The ruling nobility of Burgundie trace their various lineages back to approximately 158AD when Julian Marcilius Corvus Bergendus unified Ipar under the rule of a centralized kingdom and expelled the Impaxi and Levzeish tribes, making the island a stronghold for the Latinics who would soon become the Bergendii. This ethnic distinction is very important to the Burgundian national concept, not Prythinic like the northern Levantines nor Latinic like their ancestors from the southern Odoneru.
Template:House of Alvarus 598-937 One of the last high kings, Godefridus Aquila Maritimus, had boasted to Christian missionaries that he would recognize Christianity as the official religion of the island if, "[they could] get every village magistrate to claim for Christ...". Upon the missionaries return, 49 years later, Quintinus Cordus Alvarus the recently appointed high king accepted the terms. He named the lead missionary, Johann, as the first Archbishop of the Bergenddium and in return was, dubiously, granted royal dignity by the "Royal Proclamation of the Free Island of Bergendia", marking the creation of Bergendia.
List of Alvarus Dynasty Rulers
Alvarus Dynasty
Title & Reign
Portrait
Birth
Death
Marriage
Claim
Quintinus Cordus Alvarus
High King of the Bergenddium583-585King of Bergendia
585-598
547
son of Rogerius Publius Alvarus
and Attia Hiberus Commius
598
aged 51
Plotia Maximus Vibius
Vilauristre
563
three children
Granted in the "Royal Proclamation of the Free Island of Bergendia"
Archbishopric of Rabascall-Bergendia
937-1264 Upon the collapse of the Alvarus dynasty in 935 the clergy interceded as enforcers of public order. They drafted a militia and established courts, effectively taking control of the island. In 936, the bishop of Rabascall, a small coastal bishopric on mainland Levantia seized the opportunity to support the Archbishop of Bergendia with a militia drafted from his fief. He was able to quell the revolt in Vilauristre and the southeastern coast within a month but had orders to cease all activity as he was undermining the Archbishop's authority by being so successful. Rather than heed the order he marched to Vilauristre and seized the archdioceses buildings. Holding the Archbishop hostage, he demanded that the Pope intercede and name him the Archbishop of Bergendia as well as Rabascall. The letter never arrived at the Holy See, but at that point the Bishop of Rabascall had the Archbishop killed for inciting public unrest and heresy.
List of Bishops of Rabascall-Bergendia
Archbishopric of Rabascall-Bergendia
Title & Reign
Portrait
Birth
Death
Marriage
Claim
Christoff I
Prince-bishop1080–1095
1048
son of Grand Chief Ragnar Ragnarson and Dagmar of Alatrix
1095
aged 47
Inger of Diteaux
BergesHavn
1065
six children
Granted in the "Royal Proclamation of the Free Island of Bergendia"
Palacin-Diteaux Dynasty
Template:House of Palacin-Diteaux 1264-1418
List of Palacin-Diteaux Rulers
Palacin-Diteaux Dynasty
Title & Reign
Portrait
Birth
Death
Marriage
Claim
Christoff I
King of BergenSee1080–1095
1048
son of Grand Chief Ragnar Ragnarson and Dagmar of Alatrix
1095
aged 47
Inger of Diteaux
BergesHavn
1065
six children
Granted in the "Royal Proclamation of the Free Island of BergenSee"
War Maiden Period
1418-1485
List of War Maidens
War Maidens
Title & Reign
Portrait
Birth
Death
Marriage
Claim
Talia Palacin-Diteaux
Sovereign Princess of the
Faneriai Protectorate of BergenSee
1418–1444
1400
daughter of Alvar III and ? of ?
1444
aged 44
? of ?
Kongerhus
1419
no children
Daughter of Alf III
Psamate Montrabe
Sovereign Duchess of theFaneriai Protectorate of BergenSee1445–1452Duchess of the Fiannrian Provinceof Burgundie1453–1457
1414
daughter of Cristofor Montrabe Captain-General of the Palacin House Guard and Malina of Mattiusvale
1457
aged 43
did not marry
Wahlgren's Coup
Agnes Bruch
Duchess of the Fiannrian Provinceof Burgundie1458-1466
1431
daughter of Marten Bruch and Heldie Forest
1499
aged 68
Markus O'Reillyus
Avana
1466
five children
elected by the Kongerhus mob
Penelope Rubau
Duchess of the Fiannrian Provinceof Burgundie1466–1485
1433
daughter of Jeremies Rubau and Heldie Forest
1485
aged 52
did not marry
Younger half-sister of Agnes Bruch, assumed office when Agnes abdicated to marry Markus O'Reillyus in Avana
Period of Disorganized Dukes
1486-1574 Enactment of Fiannrian policy to disavow any ideas of Burgundian self-rule. Primary tool: appointing enemies of the Christensen family to the dukeship of Burgundie. In particular, noble families with more Germanic (Levantine) and less Latinic connections. Also coincides with a policy of Fiannrianfication.
List of Dukes
Dukes
Title & Reign
Portrait
Birth
Death
Marriage
Claim
Anton Akerman
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1486–1494
1434
son of Count Valmar Akerman
and Mariam von Vasser
1494
aged 60
Emmanuella of Diteaux
Port Diteaux
1450
14 children
Granted by Fiannrian
royal appointment
Reiner Hinrichs
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1495–1511
1461
son of Vicomte Joachim Hinrichs
and Galina Marconem
1568
aged 74
Vanessa Heydr
Adenborough
1512
four children
Granted by Fiannrian
royal appointment
Joseph Strassmann
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1512–1516
1447
son of Mikal Strassman
and Elenora Miroul
1516
aged 69
Holdiene Messrboch
Adenborough
1463
12 children
Granted by Fiannrian
royal appointment
Kroll Waldemar
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1517–1540
1471
son of Count Heinrik Waldemar
and Duchess Gertrube Yaldeburg
1540
aged 69
Countess Irmal Kleinenhoff
Adenborough
1489
8 children
Granted by Fiannrian
royal appointment
Wulf Sauerland
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1541–1550
1517
Duke Meyer Sauerland
and Countess Regine Mittermand
1553
aged 36
Hermilda Klauter
Adenborough
1532
four children
Granted by Fiannrian
royal appointment
Fredrick Wilhelm
Duke of the Fiannrian Province of Burgundie1551–1574
1502
son of Frederick-Michael Wilhelm
and Herminia Shoten