House of Aquila

House of Aquila
Gens Aquila
House of Aquila; Gens Aquila
Royal House
	File:Aquila Coat of Arms.png Arms of the King of Aquila
Country	Kingdom of Aquila
Founded	333 BC
Founder	Julius Aquila Gregorius
Current head	King Gregorius XXXIII of Aquila
Titles	King of Aquila; Prince of Tirona; Duke of Aquila; Lord of Aquila; Barony of Hostica;
Estate(s)	St. Gregorius's Palace ; Tirona Castle

The House of Aquila, is a Euclean royal house of Solarian origin, officially founded by Julius Aquila Gregorius, who himself comes from an early Solarian patrician family, the Aquilae, although other records of the family have been lost to history. It is among the largest and oldest recorded royal houses in Euclea and the world. In particular, the House has been rulers of the island of Aquila for thousands of years (although not always continuously), giving the name to the island itself and the Kingdom that would eventually arise on the island. Julius Aquila Gregorius would conquer the island for the Solarians in 333 BC; the island remained in the family until it was persecuted for its Catholicism and driven underground by the Solarians. St. Gregorius I would unite the island in 500 AD, creating the Kingdom of Aquila with his coronation from the Pope; his direct descendants have been ruling ever since. The head of the House is the King of Aquila, Gregorius XXXIII, who has been its head since 2005.

The vast majority of members of the dynasty are Catholic, many devout. Called the "Sword of the Papacy", the Kings of Aquila were always staunch allies of both the Pope and the Church. The House was deeply involved with the Crusades, culminating in a series of Crusader Kings. Also, there are seven monarchs of Aquila who are Saints- St. Gregorius I, St. Petrus I, St. Petrus VIII, St. Gregorius XIII, St. Pius I, St. Paulus VIII, and St. Ioannes XIV, as well as other members of the house themselves who are Saints, such as St. Ioannes de Aquila, martyr, and St. Veronica de Aquila.

The House of Aquila generally enjoys a harmonious family relationship. Although traditionally having primogeniture succession and the large size of the House, there are not many internal struggles between the members of the House, with the exceptions being the first and second succession crises. Unique to the family is the fact that most members live together in St. Gregorius' Palace, and rarely take other noble titles, although many members of the family play an important role in political or ecclesiastical affairs. Also, because of the way succession works by Aquilan law, there are no "cadet houses" of the House of Aquila- the Tironan Branch, which lives separately from the rest of the family and is the claimant family to the throne of Tirona, is often distinguished, but they are still full members of the House of Aquila, not a "cadet house". Therefore all male-line descendants of Julius Aquila Gregorius are members of this House, although there are no living members that are not descendants of St. Gregorius I. All members of the House earn, by merit of their birth, the title of "Prince of Aquila". The House never expanded much beyond the borders of the Kingdom, instead contenting itself with what it had. And although they were never the most powerful rulers, they have preserved, while other dynasties crumble and die.

