This is my first AAR. I am Flandres in the Mongol EMpire scenario, which starts in 1150 though this AAR does not start until 1244. Normal/varying aggressiveness (higher when I get bored). BTW, what would a good site be to host my screenshots?
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"All hail the Most August Marguerite, Queen of Flandres and Lothringen, Holy Empress of Rome, Duchess of Flandres, Normandy, Anjou, Piemont, and Savoie, Countess of Flandres, Zeeland, Champagne, Kleves, Picardy, Nevers, Brabant, Gelre, the Imperial Franche Comte, and Lorraine, and the Great Dauphin." Uttered simultaneously in French and Dutch on August 1, 1244, the date of the final Imperial surrender, these words described clearly the most powerful woman and perhaps the most powerful person at all in the world.
When did the Flemish ascent to greatness truly begin? Some say around 1150, when Count Thiery began the centralization and expansion of the Flemish towns. Others say 1185, when Count Philippe the Warlike forced the French King, also named Philippe, to promote him to a Duke and give him the Counties of Picardy and Nevers. Still others say 1206, when Duchess Jeanne made the same French King acknowledge Flandres as an entirely independent Kingdom and cut all feudal ties. Few, however, would say 1244, when Queen Marguerite, Jeanne's niece, signed the treaty formalizing her and her late aunt's crushing defeat of the Holy Roman Empire. In this Treaty of Augsburg, Emperor Friedrich II was forced to abdicate as Emperor and pass the title to Marguerite. Furthermore, the title would forever belong to the Kings and Queens of Flandres. Also, all lands not under direct Hohenstauffen control would be removed from the Empire, as well as those Hohenstauffen lands separated from Hohenstauffen itself by independent states. Friedrich would still be allowed to govern the Hohenstauffen lands, but only as a vassal of the Empress. All French and Dutch speaking Hohenstauffen towns, essentially the County of Lorraine, would come under direct Flemish rule. Lastly, as the new controller of the seat of the old Kingdom of Lothringen and much of its lands, Marguerite would be recognized as the Queen of the Middle Kingdom as well (much to the annoyance of her Burgundian allies).
After the signing of the Treaty, the Queen called the armies of Flandres to the capital, Gent, for reorginization and enlargement into the largest peacetime army thus far in Flemish history--60,000 men. By April of 1245, the Army of 60,000 had been formed, and split into 7 Regiments spread throughout Flandres.
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Next: a quick summary of Flemish history, 1150-1244. Also, if I can find a place to host them, screenshots from 1245.
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"All hail the Most August Marguerite, Queen of Flandres and Lothringen, Holy Empress of Rome, Duchess of Flandres, Normandy, Anjou, Piemont, and Savoie, Countess of Flandres, Zeeland, Champagne, Kleves, Picardy, Nevers, Brabant, Gelre, the Imperial Franche Comte, and Lorraine, and the Great Dauphin." Uttered simultaneously in French and Dutch on August 1, 1244, the date of the final Imperial surrender, these words described clearly the most powerful woman and perhaps the most powerful person at all in the world.
When did the Flemish ascent to greatness truly begin? Some say around 1150, when Count Thiery began the centralization and expansion of the Flemish towns. Others say 1185, when Count Philippe the Warlike forced the French King, also named Philippe, to promote him to a Duke and give him the Counties of Picardy and Nevers. Still others say 1206, when Duchess Jeanne made the same French King acknowledge Flandres as an entirely independent Kingdom and cut all feudal ties. Few, however, would say 1244, when Queen Marguerite, Jeanne's niece, signed the treaty formalizing her and her late aunt's crushing defeat of the Holy Roman Empire. In this Treaty of Augsburg, Emperor Friedrich II was forced to abdicate as Emperor and pass the title to Marguerite. Furthermore, the title would forever belong to the Kings and Queens of Flandres. Also, all lands not under direct Hohenstauffen control would be removed from the Empire, as well as those Hohenstauffen lands separated from Hohenstauffen itself by independent states. Friedrich would still be allowed to govern the Hohenstauffen lands, but only as a vassal of the Empress. All French and Dutch speaking Hohenstauffen towns, essentially the County of Lorraine, would come under direct Flemish rule. Lastly, as the new controller of the seat of the old Kingdom of Lothringen and much of its lands, Marguerite would be recognized as the Queen of the Middle Kingdom as well (much to the annoyance of her Burgundian allies).
After the signing of the Treaty, the Queen called the armies of Flandres to the capital, Gent, for reorginization and enlargement into the largest peacetime army thus far in Flemish history--60,000 men. By April of 1245, the Army of 60,000 had been formed, and split into 7 Regiments spread throughout Flandres.
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Next: a quick summary of Flemish history, 1150-1244. Also, if I can find a place to host them, screenshots from 1245.
