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Revision as of 11:42, 15 November 2021

Kingdom of Bessen-Katzenelm
Königreich Bessen-Katzenelm (Alemannisch)
Flag of Bessen-Katzenelm
Flag
of Bessen-Katzenelm
Coat of arms
Bessen-Katzenelm within Dolchland
Bessen-Katzenelm within Dolchland
StatusConsitituent state of Dolchland
LocationDolchland
CapitalHeinfeldes
Official languagesAlemannisch
Demonym(s)Besser
Government
• King
Ernest II
• Minister-President
Rupert von Heifl
LegislatureLandtag
Grand Estates
House of the Commons
Establishment
• Formation of the archaic Kingdom of Besse
647
• Dissolution of the Kingdom
782
• Formation of the Margraviate of Katzenelm
893
• Formation of the Duchy of Heinfeldes-Besse
1044
• Unification of Bessen-Katzenelm
1482
• Reformation of the Kingdom
1701

The Kingdom of Bessen-Katzenelm (Alemannisch: Königreich Bessen-Katzenelm), commonly referred to as Bessen-Katzenelm or, informally, the Bessemark, is a semi-independent constituent state of the Empire of Dolchland. Located in an area historically referred to as the Bessemark, the Kingdom controls the whole area, and consistently comes to blows with neighbouring Wurveria. Bessen-Katzenelm lies on the border with Velaheria to the north, and is internally bordered the Kingdom of Wurveria to the east, Westervark to the south, and Tale-Schüssel, Tale-Flußstadt and Ersau and Kirchmarkt and Teilen to the southwest.

What would become the Bessemark region arose from much of the land of the archaic Kingdom of Bessen, an independent Kingdom from 647 to 782. Upon the dissolution of the Kingdom at the hands of a rising ($KINGDOM/EMPIRE), Bessen became a mess of tiny successor principalities. Some of these grew to prominence, most notably the Margraviate of Katzenelm, formed on the furthest borders of the region, and the Duchy of Heinfeldes-Besse around the city of Heinfeldes. With the union of these two states, the groundwork for a reforged Kingdom was laid. In 1701, the Kingdom was declared, with the Emperor's assent, with the monarchs of Bessen-Katzenelm owing essentially a debt of gratitude to the Emperors. Bessen-Katzenelm fought in the War of the Habstrian Succession, fighting mostly in the Drei Flüsse theatre against Lower Streckeburg, where the fighting drew to a stalemate.

Bessen-Katzenelm holds a great deal of sway over the modern Drei Flüsse region, with most of the former Großtal acknowledging Besser primacy in the region and Upper Streckeburg sharing the same dynasty as the kingdom.