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No, Alba's Scotland (starts out as the duchy of Albany, with the remainder being other kingdoms... the only other one surviving being Fortriu in the far north), and the death did not stop the invasion.

Ireland starts out as all counts of 2 cultures and 3 religions (as of 0.5b, I'm not sure if Shaytana flipped any of them to the new Lugh religion between that and the current 0.6a), and currently is dominated by Neustria (which gained most of that land while still Cymru), with Alba and Fortriu splitting the remainder.
 
I probably should've remembered that it was Scotland. I guess Ireland was Hibernia in classical terms. Well, I just blame the distance in time between my own classical education and the present. :)

Ireland sounds like a (pardon my French) godawful mess to have to deal with. Perhaps this Empire thing isn't what it's cracked up to be...
 
The invasion of Alba proceeded apace despite the death of its author, King Gamonus III. It was, however, put into great jeopardy when the Duke of Brittany, Stephanus, son of the deposed King Gamonus II, attacked the regency of young King Seisyllus on August 28, 1535 to obtain the county of Durnovaria, which had been ceded to Queen Mallt when his father abdicated.

With a great portion of the Brythonian fighting force thus removed from the Alban theater, the tide of battle in the north turned in the favor of the enemy, but loath to see the greater battle lost due to such a minor matter, the regency ceded Durnovaria to end the Breton revolt, and spent lavishly on mercenaries to shore up the northern front until fresh levies could be called up.

A lesser threat to the war effort was ended when Countess Morien of Weirwic was imprisoned for plotting against the monarchy on September 9, 1540, when the tide had definitely turned in Brythonia's favor. Finally, in October of 1541, the Alban king was forced to concede defeat and to cede his de jure lands in the duchies of Albany, Lothian, Galloway and the Isles to Brythonia, leaving him lord of three counties in the duchy of Moray and two Irish counties.

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With the added lands, Seisyllus was able to obtain recognition as rightful Emperor of Britannia the next month, and usurped the title of King of Alba from the humiliated Gilbert, now reduced to duke of Moray. He passed out Scottish duchies and kingdoms to his vassals, who promptly showed their gratitude by setting out to settle personal scores between themselves. Seisyllus attempted to reign peacefully, but this peace was shattered on July 12, 1546 when Neustria declared war to obtain Penthievre in Brittany. Unable to counter Neustrian numerical advantage on the continent, Seisyllus countered by attacking Neustria's vulnerable Irish holdings and the one barony they controlled in Jorvik. This proved to be a fruitful strategy, resulting in Neustria agreeing to a return to status quo ante bellum on February 20, 1553.

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Britannia was not yet at peace, however, for Seisyllus had earlier agreed to support King Liuva of Gothia when he could with a revolt against his rule by his Mediterranean coastal provinces, still Roman cultured despite their lengthy subjugation to Gothia. With his troops freed up, Seisyllus sent a force to support his brother's brother-in-law, but before that war could be concluded, an unwelcome surprise arrived from Seisyllus' wife's brother... King Eutychianus IV of Ravenna declared war on September 21, 1555 to obtain Senj from Britannia.

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Annales Gentis Artorii
Being the Chronicle of those Kings and Emperors reigning
between the years 1066 and 1555 who claimed
descent from Lucius Artorius Castus,
appointed Supreme Military Commander
of Britannia by Roman Emperor Alexandros III​

House Pendragon
Kings of Brythonia
Arturus I 'the Scarred', 1049-1112, king 1060-1112
Kozyron I 'the Fat', 1079-1141, king 1112-1124 (Arturus I)
Arturus II 'the Bold', 1095-1152, king 1124-1144 (Urianos, Arturus I)

House Artorius, Welsh branch
Kings of Cymru
Maximus I 'the Cruel', 1046-1132, Duke of Deheubarth 1060-1132, King of Cymru 1111-1132
Iorwerth I, 1088-1141, king 1132-1141 (Dafydd, Maximus I)
Dafydd I 'the Blind', 1135-1187, king 1141-1187 (Iorwerth I, Dafydd, Maximus I)
Drystan I 'the Confessor', 1167-1232, king 1187-1232 (Dafydd I, Iorwerth I, Dafydd, Maximus I)
Dafydd II 'the Hunter', 1189-1260, king 1232-1240 (Drystan I, Dafydd I, Iorwerth I, Dafydd, Maximus I) see also: Kings of Neustria

