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 == History ==
-The [[Golden Bull of 1098]], which elevated [[Urcea]] to the level of a Kingdom, authorized the new Crown to organize whatever military forces necessary for the preservation of the patrimony of [[Saint Julius I]]. Unlike the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] of the time, Urcea had no major need for naval traditions given the location of its major rivals on mainland [[Levantia]] and lack of significant coastline. Many of the earliest engagements the nation took part in on the sea were against pirates from [[Crotona]] in the late 1100s and early 1200s in order to protect the coastlines of [[Callan]] and [[Canaery]]. During the [[Saint's War]], any pretense of naval effort was largely abandoned as the Kingdom was engulfed in generations-long dynastic conflict, though a small Caenish naval force was employed in the 1250s to establish a foothold on Crotona. At the end of the war, [[House de Weluta]] emerged in control of the Apostolic Kingdom in the early 1400s, and this new ruling dynasty had an interest in solidifying its control of the south Levantine coast and expanding its lands in [[Crotona]], necessitating the beginnings of a navy. This period mostly saw the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]'s personally owned vessels forming the nucleus of a force supplanted by conscripted merchant vessels facing similarly conscripted forces from the mercantile city-states of Crotona, as both fleets would be disbanded immediately following the war. The acquisition of the [[Principality of Halfway]] in 1474 necessitated an expansion of the King's personal fleet, but it also gave access to a much larger network of mercantile ships to enlist in times of war.
+The [[Golden Bull of 1098]], which elevated [[Urcea]] to the level of a Kingdom, authorized the new Crown to organize whatever military forces necessary for the preservation of the patrimony of the [[Julian dynasty]]. Unlike the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] of the time, Urcea had no major need for naval traditions given the location of its major rivals on mainland [[Levantia]] and lack of significant coastline. Many of the earliest engagements the nation took part in on the sea were against pirates from [[Crotona]] in the late 1100s and early 1200s in order to protect the coastlines of [[Callan]] and [[Canaery]]. During the [[Saint's War]], any pretense of naval effort was largely abandoned as the Kingdom was engulfed in generations-long dynastic conflict, though a small Caenish naval force was employed in the 1250s to establish a foothold on Crotona. At the end of the war, [[House de Weluta]] emerged in control of the Apostolic Kingdom in the early 1400s, and this new ruling dynasty had an interest in solidifying its control of the south Levantine coast and expanding its lands in [[Crotona]], necessitating the beginnings of a navy. This period mostly saw the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]'s personally owned vessels forming the nucleus of a force supplanted by conscripted merchant vessels facing similarly conscripted forces from the mercantile city-states of Crotona, as both fleets would be disbanded immediately following the war. The acquisition of the [[Principality of Halfway]] in 1474 necessitated an expansion of the King's personal fleet, but it also gave access to a much larger network of mercantile ships to enlist in times of war.
 Although the [[Great Confessional War]] was primarily fought on land, Protestant-aligned privateers continually harassed Urcean merchants across the entire Sea of Canete in raids that the King's personal fleet could not properly counter given the small size of the King's personal fleet and the unavailability of additional merchant vessels to supplement the navy. [[Emperor Leo III of the Holy Levantine Empire|King Leo's]] experiences during the conflict lead to his adoption of the Naval Quartering Act in 1591, which created dedicated navy dockyards, purpose-built warships, and a basic military administrative apparatus. The King's personal fleet was incorporated as the first ships of the reformed navy, soon to be joined by dozens of others. This new navy was strong enough to help defeat [[Caphiria]] in the War of Urlazio in the 1620s and 30s and played a critical role in completing the conquests of the islands of [[Kingdom of Crotona|Crotona]] and [[Tromarine]] in the 1660s and 1670s. By the time of the [[War of the Caroline Succession]] some 150-years later, Urcea's navy was capable and competent if not especially large. It remained respectable until the [[Second Caroline War]], in which it was proven unable to interdict troop movements on the ocean. It was defeated by naval forces of [[Burgundie|South Dericania]] several times. Although the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] would be rebuilt and made into an extremely potent fighting force in the coming decades under the rule of King Niall V and [[King Aedanicus VIII]], the navy would remain a secondary concern and fell into irrelevance by the 1860s.