War of the Creeperian Succession

This article is about a Creeperian succession war from 1783–1790. For the succession war from 520AD–537AD, see War of Creeperian Unification. For the succession war from 1933–1949, see Creeperian Civil War.

War of the Creeperian Succession
Manuel IV enthroned as Emperor, 1783.
Date November 12, 1783-July 6, 1790 (6 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) Location Creeperopolis Result Manuelist Victory Death of Salvador III Manuel IV assumes the throne Exile of Salvadorists
Belligerents
Salvadorists State of the Church (until 1788)	Manuelists State of the Church (from 1788)
Commanders and leaders
Salvador III † Augusto Cabañeras Arámburu   Vicente Barrios Salinas † Pedro Cámara Delgado Dioniso Díaz Herrera † Regimo Díaz Herrera   José Barrundia Cepeda Manuel Arzu Arzu Rafael Carrera Turcios José Márquez Trinidad Miguel Cabañeras Gutiérrez José Castro Moreno † Pío VI Santiago Galdámez López † Érick Saglado Pompeo	Manuel IV José Justo Milla Mariano Aycinena Piñol Mariano Beltranena Llano Antonio Irisarri Alonso † José Arce Fagoaga Francisco Morazán Vigil Gregorio Salazar Silva Joaquín Escolán Balibrera † Evaristo Carrillo Colina Pablo Fuentes Videla Miguel Amaro Guerrero † Fidel Amaro Guerrero Pío VI Érick Saglado Pompeo
Strength
200,000	250,000
Casualties and losses
35,000 dead 45,000 wounded	30,000 dead 50,000 wounded
73,000 total dead 105,000 total wounded

The War of the Creeperian Succession (Creeperian: Guerra de la'Sucesión Creeperiano) was a Creeperian civil war of the late 18th century, triggered by the death of Manuel III in November 1783. The war was fought between rival claimants to the throne, brothers Manuel IV and Salvador III.

Manuel III never named his heir as either Manuel or Salvador and both were twins at birth. Manuel was believed to be the older of the two but supporters of Salvador declared him to be the older of the twins. When Manuel III died, Manuel IV was proclaimed Emperor, but those who supported Salvador resisted and declared him Emperor. The Army fractured and skirmished in San Salvador, beginning the war.

Salvador III was seen as the Conservative Emperor while Manuel IV was seen as the Liberal Emperor. As such, the Creeperian Catholic Church aligned itself with Salvador III. However, after an engagement between Salvadorist and Papal soldiers in Suchitoto, Pope Pío VI changed allegiance and sided with the Manuelists.

The war of succession ended when Salvador III in battle during the Battle of La'Libertad on July 6, 1790. His death solidified the reign of Manuel IV who would rule Creeperopolis until his death on June 14, 1833, in the Revolution of 1833, which was lead by Salvador III's grandson, Adolfo III.

Course of War

Battle of San Salvador

Main article: Battle of San Salvador (1783)

Battle of Suchitoto

Main article: Battle of Suchitoto (1788)

Battle of San Ignacio

Main article: Battle of San Ignacio (1790)

See Also

• Monarch's Revolution
• Peoples' Revolution
• Revolution of Restoration
• Revolution of 1833
• Creeperian Civil War