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====End of the Ænglish realm====

The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, [[Holchester]] was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], ~~inlcuding~~ the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom ~~lead~~ to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]]. Anglei was ~~totally~~ depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among

The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, [[Holchester]] was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], including the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom led to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]].

Ænglish ~~people~~.

===Divided states period===

Anglei was significantly depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among Ænglish people.

The Ænglish realm had been divided into several counties and duchies distributed among its neighbors. While some hope existed for a time that the entirety of the Kingdom might be rebuilt, political and cultural conceptions quickly narrowed to those territories which would eventually reunite to form Anglei: the five duchies. These duchies retained their Ænglish cultural and political identity due to remaining largely separate from other realms, as victorious knights and generals - rather than neighboring feudal dynasties - were awarded control of them in the [[1550]]s and [[1560]]s. Accordingly, a new foreign nobility was established at the top of five otherwise Ænglish polities, ensuring their continuation as such. The five duchies which would become Anglei in the future were the Duchy of Stretton, the Duchy of Wolverton, the Duchy of Outer Roseney, the Duchy of Upper Thyne, and the Duchy of Edmundton. During the 1600s and 1700s, the five duchies were extremely poor and largely politically irrelevant within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. The duchies were entangled in various [[Dericania|Deric]] dynastic disputes in which the dukes were called upon as allies, often engulfing the duchies in inter-Angle conflict and preventing significant economic or demographic growth during this period.

~~===Divided states period===~~

The divided Angle duchies underwent a major population boom in the late 18th century, and by the 1780s the population of the area had recovered to its pre-[[Nordmontaine War]] levels. Long subject of [[Ænglophobia]], the Angle duchies also underwent an increase of political relevance during the late 18th and 19th centuries. They collaborated closely with [[Urcea]] on the construction of the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]], which economically rejuvenated the area, especially around [[Lake Roseney]], which became a main thoroughfare for the Canal. As a result of the Canal, the Lake area became the most densely populated in Anglei as early industrial cities were established and grew on its shores.

===Unification and modern period===

The [[Holy Levantine Empire]] underwent significant political and social changes in the 19th century as a result of the rise of {{wp|nationalism}}. While renewed academic and popular interest in an Ænglish nation took hold in Anglei, effects of nationalism outside the Ænglish ~~dichies~~ would create a geopolitical context in which Ænglish reunification became possible.

The [[Holy Levantine Empire]] underwent significant political and social changes in the 19th century as a result of the rise of {{wp|nationalism}}. While renewed academic and popular interest in an Ænglish nation took hold in Anglei, effects of nationalism outside the Ænglish duchies would create a geopolitical context in which Ænglish reunification became possible. Specifically, the [[Recess of the Julii]] and elevation of Urcea as a fundamental threat to the princes and people of [[Dericania]] led to a reevaluation of Ænglophobia as the Angles might prove to be useful allies to Deric princes in the event of another [[Caroline Wars|Caroline War]]. The [[First Fratricide]] greatly accelerated this attitude shift as [[Burgophobia]] displaced Ænglophobia as the prevailing attitude within the Holy Levantine Empire. {{wp|Romantic nationalism}} also partly displaced religion as the primary motivating factor of Levantine geopolitics while also creating a national awakening within the Angles themselves. These events aligned in the 1870s. The now-centuries ingrained rulers of the five Duchies encouraged and patronized the Ænglish Revival, a period of artistic and cultural flourishing in the five duchies. Meanwhile, the [[Imperial Diet]] (primarily now made up of Deric and [[Fiannria|Fiannan]] representatives), motivated by Burgophobia, sought a strong check on the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgophone]] state of [[Yonderre]]. Many leading men of Dericania feared that an alliance between Burgundie and Yonderre was both imminent and inevitable, presaging an apocalyptic war that would not only destroy the nationalist notion of a [[Derian_identity#The_Two_Derics|Great Dericania]] but would also lead to the extermination of the Derian people in what would become [[Rhotia]] and [[Lapody]]. By [[1883]], the Imperial Diet turned to the Angles to establish geopolitical and military stability on the Empire's northwestern frontier.

