House of Cascadia
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The House of Cascadia was a cadet branch of the Imperial House of Horen. Two of its members became emperors of Oren in the 18th Century. The House of Cascadia descended in the male line from Romulus, Duke of Cascadia, the second son of Augustus I. In time, it also merged into the senior line of all the Pertinax Dynasty - the House of Helane, when the Cascadian heiress married the head of the House of Helane, Peter III who was Antonius I's son and heir. Compared with it's dynastic rival's, the House of Helane and the House of Alstion, it had an inferior claim to the throne of Oren according to agnatic primogeniture. The reign of the Cascadian dynasty ended with the abdication of John VII in 1725. The line then became extinct with the death of Lorena of Augustin, in 1767
Descent from Augustus I
Romulus, Duke of Cascadia (2nd of Malin's Welcome, 1692 – 10th of The First Seed, 1725) was a son of Augustus I, Emperor of Man and Helen of Carolustadt, the second of their three sons. He was the founder of the House of Cascadia following the Dissolution of Horen, but it was through his first son, Godfrey that the Cascadian faction made its claim to the throne following the Renatian Victory in the War of Two Emperors. The other faction in the War of Two Emperors, the Marnans, were descendants of Prince Alexander, Duke of Marna - second born son of John I, Holy Orenian Emperor.
War of Two Emperors
Despite his succession to the throne of Renatus, Godfrey III was denied a peaceful transition of power by supporters of the
Reigns of the Cascadian Emperors
The early reign of Godfrey II was marred by Marnantine plotting and uprisings in favour of Joseph I