Marienberg Uprising

Marienberg Uprising
Date 24th May - 19th August 2015 Location Marineberg, Vionna-Frankenlisch Result Vionna-Frankenlischian victory Rebellion successfully suppressed
Belligerents
Marienberg SIM MCP MWSP MCM Leagues Red Bands	Vionna-Frankenlisch Imperial Marienberg
Commanders and leaders
Viscomte de Ferie † Jerome Mastutti Antonio Adscuti † Theresa Fortunario † Alessandro Esquito † Giacomo Lette Pietro Lazzari Rollo Leandri Constantino Pizarin Guilliano Specuti † Joseph Trammer †	James I Dochlov Zimmermann Duke of Teutonberg

The Marienberg Uprising of 2015 was an unsuccessful rebellion in the Imperial Princedom of Marienberg against Vionna-Frankenlischian rule which took place from May to August of 2015. Though primarily organised by the Society for the Independence of Marienberg, it was supported by several organisations within Marienberg with different political stances. Initially successful, the uprising failed to secure wide support and a government crackdown saw the rebels defeated. Though there remains a strong movement in Marienberg for greater autonomy, the successful suppression of the 2015 uprising and siginificant government investment in the region has been effective in ending wider wishes for Marienberger independence.

Background

The process of Marienberger integration into Vionna-Frankenlisch had been a long and politically controversial one. By 1910, Marienberg's independent political bodies had been abolished and the Princedom was granted seats in the House of Commons and its aristocracy were permitted to the House of Nobles. This caused a period of instability and unrest in Marienberg but this subsided over the course of the Great Cornellian War with the only incident of note being a series of minor risings that were put down in 1916. Over time, the changes to the Marienberger political scene had the unintended effect of creating a melting pot of various parties and ideals. The old political bodies in Marienberg had been both corrupt and closed to any groups outside of the ruling Liberal Merchant Party and the National Conservative Party, which served as a controlled opposition. The collapse of the old political elite in the Princedom and the new representation available to perviously outlawed political groups permanently shifted the balance of Marienberger politics away from the center and by 1950, half of the seats in the Marienberger State Diet (a kind of local legislature) belonged to radical parties from both the left and right.