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| + | Athalwolf von Salza was a Loyallist General. When Hans was still heading over to Swabia, and Wolfgang Hummel rebelled and formed the Principility, Athalwolf declared himself for the loyallists and fought Wolfgang for control of Swabia. Several times he fought against the Princpility, at the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Flemish Crossroads were decisive battles which Athalwolf attended, and also the short lived siege of Rheims. When the disatorous Battle of bern happened, and Duke hans died, in 1332, to years since the war started, Athalwolf was made Duke of Swabia for his services. | ||
===The "Principality of Swabia"=== | ===The "Principality of Swabia"=== | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 22 November 2007
The Swabian Civil War is an internal conflict in the play-by-email King of the Romans.
The Factions
The Loyalists
Duke Hans of Swabia
Athalwolf von Salza
Athalwolf von Salza was a Loyallist General. When Hans was still heading over to Swabia, and Wolfgang Hummel rebelled and formed the Principility, Athalwolf declared himself for the loyallists and fought Wolfgang for control of Swabia. Several times he fought against the Princpility, at the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Flemish Crossroads were decisive battles which Athalwolf attended, and also the short lived siege of Rheims. When the disatorous Battle of bern happened, and Duke hans died, in 1332, to years since the war started, Athalwolf was made Duke of Swabia for his services.
The "Principality of Swabia"
"Prinz" Wolfgang Hummel
Jan von der Pfalz
Jan von der Pfalz was a minor Swabian who served several seasons as a military trainer in Staufen under Duke Hans. For reasons concerning the direction the Reich was heading, he became discontent and decided to join Wolfgang Hummel to make a better future. He fled Staufen with the men he trained, and headed to Antwerp, where he was appointed Count.
Ludwig von Bohmen
The Army of Light
Dietrich von Dassel
Other Key Characters
Kaiser Elberhard
Lothar Steffen
Jan von Hamburg
Hugo Merode
Peter von Kastilien
Peter von Kastilien was politically opposed to Duke Hans, had cast his lot with Dietrich and Wolfgang as a Lutheran, and was expected by all to join the war on the side of the Army of Light or the Principality of Swabia.
Hans was besieging Metz and Peter had the perfect opportunity to decisively swing the war in the rebels' favor by attacking him from behind and having the Metz rebels join him to envelop Hans's forces, but instead he joined Hans in the assault of Metz, surprising the Army of Light and Lothar Steffen, and perhaps changing the outcome of the Swabian Civil War completely.
Battles
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Flemish Crossroads
The Battle of the Flemish Crossroads started during the year 1328, in Flanders. The two sides were Wolfgang Hummel, verus Athalwolf von Salza. The two Armys met during early morning, where they deployed behind a number of hills and forests. Wolfgang moved his army across the plains, while some of his men were sent through the forests, where Loyallist Infantry waited. Athalwolf waited.
Some Imperial Knights of Wolfgang charged Athalwolf's flank, but were all killed opposed to only one unit of Dismounted Imperial Knights, who also were sluaghtered. Wolfgang's Army met Athalwolf's head on, and after some intense fighting AThalwolf retrreated to a more favourable position of a sqaure formation.
It was when the Loyallists were waiting, and Wolfgang coming,that a arranged trick happened. One regiment of supposed Loyallist Infantry revealed its true colors and attacked Athalwolf's army from within while they were besieged from outside. Athalwolf retreated from the battlefield with most of his infantry gone, and went to Staufen with his remains of a army.
From there Wolfgang advanced to Antwerp to where he fought of the siegers, the Danes, and won.
Battle of Bern
The Battle of Bern began when Rebel Lutheran Dietrich von Dassel was trapped in the city by the besieging army of Loyalist and Catholic Duke Hans. King Jan von Hamburg, recently come from Outremer, called for a crusading army to join Hans in his assault. At the same Lutheran religious leader Alexander Luther called upon pious Lutherans to provide an army to relieve the siege. Both succeeded, and converged upon the city within hours of Hans beginning his assault on Bern in 1330. King Jan arrived with his crusader army from the south while Lutheran general Hugo Merode brought his troops from the north.
Hans, camped outside the North Gate, turned away from the city to destroy the Lutheran advance guard. Dietrich sallied forth with a large part of his army to help his ally, seeming to catch Hans's army in a deadly pincher maneuver between his and Hugo's forces. This appearance was deceptive, and Hans army managed to destroy the bulk of both Lutheran armies and kill Hugo Merode, at the cost of his own life. He was captured by Dietrich von Dassel, who beheaded him in revenge for one Jen Hummel. Some of king Jan's cavalry caught up with the fleeing von Dassel, and killed him on the spot. King Jan also died, after succeeding in assaulting the South Gate. He died fighting for the town square.
Although the loyalists won, the Battle of Bern is regarded as a tragic event. Nearly all of Swabia's leadership died in a single battle, leaving only rebel Wolfgang Hummel and official heir to the dukeship Athalwolf von Salza as credible leaders in the Duchy. The remainder of the house consists of young generals who have not yet attained much authority.
