House of Welsbach

House of Welsbach
*Haus Welsbach*
House of Welsbach; Haus Welsbach
Royal dynasty
	Stem coat of arms of the Welsbach family
Country	Mascylla, Rovina, Valimia
Founded	approx. 12th century
Founder	Adalbert I, Count of Welsbach
Current head	Karl Georg, Prince of Welsbach-Gehrach (Johnine branch); Stanislava I of Rovina (Nestorine branch)
Titles	List Johnine (senior) branch Duke/Grand Duke/King of Welsbach; King/Emperor of Valimia; ; Nestorine (junior) branch Grand Duke of Phalya; Grand Duke of Amretz-Herzogau-Ausern; Duke of Merzenich; King of Rovina; ;
Cadet branches	Amretz-Herzogau-Ausern; Welsbach-Gehrach; Welsbach-Salzlow and Deinen; Welsbach-Ikitiera (Valimia); Ahnern-Welsbach;

The House of Welsbach (Hesurian: Haus Welsbach) is a Mascyllary royal house and dynasty and one of the oldest royal families in Berea, having produced counts, princes, dukes, grand dukes, Valimian and Rovinan kings and Valimian emperors.

The Welsbach family, tracing back to the 12th century and the city of Welsbach in modern-day Therundy-Welsbach, was divided into two separate branches following Dilisme's War and the Peace of Westmarke in 1297, the Johnine and Nestorine branches. The house historically ruled large areas of central Mascylla in the modern states of Falia and Therundy-Welsbach, assuming control over Ausern by 1260, Karnitz by 1310 and Phalya in the late 14th century. The Johnine branch, considered to be the senior Welsbach line, was elevated to a ducal and later grand ducal title in 1613, while the Nestorine branch was further divided into the cadet branches of the grand ducal Houses of Amretz-Herzogau-Amsern and Welsbach-Gehrach in the 1650s. The marriage of George Augustus of Welsbach to Helen the Great of Valimia established the less prominent Johnine Welsbachers as the rulers of the Kingdom and later Empire of Valimia, ruling in personal union with the Grand Duchy of Welsbach from 1637–1922.

Aiding Aldia in the War of the Five Kings and the unification of Mascylla, the Grand Duchy of Welsbach was elevated to the status of a Kingdom while maintaing its personal union to Valimia, with a brief period of uncertainty under Rosa I of Valimia in 1807. The house has also entered the Mascyllary monarchy through Sophia I being a patrilineal descendant of Anthony I of Valimia, establishing the House of Ahnern-Welsbach. The Norbertine branch continued to rule Phalya and Amretz as grand dukes and its agnates achieved the Rovinan title of King in the 19th century which it retained until today.

Welsbachers

Johnine branch

Coat of arms of the Johnine Welsbachers following the ascension of Anne I/Aino III of Valimia as Grand Duchess regent of Welsbach in 1661 (and of the Welsbach–Valimia personal union, 1659–1923)

The generally considered senior Johnine line of the Welsbachers consolidated the territorial integrity of Welsbach proper and ruled as Dukes (1297–1613), Grand Dukes (1613–1793) and Kings of Welsbach (1793–1923). They also played a central role in Valimian politics as its ruling royal and later imperial dynasty (1637–1922), simultaneously ruling Welsbach under a personal union referred to as Welsbach–Valimia. The 1793 aftermath of the War of the Five Kings enabled the Johnine Welsbachers to ascend to the title of King in Welsbach and receive territorial cessions from the Kingdom of Adwhin, while being subordinate to the Aldian kings of Mascylla. The personal union was called into question with the coronation of Rosa I, the wife of Charles Frederick II, in 1807, who did not have any claim of inheritance in Welsbacher succession laws; this issue was resolved by allowing Rosa I to rule as Queen regent of Welsbach until his first son Anthony II came of age in 1812, thereby technically separating Welsbach and Valimia under two different monarchs from 1807–1812. The collapse of the Valimian Empire after the Great War in 1922 forced the Johnine Welsbach monarchy to abandon the Valimian throne and dissolve the personal, before Charles Frederick III lost his Welsbach throne due to the Mascyllary Revolution in 1923 as well.

Johnine Grand Dukes and Kings of Welsbach

Name	Dynastic status	Birthday	Reign start	Reign end	Notes
Frederick Anthony I the Great Duke Friedrich Anton der Große Herzog	Son of George Augustus I, Duke of Welsbach	20 April 1561	16 February 1609	4 September 1625 (aged 64)	Duke of Welsbach (1609–1613), elevated to Grand Duke of Welsbach (1613–1625).
George Augustus I/II Georg August	Son of Frederick Anthony	16 June 1584	4 September 1626	31 August 1659 (aged 76)	Grand Duke of Welsbach, prince consort of the Kingdom of Valimia (1627–1659).
Helen I the Great Helena die Große	Wife of George Augustus II	21 September 1607	31 August 1659	1 June 1661 (aged 44)	Grand Duchess dowager of Welsbach and Queen of Valimia (1637–1661).
Anne I/Aino III Anna	Daughter of Helen and George Augustus II	28 August 1628	1 June 1661	13 July 1693 (aged 65)	Grand Duchess regent of Welsbach (1661–1664), Grand Duchess of Welsbach (1664–1693) and Queen of Valimia (1664–1693).
Charles Frederick I Karl Friedrich	Son of Anne I	23 November 1653	13 July 1693	20 July 1707 (aged 54)	Grand Duke of Welsbach and King of Valimia.
Anthony I the Great Anton der Große	Son of Charles Frederick I	17 June 1691	20 July 1707	27 July 1741 (aged 50)	Grand Duke of Welsbach, King of Valimia (1707–1737), elevated to Emperor of Valimia (1737–1741).
Alexius I Alexius	Son of Anthony I	11 October 1716	27 July 1741	13 April 1763 (aged 47)	Grand Duke of Welsbach, Emperor of Valimia.
Charles Frederick II Karl Friedrich	Nephew of Alexius I	17 June 1760	17 April 1763	6 March 1807 (aged 50)	Grand Duke of Welsbach (1763–1793), Emperor of Valimia, elevated to King of Welsbach (1793–1807).
Rose I Rosalie	Wife of Charles Frederick II	12 March 1764	6 March 1807	15 June 1812 Death date: 17 January 1828 (aged 64)	Queen regent of Welsbach (1807–1812), Empress of Valimia (1807–1828).
Anthony II Anton	Son of Charles Frederick II	15 June 1793	15 June 1812	22 April 1849 (aged 56)	King of Welsbach (1812–1849), Emperor of Valimia (1828–1849).
Augustus I August	Son of Anthony II	12 February 1832	22 April 1849	3 July 1867 (aged 30)	King of Welsbach, Emperor of Valimia.
Anne II/Aino IV Anna	Daughter of Augustus	10 December 1852	3 July 1867	30 August 1910 Death date: 27 January 1927 (aged 75)	Queen of Welsbach, Empress of Valimia.
Charles Frederick III Karl Friedrich	Son of Anne II	28 August 1880	30 August 1910	14 July 1923 Death date: 21 February 1926 (aged 46)	Last King of Welsbach and Emperor of Valimia (1910–1922).