Kaltariz Civil War

Kaltariz Civil War
Lambertus and Azenor in Rouanezkador at the end of the war
Date 1497-1505 Location Staynes, Kaltariezh Result Azenor's victory Personal union between Staynes and Kaltariezh
Participants
Staynes Azenorite Kaltariezh	Kirusite Kaltariezh
Commanders and leaders
Lambertus III Azenor Cadoret	Kirus II

The Kaltariz Civil War was a civil war in the late 15th and early 16th centuries in Kaltariezh fought between two claimants of the Cadoret throne; Kirus II and Azenor Cadoret. The latter married Lambertus III of Staynes in 1501 and won the war by 1505. This was the last time the Kaltariz throne was contested, and saw Kaltariezh form a personal union with Staynes, which would go on to form Morstaybishlia in 1515.

Background

While the power of the nobility in Kaltariezh has been strong, the power of the Crown has fluctuated. It reached supremacy in the late 15th century, and consequently had diminished the power of the shyre and borough representatives severely, to a point where they had no representation in the Kuzul Aotrouez.

A part of this came because of the suffering of the common person, with higher taxes and a declining income after the Ethalrian-Kaltariz Wars that spanned several large intervals of the 15th century. King Kirus I had ordered that gold and silver coins were cut with less precious metal to finance the final war with Ethalria. Crop yields had been poor for three years in a row, resulting in a famine. The Kuzul Aotrouez had also shrank as yerls and lords had themselves financially capitulated, but moreso because many could not afford to sustain such lavish lifestyles as they previously had. Many nobles illegally raised rents, cheated, stole, and sometimes resorted to outright violence to maintain this lifestyle.

The Rouanezkador rebellion directly preceded the civil war. A popular uprising of the capital's citizenry against the Crown and nobility ensued for an entire year, even spreading across many neighbouring boroughs and lands, culminating in the execution of many royal and noble figures, including Kirus I himself. His son, Kirus II acceeded the throne, and after another year the rebellion subdued and its leadership were executed.

Kirus II's inheritance to the throne was illegitimate because he was a bastard son and therefore his claim was void. At first the nobles backed him because the rebellion threatened to overwhelm the social hierachy of Kaltariezh, but when order had been restored many bgan to question his legitimacy. His father's younger brother Iwan was poised to acceed him, but he died before Kirus I, and the same with his father's younger sister Privela. However, while Kaltariezh at this time adhered to male preferential progeniture, Kirus I's niece, Azenor II, Privela's daughter, who had previously been scarcely known to the Kuzul Aotrouez appeared into public life with her marriage to Staynish Lambertus III, immediately putting her as the forefront legitimate claimant to the throne.