Kings of Alba
Custennin I 'the Proud', 1219-1285, king 1226-1285 (Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Ferchar II 'the Bold', 1275-1328, king 1285-1328 (Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Fergus I 'Ironside', 1297-1369, king 1328-1369 (Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Fergus II 'the Scarred', 1345-1389, king 1369-1389 (Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Hugh I "the Wise', 1369-1394, king 1389-1394 (Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Gilbert I, 1387-1403, king 1394-1403 (Hugh I, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Fergus III, 1391-1468, king 1403-1407 (Hugh I, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Duncan I, 1391-1422, king 1407-1422 (Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Alexander I 'the Dragon', 1415-1482, king 1422-1482(Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Evrard I 'the Stammerer', 1440-1502, king 1482-1502 (Alexander I, Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Alexander II 'the Able', 1488-1514, king 1502-1514 (Evrard I, Alexander I, Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Alan I, 1510-1520, king 1514-1520 (Alexander II, Evrard I, Alexander I, Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Catriona I, 1507-1524, queen 1520-1524 (Alexander II, Evrard I, Alexander I, Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Aufrica I, 1464-1536, queen 1524-1536 (Evrard I, Alexander I, Duncan I, Adam, Fergus II, Hugh, Fergus I, Ferchar II, Custennin, Custennin I, Asa, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)

Kings of Neustria
Dafydd I 'the Hunter', 1189-1260, king 1241-1260 (Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Cadell I 'the Great', 1231-1288, king 1260-1288 (Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Gruffydd I, 1248-1293, king 1288-1293 (Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Cadell II 'Half-Hand', 1276-1325, king 1293-1325 (Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Grufydd II 'the Just', 1294-1361, king 1325-1361 (Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Gruffydd III 'the Theologian', 1337-1412, king 1361-1412 (Caradog, Gruffydd II, Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Othon I 'the Hammer', 1389-1430, king 1412-1430 (Brochfael, Gruffydd III, Caradog, Gruffydd II, Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Brochfael I 'the Rich', 1421-1476, king 1430-1476 (Othon I, Brochfael, Gruffydd III, Caradog, Gruffydd II, Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Othon II 'the Bold', 1470-1555, king 1470-1555 (Alienor, Brochfael I, Othon I, Brochfael, Gruffydd III, Caradog, Gruffydd II, Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)
Adrien I 'the Great', 1519-, king 1555- (Othon II, (Alienor, Brochfael I, Othon I, Brochfael, Gruffydd III, Caradog, Gruffydd II, Cadell II, Grufydd I, Cadell I, Gronw, Drystan, Dafydd, Iorwerth, Dafydd, Maximus)

