Bessen-Katzenelm
Kingdom of Bessen-Katzenelm Königreich Bessen-Katzenelm (Alemannisch) | |
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 Flag | |
 Bessen-Katzenelm within Dolchland | |
| Status | Consitituent state of Dolchland |
| Location | Dolchland |
| Capital | Heinfeldes |
| Official languages | Alemannisch |
| Demonym(s) | Besser, Katzenelmer |
| Government | |
• King | Ernest II |
• Minister-President | Rupert von Heifl |
| Legislature | Landtag |
| 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, and the subsequent granting of electorate status in 1512, the groundwork for a reforged Kingdom was laid. In 1701, the Kingdom was declared, with Bessen-Katzenelm giving up its electorate status, leaving its electoral position open to Tale-Schüssel. 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.