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The '''History of Urcea from 1575-1798''', sometimes also called the '''Imperial Period''', consists of period of time from the establishment of end of the [[Great Confessional War]] through the end of the reign of King Lucás III, last [[Emperor of the Levantines]] from [[House de Weluta]] during this period. This period saw [[Urcea]] reach one of its apexes of power and influence, holding the title of [[Emperor of the Levantines]] for more than half of the period while making major gains in military professionalization and early economic industrialization. The period is characterized by growth for the Kingdom as it gained the [[Kingdom of Crotona]], [[ | The '''History of Urcea from 1575-1798''', sometimes also called the '''Imperial Period''', consists of period of time from the establishment of end of the [[Great Confessional War]] through the end of the reign of King Lucás III, last [[Emperor of the Levantines]] from [[House de Weluta]] during this period. This period saw [[Urcea]] reach one of its apexes of power and influence, holding the title of [[Emperor of the Levantines]] for more than half of the period while making major gains in military professionalization and early economic industrialization. The period is characterized by growth for the Kingdom as it gained the [[Kingdom of Crotona]], [[Lariana|Kingdom of Lariana]], and [[Grand Duchy of Carolina]]. The period also lead to significant alienation between Urcea and its neighbors within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] which would have repercussions in the period to come. | ||
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In 1780, Emperor Brian VII intervened in the [[Veltorine War of Independence]], a war that saw the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] fight on [[Sarpedon]] for the first time against [[Caphiria]]. The war concluded under Brian's successor, Emperor Lucás III, and in 1782 the Urcean Crown received [[ | In 1780, Emperor Brian VII intervened in the [[Veltorine War of Independence]], a war that saw the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] fight on [[Sarpedon]] for the first time against [[Caphiria]]. The war concluded under Brian's successor, Emperor Lucás III, and in 1782 the Urcean Crown received [[Lariana]] as compensation for their aid to [[Veltorina]]. The Kingdom of Lariana was established that year as a holding of the de Weluta family outside the jurisdiction of the Empire and, critically, it was not directly incorporated under the sphere of the [[Concilium Daoni]] as had been the case with other crownlands. The decision to not incorporate Lariana within the Empire damaged relations between the Emperor and the [[Imperial Diet]], senior leaders in which viewed the move as a consolidation of power for House de Weluta at the expense of a potential gain for the Empire. Despite this incident, some efforts towards legal reform and centralization continued to receive favorable votes within the Diet and were implemented throughout the 1780s. | ||
Centralization continued without incident until the death of Emperor-King Brian II in 1781 at the age of 37, who had three daughters but no sons. His brother, 34-year old, King Lucás III, ascended that same year. Traditional historiography typically depicted Lucás as a petty tyrant who abused the rights of the Princes of the Empire, but modern historians tend to view this depiction more critically. The Holy Levantine Empire had been under hereditary rule for approximately thirty years, and the destabilization presented by the relatively young death of a King presented opportunities for Imperial Princes to try and increase tensions in an effort to break free of the domination of House de Weluta. Modern historiography has revised the depiction of Lucás III as something of a well-meaning reformer who wanted to continue the path of his predecessors but was mostly unable to, both due to his own personal failings but also decades of built up animosity on the part of the Princes of the Empire. Histories of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] tend to refer to King Lucás III as Emperor ''Lucius'' III as a latinization of Lucás, descended from and related to the Urcean name Luciás. Lucius and Lucás are sometimes confused, but they were the same ruler. His distant descendant, King Lucás IV, also nominally ruled the Empire as Lucius IV in the 20th century. | Centralization continued without incident until the death of Emperor-King Brian II in 1781 at the age of 37, who had three daughters but no sons. His brother, 34-year old, King Lucás III, ascended that same year. Traditional historiography typically depicted Lucás as a petty tyrant who abused the rights of the Princes of the Empire, but modern historians tend to view this depiction more critically. The Holy Levantine Empire had been under hereditary rule for approximately thirty years, and the destabilization presented by the relatively young death of a King presented opportunities for Imperial Princes to try and increase tensions in an effort to break free of the domination of House de Weluta. Modern historiography has revised the depiction of Lucás III as something of a well-meaning reformer who wanted to continue the path of his predecessors but was mostly unable to, both due to his own personal failings but also decades of built up animosity on the part of the Princes of the Empire. Histories of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] tend to refer to King Lucás III as Emperor ''Lucius'' III as a latinization of Lucás, descended from and related to the Urcean name Luciás. Lucius and Lucás are sometimes confused, but they were the same ruler. His distant descendant, King Lucás IV, also nominally ruled the Empire as Lucius IV in the 20th century. | ||