House of Ahnern
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| House of Ahnern Haus Ahnern | |
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| Royal dynasty | |
 Coat of arms of the Counts of Ahnern | |
| Country | Mascylla, Dulebia |
| Founded | 1459 |
| Founder | Ludwig, Count of Ahnern |
| Current head | Dorothea I of Mascylla |
| Titles | List
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| Estate(s) | Mascylla, Dulebia |
| Deposition | Dulebia, 1914: monarchy abolished during the Dulebian Civil War |
| Cadet branches | Mascylla
Dulebia |
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 of Aldia-Fania (1297–1647)
Kings of Aldia (1647–1923)
| Name | Portrait | Dynastic status | Birthday | Reign start | Reign end | Family |
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| William Louis I the Strong Wilhelm Ludwig der Starke |
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Son of Frederick John of Aldia-Fania | 11 September 1605 | 27 June 1647 | 3 December 1679 (aged 74) |
Lünburg |
| Albrecht Frederick I Albrecht Friedrich |
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Son of William Louis | 18 October 1635 | 3 December 1679 | 31 October 1692 (aged 57) |
Lünburg |
| William Louis II Wilhelm Ludwig |
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Son of Albrecht Frederick | 7 February 1651 | 31 October 1692 | 12 March 1714 (aged 63) |
Lünburg |
| George Charles I Georg Karl |
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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 |
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Son of George Charles | 9 August 1706 | 26 February 1751 | 11 July 1775 (aged 68) |
Lünburg |
| Albert William I Albert Wilhelm |
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Son of Albrecht Frederick | 3 March 1724 | 11 July 1775 | 20 November 1785 (aged 61) |
Lünburg |
| Lucas I Lukas Georg |
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Son of Albert William | 16 July 1744 | 20 November 1785 | 2 August 1827 (aged 83) |
Lünburg |
| Lucas II Lukas Augustus |
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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 |
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Niece of Lucas II | 15 July 1810 | 2 November 1847 | 23 March 1882 (aged 72) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
| Frederick I Friedrich Wilhelm |
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Son of Sophia | 13 February 1831 | 24 March 1882 | 5 September 1892 (aged 61) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
| Louis I Ludwig Eduard Friedrich |
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Son of Frederick | 31 January 1850 | 6 September 1892 | 29 May 1923 (aged 73) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
Kings of Mascylla (1793–present)
| Name | Portrait | Dynastic status | Birthday | Reign start | Reign end | Family |
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| Lucas I Lukas Georg |
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Son of Albert William | 16 July 1744 | 23 May 1793 | 2 August 1827 (aged 83) |
Lünburg |
| Lucas II Lukas Augustus |
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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 |
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Niece of Lucas II | 15 July 1810 | 2 November 1847 | 23 March 1882 (aged 72) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
| Frederick I Friedrich Wilhelm |
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Son of Sophia | 13 February 1831 | 24 March 1882 | 5 September 1892 (aged 61) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
| Louis I Ludwig Eduard Friedrich |
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Son of Frederick | 31 January 1850 | 6 September 1892 | 29 May 1923 (aged 73) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
| Maximilian I Maximilian Karl Georg Albert |
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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 |
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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 |
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Daughter of Lucas III | 10 October 1978 | 25 November 2005 | present Alive as of 2021 (aged 42) |
Ahnern-Welsbach |
Emperors of All Dulebia (1871–1914)
| Name | Portrait | Dynastic status | Birthday | Reign start | Reign end | Family |
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| Mary Zhdanova Maria Tschtanowa Мария Николаевна Жданова |
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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 |
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Son of Nicolas I and Mary Zhdanova | 22 April 1847 | 25 August 1886 | 15 February 1914 (aged 66) | Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy |
