List of Emerstarian monarchs

King of Emerstari
Kuing Emerige
Incumbent
Erik XII Georg since 7 July 1994
Details
Style	His Majesty
Heir apparent	Frederik Johann Eirikr
First monarch	Erik the Victorious
Formation	1047

The monarch of Emerstari is the head of state, government, church in Emerstari. The first King of Emerstari (Emerstarian: Kuing Emerige), or as it was earlier styled King of the Emerstarians (Emerstarian: Kuing dem Emersker) was Erik the Victorious who united the nine Emerstarian petty kingdoms in the mid-eleventh century. Later chroniclers, particularly during the first Eirikrian Restoration, authored histories of the Emerstarian monarchy based on Emerstarian folklore tracing Erik the Victorious's ancestry to Adam and Eve through Rodouf, a great-grandson of Noah through Japheth and Magog, who led the first migration to Emerstari.

List of monarchs of Emerstari

House of Eirikr (1047-1122)

The reign of Erik the Victorious begins the rule of House of Eirikr, which had been referred to earlier as the House of Kveldur after a semi-legendary ancestor of Erik; the House of Eirikr, by its own right and through its cadet branches, would continue and still continues to dominant Emerstarian politics. Erik I died in 1078, and his two eldest sons Jakob I and Olaf I agreed to rule as diarchs as before his death, Erik had requested his friend, the Bishop of Uppsalle Bjivorr Eylirsson, to excommunicate his sons if they commit kinslaying or split the Kingdom via civil war. Jakob's eldest son, Jakob II took vows of chastity (possibly to hide the fact he was infertile). Therefore when he died, the kingship was again a monarchy through Olaf's line, but Olaf's son, Karl I died in 1122 with only an infant son, so the nobility used an Emerstarian form of tanistry known as slektentilsogening to select a new king.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Erik I the Victorious der Segerfuld	Eirikr Ingemjårsson Segersælla	1 August 1009 – 21 July 1078 (68)	title created	1047 – 1078	Anneke van Wekehaart (three children)	Koungengr a dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Jakob I the Southerner der Sydmann	Jakobr Eiriksson Suðurmann	14 November 1046 – 23 April 1085 (38)	Son of Erik I	1078 – 1085	Ragnhilde Leffsdottir (five children)
	Olaf I the Northerner der Nordmann	Olaf Kounengsson Norðurmann	29 January 1049 – 14 March 1105 (56)	Son of Erik I	1078 – 1105	Adelaide d'Anjeu (four children)
	Jakob II the Chastite der Kysker	Jakob Jakobssen Kuska	6 April 1070 – 2 September 1112 (42)	Son of Jakob I	1085 – 1112	-
	Karl I the Older der Aldre	Karl Olufsson Eldri	27 May 1089 – 6 November 1122 (33)	Son of Olaf I	1112 – 1122	Asa Swyensdottir (one child)

House of Sigfredsson (1122-1235)

Harald I succeeded to the to throne as the maternal grandson of Jakob I. His father, Sigfred the Hound, for whom the House of Sigfredsson is named, had been a trusted commander of the Eirikrian kings, and his grandfather had been one of the earliest supporters of Erik the Victorious. Harald, an avid bear-hunter (for that, he earned his epiteth), severely injured himself in a hunting incident in 1134, and he abdicated for his son Erik II. Erik II's great-grandson, Karl II had only a daughter, so the throne passed to the third son of Karl's sister, Isabel Håkonsdottir who had married Peter von Wassen, Count of Wassen.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Harald I the Bear-Hearted der Bjornhjartedt	Harald Sigfredsson Berhartatha	4 February 1100 – 23 December 1140 (40)	Grandson of Jakob I	1122 – 1134	Gunnhilde Magnusdottir (two children)	Koungengr a dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Erik II the Second der Tvadter	Eirik Haraldsson Annaða	5 April 1116 – 18 April 1163 (44)	Son of Harald I	1134 – 1163	Ingeborga Gormsdottir (one child)
	Erik III the Short der Skjort	Eirik Eiriksson Skyrtta	2 February 1146 – 23 December 1179 (32)	Son of Erik II	1163 – 1179	Borghilde Ulvsdottir (two children)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Håkon I the Clean der Ren	Håkon Eiriksson Hreinna	30 July 1162 – 5 October 1190 (28)	Son of Erik III	1179 – 1190	Margaret Sweynsdottir (six children)
	Karl II the Younger der Ungre	Karl Håkonsson Yngra	2 March 1184 – 23 May 1235 (41)	Son of Håkon I	1179 – 1235	Margaret Sweynsdottir (six children)

