Rulers of Elwynn

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Lady Mari Greenwood, Fifth Ruler and Fifth Duchess of Elwynn as well as Elwynn's Sixth Ruler and First Baroness.
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Eliria Castle was for centuries the seat of most of the Rulers of Elwynn.

The Rulers of Elwynn is the term which is used to collectively refer to the motley group of individuals who have ruled Elwynn in its numerous incarnations throughout time.

Since the days of yore to the present day fifty-three rulers, both individually as well as collectively and with a wide variety of titles and powers, have held the reins of government throughout the long, complex, chaotic, unruly and often violent history of the Elwynnese Nation. Almost all of the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn have supplied one or more rulers, the exception being the Amokolians and the Cimmerians.

Lists of the Rulers of Elwynn

Rulers in their own Right

A Ruler in his or her own Right is under Elwynnese law and custom an individual who legally and lawfully holds the White Orchid Throne or a person that in accordance with law conducts the government when the aforesaid ancient Throne of Elwynn is vacant. From the ancient times nigh beyond the memory of (wo)man of Duke Scott of Alexander to the present day Royal Riverine Reign of King Noah there have been 46 Rulerships of individuals who have ruled the Flower of the North in their own Right.

Name Reign Title Rulership No. Title Holder No. People of Elwynn
Scott of Alexander 1452-1470 Duke First Ruler First Duke Boreal
Ivan Ventura 1470-1471 Duke Second Ruler Second Duke Boreal
Scott of Alexander 1471-???? Duke Third Ruler Third Duke Boreal
Sirithil nos Fëanor ????-1476 Duchess Fourth Ruler Fourth Duchess Elvish*
Mari Greenwood 1476-1488 Duchess Fifth Ruler Fifth Duchess Elvish
Mari Greenwood 1488-1488 Baroness Sixth Ruler First Baroness Elvish
Ardashir I 1488- ???? Baron Seventh Ruler Second Baron Babkhi
Richard Lyon ????-1504 Count Eighth Ruler First Count Babkhi
Conglacio 1504-1507 Baron Nineth Ruler Third Baron Lac Glaceian**
Richard Lyon 1507-1509 Baron Tenth Ruler Fourth Baron Babkhi
Richard Lyon 1509-1533 Duke Eleventh Ruler Sixth Duke Babkhi
Harald of Froyalan 1533-1542 Duke Twelfth Ruler Seventh Duke Froyalanish
Hesam Jayatar 1542-1542 Duke Thirteenth Ruler Eighth Duke Babkhi
Ardashir II Moqtada al-Osmani 1542-1543 Duke Fourteenth Ruler Ninth Duke Babkhi
Wil Nider 1543-1546 Duke Fifteenth Ruler Tenth Duke Boreal
Iskander Mirkdale 1546-1551 Duke Sixteenth Ruler Eleventh Duke Tapferite
Jacobus Loki I 1551-1551 Duke Seventeenth Ruler Twelfth Duke Absentian
Rai Avon-El 1551-1551 Duke Eighteenth Ruler Thirteenth Duke Elw
Andrew Allot 1551-???? Duke Nineteenth Ruler Fourteenth Duke Elw
Nathan Dariolin ????-1555 Duke Twentieth Ruler Fifteenth Duke Tapferite
Leo Fenrir 1555-1558 Duke Twenty-First Ruler Sixteenth Duke Wintergleamish
Isabelle Allot 1558-1559 Duchess Twenty-Second Ruler Seventeenth Duchess Half-Elvish
Cho'gall Dentarg 1559-1562 Duke Twenty-Third Ruler Eighteenth Duke Wintergleamish
Daniel Kalirion 1562-1567 Patron of Kalir*** Twenty-Fourth Ruler First Patron of Kalir Farewellish
Daniel Kalirion 1567-1570 President Twenty-Fifth Ruler First President Farewellish
Iain de Vembria (Lord Erion) 1570-1573 President Twenty-Sixth Ruler Second President Tapferite
Daniel Kalirion & Lord Erion 1573-1574 Provisional Government Twenty-Seventh Ruler First Provisional Government Farewellish & Tapferite
Daniel Kalirion 1574-1586 Prince Twenty-Eighth Ruler First Prince Farewellish
Nathan Dariolin 1586-1589 Prince Twenty-Nineth Ruler Second Prince Tapferite
Aurangzeb Osmani 1589-1590 Regent Thirtieth Ruler First Regent Babkhi
Elijah Ayreon 1590-1592 Prince Thirty-First Ruler Third Prince Farewellish
Aaden Allot 1592-1594 Prince Thirty-Second Ruler Fourth Prince Elw
Luix Rakira 1594-1595 Steward Thirty-Third Ruler First Ruling Steward Tapferite
Elijah Ayreon 1595-1597 Prince Thirty-Fourth Ruler Fifth Prince Farewellish
Tarjei Einhornsson 1597-1600 Prince Thirty-Fifth Ruler Sixth Prince Norse
Soreaa Isurui 1600-1601 Secretary of State Thirty-Sixth Ruler First Secretary of State Elw
Deimos Jasonides 1601-1604 Prince Thirty-Seventh Ruler Seventh Prince Tapferite
Royston Merrick 1604-1604 Conducător Thirty-Eighth Ruler First Ruling Conducător Elw
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion 1604-1607 Prince Thirty-Nineth Ruler Eighth Prince Tapferite
Tokaray al-Osman 1607-1607 Steward Fortieth Ruler Second Ruling Steward Babkhi
Daniel Simrani-Kalirion 1607-1612 Prince Forty-First Ruler Nineth Prince Babkhi
Aasmund Vigeland 1613-1618 Chairman**** Forty-Second Ruler First Chairman Norse
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion 1618-1618 Prince Forty-Third Ruler Tenth Prince Tapferite
Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion 1618-1623 Prince Forty-Fourth Ruler Eleventh Prince Farewellish
Noah Ayreon-Kalirion 1623-1629 Prince Forty-Fifth Ruler Twelfth Prince Froyalanish
Noah Ayreon-Kalirion 1629-pres. King Forty-Sixth Ruler First King Froyalanish

