] to describe the entity in which the vassals of the area did the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] homage as part of their legal obligations to the Holy Levantine Empire. | ||
== | == The Royal Harrens == | ||
[[File:Louis-Félix Amiel-Philippe II dit Philippe-Auguste Roi de France (1165-1223).jpg|thumb|150px|left|King Riordan I (19th century depiction) and his immediate successors oversaw a period of expansion for the newfound Kingdom.]] | [[File:Louis-Félix Amiel-Philippe II dit Philippe-Auguste Roi de France (1165-1223).jpg|thumb|150px|left|King Riordan I (19th century depiction) and his immediate successors oversaw a period of expansion for the newfound Kingdom.]] | ||