House of Wassen (1235-1250)

With the death of Karl II, the throne passed through his sister's grandson, the third son of Peter von Wassen, Count of Wassen, Wilhelm von Wassen who ruled as Villem I. The rule of the House of Wassen, though relatively short, opened Emerstari open to the rest of Scania through marriages with Rhenish and Polsnian families. Villem's son, Olaf II died without issue, and the nobility gathered in council selected Gustaf, Earl of Malmø, a member of the House of Malmø, a cadet branch of the House of Eirikr to be King.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Villem I the Rhenish der Hrenlander	Villem Persson Hranmann	2 January 1200 – 5 December 1242 (41)	Grandnephew of Karl II	1235 – 1242	(1) Adelheida Eiriksdottir (two children) (2) Heide von Horsten (one child)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Olaf II the Tall der Langt	Olaf Villemsson Hara	18 April 1218 – 1 December 1250 (32)	Son of Villem	1242 – 1250	Alicja Jadrowąż (no issue)

House of Malmø (1250-1270)

Gustaf, Earl of Malmø ascended to the throne in 1242 via election. He was the first Emerstarian king to adopt a regnal name to rule with beside his own; this was mainly to show reverence to Erik I as the House of Malmø was a cadet branch of the House of Eirikr through a bastard great-grandson of Karl I. Gustaf I died in 1261, and his son and successor Erik IV Jakob died in 1270 with only daughters. His brother was seen as too weak to be King, so his nephew, seen as too young at the moment, made a gentlemen's agreement with the nobility at the Council at Ragnvaldsholm that they would elect his maternal uncle, Canute Heinrich von Wesse, Count Palatine of Wesse King, then upon his death, they would elect him.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Gustaf I Erik the Gold-Haired der Gylhjardt	Gustaf I Erik Gulharda	21 March 1208 – 17 November 1261 (52)	Fourth great-grandson of Karl II	1250 – 1261	Auguste von Heichel–Leffenburg (four children)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Erik IV Jakob the Well-Crowned der Valkrondt	Erik I Jakob Valkoronda	5 September 1230 – 6 April 1270 (39)	Fourth great-grandson of Karl II	1261 – 1270	Rikissa Johanna Månfredsdattir (two children)

House of Wesse (1270-1312)

Canute Heinrich von Wesse, Count Palatine of Wesse ascended to the throne in 1270 as a result of the gentlemen's agreement between his nephew and the nobility of Emerstari, ruling as Knudt I Henrik. Against it, though, he began to consolidate power in an attempt to secure the throne for his son; ultimately, when he died in 1303, his son Lokke Knudtsson had surrendered his claim to the Emerstarian throne to Knudt's brother, so he could rule as the Elector of Heischten in Rhenland. Folke I Villem, Knudt's brother, died in 1312 without issue.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Knudt I Henrik the Foreigner der Udtmann	Knut I Henrik Utlandingmann	16 July 1241 – 2 June 1303 (61)	Brother-in-law of Erik IV Jakob	1270 – 1301	Sofia Helvig Eriksdattir (two children)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Folke I Villem the Usurper der Tilriver	Folke I Villem Hrifmann	11 August 1251 – 1 February 1312 (61)	Brother of Knudt I Henrik	1301 – 1312	Katerin Martha Haraldsdattir (two children)

House of Malmø First Restoration (1312-1370)

