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| Introucing Nouvel Acadie | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 28 2014, 07:29 PM (77 Views) | |
| Nouvel Acadie | Aug 28 2014, 07:29 PM Post #1 |
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Nouvel Acadie is a restoration of the French Nobility in the North Atlantic. Two crises in neighboring regions - Canada and the Continental Federation - provided the catalyst to establish this Kingdom. In the Continental Federation - the successor nation to the US, characterized by an authoritarian military regime - found itself beset with internal strife and rebellion. As a result, the military made the decision to withdraw to the cities and critical transportation and population centers, leaving the fringes of the nation to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, in Canada, a sudden invasion toppled the government, leaving the maritime provinces and eastern reaches of Québec cut off from most services. This vacuum of authority opened the door for the re-establishment of French titles to land that had been buried since the Treaty of Utrecht and the subsequent French loss on the Plains of Abraham. Under the leadership of Thomas de Valenciennes, King of Nouvel Acadie, a new nation was declared. The lands have been divided into Eight Fiefdoms, with French Nobleman (and one Noblewoman) appointed as Ducs and Duchesse for the administration of the Kingdom. The Eight Fiefdoms and Noble Vassals of each are as follows: 1) Maison de Bourbon-Maine. It had always been said that the House of Bourbon-Maine became extinct at the death of Louis Charles de Bourbon, Comte d’Eu, on 13 July 1775, having died with no children. In reality, Louis Charles produced a son (also named Louis Charles) through Marie Adèle d’Hermine, who was kept hidden to prevent assassination during the conspiracy by neighboring royal houses to absorb the province of Maine in the 18th Century. Ironically, the original House of Bourbon-Maine was established when the House of Bourbon validated an illegitimate heir a century earlier; it has now been re-established by the granting of land in Nouvel Acadie to Jean Marc, Duc de Bourbon-Maine. 2) Maison de Valenciennes In the 17th Century, the city of Valenciennes was a thriving wool, flax, and textile center under the protection of the Spanish Hapsburgs. The Hapsburgs permitted the local House of Valenciennes to retain local governance over their region, but in 1677 the armies of Louis XIV captured the area and declared the House of Valenciennes to be enemies of the French Crown. The current heir has amassed an army of corsairs, and has taken title to the former Gaspésie as Thomas, Duc de Valenciennes, and Roi du Nouvel Acadie. 3) Maison de Lorraine Lorraine became an autonomous duchy within the Holy Roman Empire until 1766, after which it became annexed to France via aristocratic house alliances. Succession was complicated when duke François Stephen de Lorraine took the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. This vacuum in leadership and the subsequent French Revolution resulted in the duchy being incorporated fully into the French Republic and the exile of the royal family. Duchy heir Édouard-Michel is now Duc de Lorraine in Nouvel Acadie. 4. Maison de Pontchateau On 26 August 1718, a ruling by Regent Phillip II negated the rights of the Duke of Bourbon-Maine’s (Grandfather of Louis-Charles, referred to above) to exercise land options granted him by Louis XIV; word spread that he was going to try to overthrow the regency as a result. Throughout Brittany it was rumored that the Duke was recruiting troops. Several hundred Breton nobles met with the Marquis de Pontchateau, a noble with an enormous fortress near Vannes, to discuss a course of action. On 29 December 1718, the Duke and Duchess of Maine were arrested; Pontchateau was himself arrested on December 28, 1719 along with 70 other nobles from Breton. At trial, 20 were found guilty of conspiracy, and four were condemned to death, including Pontchateau, who was decapitated the same day. The verdict shocked the Breton region, who rose up and confronted Philip. They declared Britany’s Act of Union with France “null" and sought Spanish help to secure the "absolute” independence of Brittany. Today, Guillaume, Duc de Pontchateau has been restored to his family’s rights in Nouvel Acadie. 5. Maison De Guise The House of Guise was founded as a branch of the House of Lorraine (see above) by Claude, first Duc de Guise, in the 16th Century. Claude's daughter, Marie de Guise (1515–1560), married King James V of Scotland and was mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, the key to restoring Catholicism to Britain. This prompted a conspiracy in which Protestants plotted to destroy the House of Guise. A bloody series of battles and massacres on both sides ensued over the following years. Weary after decades of battle, the House of Guise receded from its prominent position in French politics; In 1688, stronger nobles from adjacent lands declared the line ended, and divided the vast Guise estates and titles among them. The line has been restored in Nouvel Acadie under the able reign of Marie-Collette, Duchesse de Guise. 