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King Mirko Trpimirovic the Great
King of Croatia: 1369-1395
King of Serbia: 1369-1395
King of Bulgaria: 1369-1395
King of Croatia: 1369-1395
King of Serbia: 1369-1395
King of Bulgaria: 1369-1395
On the outside, Mirko Trpimirovic was raised on the Church; he is first King of Croatia with proof he attended Mass every day of his reign. On the inside, however, he was a skeptic and suspicious of the clergy. His eldest son had died a year before he became king; he immediately suspected his brother even thought there was no proof of his involvement.
By 1370 the Plague had mostly passed through Croatia. Mirko marked this occasion with a massive building project; a gigantic royal palace in Constantinople. The palace quickly earned the nicknamed the "Catholic Mosque" because of its stained glass windows and the spiraling pillars; almost like minarets that towered over much of the city. The project featured murals of the escapades of the Trpimirovics; from the liberation of Constantinople, to the First and Second Spanish Crusades, to the Venetian-Italian Wars. The largest stained glass window showed St. Draskin beheading a Muslim serpent with a large shovel.
Construction dragged on for years; it wasn't until 1384 that the palace was complete. The biggest reason for the long delays was that Mirko was obsessed with micromanaging the project; every change and modification had to be approved by him. Eventually, work was completed, and Mirko could focus on other matters.
The "other matters"
The Kingdom of Seljuk had collapsed spectacularly; the Armenian King executed his entire family and the east was in turmoil. In 1385, Mirko lead an invasion into Anatolia. The invasion lasted for three years; after that, Mirko set up his bastard brother, Sava, as Duke of Sinope to rule these lands. He would be given the option of independence upon Mirko's death.
Mirko then returned to Constantinople in 1389. There, he had another mural commissioned with his conquests and victories in Anatolia. He remained in power for many more years, and handled the job with skill and dignity.
Mirko in 1394
Mirko was the last of the Great Five Kings of Croatia:
Petar Krešimir
Momchil
Georgi
Andrija
Mirko
When he died in 1395; there was public mourning throughout the Empire. The Order of St. Draskin ignited one of the largest bonfires in history to guide his soul to Poland.
(Note: ANOTHER UPDATE? Yes, indeed. Mirko will probably be the last "King" in CK. I might run the game for a few more years then use the 1400 map as a base for the 1420 EUIII map. Expect a few more things in this thread before the EUIII kicks off though.)
RedPhalanx said:
um.. where is the capital now? Constantinople? (also outrageous
)witch one will it be in EUIII?
and well... they did call it Mletci back in the day
and if Constantinople is the capital call it Carigrad, cuz thats how they called it back in da day - would actually fit good to the Croatian Empire
Glad to see that Mirko honoured St. Draskin so greatly. I hope that in EU3 you can finally finish the Polish Tunnel.
When your dynasty's patron Saint is Draskin...well, things probably aren't going to end well. Or you'll conquer the world. Could go either way.
Nice last king, looks like he set you up pretty well for the EU period. Looking forward to the continuation.
Epilogue
Tvrtko Trpimirovic: 1395-1409
Aleksii Trpimirovic: 1409-1420
For the next 25 years, Croatia remained mostly the same. Sinope became independent, as Mirko had promised. Mirko's son, Tvrtko became King. He would rule until 1409. Then, his son, Aleksii, became king. When Aleksii died unexpectedly in May 1420, the crown passed to a distant line of the Trpimirovics; descendants of St. Draskin who held minor titles in Hellas until that point. Kresimir Trpimirovic became king at the young age of 20. With new ideas and a treasury to spend; things look bright for Croatia, at least on the outside...
Elsewhere, the political landscape changed somewhat drastically. The King of the Germans split his holdings in 1411; Italy, Burgundy, and Germany. Germany further split a few years later when Albrect von Nordheim and Bavaria split from Germany proper. Minor counties in Iberia became part of Portugal or Leon while in the East several new kingdoms and sultanates appeared. Muslims only gained ground in Egypt where the Christians that ruled there where expelled in 1417.
Hungarian holdings outside of Hungary rebelled, including Armenia, who fought a long war of independence in the 1410's, finally winning in early 1419. Kiev and Pereyaslavl remain the only Orthodox kingdoms in Europe. Poland fought a proxy war against Croatia by invading Rodos. They where soundly beaten by the Order of St. Draskin; who now rules Rodos, Crete, and parts of Anatolia. The Papacy has established a gigantic cathedral in Adana; it is the new seat of the Papacy. This has given room for a reformist church to grow in far-away Scotland.
Croatia's trade stranglehold has reached a boiling-point; Leon and Portugal began funding massive projects to explore Africa to try to find comparable goods to exploit and monopolize. Voices that normally would have been ignored; such as sailing west to end up in the east are being listened to and funded. Only time will tell if Croatian dominance of the Mediterranean will hold, and if their dominance of the Balkans and Italy will survive. Shouts for freedom and independence are becoming louder; pounding against the Croatian theory that "Freedom is Relative" like a hammer against a stone wall. Who knows what is on the other side; once the stone is chipped away...
Congratulations for ending the first part of this AAR. It fits well that when new part begins also new branch of Trpimirovic family rises to power.
Ten "What Ifs" of Early Croatian History (1066-1420)
10: What if Petar Krešimir never had a son?
9: What if Anna Trpimirovic had married into her family, keeping Leon in Trpimirovic hands?
8: What if Mirko had not allowed Sinope become independant
7: What if Georgi had failed in re-establishing Christianity in Iberia?
6: What if Draskin had not gone "mad"?
5: What if Evtimii had not also gone mad; dividing Portugal and Croatia?
4: What if the First Aragonese Kingdom had survived?
3: What if Andrija had lived, and conquered more of Italy?
2. What if Momchil had not married Dulcia, giving Croatia no reason to crusade in Iberia?
1: What if the Seljuks had not accepted peace in May 1125, and Momchil had died liberating Constantinople?
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Draskin wasn't mad, but touched by the God. No wonder mere mortals didn't understand his divine plan.