Upon the death of his other maternal uncle Folke I Villem, Ervin Klasson, Duke of Malmø, supported by the King of Coelans, called upon the nobility which he had convened with and their descendants to execute the agreement they had made with him fifty-two years prior in 1270 with threat of war. Thereafter, he was crowned at the advanced age of 68, and he ruled for nearly fourteen years. His long life was attributed to divine right, that, for his right to rule had been denied for so long, God blessed him with the longest life of any Emerstarian king to that point. Ervin I Knudt's son Olaf III Kristoffer succeeded him in 1338, ruling with his mother, Elsa I Annikke as co-monarchs for twelve years until her death in 1350. The term diarch is not used here by historians as Elsa was more of a sovereign adviser to Olaf than a sovereign ruler with him. Regardless, she is the first woman to be a Queen-regnant of Emerstari. In 1358, Olaf sent his daughter, Johanna Olafsdattir, to Marseile to wed the son of Charles VII of Marseile, the heir apparant, but en route she died due to the outbreak of the Coughing Plague, the Great Mortality. Upon, Olaf's death in 1370, Charles declared war, proclaiming himself as the King of the Emerstarians by right of his son's "sabotaged" marriage to Johanna.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Ervin I Knudt the Old der Ald	Eruin I Knud Elda	1 February 1254 – 17 May 1338 (83)	Grandnephew of Erik IV Jakob	1312 – 1338	Elsa I Annikke (three children)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians
	Elsa I Annikke the King's Mother der Kuingsmoder	Elsa I Annikke Koungesmodir	28 April 1270 – 16 September 1350 (80)	Wife of Ervin I Knudt	1338 – 1350	Ervin I Knudt (three children)	Drottning af dem Emerska Queen of the Emerstarians
	Olaf III Kristoffer the Bearded der Skagdt	Olaf III Kristoffer Skagga	30 December 1303 – 19 November 1380 (76)	Son of Ervin I Knudt	1338 – 1380	Solveig Annikke van Weitvelt (three children)	Kounge af dem Emerska King of the Emerstarians

House of Potois (1380-1381)

Emerstari fell to the armies of Charles VII and III, but after one year, in an attempt to stabilize and legitimize his rule, he met with the nobility of Emerstari in Arhus where it was agreed that Emerstarians would recognize his brother-in-law as King as opposed to him.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Karl VII and III the Wine-Drinker der Vindrikkere	Karl VII and III Vindrykker	7 March 1328 – August 31 1381 (62)	Brother-in-law to Olaf III Kristoffer	1312 – 1338	Eléonore Blanche de Jacquesse (one child)	Roi de Marseille King of Marseille Roi de l'Emersterrians King of the Emerstarians

House of Jacquesse (1381-1390)

Pers, Duke of Jacuqesse, Charles VII and III's brother-in-law, reigned over Emerstari for nine years until the Emerstarian nobility fianally rebelled in the Olafsson War, which the two sons of Olaf III Kristoffer led.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Per IV and I the Marseilian King der Marskkuing	Peder IV and I Marskakounge	27 June 1330 – 14 November 1402 (71)	Brother-in-law to Charles VII and III	1381 – 1390	Emma von Schende (five children)	Dux de Jacquesse Duke of Jacquesse Roi de l'Emersterrians King of the Emerstarians

House of Malmø Second Restoration (1390-1401)

After the Olafsson War, the elder son of Olaf III Kristoffer handed the throne over to his son who would rule as Sigismund I Kristoffer. Sigismund died in 1401, leaving the throne to his only son, Erik Sigismundssen. However, Erik was serving as a mercenary in Polsnia at the time, so his mother crowned herself Queen-regnant of Emerstari, becoming the first woman to rule as the sole monarch of Emerstari.

