Kingdom of England

England was a Kingdom. In 1066 it was fought over between Harold II of England and King Harald IV of Norway.

## Mercia

**Mercia** was an important province both for England and for the formation and the beginning of existence of the Kingdom of Cornwall. Mercia expanded quickly since 1066, leading it to rule over half of England, making it a counter to England itself, but also a threat to Cornwall. King Jon acknowledge the threat and arranged a marriage to bring "peace in his lifetime". He was successful in this, although by the time of the formation of his Kingdom, Mercia had already conquered three counties that belonged de-jure to Cornwall. While King Jon paid it little mind, as he did the Mercian vassals' plotting against him, since they had not the power to enforce their false claims and certain that they were merely weakening themselves, throwing gold to the wind which would be useless once they died, since these fictive claims couldn't follow to their heirs, upon his death King Iliad had the unfortunate surprise to discover that his uncle's alliances and even non-aggression pacts fell upon Jon's death, by the technicality that the marriages were not considered close enough to the blood of Iliad.

Since his ascension in 1124, Iliad lived nervously that his neighbors, including Mercia, Scotland and Norway, may attack him, and thus, as part of his large military reforms on April 25, 1134 declared Mercia a threat and decided to weaken it or destroy it if possible.

## Timeline

1066
* November 20: The Lords of England approve the Title Revocation Law.

1067
* January 10: Battle of Bedford: 10,000 Norsemen clash with 5,000 Anglo-Saxons led by Duke Gyrth.
* February 14: Battle of Bedford ends.
* August 17: Battle of Oxford: 8,800 Norsemen fight 7,700 Frenchmen under the banner of William the Bastard.
* September 12: Battle of Oxford: Harald's army swells to 10,000.
* September 22:
	+ Rhygyfarch ap Sulien brings proof of Earl Cadoc of Cornwall's ancestral right to the County of Devon.
	+ Earl Cadoc sends word that he is recruiting a Court Physician.
	+ Earl Cadoc borrows 300 ducats from the Jews, with which he hires The Irish Band; the debt would not be paid back until over half a century later, towards the end of the rule of King Jon the Magnificent.
	+ Earl Cadoc declares a War for Devon against Matthew of Devon.
	+ Battle of Oxford ends in clear Northern success.
* October 9: An untalented medical student named Gurmaeloe arrives at the court of Earl Cadoc, but he is recruits none-the-less as court physician.

1068
* February 2: Hendrik brings to Earl Cadoc a bag of 300 gold as taxes. He was rewarded with the title of designated regent.
* February 11: Battle of Wessex: Roughly 5,000 Norsemen clash with roughly 5,000 Franks.
* March 30: Battle of Wessex: King Harald IV of Norway is once again victorious.
* May 19: A host of 4,000 troops led by Duke William of Normandy are reported to march towards Devon, which was sieged by 1,900 troops under Earl Cadoc.
* May 26: Duke William's troops clash in the first true Battle of Devon.
* June 11:
	+ Battle of Devon: Outcome expected.
	+ Second Siege of Devon starts under the armies of Duke William.
* July 7: Duke Harold of Wessex accepted King Harald IV of Norway's peace offer; Wessex is annexed by the Kingdom of Norway.
* August 3: Second Battle of Devon: King Harald IV's 4,300 attack Duke William's 4,000.
* September 8: King Harald IV proposes to Earl Cadoc that Torgeir of Shetland tutor Conan of Cornwall; the Earl accepts.
* September 19: Second Battle of Devon: Even with reinforcements, the Nordic army loses.
* November 1: Battle of Somerset: William's victorious surviving troops of 2,900 bypass a 4,000 northern host in Dorset and instead clash with Earl Cadoc's remaining 1,200.
* November 11: Third Siege of Devon: Nearly 5,000 Northerners siege Devon while Earl Cadoc's troops are senselessly dying in the nearby county of Somerset.
* November 15: Hendrik is wounded by angry peasants.
* November 21: Battle of Somerset ends.
* November 25: Second Battle of Somerset.

1069
* January 2: Earl Cadoc's 600 personal troops arrive in Devon and fight a skirmish with the few dozen native defenders.
* January 6: Earl Cadoc crystalizes his military knowledge into Flat Terrain Expert.
* January 10: Skirmish ends, starting the Fourth Siege of Devon.
* January 26: Remaining 900 mercenary units return to reinforce the Siege of Devon; Gáethine will lead the center while Earl Cadoc takes the left flank.
* April 6: Jon Cerneu is born to Earl Cadoc and Countess Marguarite.
* September 2: Battle of Dorset: 4,200 Norsemen finally corner and fight the remaining 1,500 troops of Duke William.
* September 22: King Harald IV creates the Duchy of Hwicce.
* October 2: Battle of Dorset ends in a crushing near-lossless victory by the Norsemen.
* December 11: Siege of Devon ends.
* December 15: Earl Matthew of Devon renounces his claim on the County of Devon and flees, leaving it for Earl Cadoc.
* December 16: Earl Cadoc becomes Duke Cadoc as he publicly declares the reunification of the Duchy of Cornwall.

1070
* January 15: King Harald IV of Norway asks Duke Cadoc to become Commander of Norway.
* January 18: Duke Cadoc accepts.
* April 24: King Harald IV releases from prison Duke Harold of Essex.
* July 15: King Harald IV created the Duchy of Wessex.
* August 12: Duke William of Normandy accepts white peace from King Harald IV in the Norman Conquest.
* September 23: Duke Cadoc attempts to sway his daughter from taking the path of future son Jon.
* September 25: Duke Cadoc rejects advances by his good-sister Tanetbiu.
* October 13: Walter is born to Hendrik and Andregoto.
* October 29: Spymaster Mayor Talan of Bodmin secludes himself in fear of the coming plague.

1071
* April 27: Prince Olav of Norway dies "frothing at the mouth".
* May 2: Duke Cadoc is recognized as kind.
* September 30: Enoguen of Cornwall is recognized as charitable.
* November 2: As a result of pressure from his court, Duke Cadoc concedes to no longer talk to "lesser" people and is recognized as gregarious.

1072
* News of the Lollard Heresy appearing in the County of Vestfold.
* April 11: King Harold IV declares Norwegian-Scottish De Jure War over Cumberland on King Malcolm III of Scotland.

## Notes and references

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