6. Maison de Normandie-sur-la-Manche Normandy’s own Samuel de Champlain left Honfleur in 1604 and founded most of the lands comprising Nouvel Acadie. In the 1780s, the economic crises and the aftermath of the French Revolution struck Normandy particularly hard; the nobles saw their castles in Ganne, Gavray, Gateau, and Pirou destroyed. While most of the nobles in this region have been scattered, line that hails from the La Manche region of Lower Normandie continues in Nouvel Acadie under the rule of Émile, Duc de Normandie-sur-la-Manche 7. Maison de Picardy In the same campaign that saw the exile of the House of Valenciennes, the French government created a military region in the lands of Picardy as a bulwark against the Spanish Hapsburgs. Fearing Hapsburg sympathizers in the lands and House of Picardy, many estates were seized and the region’s borders redrawn, separate from what was historically defined as the lands of Picardy. In slicing up the historic estates, the military caused bloody infighting among the nobles, each trying to preserve a piece of what noble lands remained. In revisiting the original borders and tracing the lineage, Nouvel Acadie has granted a fiefdom to Pierre-René, Duc de Picardy. 8. Maison de Charbonneau-Lyons In the 17th Century, Jean-Luc de Lyons was a financial supporter of numerous expeditions to New France, for which he was offered land grants in New France near the Maine/New Brunswick border. Upon receiving the grants, Charbonneau sold most of his estates in Lyon in a transaction that enabled him to retain the hereditary title “Duc de Lyons.” After moving to the new world to engage in the fur trade, his estate found itself caught in a border war between the British who assumed control of Acadia and the new United States, who disagreed on the border between the nations. The issue was settled with a map – later determined to be fraudulent – and de Lyons found his lands suddenly on the US side of the border at a time when royalty was out of fashion in the new nation. The new de Lyons scion, Jean-Claude, adopted the name of his wife, Charbonneau, to avoid being identified with royalty. It was to no avail, as a subsequent court decision refused to recognize his land claims in the new nation, and his estates were distributed among American lumber companies. The new Kingdom of Nouvel Acadie has restored these lands to the current Jean-Michel, Duc de Charbonneau-Lyons |
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| Almonaster | Aug 28 2014, 07:49 PM Post #2 |
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Wow! Excellent history. Welcome to Canada.
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You use a mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul. ~ G. B. Shaw Visit Al's FractAl Gallery I'm in ur detailz likin' ur sinz.
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| ParrrrTay | Aug 28 2014, 08:03 PM Post #3 |
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...just a girl in the world.
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WTC
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The Pubs of Parkplace Delegate, Canada Long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be ~P.FLOYD Sail on my friend... Holding Shelter Twirl Hippy Chick twirl | |
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| Matilda Love | Aug 28 2014, 08:31 PM Post #4 |
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^ Daedal Devil ^
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I agree with ^ |
![]() Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart go together. ParrrrTay | |
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| Almonaster | Aug 28 2014, 08:35 PM Post #5 |
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We're a pretty agreeable lot, really. |
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You use a mirror to see your face. You use works of art to see your soul. ~ G. B. Shaw Visit Al's FractAl Gallery I'm in ur detailz likin' ur sinz.
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| Stormaen | Aug 29 2014, 02:49 AM Post #6 |
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Sir Storm of the Order of the Maple Leaf
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Welcome to Canada, albeit a factioned Canada in your history!
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Speaker of the House of Commons "Every joke is a tiny revolution." – George Orwell
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| Nouvel Acadie | Aug 29 2014, 04:06 PM Post #7 |
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Well, I had to find a way to carve a nation in the region without appearing to be belligerent myself, so I assumed an internal problem outside of my control or influence :-) |
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