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Jakob III Parliamentary

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Jakob III he joined as an experienced politician who had already publicly promoted himsel…

Jakob III Parliamentary › A successor who built a name in advance

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Jakob III he was not a passive heir waiting in the background. Already during the reign o…

Jakob III Parliamentary › Conventions of the nobility and the new political culture

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…empire and continue to the present day. Jakob thereby strengthened the imperial power not by brutal centralization, but by creati…

Jakob III Parliamentary › Courts, crops and quiet years

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…ated a more transparent justice system. Jakob also obtained approval for the widespread cultivation of new crops throughout the e…

Jakob III Parliamentary › Son's illness and sudden death

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At the end of his life, Jakob learned that his son and successor Centerik was suffering from leprosy. The disease…

Magnursie — House of Youlenders › Jakob III, Centerik I and Anna I

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Jakob III The Chamber established regular assemblies of the nobility and a hierarchical j…

The emergence of a hierarchical judiciary

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…l judiciary was established under James III. and divided the court system into city, province, fiefdom, and imperial levels. Citi…

Meetings of the nobility of Jakob III.

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…ons of the nobility introduced by James III. they created a regular political space for negotiations between the emperor and the …

Meetings of the nobility of Jakob III. › From sudden decisions to regular action

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Jakob III he understood that a stable empire could not function only on orders from the p…

Meetings of the nobility of Jakob III. › Voting and political culture

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At the congresses, important questions of the leadership of the empire, laws, judiciary, economy and administration were…

Meetings of the nobility of Jakob III. › A legacy that continues to the present day

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…ular meetings remained. Thanks to this, Jakob III. remembered as the emperor who introduced a new way of political action to the …

Magnus III Young

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Magnus III he is one of the most important early rulers of Magnursia. He ascended the throne ver…

Magnus III Young › Youth on the throne

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Magnus III sat on the throne at only eighteen years old after his father Magnus II. abdicated be…

Magnus III Young › Wars, rebellions and family betrayals

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…re he died years later. The second-born Jakob was pardoned after the complex course of the conflict, but had to give up the succe…

Magnus III Young › The law of the youngest son of full age

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Magnus III therefore decided to make an extremely important change. He established the rule that…

Magnus III Young › Family, marriage and branching of the family

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Magnus III he was also one of the most prolific rulers of the early dynasty. He had four wives a…

Magnus III Young › Long reign and historical significance

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Magnus III he ruled for nearly sixty years, longer than any of his predecessors. During that tim…

Otto III Weak

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Otto III he is one of those rulers for whom history seems almost like a succession of ever-wor…

Otto III Weak › A regent who became a king

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Eventually, Otto was forced to abdicate by the dynasty. The kingdom was approaching great internal turmoil, and the mona…

Jakob I. The Reformer

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Jakob I ascended the throne after one of the deepest dynastic crises in the history of Ma…

Jakob I. The Reformer › The Assembly of Unicorns and the birth of a new order

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…about the very future of House Magnurs. Jakob did not appear as the most obvious heir. His strength lay in a combination of legit…

Jakob I. The Reformer › Tax reform and realignment of power

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Jakob understood very quickly that the kingdom could not be saved by a dynastic agreement…

Jakob I. The Reformer › Banners and the new face of war

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…re fundamental was his military reform. Jakob divided the royal army into separate battalions, each with its own general and clea…

Jakob I. The Reformer › Magic as part of the state

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… the supervision of the crown. Although Jakob did not introduce magic into the army on the same scale as his successors, he creat…

Jakob I. The Reformer › A king between the old world and the new

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Jakob died during Richard's plays, a moment that symbolically linked the old silk court c…

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue

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Ignatius III he was not famous for great victorious campaigns, but for something perhaps more dang…

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › A child of the system his father created

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Ignatius III he grew up in an environment where magic had already become a recognized tool of the …

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Magic as a prerogative of the realm

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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

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…pleted the second defensive line, which Jakob I had already begun to build. The result was a land densely covered with castles, f…

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Claims on foreign lands

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…naries founded during the reign of Otto III. And to Arostermancy he laid claim to the royal title through dynastic ties going bac…

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › The king who prepared the war but did not see its climax

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Ignatius III he died as a result of a badly treated sword wound. His death was sudden and came at …

Richard III Sword of Magnursia

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Richard III he is one of the greatest war kings in the history of Magnursia. During his reign, th…

Richard III Sword of Magnursia › Hot head on the throne

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…nd for war for decades. Unlike Ignatius III. however, Richard was not a man of waiting. What the father wove in silence, the son …

Richard III Sword of Magnursia › From the Third War of Kings to the Great War

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ferdinand III he ascended the throne as the last surviving son of Untred I, taking over the realm a…

Ferdinand III Retreating › The last son of the Long Emperor

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Leo III he took over the throne at a time when it was no longer just about external pressure …

Leo III Suspicious › A split within the family

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After taking the throne, Leo III faced a very difficult start. In the part of the dynasty he strengthened the opinion …

Leo III Suspicious › Secret passages and a courtyard full of spies

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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

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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

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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

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John III, the youngest son of Magnus VII, ascended the throne as a continuation of his father'…

John III Prolific › Continuator of fortresses

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John III followed his father's policy almost immediately. He understood well that the empire n…

John III Prolific › Southern Disturbances and the Departure of the Elves

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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

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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

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John III was also registered with a new law that transformed imperial family law. He stipulate…

John III Prolific › A prolific monarch and a legacy of future crisis

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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.

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…tion. He was the privileged son of John III, chosen from an extraordinarily wide and dangerously branched circle of descendants. …

Frederick III He was reveling

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Frederick III he inherited his father's growing empire and decided to turn its power into ostentati…

Frederick III He was reveling › The backyard transformed into a theater of power

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Frederick III he became famous above all for his frequent excesses and the spectacular celebrations…

Frederick III He was reveling › Wine, spectacle and the Peacemakers

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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

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Frederick III he could afford his lifestyle precisely because of the new wealth flowing into the im…

Jakob II Benevolent

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Jakob II succeeded following the decision of his father Theodore I, who preferred him ove…

Jakob II Benevolent › Stepping in instead of a brother

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Jakob II became emperor as a result of the decision of Theodore I, who chose him as a mor…

Jakob II Benevolent › Buildings and aid in years of disasters

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…, this was an extremely important step. Jakob also abolished taxes twice, in 1102 and 1116, when the empire was hit by great uphe…

Jakob II Benevolent › Elven alliance and new knowledge

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Jakob II he made the first significant alliances with the elves during the time when the …

Jakob II Benevolent › Sudden end

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Jacob's reign ended prematurely and unexpectedly. He was struck by an unknown disease of the intestines, which came sudd…

Magnus VIII. Hungry

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Magnus VIII. he succeeded the glorious reign of Anne I and almost immediately faced the end of th…

Magnus VIII. Hungry › Heir to an ending golden age

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Magnus VIII. his accession to the throne was clear long in advance, but fate did not prepare him …

Magnus VIII. Hungry › Anti-Hunger Supplies

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Theodore III he took office at a time when the second golden age had definitively passed away and …

Theodore III Tough › Emperor after the end of comfort

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Theodore III he came to the throne at a time when the empire could no longer benefit from the ease…

Theodore III Tough › Endoret and the Battle of Malga

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The greatest internal threat at the beginning of his reign was the eastern nomadic rebellion. Although the former nomadi…

Theodore III Tough › Theodore counterintelligence

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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

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… After his death, the very young Untred III had to take the throne.

Untred III. Chronicler

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Untred III. he started in a time of peace, but it was a burdensome and unpleasant peace. The emp…