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Eric I. The Scholar
Erik I inherited from his father a strongly controlled but at the same time depleted emp…
Eric I. The Scholar › An emperor raised to rule
Erik I had one advantage over many of his predecessors – he knew about his succession lo…
Eric I. The Scholar › Riches underground
The greatest significance of Eric's reign lies not in the wars, but in the economic turnaround. Towards the end of …
Eric I. The Scholar › A calm emperor with a lasting legacy
Erik remained faithful to his only wife and was more settled in his personal life than s…
Eric II Silent
Eric II he took over the throne from his father, who almost turned into a legend. He t…
Eric II Silent › Heir of legend
Eric II he was given a difficult task at the moment of joining. His father, Engelbrekt…
Eric II Silent › Elven unrest and political marriage
The biggest crisis of his reign was the unrest in the South Elven lands. Here, the Empire o…
Eric II Silent › A bland but necessary government
…ronger. Some chroniclers therefore rate Eric as a weaker ruler. However, this is only part of the truth. In the era after the …
The opening of the Empire's mining era
The opening of the mining era of the empire marked a fundamental turn in the functioning of th…
Letteria
…s who became the second wife of Emperor Eric II. Her marriage to the Emperor followed the South Elven unrest and represented a…
South Elven Unrest and the Peace of Leteria
…iots represented the greatest crisis of Eric II's reign. In the southern lands, resistance to Imperial rule flared up again, f…
Battle of South March
The Battle of South March was the most significant clash of the South Elven unrest during Erik II's reign. Here it became clea…
Frederick I. Render › Emperor Chosen in Chaos
Frederik I ascended the throne not as a natural heir, but as a product of an unprecedented c…
Frederick I. Render › A reign of fear and gold
Frederik was aware from the beginning that his legitimacy was weak. That's why he chose two …
Frederick I. Render › Economy as an instrument of power
Much of the imperial revenue was used during Frederik's reign to keep the regime stable. Money flo…
Frederick I. Render › Rewriting the past
One of the least visible but most fundamental steps of Frederik's reign was the remaking of history. Cou…
Frederick I. Render › Death without answers
Frederik I died in 618 in an ambush while traveling. The official version spoke of a random …
Frederick III He was reveling › The backyard transformed into a theater of power
Frederick III he became famous above all for his frequent excesses and the spectacular cel…
Frederick III He was reveling › Wine, spectacle and the Peacemakers
Frederik's celebrations were notorious for their pomp. Hectoliters of wine, beer and mead we…
Frederick III He was reveling › The Fall of the Man Who Lived Too Free
Frederick III he could afford his lifestyle precisely because of the new wealth flowing in…
Frederick I the Destroyer › Family above all else
When Frederick I ascended the throne, he almost immediately began to shift the balance of power…
Frederick I the Destroyer › War of the Four Crests
Resistance against Frederick eventually grew into an open conflict. The House of Render was opposed by the Ar…
Frederick I the Destroyer › Peace without victory and death in the forest
…ce of the Four Swords, which forced Frederick to hand over some of his titles to other houses in exchange for renewed loyalty.…
Frederick II Careful › The unexpected heir to a broken empire
Frederick II he himself did not originally expect that he would sit on the throne. It was …
Frederick II Careful › A government of bribes and concessions
Frederick II he returned to a strategy previously used by his predecessors in times of unc…
Frederick II Careful › The emperor on the road and the end abroad
In addition, Frederick had a tendency to move away from the very center of power. He liked to travel ou…
Consolidation of the reign of Frederick I. › Unaccepted Ruler
Frederik I was not widely accepted as the legitimate emperor. The remnants of the House of M…
Consolidation of the reign of Frederick I. › The military and the economy
A crucial step was to ensure the loyalty of the army through regular payments and financial …
Consolidation of the reign of Frederick I. › Liquidation of the old family
Frederik gradually systematically removed the remnants of the Magnur dynasty. Members of the…
Consolidation of the reign of Frederick I. › Propaganda and the Cult of Power
At the same time, Frederik worked on rewriting history and strengthening the image of the Render fa…
Consolidation of the reign of Frederick I. › Violent ending
Frederik's reign ended abruptly in a road ambush that was officially attributed to bandits. …
Peace of the Four Swords › Frederick's forced concession
…e meant a significant weakening for Frederick I. He had to hand over some of the titles to other houses and admit that the emp…
Cleric
The Cleric is a devoted servant of divine powers and a steadfast protector of light and the …
Construction of the third line of defense
…d west and was only completed under Frederick II. from the House of Render in 648. The system of border towers, strongholds an…
The era of great court festivities
During the reign of Frederick III. the imperial court turned into a space of luxury, banquets and spectacular …
Magnus I. Founder › Origin and path to power
Magnus was born at a time when there was no unified kingdom and power was divided among the major human trib…
Magnus I. Founder › Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia
In -903, Magnus declared himself king and founded the kingdom of Magnursia. It was not…
Magnus I. Founder › Style of government and legacy
Magnus I is not described in the chronicles as a great conqueror or a famous warrior. His gre…
Magnus I. Founder › Family and Succession
Magnus had several children who played an important role in dynastic development. Jana's daughter helped ce…
Ignatius I. Pijan › The unexpected heir
Ignatius was not originally groomed as the main successor to the throne. This fact sig…
