the Le Bonaparte- de mormaine wars
a series of civil war fought between the two rival house of House of de moromaine and house of le Bonaparte
The Conflict
Prelude
after The war of Men and the 'Old' races king Philippe was killed with no heir. he had however had many illegitimate sons and daughter and it was one of his daughter Marie who was placed on the throne. soon after war broke out between loyalists and rebels.the war is mainly fought between the dynasty of de mormanie FAMILY and the LE BONAPARTE family
The Engagement
the formation of the frankish kingdom and the expulsion of the de mormaine
duke Michael de mormanie angered that he didn't revise the throne launched an invasion into the loyal duchy of leyion in 1969YBC crushing its small army. the new queen soon lost support. knowing she was the only thing holding her fathers legacy gathered an army of 20000 knights and lead it personalty. this lead to the battle of Charnard where 20000 men were killed on both side. DE MORMANIE was forced into exile in the verainberg empire. queen Marie became know as the great warrior queen of the house of le Bonaparte become the family personal symbol.
the second civil war and war with the verainberg empire-1467YBCW saw the start of the second civil war after the political fall out of the frankish northern war (1471YBCW,1468YBCW). Jason DE MORMANIE lead an army from verainberg into frank. the Frankish army neglected and under armed was crushed in several battles until they were halted by the arrival of flesh forged monsters from The under empire. The verianberg imperial army invaded the north of the kingdom from duchy of Szlski begin war between the two. with little to stem the tide the war soon ended with the royal family fleeing and Jason DE MORMANIE was crowned jason 1st . the war ended with Jason giving land in the north to the verainberg empire angering many of people as they had already lost so much land to the northern invaders.
the barons uprising-the DE MORMANIE dynasty had ruled had ruled for 70 years. Jason's 1st grandson Henry 3rd was hated and was considered a tyrant. he policies taxes the poorest and the richest alike. he was a known womanizer and slept with many of the ladies of the court. he however was a tool of Emperor of verianberg. it was during his reign when he was 18 that under the pretense of religious war (many of the southern lords of frank where adopting a less Strict version of The faith of the one which got ride of the powerful concorators) he recruited germinc and verainbergur knight to attack his own subjects and supplant the lords who where already there who where Turing there back to the main teachings of the faith. in a war know as the Henrian Crusade the royal army under the command of germinc and verianbergur knights attacked the heretical Frankish lords. the most powerful of these was the Reinhardt of graftenburg. he carved out a massive amount of land in the duchy of monford and was more powerful than the duke himself who had remained loyal to the faith.
the uprising began 1397YBCW 70 years after jason 1st coronation. most of the barons with the help of the king of kingdom of the isles and frank rose up in rebellion. a loyalist army lead by Reinhardt count of Averan. his army rose to 3500 mostly germinc immigrants. this army however was attacked by no less than 7 baronial hosts and was totally destroyed Reinhardt was taken prisoner. . the king favorite also raised an army in defense of the king and he made his way to link up with archduke Adolf hallsberg and the emperors 25 year old son . however the loyalist failed and were cut off by duke Florence monford's army destroying the main loyalist force. the rebels then marched on the capital and then killed king Henry and his court however his younger brothers escaped to the boarder . the verainberg army tried to stop the rebels from killing Henry but they were unable to and at the battle the roon river. at the same time Richard Le boneparte 2nd retured at the head of an army of 8000 men and drove out not only the De mormaine's but also the northmen who had occupied frank fo such a long time.
the revolt of the bloody hand-in 543YBCW Simon de mormaine a minor member of the house of de mormaine traveled with a host of 1000 mercenary in the north at the mouth of The roon river. he secretly with 10 men traveled to the Frankish capital. he then planted charges under the palace and destroyed the palace killing all of the house hold including the king the queen his son an heir and his three daughters. few of the staff and household guard survived including Iran servic-bagdani. simon then retreated to his coastal bridge head and readied his army recruiting some 4000 men. Iran rallied a royalist army under his personal command and he marched 6000 men north. Iran's army intersected simons army and was able to crush it. after the revolt iran found the successor to the last king a minor member of the house of le Bonaparte
Third civil war-400 YBCW an army landed in frank under the leadership of lousie de mormanie. the army was 3000 strong and was made up of desert horse men from the southern continent. they sowed havoc in the nation. this army grew in size and lay siege to the capital. even though it soon fell the royal family fled and raised an army. At the battle of charlay the royalist army defeated the rebels. however when they reached the capital they found that the verainberg army had been there. Franics 12th LE BONAPARTE and his family were forced into exile. for a sort time however a counter rebellion to the new ruler crushed the new army and forced the verinbergs out. francis was then placed back on the throne.
4th civil war-Frankishmeany
Outcome
after the first war while many who supported the De mormaine family fled with them to the verainberg empire. many also fled abroad to other countries becoming part of what is known as the Frankish military diaspora.
Historical Significance
Legacy
the Frankish civil wars have given the impression that frank is a weak nation.
In Literature
the Frankish civil war have been the source of many romantic and tragic stories in world literature.
Conflict Type
War
Battlefield Type
Land
Conflict Result
large amount of instabilaty in the kingdom.
Belligerents
de mormanie family
The le Bonaparte royal family
Strength
Casualties
Objectives
Get the throne
Keep the crown
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