Timeline of the Stellar Kingdom of Laurasia (1230-1320)

This is the Timeline of the Stellar Kingdom of Laurasia, which serves as a resumption of the General History of Laurasia, Part VII. It covers the history of the Stellar Kingdom from 1230, shortly after the birth of King Artabanus, to the eve of the Laurasian Empire's establishment, and the end of the Great Briannian War (1320).

For the history of Laurasia after 1320, see Timeline of the Laurasian Empire (1321-1500) and Timeline of the Laurasian Empire (1501-1700).

=Timeline of the Stellar Kingdom of Laurasia (1230-1320)=

13th century (1201-1300)
The thirteenth century commenced on January 1, 1201, and ended on December 31, 1300, of the Hyperdrive Era system.

1230-1232

 * Following the birth of Grand Prince Artabanus in March 1229, celebrations had ensued at the Royal Court, on Laurasia Prime, and in other important star systems of the Stellar Kingdom. As had been noted in the General History, King Leonidas greeted the birth of his son with much joy, believing that he had ensured the continuing existence of the Leonidian Dynasty. Pope Filaret and Abbess-General Martha, the Grand Prince's grandparents, had extended their blessings to him; the Pope, moreover, had presided over his baptism ceremony. Indeed, during the course of the next three years, the Kingdom's dominions continued to reside in a general state of peace and prosperity, continuing their recovery from the travails of the Time of Troubles. In July 1229, King Leonidas and Queen Valeria embarked upon a progress from Laurasia Prime, and through the strongholds of the Laurasian Purse Region. Charasia, Americana, Taurasia, Vetta, Volta, Sarai, Lusculum, Tusculum, Oxia Vixius, Augis V, Apathama Vixius, Janesia, Maroni, Dearton's Gateway, and the strongholds of the Constantine Cluster were among the worlds visited by Their Majesties, over a progress which continued until their return to Laurasia Prime on October 1. The King then commissioned the construction of the Leonidian Obelisk in the City of Christiania; construction on it began in November 1229, and was to finish in January 1231. In January 1230, King Leonidas embarked upon another progress, this time to Darcia, where he presided over the dedication of St. Suthulmus's Cathedral in Corcae City.
 * By that point, Queen-Consort Valeria was pregnant once more, this being announced on Ascentmas Eve, 1229. The Queen's pregnancy proceeded with little complication, and at Fortunata Mansion on Darsis (July 14, 1230), she gave birth to their fourth child, who was christened Anna. Leonidas had hoped for the birth of another son, to provide another sibling for Artabanus, and more insurance for his dynasty. However, he decided to accept the fact of Anna's birth, and ordered for lavish celebrations to be held to mark the occasion. In August 1230, the King embarked upon another progress, this time into the Malarian Provinces; his visit to Malaria Prime, conducted from August 29-September 7, was particularly notable. During these months, moreover, Pope Filaret and the Royal Council continued to implement a series of policies beneficial to the Royal Laurasian Government. In November 1229, the Pope ordered for the establishment of a legal commission to review all orders, regulations, and manifestos issued relating to military tenancy, the apportionment of military obligations upon noble and ecclesiastical estates, and the levying system employed in the Purse Region. This commission, which had begun its work on December 11 of that year, continued to meet until April 14, 1230, when it produced its final report for the Council. The King, acting on his father's persuasion, then convened a session of the Aristocratic Duma (June 1, 1230), and ordered them to prepare a new and uniform military obligations code.
 * The Duma proceeded to its work, and after some effort, the Uniform Code of Military Obligations and Tenure appeared (September 19, 1230). This code compiled all laws, regulations, and statutes relating to military tenancy, obligations, and levies; established an Office of Military Provision, in the Royal Chancellory, to take charge of all future reports and disputes concerning military appropriations; and mandated an annual accounting of military obligations by the Duma, so as to determine noble responsibilities in regards to levying and conscription for the forces. The Uniform Code served to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the Laurasian armed forces. In October 1230, the Pope sponsored the establishment of the Papal Archives of Colombia, which was to become one of the chief academic centers of learning on Laurasia Prime. Two months later, by the decree of December 7, 1230, the Ecclesiastical Chancellory was reorganized, with the Pope and his secretariat gaining additional responsibilities over wills, probates, heresy, sexual deviancy, and other moral cases. The Chancellory was now organized into four departments: Judiciary, Civil, Treasury, and Palace. The first became responsible for the affairs of all ecclesiastical courts; the second took charge for the affairs of "the church decorum"; the third became responsible for all clerical taxes, obligations, tithes, and offerings; and the fourth became responsible for the management of all papal estates, chantries, monasteries, and landholdings. In January 1231, moreover, Filaret was to order for the compilation of a uniform inventory on all ecclesiastical properties, and in 1232, he would revise the Charters of Monasterial Administration, redefining land claims, service terms, and economic activity rights by the Carthusian, Cistercian, and Augustinian Orders.
