Lyrian golpe

The Lyrian golpe was a coup organized by Count Caldwell and supported by Nilfgaardian Duke Ardal aep Dahy aimed at removing Queen Meve from the throne of Lyria and Rivia, replacing her with her son, Prince Villem.

The coup
At the beginning of the Second Northern War, few days after Nilfgaardian invasion of Lyria and Battle of Dravograd, Count Caldwell, Villem and the Council of Peers suggested the queen to acknowledge Nilfgaardian superiority and to surrender the country to the Imperials, thus avoiding losses and massacres. Before the queen's rejection, the Lyrian aristocracy, which already signed a pact with Nilfgaard during the queen's absence, arrested Meve and offered the crown to Villem, who was later crowned by Count Caldwell as Villem the First.