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| reign              = 11 February 1820 – 20 October 1852
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| birth_name        = Mats Rönnlund
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| birth_date = 19 June 1787
| birth_date = 19 June 1787
| birth_place = [[Åkapan]], [[First Kepplandic Republic]]
| birth_place = [[Anitashamn]], [[First Kepplandic Republic]]
| death_date = 23 September 1861 (aged 74)
| death_date = 23 September 1864 (aged 77)
| death_place = [[Vajki]], [[Second Kepplandic Republic]]
| death_place = [[Vajki]], [[Second Kepplandic Republic]]
| burial_date = 30 September 1861
| burial_date = 30 September 1864
| burial_place = [[Vajki]], [[Second Kepplandic Republic]]
| burial_place = [[Vajki]], [[Second Kepplandic Republic]]
| queen = [[Queen Anita of Keppland|Anita Hellstedt]]
| queen = [[Queen Marie of Keppland|Marie Hellstedt]]
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'''Mats Rönnlund''' (19 June 1787 – 23 September 1861), later known as '''Mats I of Keppland''', was a [[Keppland]]ic military officer, businessman, and statesman who ruled the [[Kepplandic Empire]] as [[Emperor of Keppland|Emperor]] from 1820 until 1852.  One of the most significant and controversial figures in Kepplandic history, Mats is often referred to as the father of the modern Kepplandic state.
'''Mats Rönnlund''' (19 June 1787 – 23 September 1864), later known as '''Mats I of Keppland''', was a [[Keppland]]ic military officer, businessman, and statesman who ruled the [[Kepplandic Empire]] as [[Emperor of Keppland|Emperor]] from 1820 until 1852.  One of the most significant and controversial figures in Kepplandic history, Mats is often referred to as the father of the modern Kepplandic state.
 
Mats was born to a wealthy merchant family in the port city of [[Anitashamn]].  He was commissioned as an artillery officer in the [[Kepplandic Army]] in 1807, leaving three years later to pursue a career in business.  Mats moved to the capital city of [[Gunnarsvik]], where he became a prominent member of the city's mercantile community.  Dissatisfied with the instability and chaos of the [[First Kepplandic Republic]], Mats leveraged his connections in the government, military, and business world to organize an [[Insurrection of 20 October|insurrection]] in 1820.  Mats dissolved the republic upon seizing power and crowned himself Emperor, ruling as an {{wp|Absolute monarchy|absolute monarch}}.  An ardent {{wp|Europhile|Euclophile}}, Mats sought to transform Keppland from an agrarian society into an industrial economy on par with the imperial powers of [[Euclea]].  He introduced liberal reforms to stabilize and modernize the country, abolishing slavery and inviting foreign investment from Euclea.  By the 1830s, Keppland was among the wealthiest economies in [[Asteria Inferior]].
 
During the 1840s, Mats adopted a more aggressive foreign policy in an effort to turn Keppland into the first Asterian {{wp|Great power|great power}}.  His military conquests led to the outbreak of the [[X War]] in 1848, raging for four years and killing more than one million people.  At its height in 1850, the Kepplandic Empire controlled most of eastern [[Asteria Inferior]].  Mats's imperial ambitions came to an end in 1852, when the [[X Coalition]] captured Vajki after a six month long [[Siege of Vajki|siege]].  The coalition dismantled the Kepplandic Empire and established a new [[Second Kepplandic Republic|republic]], forcing Mats into exile.  He spent the next fourteen years of his life in X, before he was permitted to return by the government of X.  Mats lived the last several months of his life in Vajki, dying in 1864 at the age of 77.


