History of Dericania: Difference between revisions

===Center of an Empire===

===Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines===

In 917, upon the death of the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] Brian III, the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] under the [[Conine dynasty]] was partitioned into three parts, roughly corresponding to modern day [[Urcea]], [[Carna]], and [[Dericania]], with the latter portion known as the Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines.  Passing from the Conine dynasty to the Leonine dynasty, [[Emperor Leo I of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo]], reformed the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in [[965]] with his conquest of the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]], reunifying most of the realm and receiving subsequent recognition of the [[Pope]]. Historians debate when the name "''Dericania''" entered common use for the realm, but the "Eastern Kingdom" nomenclature was largely extinct by the late 11th century. The [[Kingdom of Dericania]] resulted from this shift, and would continue to exist until the end of the Empire in the 20th century.

===High Medieval Dericania===

While the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] used Dericania and its crown possession, [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]], as a successful base of power from the 10th to the 14th century, the Kingdom mostly devolved into an area with the least central authority in the Empire by the 1400s. Several reasons are cited for the decline in crown power, but the fall primarily came the demise of the {{wp|stem duchies}} dependent on Imperial support and the rise of hundreds of varied dynastic estates made the Kingdom administratively unwieldy and difficulty to govern.