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===Crusader conquest of Joanusterra (1458–1474)=== | ===Crusader conquest of Joanusterra (1458–1474)=== | ||
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In the aftermath of the failed crusade of the Ænglish and Calinthians, Pope Callixtus III called for another crusade into [[Gothica]]. The call was answered by many Deric lesser nobles who amassed with their retinues in [[Ænglasmarch]] in early 1458. The crusaders led by Count of [[Estia]] [[Joanus de Martigueux]] entered [[Gothica]] from the east by the [[Vollardic Mountains]], headed for the city of [[Koop]]. Proselytism and looting occured interchangably as the crusaders headed for [[Koop]], meeting no major resistance until encountering an amassed army of East Gothic lords and their levies in [[Willersthal]] under the leadership of King [[Widukind of Weferlingen]]. On the 23rd of August, 1458, in what became known as the [[Battle of Willersthal]], the numerically superior Gothic forces were destroyed, outmaneuvered and outclassed by de Martigueux's mounted heavy cavalry forces. The crusaders took the mercantile hotspot [[Willing]] largely unopposed, its lord Holger slain and soldiers killed or captured at [[Willersthal]]. | In the aftermath of the failed crusade of the Ænglish and Calinthians, Pope Callixtus III called for another crusade into [[Gothica]]. The call was answered by many [[History_of_Dericania#Late_Imperial_period|Deric]] lesser nobles who amassed with their retinues in [[Ænglasmarch]] in early 1458. The crusaders led by Count of [[History_of_Dericania#County_Palatine_of_Estia|Estia]] [[Joanus de Martigueux]] entered [[Gothica]] from the east by the [[Vollardic Mountains]], headed for the city of [[Koop]]. Proselytism and looting occured interchangably as the crusaders headed for [[Koop]], meeting no major resistance until encountering an amassed army of East Gothic lords and their levies in [[Willersthal]] under the leadership of King [[Widukind of Weferlingen]]. On the 23rd of August, 1458, in what became known as the [[Battle of Willersthal]], the numerically superior Gothic forces were destroyed, outmaneuvered and outclassed by de Martigueux's mounted heavy cavalry forces. The crusaders took the mercantile hotspot [[Willing]] largely unopposed, its lord Holger slain and soldiers killed or captured at [[Willersthal]]. | ||
Having wintered in [[Willing]] and received reinforcements from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the crusaders set out again in early 1459 and soon had much of modern [[Vollardie County]] under control. Major battles were few, much of Gothica's principal leadership having been killed or captured at Willersthal. Sieges were common, as Gothic lords attempted to hide out the conquest in their walled castles. Some Gothic lords like [[Eberhard the Sentinel]] and [[Markvart von Talerbeck]] were christened voluntarily and joined the ranks of the crusaders. The Order of the [[Knights of the Oblong Table]] was officially formed in 1462 as an inner circle of most trusted allies to de Martigueux. What is today the modern Yonderian [[Collinebourg County]] was conquered at around this time, and de Martigueux let his [[Collinebourg Castle|castle Collinebourg]] be built on a hill overlooking the [[Peritonne River]] in 1464, from which the future capital of Yonderre [[Collinebourg]] soon grew out. | Having wintered in [[Willing]] and received reinforcements from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the crusaders set out again in early 1459 and soon had much of modern [[Vollardie County]] under control. Major battles were few, much of Gothica's principal leadership having been killed or captured at Willersthal. Sieges were common, as Gothic lords attempted to hide out the conquest in their walled castles. Some Gothic lords like [[Eberhard the Sentinel]] and [[Markvart von Talerbeck]] were christened voluntarily and joined the ranks of the crusaders. The Order of the [[Knights of the Oblong Table]] was officially formed in 1462 as an inner circle of most trusted allies to de Martigueux. What is today the modern Yonderian [[Collinebourg County]] was conquered at around this time, and de Martigueux let his [[Collinebourg Castle|castle Collinebourg]] be built on a hill overlooking the [[Peritonne River]] in 1464, from which the future capital of Yonderre [[Collinebourg]] soon grew out. | ||
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Beginning in 1470, the crusaders under de Martigueux once more amassaed a major force to assault westward towards the [[Donne River]]. A number of major sieges occured, notably that of [[Donnebourg]] which lasted almost two years from 1471-1473. With the Gothic nobility in East Gothica unseated and their lands occupied, de Martigueux announced that the crusaders stood victorious and that their crusade had reached its end. A period of rebuilding and further proselytising followed the sixteen years of conquest. de Martigueux divided the conquered lands between the [[Knights of the Oblong Table]] in a fashion which laid out the boundaries of the modern [[Counties of Yonderre]]. Petitions from de Martigueux to let his new realm be absorbed into the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] were denied by orders of Pope Sixtus IV to deny the Emperor more power. What followed instead was the signing of the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' between de Martigueux and Pope Alexander VI in 1494, which established Joanusterra as an independent realm. | Beginning in 1470, the crusaders under de Martigueux once more amassaed a major force to assault westward towards the [[Donne River]]. A number of major sieges occured, notably that of [[Donnebourg]] which lasted almost two years from 1471-1473. With the Gothic nobility in East Gothica unseated and their lands occupied, de Martigueux announced that the crusaders stood victorious and that their crusade had reached its end. A period of rebuilding and further proselytising followed the sixteen years of conquest. de Martigueux divided the conquered lands between the [[Knights of the Oblong Table]] in a fashion which laid out the boundaries of the modern [[Counties of Yonderre]]. Petitions from de Martigueux to let his new realm be absorbed into the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] were denied by orders of Pope Sixtus IV to deny the Emperor more power. What followed instead was the signing of the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' between de Martigueux and Pope Alexander VI in 1494, which established Joanusterra as an independent realm. | ||
===Early modern period (Late 15th century–1820)=== | ===Early modern period (Late 15th century–1820)=== | ||
====Wars of the early modern period==== | ====Wars of the early modern period==== | ||