War of the Usurper
| War of the Usurper | |||||||||
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| Part of the Reign of Maxime Séraphin and the First Seraphic Revolution | |||||||||
 Battle of Chouteau | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Cassonne |
 Aquitayne | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Clément Trausse |
Lord Reich of Freyport | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 375,000 - 625,000 | 325,000 - 550,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Combat deaths: 100,000 |
Combat deaths: 75,000 | ||||||||
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Military deaths from disease: 150,000 - 300,000 | |||||||||
The War of the Usurper, War of 1888, or Guerre de l'Usurpateur, was one of the largest conflicts in the 19th century in Astyria. An estimated 900,000-1.2 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease.
Background
Constitutionalism in the Republic
Melisent Séraphin takes power in 1875 after her dad dies and begins trying to bring constitutional reforms to the monarchy.
Restorationists
Group of wealthy merchants and military officers begin colluding to restore absolute authority to the monarchy. Melisent goes on a public speaking tour promoting constitutionalism and gets assassinated by her son.
Rise of Maxime Séraphin
Son takes power and begins consolidating authority, using Aquitayne as a scapegoat for the pressure to remove the monarchy from power that his mother was touting.
Domestic troubles in Cassonne
Economic collapse due to harsh authoritarian treatment of military and civilians.
Beginning of hostilities
Maxime declares war on Aquitayne for destabalizing the country by trying to remove its monarch, in an attempt to consolidate power and get the economy working on a war footing. Not expecting much resistance from Aq.