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The people rejoiced in the reign of the Great King Petar Trpimirovic. On March 27th, 1070 he ordered the construction of a road network to stretch from Senj to Split, making travel much faster to do. Many feasts were thrown throughout the same year as the Kingdom prospered in peace, including a special one celebrating the birthday of Neda Trpimirovic, Petar's daughter.
With economic growth comes migration, and not always by the best of people. In late 1070, a Thieves' Guild was set up in Zara, constantly moving, and for a long while, evading capture by local forces. In mid-1071, the title of duke of Croatia was granted to one of Petar's loyal vassals, giving Petar and increase in prestige, as the level of trust and equality among his vassals and the King increased.
Another event increasing Petar's respect among his peers was the choice to take away, or let the lords keep their fiefs. Petar chose to let the lords keep their fiefs to themselves. A few months later in 1072, a bad year for growing crops led Roma's economy to enter into a recession, slowing economic growth, and hurting income for everyone from Roma.
In 1074, once enough funds are made available, King Petar the Great commissions the construction of a small stone castle to make known where the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia, is, making the capital the best-defended province in the region. This is followed after by a decree on August 11th, 1075, decreeing Petar Trpimirovic the new Duke of Bosnia, and Count of Hum.
The Claim escalated Croatia into a war versus the Duke of Serbia, holder of the title Count of Hum. The war would later be known as the Bosnian War.
On Oct. 30th, 1075 the first battle of the Bosnian War occurred in Roma, leading to a Croatian defeat at the hands of the Serbian Marshal.
On Jan. 8th, 1076 the next major battle occurred in Roma again, this time lending itself to a major Victory for Croatia, who carried the assault into Hum.
On Feb 8th, the battle at Hum was won, and in 8 more days, on Feb 16th, over 4,500 men breached the walls of Hum, and took control of the area.
On March 10th, after turning back two assaults in Hum, peace is signed, acknowledging Petar the Great, as Count of Hum. 3 months later, on July 2nd, the King would declare himself Duke of Bosnia.
On Nov. 19th, 1076, a crusade is called to antiocheia, but Croatia lacks the troops to commit to it. In 1074, the castle that began construction, is finally completed on Aug. 3rd, 1077
On July 29th, 1077, Neda was outside playing, but she went missing for over 4 hours, finally found and brought back, it was realized that Neda had gone swimming in the local pond, even though it was raining. Neda soon got ill, and was bed-ridden for months. Six months later, on Jan. 12th, 1078, Neda's illness deteriorates into a severe form of pneumonia, causing great stress upon Petar's shoulders. Neda died over a year later, on February 15th, 1079, a day that would infect Petar's mind. For the next five days, Petar stayed in his room, and finally when the guards break down the doors, they find Petar's, limp, cold body hanging from his bed's overhang. On February 20th, 1079, King Petar Kresimir Trpimirovic of Croatia was declared dead.
One day after, the funeral was held, and the day after that the successor to Petar was chosen. The laws of succession led to the last surviving successor in the Trpimirovic dynasty, Stjepan Trpimirovic, Petar's nephew.
Croatia in 1079, lands claimed are lined red.
