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Using his cavalry, Leo trapped and annihilated the Protestant armies the next day, clearing the way for him to Urceopolis. Marching towards the city and then establishing camp outside the city, he felt himself unworthy to enter first, and sent for the Pope. The Pope and Leo entered the city on May 14th, 1565 at which point the Pope crowned Leo as King Leo II, ending the War of Religion and sending the [[Great Confessional War]] into its second phase as well as restoring the House de Weluta to the Throne. Following his coronation, the new King sent for the remains of his father and interred them at the royal crypt. | Using his cavalry, Leo trapped and annihilated the Protestant armies the next day, clearing the way for him to Urceopolis. Marching towards the city and then establishing camp outside the city, he felt himself unworthy to enter first, and sent for the Pope. The Pope and Leo entered the city on May 14th, 1565 at which point the Pope crowned Leo as King Leo II, ending the War of Religion and sending the [[Great Confessional War]] into its second phase as well as restoring the House de Weluta to the Throne. Following his coronation, the new King sent for the remains of his father and interred them at the royal crypt. | ||
====Fate of the Ronanids==== | |||
After Leo seized Urceopolis, the remaining members of the [[House of Ronan]] in Urcea - including the children of the recently killed King Donnchad - mostly disappear from the historical record. A letter from Leo to an official in the Imperial court in [[1571]] makes passing reference to former Prince of Halfway Caelian Ronanid "enjoying...a comfortable imprisonment for the benefit of the realm", but no further mention in his papers or court records exist of any of the remaining Ronanids. A majority of historians believe that Leo imprisoned most of them for a time and then had them killed once the [[Great Confessional War]] concluded in [[1575]]; this opinion is based on typical contemporary practice and political calculus, but no direct evidence exists for it. A minority of historians believe that most of the Ronanids had fled the city before Leo's arrival and went on to live in anonymity; this theory is plausible, but many historians point out that it seems unlikely these individuals would not travel abroad to [[Alstin]] to historically documented members of the family living there. | |||
The fate of the family was as unclear to contemporaries as it is to modern historians. In [[1590]], a [[Derian identity|Derian man]] claiming to be Prince Caelian issued a proclamation in [[Dericania]] calling for a revolt of the supposed hidden Protestant masses against the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. Pseudo-Caelian attracted a small following but was captured after a short rebellion in October 1591; he recanted his claims following torture. Rumors and legends of the "true Caelian" circulated throughout [[Levantia]] until around [[1615]]. | |||
==The Leonine revolution== | ==The Leonine revolution== | ||