Second Lyngaardian Civil War
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The Second Lyngaardian Civil War (Nørdspråg: Anden Lyngaardske Borgerkrig ) was a conflict which lasted from 2 November 1881 til 12 May 1886, which saw conflict between a Revolutionary, Anti-Clerical, Anti-Monarchist Republican Movement and supporters of the Haxthausen Monarchy. The September Coup is Consitered the inciting event, when on the 13th of September suppoerters of MP Karolus Molzen-Stuhr took control of parliament, forcing a resolution to abolish the monarchy. However the War did not start in ernest until the Battle of the Guldsmedgade Baraccades between Molzen-Stuhr's New Continental Army and the remnants of the Royal Army under the command of Burchardt von Sølvgranfelt. The republic would establish itself in Fyrhøgh, making it its capital, they would command much of the Medøxnej River Basin, the Central Stålland Region and the Northern Indiginous Trust Lands. The Loyalist would consolidate around the city of Regnhavn and the Eastern Highlands.
After the events of the First Lyngaardian Civil War the Monarchy would attempt to influence power through supporters in the Lundsthing. Conservatives would win a majority in the 1845 Elections. Chancellor Nikolaj Knudssen Would push through the Privlidge Act which would ammend the Instrament of State to allow King Fredrick II more involvement in state, including explicite approval of Governing Coalitions, Veto Power for all ministrial appointments, and Consultation on Domestic Policy. This incesnsed the Radicel Faction of Parliament. after the 1865 Elections The Radicel Faction had taken majority, but were blocked from forming a government, instead Fredrick II would approve a Conservative Minority Government headed by Anders Knud Henning. From 1865 til 1878 the Conservatives would hold power via Minority Government, with the death of Fredrick II in 1878 his son King Christian Magnus IX would take the crown. after the new King renewed a Minority Government under Hans Walløe the Radicals would stage a perminant walkout, putting the Lundsthing out of quorum. Walløe would conven the Council of Ministers who would then vote to authorize Emergency Powers to the King. The Radicals would form a Parallel Government in Fyrhøgh under the leadership of Karolus Molzen-Stuhr. The Radical Faction would reform into the Folkeudvalget and would establish the Rødvagter Militia in the mostly industrial urban center when the radicals traditionally held power.
On December of 1879 officers from the Kongelig Konstabulær would attempt to evict Pro-Folkeudvalget Protestors from Kongernesplads which had been occupied weeks before. Armed Rødvagter Militiamen would guard the protestors. the Officers would open fire after a gunshot was heard. They would kill 47 protestors and would nearly 400 before evicting the square. This would be the impotist for the Semptermber coup, which recieved backing from some sections of the military, notablly from Brigadier Sigbjørn Samuelsen. The Coup would depose King Christian Magnus IX and disband the Lundthing. Molzen-Stuhr would have the Republikanske Råd in Fyrhøgh elect him as President of the newly proclaimed Glorius Republic of the North. The Rødvagter would be merged with the army which supported the coup, along with several Indiginous Territorial Militias into the New Continental Army.
The Republicans would see success early on, killing King Christian Magnus IX during the Battle of Dødtræhøj and coming within 12km of Regnhavn. However serious military faliurs stuck the republicans, pro-clergy counter-revolutions within the Medøxnej River Basin and poor military cohesion led to a string of defeats at Sørenstad, Nyvik, Glücksborg, and Sorørød which ultimately led to the Siege of Fyrhøgh in 1883. Molzen-Stuhr would retreat to the Indiginous Trust Lands and organize an army attack the Loyalist from the northwest. This would promt the Loyalist Army to conduct the Sundering of the North, traditionally seen as an extention of the Genocide of Indiginous People's in Lyngaard. Fyrhøgh would fall in 1885 and force the Surrender of the Folkeudvalget. Molzen-Stuhr would continue a Guerilla Campaign for some months, but would ultimately be captured and executed on 12th of May 1886.
The war was one of the most destructive events in Lyngaardian History. An estimated 7% of the nations total population would die as a result of the conflict whether through direct combat, famine, or illness. King Hans Matthaeus II would help compose a new constitution aimed at maintaining the status of the monarchy but transfering political authority to the Lundsthing in an attempt to prevent further conflict. The moderate radicals would reconcile with the Monarchy and form the Nationalpartiet. Becoming a strong political force, and would win a parliamentary majority in the 1890 Elections. The Conservatives would be religated to the opposition for the first time. The war also had a strong effect of Immigration to Lyngaard, as immigrants sought work in the industrial work force. it also established the political enviorment which would see thee Radicals dominate electoral politics for the ext 50 years until the 1940 election which saw the Kristendemokrater break the trend. The infamous Beboerskole Program would be started as a attempt to forcibly assimilate indiginous children, seen widly as punishment for their support for the Republic.