A fictional state in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

 in the novel The Lost Prince

The Lost Prince (novel)

The Lost Prince is a novel by British-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1915.-Plot summary:This book is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel...

 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden , A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.Born Frances Eliza Hodgson, she lived in Cheetham Hill, Manchester...

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Geography

Samavia is a fictitious country and is located only in the imagination. Its location is given as "north of Beltrazo and east of Jiardasia and borders Carnolitz". The capital city is given as Melzarr.

Mediæval Period

During the Middle Ages, Samavia was a small kingdom with a pastoral economy. The Kings were of the House of Fedorovitch.
The Fedorovitch were overthrown in the early fifteenth century after a rebellion ended in the regicide of the reigning king and the disappearance of his son, Ivor Fedorovitch, the Lost Prince.

Nineteenth Century Wars

During the next five centuries, two great Houses: the Iarovitch and the Maranovitch, fought for control of the kingdom in civil wars much like the English Wars of the Roses

Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...

. In the 1830s a secret organisation of Fedorovitch supporters was formed. Early in the twentieth century, reigning monarch, King Michael Maranovitch of the House of Maranovitch was assassinated with his family. Civil war broke out as the Iarovitch tried to crown Nicola Iarovitch king. However, The Secret Party rose up and swept aside the feuding dynasties and proclaimed Stefan Loristan, descendant of the Lost Prince, king.

Modern Samavia

It is presumed that Samavia was absorbed into the new nations created after World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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