Portrait	Modern Name and Epithet	Contemporary name and Epithet	Lifespan	Relation to Predecessors	Reign	Consort(s)	Title	Arms
	Sigismund I Kristoffer the Freer King der Frierekuing	Sigismund I Kristoffer Fringerkounge	4 October 1362 – 14 November 1401 (38)	Grandson of Olaf III Kristoffer	1301 – 1401	Erika I Henriette (one child)	Kounge af dem Emerskar King of the Emerstarians

House of Sverrer

The reign of Erika I Henriette, which installed the House of Sverrer, another cadet branch of the House of Eirikr, was met with general discontentment from much of the nobility mainly due to the fact that she was a woman, so Harald Karlsson, Duke of Marland convinced the nobility in council to crown him King alongside Erika, at least until Erik returns. Erik returned in 1403, however, by this time, he had lost favor amongst the nobility and was never made King.

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House of Sverrer

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign	Marriage	Death
	Harald I Håkon	1 October 1369 eldest son of Valter Olof Karlsson, Marquess of Sverresland and Frederikke Adulfa Wesse–Rauenburg	1416 – 1421	Haelvig Hallthora Sigfriedsdatter no issue	9 August 1421 aged 51

House of Aldburg

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign	Marriage	Death
	Vilhelm II Karl	9 May 1370 eldest son of Deitrik Johann Karlsson, Earl of Ålhus and Anne Georga Johannsdottir	1421 – 1430	(1) Margaret Jeanne de Potois five children (2) Isabella von Schlaudlin two children	29 September 1430 aged 60
	Kristien I Ulrik Karl Onreda	24 November 1398 eldest son of VIlhelm II Karl and Margaret Jeanne de Potois	1430 – 1438	Martha von Schlaudlin two children	17 July 1438 aged 39

House of Eric (restored, first time)

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign	Marriage	Death
	Georg I Erik Georg Storre	7 August 1426 Osterflodpalats eldest son of Birger Olaf Karlssen, Duke of Flodland and Filika Johanna Össelhus	1444 – 1512	Svea Frederike Olofsdottir four children	17 July 1512 Rensulier Palace aged 85
	Erik V Georg	3 December 1456 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Georg I Erik and Svea Frederike Olofsdottir	1512 – 1529	Theresa Johanna Elisabet of Saexe–Vassen one child	9 July 1529 Uppsalle Palace aged 72
	Elsa II Nathalie	1 August 1483 Osterflodpalats eldest daughter Erik V Georg and Theresa Johanna Elisabet of Saexe–Vassen	1529 – 1570	Ernest Wilhelm Friedrich von Wolnbach three children	7 November 1570 Eriksborg Castle aged 87
	Gustaf II Jakob	8 July 1511 Undersalle Palace eldest son of Elsa II Nathalie and Ernest Wilhelm Friedrich von Wolnbach	1570 – 1582	Mathilde Wilhelmina van Ziest five children	2 August 1582 Floddal Castle aged 71
	Gustaf III Folke	19 April 1530 Osterflodpalats eldest son of Gustaf II Jakob and Mathilde Wilhelmina van Ziest	1582 – 1604	(1) Joan de Oullise two children (2) Sofia Isabel Persdottir one child	9 February 1604 Rensulier Palace aged 73
	Katarina I Solveig	28 February 1552 Rensulier Palace eldest daughter of Gustaf II Jakob and Mathilde Wilhelmina van Ziest	1604 – 1623	Karl Rudolf Maudbourg one child	17 October 1623 Perseng Palace aged 71

