"It was started with a coup and dead queen. The dynasty of warriors or forgotten kings - their advisors or wives known more than them. Recently, the Fortunian dynasty has seen a renaissance in scholarship and study surrounding it"— Abigaíl Lukchi
Unlike the other two changes in dynasty within the country, the Fortunian dynasty's rise to power was quick and simple. Fortun IV took advantage of the death of his wife in childbirth to enstall himself on the throne. It is a common debate within the nation of how many dynsaties have happened; three or four?
Monarchs
Fortun IV Larramendi (749-761)
Grimanesa's husband and the so-called 'traitor to the Fadriquan dynasty'. Whether he was the saviour of the nation, or a traitor is quite a common debate among scholars of the era. He did modernise the nation after it had grown stagnant and established the currency’s dominance in the lower classes over the previous barter economy. However, through his reforms, it grew harder for people to rise in the social hierarchy, baring off many positions to low-class but genius folk, through his reformation of the
Table of Ranks.
Fortun V Larramendi (761-766)
The only surviving son of his father, coming from his marriage to Grimnessa. In his reign, he brought the largest addition in territory, expanding further and further away from the Oswri river. If he had lived any longer, maybe he would have gotten to the southern mountains. But he died of sudden illness, leaving the nation to his sickly (and only) son, Fadrique IV.
Fadrique IV Larramendi (766-780)
Sickly and charming and more commonly known by the name 'Klor Tyik-dli'. In his brief four-year reign, he was forced to contend with lot of civil unrest which contributed to immense paranoia, instilling long lasting effects upon both Currean and Khafkii culture. He ramped up executions in his short reign, leading to a culture of fear. However, he left the empire with a son not old enough to rule on his own when he suddenly died.
Maria-Fedra I Larramendi (780-782)
The first regent for her young son, his father Fadrique IV having died only a year after his birth. Commonly, Maria relied upon her advisors for a stable reign as she was not interested in politics, especially Currean politics due to her status as an outsider and foreign. She was hated by the nobility and was nearly erased from records until the reign of Aitor I. She died in childbirth, giving birth to an illegitimate daughter, Ilduara, after she had eloped in secret with her closest advisor.
Fadrique V Larramendi (780*-797)
A young warrior king who died of illness upon campaign in the south. He came to the throne as a child, reigning in his own right for only a few years. Despite his brief time upon the throne (where he was ruling for himself, he bought expansion the nation taking back territory which had been lost after his grandfather's conquests, but he failed at governing it, leaving that responsibility to his advisors before his quick death.
Alessandro II Larramendi (825-841)
He managed to come of age as his father was dying and began to try bringing more equality, though these efforts were cut short when he was assassinated by the nobility due to aforementioned reforms, allowing members of the free Khafkii community to preform civil service jobs, including his most famous advisors Suero Aaʻnoo.
Raphael I Larramendi (801-815)
Alessandro’s younger brother, he was also barely an adult when he came into power and barely did much in his fourteen years in power – enjoying life’s pleasures and letting the work of governing done by family (primarily his uncle of who he was named for) and his cabinet. He died due to his alcoholism. However, since he had no legitimate heir the crown fell to the uncle who had been ruling from behind the throne.
Raphael II Larramendi (815-817)
The younger and more competent brother of Fadrique V, who had been puppeteering his nephews for years now. A staunch traditionalist, while much reform was stifled in his short two years upon the throne, he was great patron of theatre and art, bringing a mini-golden age for religious art, especially of the goddess and personification of the sun, Mzehra of who he primarily worshiped.
Raphael III Larrmendi (817-825)
Son of the second Raphael and quite older than his cousins when he came to power, he was an immensely frugal and shrewd monarch, reforming the royal pocketbook. Though at what cost? He quickly and relentlessly pulled back upon the patronage of art, theatre and religion, all three of which were particularly expensive and were the hallmark of the Currean kings before him. He is also famous for his wives as he married 5 times, often quickly widowed.
Alessandro III Larramendi (825-841)
Alessandro III was better than many of those within his dynasty, reigning for 16 years. He reconquered territories gained by Fadrique V, lost due to his poor ability to govern these newly added lands. Like his father, he also was quite the frugal man, always trying to reduce spending both in his government and his royal household. To assist him, he was lucky enough to have a congregation of extremely competent ministers of many different classes and background thanks to easing of laws on social mobility and the new civil service exam introduced near the end of 824.
Ferdinand I Larramendi
Commonly known by the nickname of Lwo jazd-chho. He died without any legitimate heir and unmarried after five years of adequate monarchy. Most of his so-called reign's achievements were due to the rule of his careful and polymath eldest sister,
Toda. Most notably, the frugality of his forefathers was not instilled in him. Instead, he was known to be quite the gambler and a womaniser. It is commonly rumoured and portrayed that the king would disguise himself in order to drink in common taverns and indulge in
Dyazl's brothels which is where his nickname originates from.
Fortun VI Larramendi
The middle son of Alessandro and the most intelligent of the three. A keen scholar and student more than anything and disinterested in any idea of matrimony. However, he did take a wife due to the pressure, and she mainly ruled the country alongside his many competent advisors. Yet, he did not have an heir, instead leaving the throne to his brother, Fadrique, the youngest of the three brothers. What is left to us by him are his philosophical articles, many of which survive to the modern day.
Fadrique VI Larramendi
The youngest of Alessandro III’s three sons and the only one born of his second wife. He spent most of his time upon campaign and died there, childless due to his disinterest in his marriage to a foreign princess, due to illness. His death led to a two-year regency by his foreign wife, Sancia before his young cousin,
Lorenza, came to power and ushered in the so-called 'great golden age of the Kingdom of
Cuerero'.
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