Eleven Kingdoms (fictional) - Meara

Meara lies along the coast of the Atalantic Ocean at the western edge of the Eleven Kingdoms, bordered on the north and east by Gwynedd and The Connait to the south. It is founded as a sovereign principality in the seventh century, but generations of internal conflict and strife prevent the realm from any significant expansion. Meara becomes a vassal state of Gwynedd in 877, but the Mearan royal line continues to govern the land for the next two centuries. In 1025, the eldest daughter and heiress of the last Mearan prince marries King Malcom Haldane of Gwynedd, but many Mearan nobles refuse to acknowledge her marriage or Gwyneddan dominion over their land. A string of Mearan Pretenders rise up over the next century in an attempt to secure independence for the land, but a series of military expeditions by Malcolm and his descendants succeed in maintaining Gwyneddan rule in Meara. The last Mearan Pretender is eventually defeated in 1124 by King Kelson Haldane, and the last scions of the old Mearan line renounce their claims to the Mearan throne in 1128. That same year, the lands of Meara are incorporated into Gwynedd as the Duchy of Laas and the Duchy of Ratharkin.