Governing Stewards

Under Elwynnese law and custom a governing Steward is a person who in accordance with law conducts the government, effectively as a regent, when the holder of the White Orchid Throne is absent, indisposed or a minor. In the recorded history of Elwynn there have been eight such periods of Stewardship.

Name Tenure Title and Substitutee Tenure No. Title Holder No. People of Elwynn
Gudrun Eriksdotter 1509-1510 Steward for Richard Lyon, Duke First Substitute Ruler First Steward Froyalanish
Ardashir 1510-1511 Steward for Richard Lyon, Duke Second Substitute Ruler Second Steward Babkhi
Scott of Alexander 1545-1546 Lord Protector for Wil Nider, Duke Third Substitute Ruler First Lord Protector Boreal
Jack Lewis 1604 Steward for Deimos Jasonides, Prince Fourth Substitute Ruler Third Steward Norse
Soreaa Isurui 1604-1605 Steward for Nathaniel, Prince Fifth Substitute Ruler Fourth Steward Elw
Daniel Simrani-Kalirion 1605-1607 Conducător for Nathaniel, Prince Sixth Substitute Ruler First Conducător Babkhi
Aasmund Vigeland 1612-1613 Steward for Daniel Simrani-Kalirion, Prince Seventh Substitute Ruler Fifth Steward Norse
Hallbjörn Haraldsson 1623-1629 Steward for Noah Ayreon-Kalirion, Prince Eighth Substitute Ruler Sixth Steward Froyalanish
Hallbjörn Haraldsson 1629-1632 Steward for Noah Ayreon-Kalirion, King Eighth Substitute Ruler Sixth Steward Froyalanish

It should be noted that the title of Lord Protector was conferred upon Scott of Alexander by Kaiser Loki III by means of Imperial Decree 323 when giving the former all the powers of the Duke of Elwynn, while the title of Conducător was a self-bestowed title for certain individuals who assumed executive power. Nonetheless in the instance of the Conducător the powers exercised where effectively those of a governing Steward.

