Glorious Ninth of March

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Glorious Ninth of March
Date9th March, 1989
Location
Frankenlisch, Vionna-Frankenlisch
Result

Coup successful

Belligerents
Committee of Responsibility and Tolerance Government of Lord Aemond
Commanders and leaders

Marquess of Latterly
Earl of Breem

Earl of Oxbridge
Lord Aemond
Strength

1200 militia
400 soldiers

108 noblemen and retainers

Parliament Square:
80 policemen
80 soldiers
2000 soldiers in Imperial Palace (not engaged)
Civil Service Quarter
120 policemen

20 soldiers
Casualties and losses

27 killed

50 wounded

11 killed

38 wounded
Total: 38 killed, 88 wounded

The 1989 Frankenlisch Coup D'etat was a successful military coup in Vionna-Frankenlisch, often known as the Glorious Ninth of March, which overthrew the reactionary Conservative government of Lord James Aemond and eventually saw the election of Lord Cypran's Imperial government. Led by the Marquess of Latterly, the anti-government Committee of Responsibility and Tolerance stormed Parliament Square and the Civil Service Quarter in Frankenlisch during a parliamentary vote to pass Lord Aemond's Legislative Security Act. After an hour of fighting, the Comittee seized their objectives and arrested Lord Aemond and his cabinet and forced him from office. King Edward III failed to denounce the coup before it had acheived its objectives and eventually accepted the result and called an election. In total, 38 people were killed and 88 injured in the course of the coup, among the dead was Lord Latterly who led the coup.