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 == Late Archducal period ==
-By the late 11th century, the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] had already approached something resembling its territorial peak; the Luciusian Dynasty had conquered the area of modern northern [[Kuhlfros]], an area that had eluded central authority for nearly a millenia. This area was, at that time, part of a larger region commonly known as Ultramurus, that is, “beyond the wall”, referring to the walls constructed by [[Great Levantia]] to signify their northern borders, which today is referred to as [[Ultmar]]. Within the Empire, the position of the Archduchy-Grand Duchy continued to grow, acquiring several lands and titles outside the traditional geographic boundaries of Urceopolis-Yustona, particularly over Cape Aedan and down into the modern province of Callan but also as far north as the city of Killea. These lands were all established under the Kingdom of Dericania in 1043, which encompassed, for the most part, the southern half of the Empire; the Kingdom of Culfra encompassed the north. Additionally, the Golden Bull of 1043 also set the amount of electors at 9; neither Yustona nor Urceopolis were granted the electoral dignity as it was thought to be a way to balance its power relative to the rest of the Empire. This lead to a 100-year quest on the part of the Julio-Yustona Dynasty to acquire a vote for Emperor, either by a chance to the law or by inheritance.
+By the late 11th century, the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] had already approached something resembling its territorial peak; the Luciusian Dynasty had conquered the area of modern northern [[Fiannria]], an area that had eluded central authority for nearly a millenia. This area was, at that time, part of a larger region commonly known as Ultramurus, that is, “beyond the wall”, referring to the walls constructed by [[Great Levantia]] to signify their northern borders, which today is referred to as [[Ultmar]]. Within the Empire, the position of the Archduchy-Grand Duchy continued to grow, acquiring several lands and titles outside the traditional geographic boundaries of Urceopolis-Yustona, particularly over Cape Aedan and down into the modern province of Callan but also as far north as the city of Killea. These lands were all established under the Kingdom of Dericania in 1043, which encompassed, for the most part, the southern half of the Empire; the Kingdom of Culfra encompassed the north. Additionally, the Golden Bull of 1043 also set the amount of electors at 9; neither Yustona nor Urceopolis were granted the electoral dignity as it was thought to be a way to balance its power relative to the rest of the Empire. This lead to a 100-year quest on the part of the Julio-Yustona Dynasty to acquire a vote for Emperor, either by a chance to the law or by inheritance.
 During this period, Urcean nobles began their participation in the [[Crusades]] as part of a general effort by the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] to turn back the influence of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] in Sarpedon and elsewhere. Beginning in 1095 with Pope Urban II's call for a restoration of Christendom in [[Sarpedon]], the Archduke-Grand Duke of Urceopolis, Riordan II, fought in several campaigns before returning to [[Levantia]] in 1097, accumulating a great deal of prestige for himself and his dynasty following several successful reconquests in southern Sarpedon. Simultaneously, the Kingdom of Culfra began to openly discuss separating from the Empire altogether or deposing the [[Collegial Electorate]] in favor of a hereditary northern King, and by 1096 began to march for Corcra. Freshly off campaign and with his resources having been spent for the crusade, Riordan II pledged neutrality, which would have weakened the Imperial cause to the point in which a dissolution of the Empire could have plausibly occurred. The Emperor [[Charles II Luciusian]] began to seek ways of winning the Urceopolitan monarch back to his side, and settled on an offer of Kingship and consolidation. Citing the recent canonization of St. Julius I, the pious prestige accrued during the recent [[Crusades|Crusade]], and the considerable lands and titles his successors had acquired, the Emperor offered Riordan a Kingship formed out of all of western [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericania]] to be nominally part of a new Kingdom of Urcea. Riordan accepted, and Emperor Carles II issued the [[Golden Bull of 1098]], which created the Kingdom and consolidated all of Riordan’s holdings under him and compelling the other vassals in the region to be nominally subservient to him. With the support of the new Julian Crown, the Imperial faction won the war. Riordan I (adopting new regnal numbering) styled himself Apostolic King in light of his holy ancestor, and the title remained from that point onward.