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The House of Julio-Yustona had ruled the Kingdom of Urcea since its establishment with the Golden Bull of 1098. This House was not descended from St. Julius I but rather his brother, Aedanicus, who was granted the Grand Duchy of Yustona by Emperor Conchobar I of the Holy Levantine Empire, because St. Julius's male line heirs went extinct in 922. The House of Yustona thus inherited the Archduchy of Urceopolis and attempted to marry into the Julian line in the 10th century, though this was disputed by later historians and Aleckán partisans.

The Julio-Yustona dynasty proper died out in 1153, and in 1159 following an interregnum Seán Aleckán, a descendant in the female line from St. Julius I, dispatched most of the other claimants and was crowned King Seán I. Among other reasons, his reign was considered to be legitimate as the Golden Bull included the vaguely worded provision that ''"relational descendants of the great Saint, Julius, the Archduke"'' should sit on the Julian Throne. From this period on, King Seán I was recognized as Custóir of the Estate of the Julii and passed this title on to his descendants, meaning that he and his descendants were recognized as titular heads over the extended Julian family. The strength of the Aleckán claim lay in their proximity to St. Julius I and their headship of the Julii Estate.

In 1214, several of the magnates and Estates of Urcea revolted upon the death of Emperor Niall I, Seán's descendant. They installed Cónn of Holmfilth as Apostolic King of Urcea. King Constantine, as he was known, was descendant of King Aedanicus II, a Julio-Yustona. King Constantine, and his descendants, made up the Royal House of Cónn. Their strength of their claim lay in the proximity to the original Kings of Urcea and that the Aleckáns were functional "outsiders" of the Julian Palace. During period of Cónn rule, it was noted as highly unusual that the King was not the Custóir of his own estate.