Queens' War

The Queens' War is a historical periodization used to describe a series of persistent armed conflicts primarily between Tiperyn and Agrana y Griegro and their allies. The conflicts were centered around the colonial posessions of belligerent powers and the western opening of the Eurybian Sea. Its name Queens' War was first coined in Hedrick Mooley's influential 1830 histiography of the conflict, derived from the fact that the leaders of Tiperyn and Agrana y Griegro at the height of the violence were female monarchs.

The war is commonly associated with the Western Artemian dash for Kesh and colonial confrontations in Avalonia after the largely uncontested first century of Western Artemian colonialism. At various times, other large Western Artemian colonial powers were also involved in the conflict on either side, but the war's continuity is typically defined by the Tiperyn-Tiberian rivalry. Various factors led to hostilities between the Tiperyn and Tiberian alliances in the 17th and 18th centuries, but key inciting factors included Agrana y Griegro's proclaimed dominance over West Eurybian Sea and partial control over access from the west (with potential for a similar situation in the South Kesh Bay), informal confrontations between Tiperyn and Tiberian colonials, Tiperyner fears of Agrana y Griegro's rapid colonial expansion, and trade wars.

The conflict saw the expansion of the Tiperyn and Tiberian colonial empires in some regions. For example, during the period Agrana y Griegro colonized Cagayan, Santa Magdalena, Cervera, Arroyo, and clients of Zahava. Meanwhile, Tiperyn colonized Komishima, Jade Sea, Abeille, New Valentina, Yukaminta (Kaya), and Pauwonia. However, the conflict is ascribed to have drawn resources from concurrent conflicts each power was waging at the time. For example, it has been argued that the Queens' War indirectly prolonged Tiperyn's Eukaminta War in southern Kaya and contributed to its defeat during the Brigantic War of Independence. At the same time, the Tiperyn-led alliance was able to challenge Agrana y Griegro's proclaimed dominance over the West Eurybian region and led to agreements which guaranteed access to the Eurybian Sea or the Iapetus Ocean for other western Eurybian powers.