Consorts

Under Shirithian law, which at the time fully controlled the subdivisions of Shireroth, the spouse of a Duke or a Baron was considered the consort of the reigning noble, sometimes deemed a Honorary Ruler in their own right. For the purposes of the then Lawbook of Shireroth, Dukes and Barons were referred to Ruling Nobles and spouses as Honorary Nobles. Honorary Nobles had the same powers as Ruling Nobles, except for the Landsraad vote(s) of the Ruling Noble. The legal concept of Honorary Nobles disappeared from Shirithian law when the Duchies of Shireroth became Imperial States in 1583, although the aforesaid legal concept already ceased to be relevant for Elwynn when it during its days of independence did away with the laws it had inherited from Shireroth upon seceding therefrom.

Name Tenure Spouse Tenure No. Position Holder No. People of Elwynn
Ylva Karjanzdottar Andelarion 1500-1502 First wife of Richard Lyon, Count First Consort First Honorary Countess Hurmudan**
Gudrun Eriksdotter 1509-1516 Second wife of Richard Lyon, Duke Second Consort First Honorary Duchess Froyalanish
Asa the Beloved 1533-1542 Wife of Harald of Froyalan, Duke Third Consort Second Honorary Duchess Froyalanish

Pretenders and De Facto Rulers

The Land of the Two Sacred Rivers has also had its share of pretenders.

Name Pretence Period Pretence Title Pretendership No. Claimed Rulership No. People of Elwynn
Balarak Alaiaon 1587-1600 Duke (Great Schism pretender)***** First Pretender Nineteenth Duke Elw
Jacobus Loki 1597-1600 Prince (de facto)****** First Usurper Sixth Prince Absentian
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion 1607-1618 Prince (pretender)******* Second Pretender Nineth Prince Tapferite
Divine Icebear 1609-1610 Lord******** First Lord of the Theocracy of Elwynn Deity

Notes

Note #1: * Elvish people, save for the Álfarnir, are nowadays referred to as Elfinshi.

Note #2: ** Lac Glaceians and Hurmudans are not one of the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn.

Note #3: *** The Patron of Kalir was nominally Prince of Elwynn.

Note #4: **** Aasmund Vigeland was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn.

Note #5: ***** During the days of Elwynn's independence East Elwynn, the part of Elwynn which had remained in Shireroth after Elwynn's independence had been recognized by the Imperial Republic, had been placed under the protection of Goldshire and had remained without a Duke for about two Elw calendar decades until the Kaiser of Shireroth named Balarak Alaiaon to the office of Duke of Elwynn.

Note #6: ****** Under the Instrument of Government 1606/II, "Damnatio Loki, Einhornsson Laudes", the election of Jacobus Loki as Prince of Elwynn was declared illegal because of fraud and other unsound practices, and Tarjei Einhornsson was declared the true victor. Tarjei Einhornsson's reign was therefore said to have occurred between 1597 and 1600, when Soreaa Isurui became secretary of the interim government after Jacobus Loki had Elwynn rejoin Shireroth.

Note #7: ******* In 1607 the Conducător, Daniel Simrani-Kalirion, declared by means of Instrument of Government 1607/II, "An Instrument of Government for Arrangements Pertaining to the Demise of the Prince" that Prince Nathaniel, the Nineth Prince of Elwynn, had died in a tragic accident at sea. This while Nathaniel was alive and well in Natopia. Nathaniel kept claiming the Princehood of Elwynn while he was in exile in Natopia, a situation which lasted until he returned to Elwynn and the White Orchid Throne in 1618 for the Nathanielian Restoration.

Note #8: ******** In 1609, at the hight of the Icebear Rebellion, the Holy Church of the Divine Icebear proclaimed the Theocracy of Elwynn. The Divine Icebear was named Lord of Elwynn.