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In 1649, King Cynric III, seeing that he had no male heir, asked the Witenagemot to change the official succession laws in Tretrid so that his daughter Eadgyð could be Queen after his death. After much debate and negotiating, the Witan eventually approved this matter, undoing the laws preventing a woman from ascending to the throne.
When Cynric III died in 1650, even despite the succession laws being changed, Ælfheah of Sigested, Eadgyð's cousin, newly crowned King of Seccera, and the heir apparent prior to the change in succession laws, declared himself the rightful King of Tretrid. This was despite Eadgyð being crowned Queen Eadgyð I soon after Cynric III's death. Angry at the lack of recognition of his claims by the Witan, Ælfheah named himself Ælfheah III and raised an army to try to march on Cynebury.
The ensuing conflict lasted ten years, and devastated Tretrid. The war depleted the authority of the Tretridian throne, leading to many opportunistic nobles breaking away from the crown. Even after Eadgyð I won the war, Tretrid had been severely weakened.
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Eadgyð I would spend the next twenty years after the war reconquering the breakaway states and reestablishing Tretridian authority, as well as [[Tretridio-Secceran War|invading Seccera]] to claim the Secceran throne. This period, which lasted from 1650 to 1680, has been named the Tretridian Anarchy by historians.
Most of Tretridian West Novaris had been lost in the war, as the collapse of authority in Cynebury caused no
===Ulvriktruar Wars of Religion===
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===19th century===
Bada II died in 1802, leading to the accession of his daughter Eadgyð II to the throne.
Eadgyð quickly appointed a number of close allies in the Witenagemot to the Cabinet as she vowed to the assembly to steer Tretrid in a new direction. Chief among her allies was [[Ælfræd Eadwigson, Duke of Kalmington]], whom she appointed as Prime Minister. She almost immediately started to restructure Tretrid's finances, culminating in her revocation of the Edict of Sweoraport and other decrees that mandated persecution of Gustafists in Tretrid, effectively putting an end to the Ulvriktruar Wars of Religion.
In 1804, Eadgyð II commenced sweeping reforms of the Tretridian government with the proclamation of the Charter of Privileges, which was in essence the Tretridian constitution. The Charter expanded the role of the Witan to take up most of the duties of day-to-day governance of Tretrid, and also mandated elections to the Folkmoot. As Eadgyð continued to retain command of the military and to dictate foreign policy, her reign has been argued to employ an early form of [[Royalistic Populism|royalistic populism]].
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