 * King Leonidas and Pope Filaret were both, however, now dealt a personal blow. On January 27, 1231, the King's mother, Abbess-General Martha, Duchess of Cassanova, died at the Vemay Monastery on Jenny, aged 70. When Leonidas was informed, at the Celestial Palace, of his mother's death, he was sent into a fit of bewailment, and had to be comforted by Prince Pozharkius, who had been made Mayor of Christiania and Commander of the Celestial Palace Control in November 1228, in recognition of his earlier services during the Time of Troubles. The Pope took the news much more calmly, and ordered for a solemn mass to be conducted in his wife's memory. The Abbess-General would be buried at the Vemay Monastery on March 8, 1231, in a ceremony attended by the King and Queen, along with Grand Prince Artabanus and the magnates of the Royal Court, and presided over by the Pope. In April 1231, Filaret reshuffled the positions on the Royal Council. He now appointed Sir Theodosius Licharia (1181-1236), as the new Secretary of the Royal Chancellory, and placed him in charge of the Bureaus of Correspondence and Foreign Affairs. Licharia, however, would fall out of favor with the Pope in due course, and in January 1232, he in turn would be replaced with Sir Honorius Grazania (1187-1234), who was more supportive of his policies.
 * Indeed, by September 1231, Filaret was engaged in preparations for renewed war with the Polonian-Donguarian Commonwealth. Ever since the conclusion of the Treaty of Deulino in 1218, the recovery of the Central Core had been a major goal of the Royal Laurasian Government. Filaret believed that the concession of that region to Polonian authority was only temporary, and that to restore the Stellar Kingdom's prestige, it would be necessary to drive the Polonians out. Consequently, he embarked upon a major expansion and revitalization of Laurasian military ranks; continued with his administrative innovations, and in a speech of September 27, 1231, to the Duma and Royal Council, declared that unless action were taken against Polonia, the "spirits of the ancestors of Our Lords would never be appeased." In November, the Pope conducted a tour of Maroni, Janesia, and Dearton's Gateway, overseeing the re-mobilization of Laurasian military forces at that strongholds. And on December 12, he issued instructions to the Royal Headquarters, ordering for the drafting of plans for campaigns into the Clancian Provinces.
 * The Pope was now further encouraged in his schemes by the declining health of King Sigis'ac of Polonia-Donguaria. The King, who had once held such high ambitions in Laurasian territory, and had acclimated himself to the loss of his hereditary Briannian Crown, spent the last years of his reign focusing on the affairs of his personal household, on the patronage of the arts and sciences in his dominions, and on securing the succession for his son, Prince Wladyslaw. The King continued to clash with the Polonian Parliament, and in November 1230, he was forbidden by the Parliament to implement any future executive directives relating to royal estates, honors, or orders without first obtaining consent from the Magisterial Court. Nevertheless, Sigis'ac was able to maintain a modicum of respect with the Polonian-Donguarian nobility, and all of his actions were pursued in their interests. On July 10, 1231, Queen-Consort Constarra of Donguaria, to whom Sigis'ac had been married for twenty-six years, died. The death of Constarra greatly affected the King, and his health now began to enter a general decline. The King now experienced severe psychological and mental problems, and in September 1231, suffered a attack of nervous prostration on Polonia Minor. He now delegated most of his governing responsibilities to his son, though in October 1231, the Parliament refused to offer a guarantee of the Prince's election to succeed his father during his lifetime. In January 1232, Sigis'ac returned to Polonia Major for the last time, and now retreated to the Royal Palace.
 * On April 23, he suffered a major heart attack in his private quarters, and was now rushed to the Royal Hospital of Polonia. The King's physicians failed to restore his condition, and he fell into a rapid coma. Finally, on April 30, 1232, Sigis'ac II Vasa, King-Emperor of the Polonian-Donguarian Commonwealth, and formerly King of Briannia, died at the Royal Hospital in Warsanian City, Polonia Major. He was sixty-five years old, and had reigned over the Commonwealth for forty-four years, which was to be the longest reign in the Commonwealth's history. At the time of his death, he was the most senior monarch in the Caladarian Galaxy, having held that status since the death of Theodoric the Great in August 1226.

14th century (1301-1400)
The fourteenth century commenced on January 1, 1301, and ended on December 31, 1400, of the Hyperdrive Era system.