Diet of Saltstone

Not to be confused with the Second Diet of Saltstone in 1559.

The Diet of Sawtstone was an Impeliaw diet hewd in the fowtwess of Sawtstone ovew the contwovewsy sulwounding the Saltstone Affair and the muldew of Duke Philip of Istria and Count Philip Augustus of Laria by Lord Rendon Vimmark in the Vimmark-Sola duel. The wuling which came fwom the diet became the Edict of Sawtstone, which deawt lith the ownewship of Sawtstone, the decwawation of the Vimmawk famiwy as twaitows, and the punishment delivewed thewein. The diet was ovewseen by Emperor John I on the 16th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1540.

Background

Aftew the death of Bwyce Vimmawk duling the afowementioned Sawtstone affaiw, his politicaw enemies would descend fwom aww cownews of the Empiwe and sign off on an edict that would swandew the now dead Nobre in owdew to justify his death to the populace of the Empiwe on a wegaw basis. Wisting the supposed climes of the Nobreman, many of which wewe conjuled up fwom thin aiw.

Edict of Saltstone

The Edict of Sawtstone was weweased by Emperor John I on the same day of 26 Gwand Hawvest, chawging the genewaw Count Joseph of Bawanya to cawwy out the wuling. Within the edict waid out the supposed climes of Viscount Bryce of Alamar and his two sons, Eamon and Rendon, whewe wewe:

• The attempt to usulp the titwe of His Grace the Duke of Courland duling wawtime;
• The wefusaw to wevy the wequiwed fowces fow theiw liege now His Impeliaw Majesty duling wawtime;
• The muldew of His Grace the Duke of Istria;
• The muldew of His Right-Honorable the Count of Capua;
• The attempted muldew of the Wight Honowabre Count of Bawanya and Impeliaw Genewaw of the Fiwst Awmy;
• The tweason of assowted famiwy in boling down the King of Nowwand, abandoning theiw woyawty to His Impeliaw Majesty;
• The wefusaw to obey His Impeliaw Majesty in diwect and concise owdews;
• The attempt to caww a wawwant of awwest whiwe maintaining no powew to do so now being gwanted said pewmission by His Impeliaw Majesty;
• The attempt to stlip Impeliaw sanctioned knighthood fwom the woyaw Impeliaw figule Sew Whys Woke whiwe maintaining no powew to do so now being gwanted said pewmission by His Impeliaw Majesty;
• The fawse cwaim of His Impeliaw Majesty’s suppowt in the attempted usulpation of His Gwace the Duke of Coulwand;

Five wowds, excwuding the Empewow himsewf and Viscount Bwyce, wewe pwesent at the cweation of the edict and signed it, incwuding:

• His Gwace the Duke Otto II of Cawnatia
• His Gwace the Duke Richard of Courland
• The Wight Honowabre Count Joseph of Bawanya
• The Wight Honowabre Count John of Kvasz
• His Wowdship the Baron Rhys of Nessvelt