Lunas Legion wrote:Reserving the Holy Latin Empire (I presume that's the vaguely Israel-shaped blob)
It's part of France:
DrakoLand wrote:Timeline:
EDIT:
Just thought I'd use the app format to give a bit more of history.
Choice of country: The German Empire
History of country (you can improvise here based on the timeline):(Until 1276 historical)
In 1276, the Habsburg dynasty had entrenched it's control of the Holy Roman Empire though it's ascension as feudal lords of Austria.
In 1310 the Wittelsbacher candidate to the imperial Throne, Louis IV, was defeated. Yet, while considering his followers as stronger amongst the total lords of the empire, than within the small circle of electors, he decided to call his supporters against what he considered to be corrupt Electors. Many lords followed his call, amongst them the Ascanians of Brandenburg and the spread domains of the Wittelbacher Dynasty.
After three long years of war, which ravaged through the lands of the Empire
And possibly beyond - I'm open to intertwining the history with others Louis IV's main army was attacked in the Battle of Frankfurt, while units of the Hohenzollern House Guards, who had already previously proven themselves as Habsburg loyalists, had marched on Munich and surrounded it.
Louis' main army managed to start an organized retreat, having left behind a fifth of its strength to delay the loyalists, and started marching for Munich to save the Wittelbach capital and prevent Louis from being captured and probably executed as a traitor.
As the plans became clear to the Loyalist faction, the reserves,militias, and household guards of the southern loyalists were assembled to march on Munich and cause it's fall before Wittelsbachian forces would arrive.
The following three weeks became a race against time, as the southern armies slowly started assembling out of Munich, preparing equipment for the final assaults, while the defenders started rationing their food to the soldiers and had to wait for their reinforcements, who were marching southwards rapidly. On their heels were smaller units of Northern loyalists who intended to launch skirmishes on the Wittelbachians to delay their march, yet mostly had been pushed back.
On the end of these three weeks in November 1313, which were to decide the fate of the Holy Roman Empire, the Wittelsbachian Army had reached Ulm. Ulm was a loyalist city amongst the wittelbachian holdings of Bavaria.
And it were delegates of the Free City of Ulm who, under a banner of peace, proclaimed to them the following message.
Frederick IV of Nuremberg, of House Hohenzollern wrote:This day, the 20th of November 1313 in the Year of our Lord, shall be one to be remembered, both by the true and loyal, and by the traitors.
On this day, under our glorious command, and by divine grace and the power of our Arms, the Traitor Stronghold of Munich has fallen.
And on this day, the war shall end - with the execution of the Traitor and Conspirer to the imperial throne and the decisions of the Electors.
On this day, Louis, fourth of his name from the House of Wittelsbach, shall be dead.
On midday, in the yard of the Ducal Palace of Munich, Louis Wittelsbacher has been beheaded after beind judged by the delegates of the estates general. All men are to lay down arms and surrender their lost cause.
And as these words had been read to the Wittelsbacher army, shouts of rage came. The Delegates were butchered by an angry mob of soldiers, and five days later the city of Ulm had been stormed and massacred. In the aftermath of the massacre the city was completely looted, and the army dispersed, each fleeing to his home with his loot.
And it was then that the Habsburg Emperor declared all soldiers of his enemies as freed from all crimes, all but the nobles and officers.
That was the start of a year-long process, later to be known as the Noble Traitor's Purge, in which slowly all Feudal houses that sided with the Wittelsbacher claimant had been dismantled, and replaced by loyalist houses.
Amongst the displaced nobles were the Ascanians of Brandenburg, who's fiefs were received by the Hohenzollerns, who had gained a bond of trust and friendship with the Habsburgians.
Five years later, The habsburg emperor had been murdered the night before the Assembly of the estates general and prince-electors in Nuremberg. While some claim that it was a murder paid for by hohenzollern money, the official conclusion was that it was a radical member of the Wittelsbacher dynasty, angered at their displacement. Whatever the cause, probably due to the Brandenurg Margrave taking control of the Situation, while having many friends amongst the new loyalist nobles, the estates-general declared, with confirmation of the Electors, the Hohenzoller Margrave as the new King of the Germans. A year later, after agreeing to release the Italian states, he was crowned by the pope as Friedrich III, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Germans.
He managed to become a national hero for the german people, through propaganda of his role in the Civil War, marking the massacre of Ulm and declaring that it was in full unison that he was stemmed upon the throne, and created a state in which de facto the Kingship was inherited by his dynasty.
Roughly 50 years, and one emperor, later, a first centralization program was started.
It was mostly minor, but it did it's part.
The succeeding emperors started further centralization, which included abolishment of the Electors as the group which chooses the successor to the throne.
In 1393 a war errupted with the French over the territories of Alsace Lorraine.
The Emperor managed to hold them, but a year later had to concede the french speaking Netherlands (Walloonia, that is) to the French nation.
On the 20th November 1469, Emperor Charles IV declared the Holy Roman Empire for dissembled, and instead declared the German Empire as its successor. But, he declared that for the sake of a stable transition, that political change shall only happen after his death.
I'd either have his death now, at the beginning of the RP, or have had it roughly 10 years ago.
Goals for RP (Optional): Establish Colonies(Possibly as a sub-goal: Establish all colonies of the RL nations I encompass), dominate (central) Europe, maybe hope to form an alliance pact of some sorts.
RP example: You know me. And Already added me as Co-Op. But, why not
this one.