Bonnlitzer War

This article is about the late-1836 war. For the early-1836 revolutionary conflicts, see the Septemberist Revolt.

Bonnlitzer War
Part of Weranian Unification
Hømarked on fire within Rimso due to Estmerish naval bombardment.
Date 19 September – 3 November 1836 Location Strait of Roetenberg, Perovo Sea Result Cislanian victory: Personal union with Cislania maintained Scovernois monarchy relinquishes claims to the Bonnlitzer throne
Belligerents
Scovern	Cislania Bonnlitz-Ostbrücken Estmere
Commanders and leaders
Johann Augustus Anders Bæk-Bonde	Karl Rudolf Ulrich von Bayrhoffer Sebastian Murtz James III Marquess Hillingdon

The Bonnlitzer War (Mescon: Bonnlitzer-krigen, Weranian: Bonnlitzer Krieg), alternatively known as the Scovernois War (Weranian: Skovernischer Krieg) in Werania, was a brief conflict fought between Scovern and Cislania between September and November 1836. After Estmerish intervention in October, the monarchy of Scovern eventually relinquished their claims to the Bonnlitzer throne in favour of the Cislanian king Karl Rudolf. Cislanian victory in the Bonnlitzer war is often regarded as the first major event towards Cislania's unification of Werania in the 1830s and 1840s.

Prior to the war, Septemberists under the lead of Sebastian Murtz had displaced the Scovernois king Johann Augustus from the Bonnlitzer throne. Following a brief interregnum, the Bonnlitzer government invited Cislanian king Karl Rudolf to take the throne. This outraged Johann Augustus, who declared war on Cislania on September 19. Scovern wished to resort to a simple war of attrition, blockading Cislanian ports with its superior naval force, but a successful false flag attack orchestrated by Cislanian Minister-President Ulrich von Bayrhoffer and Estmerish Prime Minister Marquess Hillingdon brought Estmere into the war on October 5.

A joint Estmerish-Cislanian fleet destroyed the Scovernois forces at the Battle of the Perovo Sea on October 22, with the Estmerish-led fleets now bombarding Rimso in an attempt to destroy the rest of the Scovernois naval forces. This bombardment led to high civilian casualties in the city, forcing Scovern to sue for peace on November 3, relinquishing its claims to the Bonnlitzer throne.

The war was a major step forward for pan-Weranicists and the Kingdom of Cislania towards Weranian Unification. The destruction of the Scovernois fleet massively altered the balance of power in Northern Euclea in favour of the Cislanian–Estmerish alliance, and Estmere emerged as the principle benefactor of Weranian unification. In Scovern, the war was highly controversial, and directly led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty with the Constitution of Scovern in 1840. Cislania eventually went on to unify the remainder of the Weranian states in 1842 in the Weranian War of Unification.

See also

• Pileads and Tobias Labrax Holm for political implications in Scovern
• Weranian Unification