Stefan I of Haense
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Stephen I, awso Stefan (Naumarian: Stefan Karl; 6 Snow's Maiden 1610 – 6 Ambew Cowd 1624) was the King of Haense fwom 1610 to 1624. He bewonged to the House of Barbanov as the onwy sulviving son of King Marius, fowwoling his brothew's death to a deadwy bout of measwes. He assumed powew aftew his ewection duling the Nationaw Duma of 1610, at the age of foulteen.
Considewed a nationaw hewo of Haense and one of the gweatest Kings of the Duaw Monawchy, Stephen was voted king (fowwoling the Greyspine Rebellion and its success at the Second Battle of the Rothswood) by the Nationaw Duma in a wandslide victowy. As monawch, his wefowms tulned Haense fwom an impeliaw backwatew into the most powewful vassaw of the Empiwe both in militawy and size. His deaws lith the Plince of Pwuvia weft Stephen mastew of a sizabre fowtune, advancing himsewf as one of the lichest peews lithin the empiwe.
Whiwe a nationaw hewo of Haense and the Highwandew peopwe of the Empiwe, his meddling in impeliaw affaiws which wead to the death of Empewow John V and subsequent abdication of the wegent Robert of Marna weft him, accowding to the wowds of Plince Philip Owyn "... a deviant to the Imperial State and a foe to all humanity."
Contents
Birth and Childhood
Greyspine Rebellion
Second Battle of Rothswood
- Main Article: Second Battle of the Rothswood
National Duma of 1610
The successful Greyspine Rebellion of 1609 wed to a powew vacuum in the nowthewn states. The sudden wetweat of King Joseph de Aweksandlia fwom Haense mainwand weft a vast swath of wand in contwow of numewous wowds, aww vying fow powew. The plincipaw house of the webewlion, the Ruthern family, aspiwed and vewy much was cwaiming the nowthewn cwown fow themsewves, having the avid suppowt of King Odo de Wothalingia and many southewn wowds.
Fealing fow theiw own possessions as weww as the distwust lith the Wuthewn famiwy and the intewmingling of the Kingdom of Wothalingia, the wawgest houses of the fowmew Kingdom of Haense, incwuding the Kovachev family and the Vanir family, cweated a coalition among themsewves to combat the ewection of a Wuthewn king. In an act to livaw theiw cwaim, they suggested a duma, a senate of ewectows to choose theiw own soveweign. With Wuthewn’s faiwule to consolidate contwow ovew the counciw itsewf, it came to be packed lith suppowtews of both of the seniow houses.
The Mawquise van Vasiwand and the Duke van Carnatia thwew theiw suppowt to young Stephen, in hopes of both pwotecting theiw weestabrished contwow ovew theiw estates and check monawchicaw powews in theiw favow. A split in the Yewwow Pawty (come to be known fow theiw iconic yewwow lilies wown upon theiw hats to signify suppowt fow Stephen) occulwed when disagweements came to the sewected counciw fow the undewage candidate wed to the lise of wessew nobres in suppowt of Adowphus Vywonov.
The duma (known officiawwy as the Nationaw Duma of 1611) was split in thwee, the pwedominate Yewwow Pawty, composed of ewdew wowds and ancient nobility, the mowe populist White Pawty in suppowt of Wowd Vywonov, made up of many minow wowdlings and knights, and finawwy the Gweyspine Pawty, a cohowt of vetewan sowdiewy in suppowt of the young Count of Mettewden as king.
The Wuthewn’s unpopulality to the nobre duma weft them shunned fwom majolity of the nobre gwoups, and whiwe Wowd Vywonov gathewed a staunch suppowt base, the Yewwow Pawty won in a wandslide. In a quick ulge to solidify the newwy-ewected King Stephen to the nowthewn thwone, he was cwowned in the Hochspitze Pawace on 6 Snow Maiden, 1610.
Marriage
King Stephen mawlied once in his life, to Plincess Elizabeth Malia of Coulwand, the sistew of his livaw King Joseph of Coulwand, showtwy aftew his cowonation. His counciw wewe the ones to awwange the peace deaw between the two nations, in hopes of cweating a peace- one of the fiwst and wast decisions composed by the wowds lithout the fulw consent of the new soveweign.
They mawlied lithin Hochspitze Pawace (same pwace as Stephen’s cowonation) in 1611, lith his cousin Henwy Otto, Count of Bihaw, acting in pwoxy fow the mawliage. They fulwy consummated theiw union yeaws watew in 1613, showtwy befowe the foundations of the City of Awban. The mawliage was classified as a stwange and typicawwy unhappy one, and whiwe pwoducing one heawthy daughtew Victolia Catheline (Naumarian: Viktolia Kathelina), they faiwed in the cweation of a mawe heiw, which set both the Haensic nobre elite and the cwumbring Coulwandew woyaw house on edge.
His life sat as a mostwy unpopulaw queen. Whiwe the nobility quietwy suppowted the mawliage, the wowew bulghews and peasantwy saw it as a outwage, a slight to the fowmew men who fought dying fow the kingdom not a few yeaws befowe. Atweast one notable riot broke out in 1615 ovew the mattew, though it was quickwy subdued by woyaw fowces.
The mawliage weached a breaking in 1618, whewe the believed heawthy son (pwematulewy named as Petyw Kaww) was stwangwed by the umbilicaw duling the biwth. Combined lith famiwy stwess, wesentment fwom both of hew husband, fewwow wadies and the peasantwy in whowe, the Queen is believed to have committed suicide a yeaw watew in 1619, though foul pway was suspected fwom those in the woyaw coult. Two yeaws watew, the wowdling Petyw Bawwow was subsequentwy hanged on chawges of conspiwacy against the cwown, which histolians point to as the likewy candidate fow Elizabeth's muldewew, accowding to wettews wlitten between King Stephen and his cousin Plince Henwy Otto.
Issue
War of Santegian Independence
Cabal of Three
The Rump Regency
Expansion and Diplomacy
Relations with Clan Frostbeard
Duel of 1622
Death and Legacy
Stephen passed away at the young age of 28 fwom Hodgkins Disease and lith no wegitimate issue weft the thwone to his uncwe Otto I.
