House of Ahnern

House of Ahnern Haus Ahnern
Royal dynasty
Coat of arms of the Counts of Ahnern
Country	Mascylla, Dulebia
Founded	1459 (1459)
Founder	Ludwig, Count of Ahnern
Current head	Dorothea I of Mascylla
Titles	List King of Mascylla Emperor of All Dulebia King of Shwesia King of Phalya King of Aldia Grand Duke of Fania Duke of Aldia Duke of Reifurt Duke of Ärndt Duke of Halstein Duke of Konreid Duke of Lensrau Burgrave of Marbach Landgrave of Gärsteburg Prince of Dorathea Prince of Hohnersburg Prince of Schönbrunn Count of Engelbart Count of Krielow
Estate(s)	Mascylla, Dulebia
Deposition	Dulebia, 1914: monarchy abolished during the Dulebian Civil War
Cadet branches	Mascylla House of Ahnern-Welsbach (senior since 1847) House of Ahnern-Konreid House of Ahnern-Lensrau House of Ahnern-Marlburg House of Ahnern-Vogtburg Dulebia House of Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy

The House of Ahnern (Hesurian: Haus Ahnern, [ˈʔaːnərn]) is a Telmerian royal house and dynasty of Mascyllary origin and currently reigning as Kings of Mascylla as the House of Ahnern-Welsbach (Hesurian: Haus Ahnern-Welsbach). As a rather influential royal house they have integrated into other countries' monarchies, such as Lavaria, Norden and Dulebia, the latter of which having been ruled by the cadet branch of the House of Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy formally jointly with the House of Loxstedt-Hoeveden through Mary Zhdanova and Alexander III; it was deposed however during the Dulebian Civil War. Since the War of the Five Kings and the foundation of Mascylla, the House of Ahnern has been its continuous ruling dynasty, producing eight Mascyllary monarchs, a Dulebian empress and emperor, and dozens of other members of nobility such as counts, princes, dukes and grand dukes.

The Ahnern family was formerly known as the Lünburg family which ruled as two separate branches, the Aldian and Fanian line, in the respective Duchy of Aldia and Grand Duchy of Fania since the 13th century. Both had a distinct development, with the members of the Aldian line becoming Margraves of Bolchar and members of the Fanian line ruling the principalities of Fania-Tormundshaff and Fania-Beisach. The intermarriage of both houses birthed the united House of Lünburg and the formation of a personal union as Aldia-Fania under Fanian Grand Duke Joseph I in 1297. After the gradual decline and partitions of Cuthland in the 18th century, Aldia was recognized as one of Berea's great powers, was elevated to the Kingdom of Aldia in 1647, and effectively pushed for an effort of Mascyllary unification which eventually succeeded through the unification of Mascylla after the War of the Five Kings in 1793.

The King of Aldia Lucas II subsequently ascended to the status of Mascyllary King, renamed the House of Lünburg to the House of Ahnern and moved the family seat to Hohenehr Palace outside Königsreh. In the 19th century, it influenced multiple Berean monarchies through marriage and political alliances, namely the Lavish, Nordic, Dulebian and Valimian monarchies; in 1847, the House of Ahnern-Welsbach was established by Sophia I as a patrilineal descendant of Anthony I of Valimia and member of the Johnine branch of the House of Welsbach. In 1923 however, the Mascyllary Revolution led to the initial expelling of the monarchy, but it was later re-instituted as a constitutional monarchy which continues to the present in Mascylla. Current nominal head of the Ahnern family is Dorothea I, Queen of Mascylla since 2005, although the disputed order of succession after the Mascyllary Revolution of 1847 and the establishment of the House of Ahnern-Welsbach under Sophia I led to multiple pretenders claiming to be the actual historic heirs and family heads.