House of Leijonhuvud

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign	Marriage	Death
	Ervin II Gustaf	19 May 1576 Svartskog Castle eldest son of Johann Ludvig Leijonhuvud, Duke of Skogland and Sofie Freja Lorenssen, Duchess of Skogland	1623 – 1650	Anna Fredericha von Zeihr three children	22 November 1650 Rensulier Palace aged 74
	Erik VI Georg	2 June 1601 Svartskog Castle eldest son of Ervin II Gustaf and Anna Fredericha von Zeihr	1650 – 1669	Kjarlotte Amelie Persdottir four children	31 August 1669 Bergland, Coelans aged 68
	Gustaf II Jakob	30 April 1630 Stenhus Castle eldest son of Erik VI Georg and Kjarlotte Amelie Persdottir	1669 – 1690	Freja Ingvara Karlsdottir two children	6 December 1690 Rensulier Palace aged 60
	Karl IV Lorens Karl der Stor	30 April 1672 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Gustaf II Jakob and Freja Ingvara Karlsdottir	1690 – 1704	-	2 June 1704 Kääjoki, Soumeland aged 32
	Annette I Maria	15 June 1673 Rensulier Palace eldest daughter of Gustaf II Jakob and Freja Ingvara Karlsdottir	1704 – 1708	Wilhelm Adolf III, Landgrave of Schefft two children	19 July 1740 Koroneskpalats aged 66
	Erwin III Karl	12 September 1692 Koroneskpalats eldest son of Deitrik Johann Gustafssen, Prince of Emerstari and Maria Elisabet, Duchess of Landberg	1708 – 1718	Anaïs Magali de Donat one child	20 October 1718 Koroneskpalats aged 26

House of Eric (restored, second time)

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign	Marriage	Death
	Erik VIII Olaf	10 July 1679 Uppsalle Palace eldest son of Hans Georg Finnssen, Prince–Elector of Thössenland and Aleksendra Elsa Månsstrom, Margravess of Hullen	1718 – 1744	Elsa Frederike Leijonhuvud eleven children	9 July 1744 Vantaa aged 64
	Erik IX Johann	16 March 1720 Osterflodpalats eldest son of Karl Frederik, Crown Prince of Emerstari and Amelie van Hoekkers	1744 – 1778	Kjarlotte Ingvera Persdottir six children	10 November 1778 Rensulier Palace aged 58
	Olaf III Aleksender	29 May 1723 Osterflodpalats younger son of Karl Frederik, Crown Prince of Emerstari and Amelie van Hoekkers	1778 – 1780	Else Johanna Ludvigssdottir five children	5 October 1800 Stromholm Palace aged 77
	Karl V Erik	1 September 1749 Koroneskpalats eldest son of Erik IV Johann and Kjarlotte Ingvera Persdottir	1780 – 1808	Isabel von Freid two children	19 March 1808 Ynnesburg aged 58
	Ervin IV Thomes	12 May 1769 Vasterflodpalats eldest son of Karl V Erik and Isabel von Freid	1808 – 1835	Sofie Erika Henrikssdottir five children	7 March 1835 Ynnesburg aged 56
	Folke II Knudt	6 July 1790 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Ervin V Thomes and Sofie Erika Henriksdottir	1835 – 1849	Karolin Georga Frederikssdottir three children	7 March 1835 Vasterflodpalats aged 48
	Gustaf IV Johann	21 June 1810 Krøskjenborg eldest son of Folke II Knudt and Karolin Georga Frederiksdottir	1849 – 1860	Elisabet Kjarlotte Fjellborg one child	12 May 1872 Vasterflodpalats aged 61
	Kristien II Gustaf	22 August 1812 Osterflodpalats younger son of Folke II Knudt and Karolin Georga Frederiksdottir	1860 – 1879	Louise de Rieumont four children	1 August 1879 Vasterflodpalats aged 66
	Elsa III Marie	9 October 1850 Rensulier Palace eldest daughter of Kristien II Gustaf and Louise de Reiumont	1879 – 1916	Hasse Johann Folkberg two children	30 December 1941 Rensulier Palace aged 91
	Erik X Gustaf Erik der Langtlivere	18 August 1900 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Olaf Frederik Hassen, Crown Prince of Emerstari and Anne Margeret, Princess of Coelans	1916 – 1972	Nathalie Leijonhuvud three children	17 February 2019 Rensulier Palace aged 118
	Erik XI Deitrik	2 September 1933 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Erik X Gusaf and Nathalie Leijonhuvud	1972 – 1994	Synnøva Leijonhuvud two children	-
	Erik XI Deitrik	4 August 1970 Rensulier Palace eldest son of Erik XI Deitrik and Synnøva Leijonhuvud	1994 – present	Elsa Ljundburg three children	-

Timeline of Emerstarian monarchs