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House of Rahdenburg
Country	Garima, Polnitsa
Etymology	Rahden Castle
Founded	before 921
Founder	Eberhard of Rahden
Current head	William IV, Elector of Rahdenburg (2003–present)
Titles	Emperor of Audonia? King of Sydalon King of Polnitsa Grand Duke of Polnitsa Count of Rahden Elector of Rahdenburg Duke of Kostritz Duke of Neuenburg Count of Calla Prince of Rahdenburg (1918–1991)
Estate(s)	Garima, Latium, Polnitsa, Sydalon
Cadet branches	Senior branch Polnitsan branch Neuenburger branch Sydalene branch

The House of Rahdenburg (Gariman: Haus Rahdenburg; Latin: Domus Radenburgensis) is a Gariman elector dynasty whose members were at times princes, electors, grand dukes, kings, and emperors of Rahden, Rahdenburg, Polnitsa, Sydalon, and the Holy Audonian Empire. The family is believed to have originated from around X, Tervingia, in modern day Ostrovaza. They took their name from Rahden Castle, from where records indicate the family first ruled as Counts of Rahden before the formation of the Holy Audonian Empire.

The family rose to prominence in the years preceding the formation of the Kingdom of Garima, in which is was created Elector of Rahdenburg during the first expansion of Audonian electorates.

County of Rahden

The most widely accepted progenitor of the House of Rahdenburg is XXXX the YYYY, a count of Rahden that lived in the 9th century. It is also widely claimed and believed that XXXX was a scion of ZZZZ and the House of [], who constructed the original Rahden Castle.

Rahdenburg branch

Order of succession

• William II, Elector of Rahdenburg (1887–1918)
  • William III, Elector of Rahdenburg (1912–1977)
    • William IV, Elector of Rahdenburg (1932–2011)
      • William V, Elector of Rahdenburg (b. 1960)
        • (1) Constantine, Electoral Prince of Rahdenburg (b. 1987)
        • (2) Leopold, Duke of Rahdenburg (b. 1991)
        • (3) Theodore, Duke of Rahdenburg (b. 1991)
  • George, Duke of Rahdenburg-Almasch (1915–1988)
    • Henry III of Polnitsa (1941–2015)
      • (4) Louis Ferdinand, Duke of Rahdenburg-Lubke (b. 1962)
        • (5) Charles I of Polnitsa (b. 1988)
          • (6) Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of Polnitsa (b. 2016)
          • (7) Prince Michael of Polnitsa (b. 2019)
        • (8) William of Rahdenburg-Lubke
        • (9) Reinhart of Rahdenburg-Lubke
        • (10) Louis of Rahdenburg-Lubke
      • (11) Frederick, Duke of Rahdenburg-Almasch (b. 1964)
        • (12) Conrad of Rahdenburg-Almasch (b. 1990)
          • (13) Henry of Rahdenburg-Almasch (b. 2016)
          • (14) Peter of Rahdenburg-Almasch (b. 2021)
        • (15) Otto of Rahdenburg-Almasch (b. 1994)
          • (16) Albin of Calla (b. 2018)
          • (17) Otto of Calla (b. 2021)
      • (18) Sigismund, Duke of Rahdenburg-Ansbach (b. 1968)
        • (19) Gregory of Rahdenburg-Ansbach (b. 1996)
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        • (20) Sigismund of Rahdenburg-Ansbach (b. 2014)
        • (21) Michael of Rahdenburg-Ansbach (b. 2017)

Kings of Sydalon

The House of Rahdenburg oft had dealings in Sydalon since the crusader kingdom's creation in the 13th century following the First Crusade. However, the family had its first marriage with the royal house through the marriage of the adventurous Albert, Count of Rahdenburg-Ansbach and Elissa, then heir apparent and Princess of Petra. Albert and Elissa had # children, the eldest of whom was Frederick of Rahdenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Diban. Albert was viewed as popular leading up to and during his wife's reign, setting the groundwork for his son Frederick to succeed Elissa II as monarch.

Frederick, Duke of Diban became the first Rahdenburg to succeed to the Petran throne on 2 May 1621. He became King of Sydalon nearly six years later on 11 June 1627, assuming Jordan VI as his regnal name. Overall, the House of Rahdenburg produced three monarchs of Sydalon for a total of 52 years: Jordan VI, Rainier II, and Melisende I. The throne later passed to the imperial Latin Aemilia dynasty through the eldest son of Melisende I and her husband Emperor Constantine XVII Aemilius. While the throne passed to the Aemilia dynasty, Jordan VI and his wife Leonore of Larache had 7 children, including 4 sons. The line of Jordan VI's eldest son Frederick later went on to become the senior line of the House of Rahdenburg with the ascension of Frederick VII as Elector. Frederick himself was Duke of Esebon prior to becoming elector, which he abdicated in favor of his electorate title.

List of rulers

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriages	Death	Claim
Jordan VI Frederick Albert Jordanes Robert 11 June 1627 – 6 April 1641			2 January 1593 Aquilanida Son of Belandra II and Albert, Duke of Rahdenburg-Ansbach	Leonore of Larache Cathedral of the Holy Nativity DATE 7 children	6 April 1641 Palis Royal aged 41	Son of Elissa II
Rainier II Frederick Rainier Otto Leopold 6 April 1641 – 7 June 1644			1 January 1618 Aquilanida Son of Jordan VI and Leonore of Larache	Unmarried	7 June 1644 Palis Royal aged 26	Son of Jordan VI
Melisende I Melisende Elisabetta Marguerite 7 June 1644 – 28 February 1680			19 July 1619 Palis Royal Daughter of Jordan VI and Leonore of Larache	Constantine XVII Aemilius Sancta Sapientia 1 August 1635 4 children	28 February 1688 Castra Rubea aged 60	Sister of Rainier II