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Frederick III He was reveling
Frederick III he inherited his father's growing empire and decided to turn its power into ost…
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 celebr…
Frederick III He was reveling › Wine, spectacle and the Peacemakers
Frederik's celebrations were notorious for their pomp. Hectoliters of wine, beer and mead were drunk, circus performance…
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 into …
The era of great court festivities
During the reign of Frederick III. the imperial court turned into a space of luxury, banquets and spectacular spe…
Magnus III Young
Magnus III he is one of the most important early rulers of Magnursia. He ascended the throne very yo…
Magnus III Young › Youth on the throne
Magnus III sat on the throne at only eighteen years old after his father Magnus II. abdicated becaus…
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 not only external ene…
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 that aft…
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 wives and a…
Magnus III Young › Long reign and historical significance
Magnus III he ruled for nearly sixty years, longer than any of his predecessors. During that time, h…
Otto III Weak
Otto III he is one of those rulers for whom history seems almost like a succession of ever-worseni…
Otto III Weak › A regent who became a king
Otto first appeared in government as regent for his ailing father Richard II. Even then, it was evident that he had the …
Otto III Weak › The first campaign outside the borders of the kingdom
When the nomads asked Magnursia for help against the orcs, Otto saw a historic opportunity. For the first time in histor…
Otto III Weak › Elves, Southern Accords, and Other Failures
At the same time, Otto responded to the elves' request for help against the desert goblins. Instead of direct military i…
Otto III Weak › Monetary policy and economic collapse
However, Otto may have caused the greatest damage not on the battlefield, but in the economy. He decided to ban the use …
Otto III Weak › Relegation and an unworthy end
Eventually, Otto was forced to abdicate by the dynasty. The kingdom was approaching great internal turmoil, and the mona…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue
Ignatius III he was not famous for great victorious campaigns, but for something perhaps more dangerou…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › A child of the system his father created
Ignatius III he grew up in an environment where magic had already become a recognized tool of the stat…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Magic as a prerogative of the realm
One of his most important steps was to restrict access to magic schools to only the residents of the kingdom. He officia…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Fortresses, Towers, and the Web of Shadows
Ignatius III completed the second defensive line, which Jakob I had already begun to build. The result…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Claims on foreign lands
…naries founded during the reign of Otto III. And to Arostermancy he laid claim to the royal title through dynastic ties going back ge…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › The king who prepared the war but did not see its climax
Ignatius III he died as a result of a badly treated sword wound. His death was sudden and came at a ti…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia
Richard III he is one of the greatest war kings in the history of Magnursia. During his reign, the co…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › Hot head on the throne
…nd for war for decades. Unlike Ignatius III. however, Richard was not a man of waiting. What the father wove in silence, the son cut …
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › From the Third War of Kings to the Great War
At first, Richard's campaign seemed like a fast track to victory. But Trabazar was able to enlist the help of Medonia, A…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The Troubles and Fall of Ancient Human Kingdoms
One of the highlights of his reign was the conquest of Trabazar. To break through the walls of the capital, Eagle's Nest…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The elves enter the war
In -109, the Great Elven Empire entered the conflict. This changed the war forever. For the first time Magnursia was opp…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › South ford and the death of the king
The last and most famous chapter of Richard's life was the Battle of the South Ford in -103. Here he faced the superiori…
Ferdinand III Retreating
Ferdinand III he ascended the throne as the last surviving son of Untred I, taking over the realm at a …
Ferdinand III Retreating › The last son of the Long Emperor
Ferdinand was not a man for whom the throne was an unshakable certainty from his youth. Untred I was survived by two old…
Ferdinand III Retreating › Expedition against the Free Kingdom
Ferdinand's first major act was a large-scale campaign against the Free Kingdom. The Imperial troops were indeed success…
Ferdinand III Retreating › The waning east and the orc mercenaries
After the failed expedition, Ferdinand's government shifted more and more from grand politics to extinguishing internal …
Ferdinand III Retreating › Magical universities and a new layer of the empire
Still, it would be a mistake to see Ferdinand's reign as just a series of concessions. It was during his time that the l…
Ferdinand III Retreating › Alanta and court fashion
A significant part of Ferdinand's reign was also his personal life. He had three wives, but the last one, Alanta, the da…
Leo III Suspicious
Leo III he took over the throne at a time when it was no longer just about external pressure on t…
Leo III Suspicious › A split within the family
After taking the throne, Leo III faced a very difficult start. In the part of the dynasty he strengthened the opinion that…
Leo III Suspicious › Secret passages and a courtyard full of spies
The long tension had fundamentally changed Leo. He became a ruler who began to fear attack from within more than threats…
Leo III Suspicious › A monarch locked in himself
After these events, Leo began to lose faith in his own people more and more. He stopped letting some officials and close…
Leo III Suspicious › Death on the operating table
Towards the end of his life, Leo began to suffer from severe abdominal pain. It turned out to be an inflamed appendix, a…
John III Prolific
John III, the youngest son of Magnus VII, ascended the throne as a continuation of his father's de…
John III Prolific › Continuator of fortresses
John III followed his father's policy almost immediately. He understood well that the empire no lo…
John III Prolific › Southern Disturbances and the Departure of the Elves
The biggest internal problem of John's government was taking place in the south. The elven population there felt increas…
John III Prolific › New Settlement of the South
The mass departure of the elves turned the south into a sparsely populated area, but at the same time full of opportunit…
John III Prolific › Emperor's Wives and Children Act
John III was also registered with a new law that transformed imperial family law. He stipulated th…
John III Prolific › A prolific monarch and a legacy of future crisis
Jan got the surname Plodny quite rightly. His court was full of children, competing mothers, small lines and budding amb…
John IV Childless › The privileged son and fragmented inheritance of John III.