Living Members of House Aquila

Members of House Aquila
Member	Age	Birth	Father	Relationship to Head	Notes
Gregorius XXXIII	43	11 October 1980	Petrus XVI	Head	• King of Aquila • Married to Cecilia de Cornelia • Seven Children
Gregorius	26	16 April 1998	Gregorius XXXIII	Son	• Crown Prince of Aquila
Petrus	24	17 April 2000	Gregorius XXXIII	Son
Maria	21	12 January 2003	Gregorius XXXIII	Daughter
Theresa	18	1 July 2005	Gregorius XXXIII	Daughter
Cecilia	15	19 November 2008	Gregorius XXXIII	Daughter
Christophorus	11	2 January 2013	Gregorius XXXIII	Son
Pius	8	30 September 2015	Gregorius XXXIII	Son
Ioannes	40	31 October 1983	Petrus XVI	Brother	• Chancellor of Aquila • Married to Marina d'Amédor • 5 Children
Ioannes	20	29 February 2004	Ioannes	Nephew
Claudia	17	3 February 2007	Ioannes	Neice
Stephanus	13	30 April 2010	Ioannes	Nephew
Josephus	10	5 October 2013	Ioannes	Nephew
Marina	7	14 August 2016	Ioannes	Niece
Philipus	38	7 July 1985	Petrus XVI	Brother	• Priest
Iacobus	36	25 June 1987	Petrus XVI	Brother
Octavia	34	13 November 1989	Petrus XVI	Sister
Constance	31	8 October 1992	Petrus XVI	Sister
Paulus	60	3 January 1964	Ioannes XVII	Uncle	• Married, 3 Children
Paulus	38	10 July 1985	Paulus	First Cousin
Joanna	36	9 September 1987	Paulus	First Cousin
Linus	34	1 April 1990	Paulus	First Cousin	• Married to Rykka, Princess of Norday
Pius	56	June 30 1967	Ioannes XVII	Uncle	• Cardinal • Archbishop of Aquila
Pia	52	3 June 1971	Ioannes XVII	Aunt
Josephus	56	21 June 1967	Josephus	First Cousin Once Removed	• Married, Three Children
Josephus	38	23 March 1986	Josephus	Second Cousin	• Married, Two Children
Josephus	13	16 November 2010	Josephus	Second Cousin Once Removed
Beatrice	10	7 January 2014	Josephus	Second Cousin Once Removed
Francesca	35	15 October 1988	Josephus	Second Cousin
Martinus	33	20 February 1991	Josephus	Second Cousin
Victor	51	5 July 1972	Josephus	First Cousin Once Removed	• Married, one child
Victoria	28	4 December 1995	Victor	Second Cousin
Petrus	83	18 December 1940	Ioannes	Great-Uncle
Christophorus	78	3 October 1945	Christophorus	Second Cousin Once Removed	• Married, three children
Martina	51	18 October 1972	Christophorus	Third Cousin
Christophorus	48	30 August 1975	Christophorus	Third Cousin	• Married, three children
Christophorus	27	18 May 1996	Christophorus	Third Cousin Once Removed
Julia	25	19 June 1998	Christophorus	Third Cousin Once Removed
Augustinius	24	20 April 2000	Christophorus	Third Cousin Once Removed
Philipus	85	12 January 1939	Philipus	Second Cousin Four Times Removed	• Married, two children
Philipus	38	12 May 1985	Philipus	Fourth Cousin Twice Removed	• Married, two children
Philipus	14	30 September 2009	Philipus	Fifth Cousin Once Removed
Scholastica	11	2 March 2013	Philipus	Fifth Cousin Once Removed
Barnabas	35	27 June 1988	Philipus	Fourth Cousin Twice Removed
Benedictus	33	1 August 1990	Philipus	Fourth Cousin Twice Removed
Marcus	98	10 September 1925	Marcus	Eighth Cousin Thrice Removed	• Married, Three Children
Veronica	77	9 November 1946	Marcus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed
Marcus	72	15 August 1951	Marcus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Married, three children
Marcus	51	29 March 1973	Marcus	Tenth Cousin Once Removed	• Married, one child
Marcus	31	27 September 1992	Marcus	Eleventh Cousin	• Married, four children
Marcus	10	9 April 2014	Marcus	Eleventh Cousin Once Removed
Jerome	7	5 May 2016	Marcus	Eleventh Cousin Once Removed
Olivia	6	16 January 2018	Marcus	Eleventh Cousin Once Removed
Agnes	6	16 January 2018	Marcus	Eleventh Cousin Once Removed
Flavia	48	13 December 1975	Marcus	Tenth Cousin Once Removed
Honoria	47	4 April 1977	Marcus	Tenth Cousin Once Removed
Clement	91	3 October 1932	Marcus	Eighth Cousin Thrice Removed	• Bishop
Cletus	66	2 May 1957	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Priest
Sixtus	62	15 November 1961	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Dominican Friar
Honorius	60	29 April 1963	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Camillian Brother
Valentinus	58	22 September 1965	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Carmelite Brother
Augustinius	56	18 January 1968	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Carthusian Brother
Marcellus	53	21 June 1970	Cletus	Ninth Cousin Twice Removed	• Benedictine Abbot
Carolus	65	4 March 1959	Carolus	Eleventh Cousin Thrice Removed	• Married, three children
Carolus	43	17 October 1980	Carolus	Twelveth Cousin Twice Removed	• Married, four children
Claudia	21	5 July 2002	Carolus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Carolus	18	12 December 2005	Carolus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Maria	16	15 November 2007	Carolus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Beatrice	13	24 November 2010	Carolus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Iacobus	40	13 May 1983	Carolus	Twelveth Cousin Twice Removed	• Married, three children
Lucia	18	2 February 2006	Iacobus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Iacobus	15	19 December 2008	Iacobus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Martinus	13	17 March 2011	Iacobus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Anastasia	37	24 June 1986	Carolus	Twelveth Cousin Twice Removed
Stephanus	40	4 July 1983	Stephanus	Twelveth Cousin Twice Removed	• Married, six children
Octavia	21	13 Febuary 2003	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Bernadette	17	14 November 2006	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Rosa	16	30 March 2008	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Stephanus	12	26 September 2011	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Cosmas	10	29 August 2013	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Damian	10	29 August 2013	Stephanus	Thirteenth Cousin Once Removed
Lucretia	38	19 May 1985	Stephanus	Twelveth Cousin Twice Removed
Perpetua	59	2 September 1964	Carolus	Eleventh Cousin Thrice Removed
Ana	56	13 December 1967	Carolus	Eleventh Cousin Thrice Removed
Julius	56	13 December 1967	Carolus	Eleventh Cousin Thrice Removed	• Priest