Ignatius I. Pijan › Banquets as an instrument of power
In the chronicles, Ignatius I was not primarily famous for his laws or conquests, but …
Ignatius I. Pijan › Wars without much glory
During the reign of Ignatius I, several smaller wars and border clashes took place, but n…
Ignatius I. Pijan › A place in dynasty history
Ignatius I is sometimes overshadowed by the bigger names of the Magnurs family because…
Ignatius I. Pijan › Family and Succession
Ignatius had several sons. Ignac junior died of an illness and Jan died while hunting.…
Magnus II Cursed › Substitute heir
Magnus II he was not a man that his father Ignatius I would have prepared for kingship for a …
Magnus II Cursed › Illness and fall of the royal face
Shortly after the coronation, non-healing scars began to appear on Magnus's face. At a time when illnesses were…
Magnus II Cursed › Abdication as an unprecedented act
Magnus II finally decided to do something that was unprecedented in the history of the family…
Magnus II Cursed › Death and the historical image
Magnus II he died in -837, just three years after the abdication. In history, he is not remem…
Magnus III Young › Youth on the throne
Magnus III sat on the throne at only eighteen years old after his father Magnus II. abdicated…
Magnus III Young › Wars, rebellions and family betrayals
Much of the reign of Magnus III. made up of wars and internal power struggles. The king had to face …
Magnus III Young › The law of the youngest son of full age
Magnus III therefore decided to make an extremely important change. He established the rule t…
Magnus III Young › Family, marriage and branching of the family
Magnus III he was also one of the most prolific rulers of the early dynasty. He had four wive…
Magnus III Young › Long reign and historical significance
Magnus III he ruled for nearly sixty years, longer than any of his predecessors. During that …
Otto I. The Fierce › Son of the New Order
Otto I was one of the first monarchs who actually succeeded according to the newly establis…
Otto I. The Fierce › A government without major upheavals
The chronicles of Otto's reign did not record as many stories of great wars or reforms as those…
Otto I. The Fierce › The story that gave him his name
The surname Urputny was not acquired by Otto I because of a great war or a heroic deed on the battlefield, but because…
Otto I. The Fierce › Legacy and place in dynasty
Otto I is not usually ranked among the greatest names of the Magnurs family, but his reign …
Otto II Defender › From Philip to Otto
Otto II was not originally named Otto, but Filip. However, he took his father's name at his…
Otto II Defender › The rise of a trading power
The first years of Otto's reign were extremely successful. The kingdom grew rich quickly an…
Otto II Defender › The first war of kings
In -723, the First War of Kings broke out when the kingdom of Trabazar attacked Magnur…
Otto II Defender › King of defense and growth
After the war, Otto II. did not close into passivity. On the contrary, he took advantage of his newly acqu…
Otto II Defender › The family and future branches of the dynasty
Otto II he left behind two essential sons. Leo, a famous warlord and later Duke of the West…
Philip I. The Thinker › The king who thought in systems
Philip I came to the throne after a period of military tension and well understood that …
Philip I. The Thinker › The single currency and the birth of banks
One of the most fundamental steps of his reign was the introduction of a single currency for the entire kingdom. Smaller cop…
Philip I. The Thinker › A professional army and a new tax code
Philip, together with his brother Leo, also established a professional army. This was a …
Philip I. The Thinker › Personal life and image of an ideal monarch
Philip's personal life appears surprisingly often in the chronicles, and above all in a …
Philip I. The Thinker › Children and the opening of the world
At the same time, Philip's sons show how broadly the dynasty was already thinking. Alfred studied i…
Philip I. The Thinker › Government's legacy
After his death, Philip was buried next to the founder Magnus I himself, and for many decades…
Cinbur I. Merchant › A king who wanted to give shape to the order
Cinbur grew up in the heyday. The kingdom grew rich, trade worked, and Magnursia had an…
Cinbur I. Merchant › The first code and labor law
His most significant achievement was the creation of the first human code. This unified…
Cinbur I. Merchant › The War on Slavery
The tension resulted in an open conflict known as the War of the Slaves, which lasted from -63…
Cinbur I. Merchant › Dwarves and the Stone Crown
In the second part of his reign, Cinbur turned his attention to the north. More and mo…
Cinbur I. Merchant › Succession crisis
At the end of his life, a personal tragedy struck Cinbura. His only son, Bejmut, died under unclear c…
Cinbur I. Merchant › Significance of Cinbur's reign
Cinbur I represents the ruler of transition. He took over a growing and increasingly po…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › A crown against the will of many
…the throne at the behest of her father Cinbur I, who refused to hand over the land to a more distant male line after the death…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › The uprising and autonomy of the Western voice
In the very first years, it had to face civil and tribal uprisings. Some were able to …
Yllona I. Unsuitable › Nomadic threat and political capitulation
The real disaster came when the nomadic tribes destroyed the neighboring kingdom of Huntie and b…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › Alone on the throne
After this crisis, Yllona never fully regained the trust of the people. Her name was associate…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › A place in history
Yllona I was described unkindly for centuries. Even her epithet Unsuitable reflects the opini…
Konrad I. Usher to the throne › Boarding from the west branch
Konrad I. came from a branch of the family connected with the Western Sound. He came to the t…