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Magnus I. Founder › Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia
…agnus declared himself king and founded the kingdom of Magnursia. It was not just a symbolic elevation of his previous domain. Wit…
Ignatius I. Pijan › The unexpected heir
Ignatius was not originally groomed as the main successor to the throne. This fact significantly affected his entire position. He…
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 illness…
Magnus II Cursed › Death and the historical image
…he died in -837, just three years after the abdication. In history, he is not remembered as a great reformer or a winner, but as t…
Magnus III Young › Youth on the throne
Magnus III sat on the throne at only eighteen years old after his father Magnus II. abdicated because of lep…
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 afte…
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 total of fourteen c…
Otto I. The Fierce › Son of the New Order
Otto I was one of the first monarchs who actually succeeded according to the newly established principle of …
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 …
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 …
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 represents an important connecting…
Otto II Defender › The rise of a trading power
The first years of Otto's reign were extremely successful. The kingdom grew rich quickly a…
Otto II Defender › The first war of kings
In -723, the First War of Kings broke out when the kingdom of Trabazar attacked Magnursia. The conf…
Otto II Defender › The family and future branches of the dynasty
…Leo, a famous warlord and later Duke of the Western Sound, became the seed of a powerful sideline of the house. Philip I the Think…
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 the further growth …
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 …
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 move that had …
Philip I. The Thinker › Personal life and image of an ideal monarch
…onal life appears surprisingly often in the chronicles, and above all in a positive light. His marriage to Eva Trabazarska, origin…
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 stu…
Philip I. The Thinker › Government's legacy
…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 gre…
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 increasingly strong …
Cinbur I. Merchant › The first code and labor law
His most significant achievement was the creation of the first human code. This unified the rules across the provinces and redu…
Cinbur I. Merchant › The War on Slavery
The tension resulted in an open conflict known as the War of the Slaves, which lasted from…
Cinbur I. Merchant › Dwarves and the Stone Crown
In the second part of his reign, Cinbur turned his attention to the north. More and more dwar…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › A crown against the will of many
Yllona ascended the throne at the behest of her father Cinbur I, who refused to hand over the land to a mo…
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 suppres…
Yllona I. Unsuitable › Alone on the throne
…his crisis, Yllona never fully regained the trust of the people. Her name was associated with concessions, weakness and the loss o…
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 throne thanks to the agreement…
Konrad I. Usher to the throne › Unification of power and liquidation of rivals
One of his first steps was to revoke the autonomy of the Western Voice that his clan had previously gained. In doing so, he sen…
Konrad I. Usher to the throne › A king without great legend, but with great consequence
…haracter lies. Konrad ruled more behind the scenes, through the control of people and decisive nodes of power than through grand g…
Konrad I. Usher to the throne › Historical picture of Konrad I.
…y figures who seem less flamboyant than the famous reformers or warrior kings, but whose importance is extraordinary. It represent…
Magnus IV Merciless › The death of the Sorcerer and the fear of a new power
The most famous and at the same time the most fatal act of Magnus's reign has to do with t…
Magnus IV Merciless › Spring coup and the fall of the tyrant
After the murder of Cristiano, even some of his closest relatives turned against Magnus. In -497…
Ferdinand I. The Fearless › Heir to the coup
Ferdinand ascended the throne in an extremely difficult situation. His father Magnus IV. he was overthrown an…
Ferdinand I. The Fearless › Black Goblin Army
A threat arose in the northeast, which the chronicles later called the Black Army of Goblins. These were no …
Ferdinand I. The Fearless › Land and everyday life reform
Unlike many other kings, however, Ferdinand didn't just rule with the sword. He understood well that a …
Ferdinand I. The Fearless › Reputation and importance
The moniker Fearless not only reflected his conduct in battle, but also the manner in whic…
Ferdinand II Hedonist › The golden throne and the image of excess
At the end of his life, Ferdinand gained so much weight that, according to the chronicles, he…
Leo I. The Hunter › King of the forest and open space
…uth for his passion for hunting. While other rulers sought confirmation of strength in battle, he sought it in the pursuit of game…
Leo I. The Hunter › Bela and the court scandal
One of the most famous stories of his life is the meeting with Bela, a poor shepherdess whom, acc…
Leo I. The Hunter › Family tension without a major state crisis
During the reign of Leo I, the kingdom did not face such a major external threat as under other m…
Leo I. The Hunter › The death that finished the legend
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 e…
Richard I. The Rich › Heir to the hunter
Richard took over the throne after the death of Leo I and inherited not only the crown, but also very compli…
Richard I. The Rich › Money as a tool of government
Richard understood very well the power of wealth. His most significant economic move was the sale of ancient banks to t…
Richard I. The Rich › Richard's plays
…st cultural legacy was Richard's plays. These were spectacular festivities held once every five years that included athletic conte…
Richard I. The Rich › Bela, Hakreleta and the triple scandal
Richard's family life was one of the most explosive in the entire dynasty. He had one son with Bela, but later became conce…
Richard I. The Rich › The legacy of Richard I.
…also grow out of how a monarch controls the imagination of his people. His reign thus represents the culmination of one side of th…
William I. Mag › A young king on the verge of change
William sat on the throne very young. He came of age just two days before his father's death, making his …
William I. Mag › The Rutun Rebellion and the Bloody East
At the same time, however, the broader geopolitical environment also began to change. The orc…
William I. Mag › Interracial laws and the first conscious administration of a diverse empire
At the same time, William was one of the first monarchs who began to openly think about the f…
William I. Mag › The historical significance of William I.
William I is rightly considered to be the bridge between the classic period of the Silk Kings and the coming era of the Magic Ki…
Magnus V the Short King › Heir to a restless transformation
…e when magic was beginning to seep into the surface and the old certainties of the Silk Kings were slowly crumbling. His father Wi…
Magnus V the Short King › A short reign with no real anchor
…on, Magnus very quickly understood that the role of ruler was not only the formal pinnacle of the family line, but also the consta…
Magnus V the Short King › Abdication as a conscious decision
…cided to abdicate. This made him one of the few rulers of the dynasty who abdicated the crown knowingly and without direct force o…
Magnus V the Short King › Life after the crown
After the abdication, Magnus did not disappear from history. On the contrary. He began traveling…
Magnus V the Short King › A place in family memory
…r chroniclers used to be unfair to him. The nickname Short King carries irony and a certain contempt. But that is precisely its hi…
Richard II Sick › Brother after abdication
Richard II he ascended the throne after the abdication of his brother Magnus V. His assumption of power was thus …
Richard II Sick › The silent fall of an era
…ring great reforms or famous wars. Nevertheless, his reign is significant as an example of dynastic fatigue. After a generation of…
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…
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. I…
Henry I. King of the Blood › Ruler only for a temporary period
…or Henry, who was originally to fulfill the role of temporary ruler. Such a temporary arrangement was not unknown in history, but …
Henry I. King of the Blood › Blood purges of the clan
…nches from which a future candidate for the throne could emerge. In all, he had thirteen of his relatives killed and spread fear t…
Henry I. King of the Blood › Decline of the Empire and the Orc Guard
…lso brought about a distinct decline of the state. Many of the earlier measures, including some of the Interracial Laws, ceased to…
Henry I. King of the Blood › A king without a future
…queror. His energy was directed towards the survival of one man, not the stability of the whole. And that is why his regime could …
Henry I. King of the Blood › End of the Silk Kings
The death of Henry I did not just mean the fall of one tyrant. It marked the definitive en…
Jakob I. The Reformer › The Assembly of Unicorns and the birth of a new order
After the death of Henry I, it was not clear who could even sit on the throne. The dynasty was r…
Jakob I. The Reformer › Tax reform and realignment of power
Jakob understood very quickly that the kingdom could not be saved by a dynastic agreement alone. It needed to rebuild the ver…
Jakob I. The Reformer › Banners and the new face of war
… was his military reform. Jakob divided the royal army into separate battalions, each with its own general and clearly defined res…
Jakob I. The Reformer › Magic as part of the state
Besides the army and taxes, the third pillar of Jacob's rule was his relationship with magic. Afte…
Jakob I. The Reformer › A king between the old world and the new
…lays, a moment that symbolically linked the old silk court culture with the new, tougher and more organized state. After his death…
Ignatius II. Unbreakable › Youth under the protection of Ender
…I. he was literally lucky for months on the succession. If he had been born a little later, the crown would have missed him. Even …
Ignatius II. Unbreakable › The second war of kings and a new way of fighting
When Ignatius assumed the crown, the war with Trabazar and Jitron was not yet over. However, it was at this stag…
Ignatius II. Unbreakable › The Battle of Jitron and the First Battle Mages
The most significant landmark of his reign was the Battle of Jitron. It was here that for …
Ignatius II. Unbreakable › Schools of Ruinous Magic and the Legacy of Government
In the second part of the reign, Ignatius began to systematically support the creation of sch…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › A child of the system his father created
…had already become a recognized tool of the state and the military had become accustomed to new tactics and the idea of long-ter…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Magic as a prerogative of the realm
…estrict access to magic schools to only the residents of the kingdom. He officially explained it as overcrowding and the need to p…
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 was a land…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › The king who prepared the war but did not see its climax
…beginning to converge in one direction. The kingdom was fortified, magically advanced, informationally powerful, and psychological…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › Hot head on the throne
Richard succeeded his father, who had been carefully preparing the ground for war for decades. Unlike Ignatius III…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › From the Third War of Kings to the Great War
…ictory. But Trabazar was able to enlist the help of Medonia, Arostermancy and Waldoria. The Kingdom of Magnursia thus found itself…