House of Aquila, Tirona Branch

The House of Aquila does not have any official cadet houses. All members are considered as part of the same family, and bear the dynastic name Aquila. The following people are considered as part of the branch which occupied the Tironan throne from 1594 to 1719, when they were deposed. After they were deposed, they fled to Aquila and were given the supervision over the vacant Barony of Hostica, where the family would live for centuries, unlike the main House of Tirona, which lives in St. Gregorius's Palace. The claimant to the throne, John X, married Cecilia III de Norcross, who was disposed from the Tironan throne in 1935, joining the claims of two houses to the throne, which they currently dispute the Tironan Throne with the Gaullican House of Carolnan. After working out a repurchase of the Crusader fortress and old estate of the Prince of Tirona, Tirona Castle, in 1954 from the Republic of Tirona, John X and Cecilia's descendants have lived in the Tironan Castle, though they still often visit Aquila; the other members of the Tironan Branch,descendants of their fourteenth cousin Raymond (1900-1974) remained as stewards of Hostica in their absence. Unlike the main family that chooses more Solarian names, the Tirona branch generally uses more Gaullican and Estmerish names. Since they are considered part of the same house, the relationship to the head of the House is still the relationship to the Head of the House of Aquila.

Members of House Aquila
Member	Age	Birth	Father	Relationship to Head	Notes
John	62	21 August 1961	John	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times removed	• Pretender to the throne of Tirona • Married, two children
John	41	17 March 1983	John	Eighteenth Cousin Thrice Removed	• Married, three children
Annabelle	19	11 August 2004	John	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Marie	16	4 June 2007	John	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
John	12	8 November 2011	John	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Albert	37	15 September 1986	John	Eighteenth Cousin Thrice Removed	• Married, four children
Albert	15	28 April 2008	Albert	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Frederic	13	1 December 2010	Albert	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Eubert	10	13 September 2013	Albert	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Evelin	8	11 March 2016	Albert	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Henry	83	5 February 1941	John	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed	• Married, three children
Mary	59	7 May 1964	Henry	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Yolanda	56	29 May 1967	Henry	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Henry	54	1 August 1969	Henry	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed	• Married, two children
Henry	30	23 July 1993	Henry	Eighteenth Cousin Thrice Removed	• Married, two children
Catherine	9	24 March 2015	Henry	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Henry	6	10 April 2018	Henry	Nineteenth Cousin Twice Removed
Joanna	28	2 October 1995	Henry	Eighteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Thomas	78	11 December 1945	John	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed	• Priest
Anna	68	22 October 1955	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed
Raymond	65	8 August 1958	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed	• Married, three children
Raymond	43	13 June 1980	Raymond	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed	• Married, four children
Isabelle	23	14 Feburary 2001	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Claudette	20	3 November 2003	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Raymond	18	23 July 2005	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Claude	16	8 January 2008	Raymond	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Thomas	41	20 April 1983	Raymond	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed	• Married, three children
Thomas	18	11 August 2005	Thomas	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Cecilia	15	9 May 2008	Thomas	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Edward	13	17 December 2010	Thomas	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Genevieve	38	8 October 1985	Raymond	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Louis	64	3 March 1960	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed	• Married, three children
Louisa	40	21 June 1983	Louis	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Louis	38	3 January 1986	Louis	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed	• Married, four children
Louis	16	20 February 2008	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Albert	12	17 August 2011	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Robert	10	11 September 2013	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Margaret	7	7 December 2016	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Thrice Removed
Charlotte	35	9 September 1988	Louis	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Charles	61	3 May 1962	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed	• Married, two children
Catherine	38	17 February 1986	Charles	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed
Charles	35	17 February 1986	Charles	Seventeenth Cousin Four Times Removed	• Seminarian
Irene	58	11 July 1965	Louis	Sixteenth Cousin Five Times Removed
Matilda	94	1 April 1930	Raymond	Fifteenth Cousin Six Times Removed