Kingdom of Aldia

Kingdom of Aldia Königreich Alden (Hesurian)
1647–1924
Above: State flag (1600-1865) Below: Civil flag (1707-1798) Coat of arms
Motto: Nihil sine Deo Nichts ohne Gott ("Nothing without God")
Anthem: Aldensang Chant of Aldia
Aldia within the Mascyllary Kingdom with territories lost in 1840
Status	Sovereign kingdom (1647–1787) Federated state of the Elbgau Confederation (1787–1793) Federated state of the Mascyllary Kingdom (1793–1923)
Capital	Augusthal (official capital of the kingdom until 1793) Lancaide (national capital in 1794–1811) Königsreh
Common languages	Hesurian (official)
Demonym(s)	Aldian
Government	Feudal monarchy (1647–1714) Absolute monarchy (1714–1850) Federal semi-constitutional monarchy (1850–1924)
King
• 1647–1679 (first)	William Louis I
• 1883–1923 (last)	Louis I
Historical era	Renaissance – Early modern period
• Peace in Hubertsburg	1647
• Constitution adopted	9 June 1715
• Battle of Auserburg	24 June 1786
• Elbgau Confederation founded	6 October 1787
• Unification of Mascylla	23 May 1793
• Constitution adopted	20 February 1850
• Mascyllary Revolution	23 May 1923 1924
Currency	Thaler 1297–1582 Königsthaler 1583–1790 Reichsthaler 1791–1793 Karning 1794–1923

The Kingdom of Aldia (Hesurian: Königreich Alden, pronounced: [ˈkø:nɪgʁaɪ̯ç ˈaldən]) was a sovereign state and Mascyllary kingdom centered around the historical state of Aldia and additional territories in northern and central Mascylla from 1647 until 1923. It was the leading nation in the unification process of Mascylla in the War of the Five Kings, and the dominant economic, military, and political power within the Mascyllary Kingdom until its dissolution in 1924.

The kingdom was created from the unified Grand Duchy of Aldia–Fania following the conclusion of the Peace in Hubertsburg, the Dorsace War, and the X War in its entirety at large in 1647 by William Louis I. As a maritime and agricultural power, it grew to become one of the most influential Mascyllary states by the 18th century. After the gradual decline and partitions of the First Cuthish Empire, especially following the War of the Cuthish Succession in 1740 under the reign of George Charles I and Frederick Albert II, Aldia was recognized as one of Berea's great powers and effectively pushed for a pragmatic and reactionary effort of Mascyllary unification, which was increasingly resisted by the rivalring Kingdom of Adwinia.

In 1787 it became a decisive member state of the Elbgau Confederation and initiated its evolution into the Aldian-dominated Mascyllary Kingdom following the defeat of Charles Anthony III in the War of the Five Kings (1789–1793), with King Lucas I styling himself Mascyllary King. In the wake of the Cuthish Revolution and the subsequent war, Aldian policymakers were the main driving force behind the domestic promotion of Mascyllary nationalism and national conservatism, vehemently rejecting liberal revolutionary thought with the 1818 Reichenbach Decrees. The defeat of Mascylla in the Alhstead Wars (1830–1841) by Emperor Edwin III and the Revolution of 1847 forced Aldia to adopt a constitution in 1850, the last federated state of the Mascyllary Kingdom to do so. The Great War (1911–1916) devastated extensive swaths of densely populated regions in Aldia (Elbgau–Blaugold region), and in 1923, the Mascyllary Revolution led to the abolition of the state's monarchy and the proclamation of the democratic modern-day Free State of Aldia (Freistaat Alden).

History

Rise in power

Territorial evolution of the Kingdom of Aldia since 1297

List of Kings of Aldia

This list details all Kings of Aldia (1647–present). Every single monarch is either of the House of Lünburg or its successor House of Ahnern and Ahnern-Welsbach. With the Mascyllary Revolution in 1924, the monarchy of Aldia is generally considered to be dissolved, even though the constitutional institution and style of "King" or "Queen of Aldia" is retained by the Mascyllary monarch. However, the modern-day Free State of Aldia is defined as a federal semi-presidential republic by its state constitution and therefore de facto without monarchy, but remains within the Mascyllary monarchy at large as a devolved federated state (Reichsland).

Name	Portrait	Birthday	Reign start	Reign end	Family
William Louis I the Strong Wilhelm Ludwig der Starke		11 September 1605	27 June 1647	3 December 1679 (aged 74)	Lünburg
Frederick Albert I Friedrich Albert		18 October 1635	3 December 1679	31 October 1692 (aged 57)	Lünburg
William Louis II Wilhelm Ludwig		7 February 1651	31 October 1692	12 March 1714 (aged 63)	Lünburg
George Charles I Georg Karl		14 May 1684	12 March 1714	26 February 1751 (aged 66)	Lünburg
Frederick Albert II the Great Friedrich Albert der Große		9 August 1706	26 February 1751	11 July 1775 (aged 68)	Lünburg
Albert William I Albert Wilhelm		3 March 1724	11 July 1775	20 November 1785 (aged 61)	Lünburg
Lucas I Lukas Georg		16 July 1744	20 November 1785	2 August 1827 (aged 83)	Lünburg
Lucas II Lukas Augustus		11 December 1780	3 August 1827	28 October 1847 Death date: 28 October 1850 (aged 69)	Ahnern
Sophia I Sophia Alexandra		15 July 1810	2 November 1847	23 March 1882 (aged 72)	Ahnern-Welsbach
Frederick I Friedrich Wilhelm		13 February 1831	24 March 1882	5 September 1892 (aged 61)	Ahnern
Louis I Ludwig Eduard Friedrich		31 January 1850	6 September 1892	29 May 1923 (aged 73)	Ahnern
Maximilian I Maximilian Karl Georg Albert		12 November 1914	5 March 1924	14 June 1976 Death date: 28 June 2001 (aged 86)	Ahnern
Lucas III Lukas Albert Theodor Wilhelm		4 February 1938	15 June 1976	24 November 2005 Alive as of 2021 (aged 82)	Ahnern
Dorothy I Dorothea Sophia Theresa		10 October 1987	25 November 2005	present Alive as of 2022 (aged 35)	Ahnern