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Engelbrekt I represents one of the peaks of the early reign of the House of Render. He succeeded his fathe…

Engelbrekt was the last legitimate son of Frederik III. and his mother was Protera, the official wife of t…

One of Engelbrekt's first steps was to issue clear laws on the mining of precious metals and stones. He recognize…

Engelbrekt was aware that the empire had suffered more defeats in recent centuries than earlier kingdoms h…

Engelbrekt's reforms did not only concern the troops. He stipulated that each village must have its own gr…

The great reforms of Engelbrekt I belong to the most important transformations of the entire rendering era. The emperor unified…

Engelbrekt realized that the mining era opened up enormous possibilities, but without clear rules it could…

Engelbrekt well understood that the empire had suffered too many humiliating defeats in recent centuries. …

…ial step was the administrative reform. Engelbrekt had the empire divided into 48 provinces, each with its own capital and its own viceroy or gove…

Otto I was one of the first monarchs who actually succeeded according to the newly established principle of the youngest adu…

The chronicles of Otto's reign did not record as many stories of great wars or reforms as those of some of…

The surname Urputny was not acquired by Otto I because of a great war or a heroic deed on the battlefield,…

…amatic decades of the reign of Magnus III. came a monarch who was able to pacify the dynasty and pass the throne to the next generation without mu…

Philip I came to the throne after a period of military tension and well understood that the further growth of the country c…

One of the most fundamental steps of his reign was the introduction of a single currency for the entire kingdom. …

Philip, together with his brother Leo, also established a professional army. This was a move that had far-reaching con…

…onal life appears surprisingly often in the chronicles, and above all in a positive light. His marriage to Eva Trabazarska, originally dynasticall…

At the same time, Philip's sons show how broadly the dynasty was already thinking. Alfred studied in the elve…

…er his death, Philip was buried next to the founder Magnus I himself, and for many decades he was considered by many to be the greatest king of Ma…

Konrad I. came from a branch of the family connected with the Western Sound. He came to the throne thanks to the …

One of his first steps was to revoke the autonomy of the Western Voice that his clan had previously gained. In doing so, he sent a clear messag…

…haracter lies. Konrad ruled more behind the scenes, through the control of people and decisive nodes of power than through grand gestures and famo…

…y figures who seem less flamboyant than the famous reformers or warrior kings, but whose importance is extraordinary. It represents a transition f…

Ferdinand ascended the throne in an extremely difficult situation. His father Magnus IV. he was overthrown and poisoned, the …

A threat arose in the northeast, which the chronicles later called the Black Army of Goblins. These were no ordinary raiders…

Unlike many other kings, however, Ferdinand didn't just rule with the sword. He understood well that a country weakened…

The moniker Fearless not only reflected his conduct in battle, but also the manner in which he took over t…

…uth for his passion for hunting. While other rulers sought confirmation of strength in battle, he sought it in the pursuit of game, in being outsi…

One of the most famous stories of his life is the meeting with Bela, a poor shepherdess whom, according to legend…

During the reign of Leo I, the kingdom did not face such a major external threat as under other monarchs. However…

Leo I died as he lived. During the last hunt, he was attacked by a bear and died of his injuries a few days later. This ending fit deeply…

Richard took over the throne after the death of Leo I and inherited not only the crown, but also very complicated family rel…

Richard understood very well the power of wealth. His most significant economic move was the sale of ancient banks to the private secto…

…st cultural legacy was Richard's plays. These were spectacular festivities held once every five years that included athletic contests, public perf…

Richard's family life was one of the most explosive in the entire dynasty. He had one son with Bela, but later became concerned about the s…

…also grow out of how a monarch controls the imagination of his people. His reign thus represents the culmination of one side of the Silk Kings. It…

…or Henry, who was originally to fulfill the role of temporary ruler. Such a temporary arrangement was not unknown in history, but it always carrie…

…nches from which a future candidate for the throne could emerge. In all, he had thirteen of his relatives killed and spread fear throughout the dy…

…lso brought about a distinct decline of the state. Many of the earlier measures, including some of the Interracial Laws, ceased to apply, cooperat…