…tion. He was the privileged son of John III, chosen from an extraordinarily wide and dangerously branched circle of descendants. Alre…
Frederick I. Render
Frederik I became the first monarch in the history of the empire who did not come from the Magnurs family. He ascended t…
Frederick I. Render › Emperor Chosen in Chaos
Frederik I ascended the throne not as a natural heir, but as a product of an unprecedented crisis. After the slaughter o…
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 main ways to consolidate it …
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 flowed into the military,…
Frederick I. Render › Rewriting the past
One of the least visible but most fundamental steps of Frederik's reign was the remaking of history. Court chroniclers a…
Frederick I. Render › Death without answers
Frederik I died in 618 in an ambush while traveling. The official version spoke of a random attack by bandits, but the c…
Frederick I the Destroyer
Frederick I tried to restore the lost supremacy to the imperial power by openly favoring his …
Frederick I the Destroyer › Family above all else
When Frederick I ascended the throne, he almost immediately began to shift the balance of power in…
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 Arier…
Frederick I the Destroyer › Peace without victory and death in the forest
… Peace of the Four Swords, which forced Frederick to hand over some of his titles to other houses in exchange for renewed loyalty. It…
Frederick II Careful
Frederick II he ascended the throne unexpectedly and in an extremely difficult situation. He …
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 tho…
Frederick II Careful › A government of bribes and concessions
Frederick II he returned to a strategy previously used by his predecessors in times of uncert…
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 outsi…
Jakob III Parliamentary
Jakob III he joined as an experienced politician who had already publicly promoted himself during t…
Jakob III Parliamentary › A successor who built a name in advance
Jakob III he was not a passive heir waiting in the background. Already during the reign of Konrad I…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Conventions of the nobility and the new political culture
The most important innovation of his reign was the annual conventions of the nobility. The first of them took place in 1…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Courts, crops and quiet years
Under Jacob's reign, a hierarchical judiciary was established at the city, provincial, fiefdom, and imperial levels. Res…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Son's illness and sudden death
At the end of his life, Jakob learned that his son and successor Centerik was suffering from leprosy. The disease then s…
Magnus VIII. Hungry
Magnus VIII. he succeeded the glorious reign of Anne I and almost immediately faced the end of the Se…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Heir to an ending golden age
Magnus VIII. his accession to the throne was clear long in advance, but fate did not prepare him for …
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Anti-Hunger Supplies
Magnus began moving grain from the granaries and other foodstuffs as needed across the empire. The system was not withou…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Conflict over grain
The Free Kingdom was hit even harder by the drought and began making conquests during the crisis. Magnus was fortunate t…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Slaughterhouse at the Two Hundred and Eighth Tower
However, a new threat was growing in the north. The goblins forgot about the tribute made under Anna and started raiding…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Cities and stagnation
The rest of Magnus' reign was marked by a slow stagnation of the markets. The empire's economy was at its peak and could…
Theodore III Tough
Theodore III he took office at a time when the second golden age had definitively passed away and the …
Theodore III Tough › Emperor after the end of comfort
Theodore III he came to the throne at a time when the empire could no longer benefit from the ease of …
Theodore III Tough › Endoret and the Battle of Malga
The greatest internal threat at the beginning of his reign was the eastern nomadic rebellion. Although the former nomadi…
Theodore III Tough › Theodore counterintelligence
Theodor later had to face a conspiracy from his own family. His distant cousin Augustus began to convince the nobility a…
Theodore III Tough › The ban on mining and the death of a drunkard
… After his death, the very young Untred III had to take the throne.
Untred III. Chronicler
Untred III. he started in a time of peace, but it was a burdensome and unpleasant peace. The empire …
Untred III. Chronicler › Uncomfortable calm after stagnation
Untred III. he took over an empire that was not threatened by a major war, but its atmosphere was te…
Untred III. Chronicler › Help the dwarves
Untred was asked by the dwarves for military assistance against the goblins who had begun to threaten their eastern flan…