House of Ahnern

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House of Ahnern
Haus Ahnern
Royal dynasty
House of Ahnern stem coat of arms.png
Coat of arms of the Counts of Ahnern
CountryMascylla, Dulebia
Founded1459 (1459)
FounderLudwig, Count of Ahnern
Current headDorothea 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
DepositionDulebia, 1914: monarchy abolished during the Dulebian Civil War
Cadet branchesMascylla
  • House of Ahnern-Welsbach (senior since 1847)
  • House of Ahnern-Konreid
  • House of Ahnern-Lensrau
  • House of Ahnern-Marlburg
  • House of Ahnern-Vogtburg

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 and Queens of Aldia (1647–1923)

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
Friedrich I of Prussia.jpg Son of Frederick John of Aldia-Fania 11 September 1605 27 June 1647 3 December 1679
(aged 74)
Lünburg
Albrecht Frederick I
Albrecht Friedrich
Frans Luycx - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, at three-quarter-length.jpg Son of William Louis 18 October 1635 3 December 1679 31 October 1692
(aged 57)
Lünburg
William Louis II
Wilhelm Ludwig
Friedrich Wilhelm I 1713.jpg Son of Albrecht Frederick 7 February 1651 31 October 1692 12 March 1714
(aged 63)
Lünburg
George Charles I
Georg Karl
Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg 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
George II by Thomas Hudson.jpg Son of George Charles 9 August 1706 26 February 1751 11 July 1775
(aged 68)
Lünburg
Albert William I
Albert Wilhelm
Antoine Pesne - Friedrich der Große als Kronprinz (1739).jpg Son of Albrecht Frederick 3 March 1724 11 July 1775 20 November 1785
(aged 61)
Lünburg
Lucas I
Lukas Georg
Franz Xaver Winterhalter King Louis Philippe.jpg Son of Albert William 16 July 1744 20 November 1785 2 August 1827
(aged 83)
Lünburg
Lucas II
Lukas Augustus
George IV van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.jpg Son of Lucas I 11 December 1780 3 August 1827 28 October 1847
Death date: 28 October 1850 (aged 69)
Ahnern
Sophia I
Sophia Alexandra
Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg Niece of Lucas II 15 July 1810 2 November 1847 23 March 1882
(aged 72)
Ahnern-Welsbach
Frederick I
Friedrich Wilhelm
King-Edward-VII (cropped).jpg Son of Sophia 13 February 1831 24 March 1882 5 September 1892
(aged 61)
Ahnern-Welsbach
Louis I
Ludwig Eduard Friedrich
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg Son of Frederick 31 January 1850 6 September 1892 29 May 1923
(aged 73)
Ahnern-Welsbach

Kings and Queens of Mascylla (1793–present)

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
Franz Xaver Winterhalter King Louis Philippe.jpg Son of Albert William 16 July 1744 23 May 1793 2 August 1827
(aged 83)
Lünburg
Lucas II
Lukas Augustus
George IV van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.jpg Son of Lucas I 11 December 1780 3 August 1827 28 October 1847
Death date: 28 October 1850 (aged 69)
Ahnern
Sophia I
Sophia Alexandra
Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg Niece of Lucas II 15 July 1810 2 November 1847 23 March 1882
(aged 72)
Ahnern-Welsbach
Frederick I
Friedrich Wilhelm
King-Edward-VII (cropped).jpg Son of Sophia 13 February 1831 24 March 1882 5 September 1892
(aged 61)
Ahnern-Welsbach
Louis I
Ludwig Eduard Friedrich
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg Son of Frederick 31 January 1850 6 September 1892 29 May 1923
(aged 73)
Ahnern-Welsbach
Maximilian I
Maximilian Karl Georg Albert
Charles I of Austria.jpg 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
Hans-Adam Prince of Liechtenstein (1974) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg 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
Dorothea I of Mascylla.png 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)

Name Portrait Dynastic status Birthday Reign start Reign end Family
Mary Zhdanova
Maria Tschtanowa
Мария Николаевна Жданова
Augusta, Königin von Preußen und Deutsche Kaiserin.jpg 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
Mikola II (cropped)-2.jpg Son of Nicolas I and Mary Zhdanova 22 April 1847 25 August 1886 15 February 1914 (aged 66) Ahnern-Loxstedt-Hoeveden-Zhdanovy