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Following the death of [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] [[Joanus IX de Somua]] in 1920, Count Joanus was narrowly elected [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] ahead of [[Hubert V, Count of Donne]]. The traditional election between the nine [[Counts of Yonderre]] ended in a threeway tie with Joanus XI of Collinebourg, [[Hubert V, Count of Donne]] and [[Auguste XV, Count of Somua]] each having three votes. Following further debating another vote was cast in which Joanus XI and Hubert V were tied with four votes each, Auguste XV still voting for himself. After extensive debates and backdoor negotiations, Joanus had finally secured a majority at 3AM on 15 October 1920. He was proclaimed [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] later that day from the balcony of [[Guillaumesbourg]], the palace that houses the [[Yonderian parliament]], by [[Steward of the Realm]] [[C.F. Beauregard]]. | Following the death of [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] [[Joanus IX de Somua]] in 1920, Count Joanus was narrowly elected [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] ahead of [[Hubert V, Count of Donne]]. The traditional election between the nine [[Counts of Yonderre]] ended in a threeway tie with Joanus XI of Collinebourg, [[Hubert V, Count of Donne]] and [[Auguste XV, Count of Somua]] each having three votes. Following further debating another vote was cast in which Joanus XI and Hubert V were tied with four votes each, Auguste XV still voting for himself. After extensive debates and backdoor negotiations, Joanus had finally secured a majority at 3AM on 15 October 1920. He was proclaimed [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] later that day from the balcony of [[Guillaumesbourg]], the palace that houses the [[Yonderian parliament]], by [[Steward of the Realm]] [[C.F. Beauregard]]. | ||
Soon after his | Soon after his proclamation, Joanus X set out to reform Yonderian industry, whose work had suffered due to the [[Great Depression]] and which, in spite of repeated attempts by his predecessor [[Joanus IX de Somua]], had been unable to correct this. Reforms put in place during the early 1920s alleviated these issues over the following years, with industrial capacity returning to pre-Great Depression levels around the late 1920s. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess spent much of 1924 travelling [[Levantia]], visiting [[Carna]] and the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], specifically [[Urcea]], [[Burgundie]] and [[Faneria]]. In 1928, Joanus X dismissed the democratically elected [[Social Democrats (Yonderre)|Social Democratic]] cabinet under [[Adolphe Heineau]] with which he disagreed and replaced it with a de facto conservative caretaker cabinet. The immediate cause was a conflict between the Grand Duke and the cabinet over the reforms introduced to combat the effects of the [[Great Depression]], with the Heineau cabinet wishing to divert more money to agriculture as opposed to industry and mercantilism. Subsequent demonstrations emerged throughout [[Yonderre]], forcing the Grand Duke to seek a compromise, dismissing his own government and installing a compromise cabinet until elections could be held later that year. The elections resulted in the re-election of Heineau as [[Grand Steward of Yonderre]] who would ultimately work closely with Joanus X to acchieve compromises that suited both. | ||
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