…queror. His energy was directed towards the survival of one man, not the stability of the whole. And that is why his regime could not last long. T…

The death of Henry I did not just mean the fall of one tyrant. It marked the definitive end of the era of …

After the death of Henry I, it was not clear who could even sit on the throne. The dynasty was ravaged by purges…

Jakob understood very quickly that the kingdom could not be saved by a dynastic agreement alone. It needed to rebuild the very mechanisms of …

… was his military reform. Jakob divided the royal army into separate battalions, each with its own general and clearly defined responsibilities. I…

Besides the army and taxes, the third pillar of Jacob's rule was his relationship with magic. After generations of…

…lays, a moment that symbolically linked the old silk court culture with the new, tougher and more organized state. After his death, Magnursia was …

When Laurel ascended the throne, court and army alike knew well that Alfred's end was near. The succession therefore took place…

…ening situation on almost all sides. In the north, the pressure of the gnomes grew, in the west, kobolds began to penetrate the weakened provinces…

… on multiple fronts cannot be won by another headless push forward. Therefore, he took the opposite approach from his most famous predecessors. He…

…lf king Lintuel, the gnome king Oberan II. and Laurel himself. The Magnur Emperor was killed by a magical arrow fired by the Gnomish Prince Jokol.…

… names, but its meaning is deep. He was the last king to carry on the Great War in a fully royal form, before the emergence of the imperial idea. …

…the family. Each of the wives of John III. she wanted to secure the future above all for her children and her part of the family, and so under the…

…is succession long in advance. He could therefore systematically prepare for the role of ruler and received an education that was only available t…

The greatest significance of Eric's reign lies not in the wars, but in the economic turnaround. Towards th…

…n accordance with tradition, designated the youngest of them as his heir. On his deathbed, he still had time to officially appoint him, so the suc…

… Magnus, the rightful heir of Theodore II. At first, his position may have seemed like a necessary and temporary solution. But the regency was to …

…ze his position and presented a case to the judges that Magnus should be unfit to rule and the imperial crown should fall to the regent. The dispu…

Oledo had to extinguish the consequences of his own accession to most of the government. Distrust of him was strong and larger reb…

…ve had a hand in the death of Theodore II. According to these claims, he was supposed to bribe the guards during the hunt so that they would not h…

Among their descendants was Bejmut, a candidate for the Assembly of Unicorns.

Jakob had 8 sons and 14 daughters.

Names have not yet been determined.

He was expected to receive the title, but Ignatius III died unexpectedly.

He was not of legal age at the time of his father's death.

He died of pancreatic problems.

She was behind Magnus's murder, she wanted to promote her son.

…er the tumultuous events under Magnus III. it was necessary to verify whether the new order really works. Otto I ascended as a son of the system, …

…well-known court scandal connected with the wife of another ruler. Although this story did not have the scale of a civil crisis, it showed how clo…

…s meaning lies in continuity. He passed the kingdom on without major disaster, thus creating space for further ascension. Such governments tend to…

Konrad did not come from the immediate expected line of succession, but from a branch that gained an opportunity at a time when the…

…his own family. In doing so, he created the image of a monarch who understands power as something that must be actively purged of foci of future r…

…fate that was indirectly connected with the future return of the Sorcerer and with the arrival of new magic in the history of the continent. This …

The goblin threat came at a time when the country was not yet fully stabilized after an internal coup. How…

Ferdinand did not just restore the state with the sword. He introduced changes in agriculture that increased yields and improved the live…

It is the combination of security and economic stabilization that makes Ferdinand's reign the beginning of a rea…

…o fully rule. His era shows how quickly the formal crown can become separated from the actual exercise of power.

…gressed to such profound paralysis that the monarch was unable to act or move normally. At a time when the ruler's authority was still strongly ti…

…ion-making. The short reign of Richard II. thus it remains an example of the weakening of royal authority caused not by rebellion but by disease.

Otto III he was the first to send an army outside the very borders of the kingdom in an attempt to help the nomads against…

Otto's attempt to boost the economy by banning foreign coins backfired. It has restricted the flow of trade and eroded confidence …