The Fifty Year's War

Final Fantasy Tactics - The War of The Lions (ファイナルファンタジータクティクス 獅子戦争 Fainaru Fantajī Takutikusu Shishi Sensō). The half-century of conflict between Ivalice and Ordallia is today known as the Fifty Year's War. The beginning of the Fifty Year's War can be traced to the death of Ordallia's King Devanne III, and his failure to name a successor. His cousin, Varoi VI was next in line for the trone : however. King Denanda II of Ivalice (the uncle of Devanne III) proclaimed himself the rightful heir and declared war on Ordallia.

—Tavern Rumors section, Final Fantasy Tactics - The War of The Lions (c) 1997, 2007 Square Enix Co., Ltd.