United Lünburg branch

Kings and Queens of Aldia (1647–1923)

Main article: Kingdom of Aldia § List of Kings of Aldia

Middle coat of arms of the Kingdoms of Aldia-Fania (1293–1647) and Aldia (1647–1923)

Name	Portrait	Dynastic status	Birthday	Reign start	Reign end	Family
William Louis I the Strong Wilhelm Ludwig der Starke		Son of Frederick John of Aldia-Fania	11 September 1605	27 June 1647	3 December 1679 (aged 74)	Lünburg
Albrecht Frederick I Albrecht Friedrich		Son of William Louis	18 October 1635	3 December 1679	31 October 1692 (aged 57)	Lünburg
William Louis II Wilhelm Ludwig		Son of Albrecht Frederick	7 February 1651	31 October 1692	12 March 1714 (aged 63)	Lünburg
George Charles I Georg Karl		Brother of William Louis	14 May 1674	12 March 1714	26 February 1751 (aged 76)	Lünburg
Albrecht Frederick II the Great Albrecht Friedrich der Große		Son of George Charles	9 August 1706	26 February 1751	11 July 1775 (aged 68)	Lünburg
Albert William I Albert Wilhelm		Son of Albrecht Frederick	3 March 1724	11 July 1775	20 November 1785 (aged 61)	Lünburg
Lucas I Lukas Georg		Son of Albert William	16 July 1744	20 November 1785	2 August 1827 (aged 83)	Lünburg
Lucas II Lukas Augustus		Son of Lucas I	11 December 1786	3 August 1827	28 October 1847 Death date: 28 October 1850 (aged 60)	Ahnern
Sophia I Sophia Alexandra		Niece of Lucas II	15 July 1810	2 November 1847	23 March 1882 (aged 72)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Frederick I Friedrich Wilhelm		Son of Sophia	13 February 1831	24 March 1882	5 September 1892 (aged 61)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Louis I Ludwig Eduard Friedrich		Son of Frederick	31 January 1850	6 September 1892	29 May 1923 (aged 73)	Ahnern-Welsbach

Kings and Queens of Mascylla (1793–present)

Main article: Monarchy of Mascylla

The royal coat of arms of the Mascyllary Kingdom (1793–1923) with the stem Ahnern arms at the center, following the coronation of Sophia I in 1847 (as a Johnine Welsbacher)

Present-day coat of arms of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla (1924–present) and its monarchy after the Mascyllary Revolution of 1923

Name	Portrait	Dynastic status	Birthday	Reign start	Reign end	Family
Lucas I Lukas Georg		Son of Albert William	16 July 1744	23 May 1793	2 August 1827 (aged 83)	Lünburg
Lucas II Lukas Augustus		Son of Lucas I	11 December 1786	3 August 1827	28 October 1847 Death date: 28 October 1850 (aged 60)	Ahnern
Sophia I Sophia Alexandra		Niece of Lucas II	15 July 1810	2 November 1847	23 March 1882 (aged 72)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Frederick I Friedrich Wilhelm		Son of Sophia	13 February 1831	24 March 1882	5 September 1892 (aged 61)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Louis I Ludwig Eduard Friedrich		Son of Frederick	31 January 1850	6 September 1892	29 May 1923 (aged 73)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Maximilian I Maximilian Karl Georg Albert		Son of Louis	12 November 1914	5 March 1924	14 June 1976 Death date: 28 June 2001 (aged 86)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Lucas III Lukas Albert Theodor Wilhelm		Son of Maximilian	4 February 1938	15 June 1976	24 November 2005 Alive as of 2021 (aged 82)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Dorothy I Dorothea Sophia Theresa		Daughter of Lucas III	10 October 1987	25 November 2005	present Alive as of 2022 (aged 35)	Ahnern-Welsbach

Empresses and Emperors of All Dulebia (1871–1914)

Main article: Emperor of Dulebia

Coat of arms of the House of Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy (Dulebian Empire, 1871–1914)

Name	Portrait	Dynastic status	Birthday	Reign start	Reign end	Family
Mary Zhdanova Maria Tschtanowa Мария Николаевна Жданова		Wife of Nicolas I of Dulebia, daughter of Sophia I of Mascylla	22 April 1826	1 December 1871	29 July 1886 (aged 60)	Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy
Alexander III Alexander Александр		Son of Nicolas I and Mary Zhdanova	22 April 1847	25 August 1886	15 February 1914 (aged 66)	Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy