Difference between revisions of "House of Horen"
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country''': [[Oren]], [[Aeldin]], [[Kingdom of Renatus|Renatus]], Vandoria, [[Empire of Man]] | |<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country''': [[Oren]], [[Aeldin]], [[Kingdom of Renatus|Renatus]], Vandoria, [[Empire of Man]] | ||
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− | | <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles''': <br> [[Holy Orenian Emperor]] <br> [[Aeldin|Emperor of Aeldin]] <br> [[The Empire of Man|Emperor of Man]] <br> [[Kingdom of Renatus|King of Renatus]] <br> [[Seventis|King of Seventis]] <br> [[King of Oren]] <br> [[Salvus|King of Salvus]] <br> King of Savoy <br> [[Kingdom of Lotharingia|Queen of Lotharingia]] <br> [[Hanseti|King of Hanseti]] <br> [[Kingdom of Ruska|King of Ruska]] <br> King of Vandoria <br> King of Kaedrin <br> King of Holm <br> [[Kingdom of Vandoria|King of Vandoria]] <br> King of Aaun <br> [[Kingdom of Courland|King of Courland]] <br> [[Kingdom of the Westerlands|King of The Westerlands]] <br> King of Mardon <br> [[Kingdom of Marna|King of Marna]] <br> [[Kingdom of Santegia|King of Santegia]] <br> [[King of Norland]] <br> Prince of Alstion <br> Princess/Prince of Pruvia <br> Grand Duke of Kaedrin <br> Duke of Pruvia <br> Duke of Marna <br> Duke of Mardon <br> Duke of Furnestock <br> Duke of Corazon <br> Duke of Erochland <br> Duke of Istria <br> [[Crownlands|Duke of Crownlands]] <br> Duke of Cascadia <br> [[Avar|Duke of Avar]] | + | | <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles''': <br> [[Holy Orenian Emperor]] <br> [[Aeldin|Emperor of Aeldin]] <br> [[The Empire of Man|Emperor of Man]] <br> [[Kingdom of Renatus|King of Renatus]] <br> [[Seventis|King of Seventis]] <br> [[King of Oren]] <br> [[Salvus|King of Salvus]] <br> King of Savoy <br> [[Kingdom of Lotharingia|Queen of Lotharingia]] <br> [[Hanseti|King of Hanseti]] <br> [[Kingdom of Ruska|King of Ruska]] <br> King of Vandoria <br> King of Kaedrin <br> King of Holm <br> [[Kingdom of Vandoria|King of Vandoria]] <br> King of Aaun <br> [[Kingdom of Courland|King of Courland]] <br> [[Kingdom of the Westerlands|King of The Westerlands]] <br> King of Mardon <br> [[Kingdom of Marna|King of Marna]] <br> [[Kingdom of Santegia|King of Santegia]] <br> [[King of Norland]] <br> Prince of Alstion <br> Princess/Prince of Pruvia <br> Grand Duke of Kaedrin <br> Duke of Pruvia <br> Duke of Marna <br> Duke of Mardon <br> Duke of Furnestock <br> Duke of Corazon <br> Duke of Erochland <br> Duke of Istria <br> [[Crownlands|Duke of Crownlands]] <br> Duke of Cascadia <br> [[Avar|Duke of Avar]] <br> Duke of Kingston <br> Duke of Fredrica <br> Count of Wyrmwood <br> Count of Ager <br> Count of Aldersburg <br> [[Carolustadt|Count of Carolustadt]] <br> Count of Thelen <br> [[Felsen|Count of Felsen]] <br> Count of Metz <br> Count of Alamar <br> Count of Cantal <br> Baron of Dragonspeak <br> [[Senntisten|Baron of Senntisten]] <br> Baron of Darkwood <br> Baron of Cantal <br> Lord of Jrent <br> Lord Vandalore |
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder''': <br> [[Horen]] ''(Progenitor)'' <br> Owyn ''(Legendary)'' <br> Henric Hardsword ''(King of Aaun)'' <br> [[Godfrey Horen|Godfrey I]] ''(First Empire)'' <br> [[John I, Holy Orenian Emperor|John I]] ''(Fifth Empire)'' | | <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder''': <br> [[Horen]] ''(Progenitor)'' <br> Owyn ''(Legendary)'' <br> Henric Hardsword ''(King of Aaun)'' <br> [[Godfrey Horen|Godfrey I]] ''(First Empire)'' <br> [[John I, Holy Orenian Emperor|John I]] ''(Fifth Empire)'' |
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The House of Horen (Common: Horen; High Imperial: Orenii) is the former ruling family of the Holy Orenian Empire, producing the majority of Oren's monarchs and crowned heads. Their rule persisted off and on for three centuries, from the foundations of the modern state of Oren by King Daniel to the collapse of the Fifth Empire during the Coalition War. They areals the current ruling family of the Empire of Man.
The House of Horen is one of the most, if not the most, influential aristocratic families in history. The House of Horen claims direct patrilineal descent from Horen, the progenitor of the human race from whom they derive their name, and as a result claims to be the exclusive bloodline which can assert its divine right to rule over an undivided mankind. They ruled over the First Empire as well as the former Sixth Empire, and as a result have occupied the throne of humanity for cumulatively longer than any other house, as well as fielding the most kings and emperors of any family.
Thought to be extinct within Oren in regards to the main Imperial line with the death of William I, the house experienced a resurgence after the Aeldin-born John Frederick Horen claimed his birthright lost almost a hundred years earlier, taking the crown of man and reforming the Holy Orenian Empire in 1526. This event would be known as the Horen Restoration.
The dynasty survived, albeit in infamy and notable instability, for the next hundred years - splitting into many cadet branches through its reign. The line of John Frederick Horen, otherwise known as the Johannian line, fell from power eventually in the Coup of Adelburg, orchestrated by the current Emperor of Man, and Pertinax patriarch, Aurelius I Horen. Eventually, the uniting of the Crowns of Renatus and Marna, and the formation of the new Empire would, however, unite the House of Horen once again under one ruler.