Editing Kingdom of Rovenia (section)

=== Hohenberg Dynastic Union ===
The expansion of the [[w:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]] into the Balkans directly threatened Rovenia following the Battle of Dravina (1489). The collapse of neighboring Christian kingdoms culminated in the death of King Nikola II without an heir in 1526. The Rovenian Diet met at Veligrad in 1527 and split into two factions: a domestic party electing Prince Matija Veleslav, and an imperial party supporting Archduke [[w:Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand von Hohenberg]].

Following five years of civil conflict, the Treaty of Veligrad (1532) recognized Ferdinand as king, bringing Rovenia into a personal dynastic union with the Hohenberg Monarchy. Rovenia retained its separate crown, legal system, Diet, and tax privileges. To counter recurring Ottoman incursions, a specialized [[w:Military Frontier|Military Frontier]] was established along the southern border between 1593 and 1606, populated by refugee communities granted land in exchange for lifetime military service.

The [[w:Reformation|Protestant Reformation]] gained strong support in northern urban centers during the mid-16th century. Tensions between Protestant estates and the Catholic Hohenberg monarchs led to the failed Veligrad Estates Revolt of 1621 during the [[w:Thirty Years' War|Thirty Years' War]]. The defeat of the estates resulted in the execution of leading Protestant nobles, land confiscations, and a forced [[w:Counter-Reformation|Counter-Reformation]] led by the [[w:Jesuits|Jesuits]].

During the 18th century, Empress [[w:Maria Theresa|Maria Katarina]] (r. 1740–1780) reaffirmed the Golden Compact in exchange for Rovenian military support during the [[w:War of the Austrian Succession|War of the Austrian Succession]]. Her reign, along with that of her successor [[w:Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], introduced administrative centralization, compulsory primary education, and land reform, laying the infrastructural groundwork for the modern administrative state.