Mats was born to a wealthy family in the port city of [[Åkapan]].  He was commissioned as an artillery officer in the [[Kepplandic Army]] in 1807, leaving three years later to pursue a career in business.  Mats moved to the capital city of [[Vajki]], where he became a prominent member of the city's mercantile community.  Dissatisfied with the instability and chaos of the [[First Kepplandic Republic]], Mats leveraged his connections in the government, military, and business world to organize a [[1820 Kepplandic coup d'état|coup d'état]] in 1820.  Mats dissolved the republic upon seizing power and crowned himself Emperor, ruling as an {{wp|Absolute monarchy|absolute monarch}}.  An ardent {{wp|Europhile|Euclophile}}, Mats sought to transform Keppland from an agrarian society into an industrial economy on par with the imperial powers of [[Euclea]].  He introduced liberal reforms to stabilize and modernize the country, abolishing slavery and inviting foreign investment from Euclea.  By the 1830s, Keppland was among the wealthiest economies in [[Asteria Inferior]].
==Early life==
==Military and business career==
==Emperor of Keppland==
==Exile==
==Return and death==
==Personal life==
==Legacy==
==Titles, styles, honours, and arms==


During the 1840s, Mats adopted a more aggressive foreign policy in an effort to turn Keppland into the first Asterian {{wp|Great power|great power}}.  His military conquests led to the outbreak of the [[Great Equatorial War]] in 1848, raging for four years and killing more than one million people.  At its height in 1850, the Kepplandic Empire controlled most of eastern [[Asteria Inferior]].  Mats's imperial ambitions came to an end in 1852, when the [[Equatorial Coalition]] captured Vajki after a six month long [[Siege of Vajki|siege]].  The coalition dismantled the Kepplandic Empire and established a new [[Second Kepplandic Republic|republic]], forcing Mats into exile.  He spent the next fourteen years of his life in X, before he was permitted to return by the government of X.  Mats lived the remainder of his life in Vajki, dying in 1861 at the age of 74.
[[Category:Keppland]]

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Mats I
Emperor Mats I 1834.png
Posthumous portrait by Olof Dahlquist, 1917
Emperor of Keppland
Reign11 February 1820 – 20 October 1852
PredecessorMonarchy established
SuccessorMonarchy abolished
BornMats Rönnlund
19 June 1787
Anitashamn, First Kepplandic Republic
Died23 September 1864 (aged 77)
Vajki, Second Kepplandic Republic
Burial30 September 1864
ConsortMarie Hellstedt
IssueGunnar, Crown Prince of Keppland
Princess Caroline
HouseRönnlund

Mats Rönnlund (19 June 1787 – 23 September 1864), later known as Mats I of Keppland, was a Kepplandic military officer, businessman, and statesman who ruled the Kepplandic Empire as Emperor from 1820 until 1852. One of the most significant and controversial figures in Kepplandic history, Mats is often referred to as the father of the modern Kepplandic state.

Mats was born to a wealthy merchant family in the port city of Anitashamn.  He was commissioned as an artillery officer in the Kepplandic Army in 1807, leaving three years later to pursue a career in business.  Mats moved to the capital city of Gunnarsvik, where he became a prominent member of the city's mercantile community.  Dissatisfied with the instability and chaos of the First Kepplandic Republic, Mats leveraged his connections in the government, military, and business world to organize an insurrection in 1820.  Mats dissolved the republic upon seizing power and crowned himself Emperor, ruling as an absolute monarch. An ardent Euclophile, Mats sought to transform Keppland from an agrarian society into an industrial economy on par with the imperial powers of Euclea. He introduced liberal reforms to stabilize and modernize the country, abolishing slavery and inviting foreign investment from Euclea.  By the 1830s, Keppland was among the wealthiest economies in Asteria Inferior.

During the 1840s, Mats adopted a more aggressive foreign policy in an effort to turn Keppland into the first Asterian great power.  His military conquests led to the outbreak of the X War in 1848, raging for four years and killing more than one million people.  At its height in 1850, the Kepplandic Empire controlled most of eastern Asteria Inferior.  Mats's imperial ambitions came to an end in 1852, when the X Coalition captured Vajki after a six month long siege.  The coalition dismantled the Kepplandic Empire and established a new republic, forcing Mats into exile.  He spent the next fourteen years of his life in X, before he was permitted to return by the government of X.  Mats lived the last several months of his life in Vajki, dying in 1864 at the age of 77.

Early life

Military and business career

Emperor of Keppland

Exile

Return and death

Personal life

Legacy

Titles, styles, honours, and arms