====Unification====

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 ====End of the Ænglish realm====
-The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, [[Holchester]] was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], inlcuding the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom lead to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]]. Anglei was totally depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among
+The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, [[Holchester]] was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], including the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom led to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]].
-Ænglish people.
+===Divided states period===
+Anglei was significantly depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among Ænglish people.
+The Ænglish realm had been divided into several counties and duchies distributed among its neighbors. While some hope existed for a time that the entirety of the Kingdom might be rebuilt, political and cultural conceptions quickly narrowed to those territories which would eventually reunite to form Anglei: the five duchies. These duchies retained their Ænglish cultural and political identity due to remaining largely separate from other realms, as victorious knights and generals - rather than neighboring feudal dynasties - were awarded control of them in the [[1550]]s and [[1560]]s. Accordingly, a new foreign nobility was established at the top of five otherwise Ænglish polities, ensuring their continuation as such. The five duchies which would become Anglei in the future were the Duchy of Stretton, the Duchy of Wolverton, the Duchy of Outer Roseney, the Duchy of Upper Thyne, and the Duchy of Edmundton. During the 1600s and 1700s, the five duchies were extremely poor and largely politically irrelevant within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. The duchies were entangled in various [[Dericania|Deric]] dynastic disputes in which the dukes were called upon as allies, often engulfing the duchies in inter-Angle conflict and preventing significant economic or demographic growth during this period.
-===Divided states period===
 The divided Angle duchies underwent a major population boom in the late 18th century, and by the 1780s the population of the area had recovered to its pre-[[Nordmontaine War]] levels. Long subject of [[Ænglophobia]], the Angle duchies also underwent an increase of political relevance during the late 18th and 19th centuries. They collaborated closely with [[Urcea]] on the construction of the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]], which economically rejuvenated the area, especially around [[Lake Roseney]], which became a main thoroughfare for the Canal. As a result of the Canal, the Lake area became the most densely populated in Anglei as early industrial cities were established and grew on its shores.
 ===Unification and modern period===
-The [[Holy Levantine Empire]] underwent significant political and social changes in the 19th century as a result of the rise of {{wp|nationalism}}. While renewed academic and popular interest in an Ænglish nation took hold in Anglei, effects of nationalism outside the Ænglish dichies would create a geopolitical context in which Ænglish reunification became possible.
+The [[Holy Levantine Empire]] underwent significant political and social changes in the 19th century as a result of the rise of {{wp|nationalism}}. While renewed academic and popular interest in an Ænglish nation took hold in Anglei, effects of nationalism outside the Ænglish duchies would create a geopolitical context in which Ænglish reunification became possible. Specifically, the [[Recess of the Julii]] and elevation of Urcea as a fundamental threat to the princes and people of [[Dericania]] led to a reevaluation of Ænglophobia as the Angles might prove to be useful allies to Deric princes in the event of another [[Caroline Wars|Caroline War]]. The [[First Fratricide]] greatly accelerated this attitude shift as [[Burgophobia]] displaced Ænglophobia as the prevailing attitude within the Holy Levantine Empire. {{wp|Romantic nationalism}} also partly displaced religion as the primary motivating factor of Levantine geopolitics while also creating a national awakening within the Angles themselves. These events aligned in the 1870s. The now-centuries ingrained rulers of the five Duchies encouraged and patronized the Ænglish Revival, a period of artistic and cultural flourishing in the five duchies. Meanwhile, the [[Imperial Diet]] (primarily now made up of Deric and [[Fiannria|Fiannan]] representatives), motivated by Burgophobia, sought a strong check on the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgophone]] state of [[Yonderre]]. Many leading men of Dericania feared that an alliance between Burgundie and Yonderre was both imminent and inevitable, presaging an apocalyptic war that would not only destroy the nationalist notion of a [[Derian_identity#The_Two_Derics|Great Dericania]] but would also lead to the extermination of the Derian people in what would become [[Rhotia]] and [[Lapody]]. By [[1883]], the Imperial Diet turned to the Angles to establish geopolitical and military stability on the Empire's northwestern frontier.
 ====Unification====

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