House Artorius, Cornish branch
Kings of Cornovia
Magnus I 'the Fanged', 1048-1110, king 1060-1110
Eludus I, 1085-1130, king 1110-1130 (Aeronwyn, Magnus I)
Magnus II, 1090-1138, king 1130-1138 (Justin, Magnus I)
Morganus I, 1113-1139, king 1138-1139 (Eludus I, Aeronwyn, Magnus I)
Ieuanus I 'the Great', 1114-1171, king of Cornovia 1139-1171, king of Brythonia 1146-1171 (Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia and Cornovia
Justin I 'the Bold', 1116-1172, king 1171-1172 (Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Tegonius I 'the Great', 1134-1206, king 1201-1206 (Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Ysfaelos I, 1134-1206, king 1201-1206 (Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Uther I, 1150-1208, king 1206-1208 (Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Thomos I 'the Monk', 1185-1235, king 1208-1235 (Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Uther II, 1202-1250, king of Brythonia and Cornovia 1235-1250, king of Cambria 1240-1250 (Thomos I, Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Cambria and Cornovia
Cadwalus I, 1212-1268, king 1250-1268 (Thomos I, Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Idwalus I 'Ironside', 1198-1269, king 1268-1269 (Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Cynwallus I 'the Pious', 1233-1298, king 1269-1298 (Idwalus I, Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Iforus I, 1270-1304, king 1298-1304 (Cynwallus I, Idwalus I, Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Cynfarus I, 1282-1312, king 1304-1312 (Cynwallus I, Idwalus I, Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Ithelus I, 1303-1321, king 1312-1321 (Cynfarus I, Cynwallus I, Idwalus I, Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Dafydd I, 1304-1322, king 1321-1322 (Cynwallus I, Idwalus I, Idwalus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Arthfaelus I, 1259-1323, king 1322-1323 (Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Paulus I 'the Monk', 1284-1350, king of Brythonia, Cambria and Cornovia 1323-1350, king of Anglia 1337-1350, king of Northanhymbra 1349-1350 (Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Cambria, Anglia, Northanhymbra and Cornovia
Arthfaelus II, 1306-1351, king 1350-1351 (Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Northanhymbra and Cornovia
Cadwgan I 'the Pious', 1339-1381, king of Brythonia, Northanhymbra and Cornovia 1351-1381, king of Cantia 1368-1381 (Petronius, Cadwgan, Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Cambria and Anglia
Essyllt I 'the Pious', 1327-1369, queen 1351-1369 (Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Ithelus II 'the Brilliant', 1359-1390, king of Cambria and Anglia 1369-1390, king of Brythonia, Northanhymbra, Cantia and Cornovia 1381-1390 (Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Cambria, Anglia, Northanhymbra and Cornovia
Tegius I, 1384-1410, king 1390-1410 (Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Ithelus II, 1402-1423, king 1410-1423 (Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Thomos I, 1404-1424, king 1423-1424 (Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Pyrus I 'the Confessor', 1423-1470, king 1424-1470, king of Diocleia 1456-1470, king of Armoria 1465-1470 (Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Cambria, Anglia, Northanhymbra, Cantia, Dioceleia, Armorica and Cornovia
Gamonus I 'the Able', 1447-1473, king 1470-1473 (Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Gamonus II 'the Rich', 1469-1498, king 1473-1488 (Gamonus I, Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Mallt I 'the Illustrious', 1468-1516, queen 1488-1516, queen of Northanhymbra 1488-1505, 1509-1516 (Gamonus I, Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Gamonus III 'the Illustrious', 1510-1535, king 1516-1535, king of Diocleia 1516-1520 (Gamonus, Mallt I, Gamonus I, Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Brythonia, Cambria, Anglia, Northanhymbra, Cantia, Armorica and Cornovia
Seisyllus I 'the Pious', 1527-, king of Cornovia 1535-, king of Brythonia, Cambria, Anglia, Northanhymbra, Cantia and Armorica 1535-1541, king of Alba 1541, emperor of Britannia 1541- (Gamonus III, Gamonus, Mallt I, Gamonus I, Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Cantia
Cadogus I 'the Young', 1350-1418, king 1390-1418 (Kallinikos, Cadogus, Iolos, Cerie, Iorwerthus, Cadwalus I, Thomos I, Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Bryanus I 'the Hunter', 1371-1426, king 1418-1426, (Cadogus I, Cadogus, Iolos, Cerie, Iorwerthus, Cadwalus I, Thomos I, Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Cicely I 'the Terrible', 1407-1471, queen 1426-1438 (Uther, Cadogus I, Cadogus, Iolos, Cerie, Iorwerthus, Cadwalus I, Thomos I, Uther I, Justin I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Morien I, 1480-1542, queen 1541-1542 (Cadwallus, Gestus, Stephanus, Gestus, Stephanus, Meirion, Iorwerthus, Einion, Iorwerthus, Urbonas, Cadwalus, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Judicaelus I 'the Silent', 1512-, king 1542- (Morien I, Cadwallus, Gestus, Stephanus, Gestus, Stephanus, Meirion, Iorwerthus, Einion, Iorwerthus, Urbonas, Cadwalus, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Cambria
Marchell I 'the Dragon', 1501-, queen 1541- (Aedanus, Padrigus, Seisyllus, Seisyllus, Tegius, Iestynus, Tysilion, Sulienus, Tysilion, Tysilion, Iolos, Maredudd, Iago, Justin, Iago, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Kings of Anglia
Stephanus I, 1509-1543, king 1541-1543 (Meurigus, Idwalus, Meurigus, Gamonus, Ynyrus, Paulus, Sulienus, Publigus, Justin, Thomos, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Meurigus I, 1535-, king 1543- (Stephanus I, Meurigus, Idwalus, Meurigus, Gamonus, Ynyrus, Paulus, Sulienus, Publigus, Justin, Thomos, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Northanhymbra
Sulienus I 'the Illustrious', 1495-1517, king 1505-1509 (Gamonus, Iorwerthus, Riothamus, Iago, Stephanus, Morganus, Lleigy, Uther, Uther, Arthois, Sulienus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Rioualus I 'the Fowler', 1514-, king 1541- (Sulienus, Gamonus, Iorwerthus, Riothamus, Iago, Stephanus, Morganus, Lleigy, Uther, Uther, Arthois, Sulienus, Einion, Iago, Ceredigus, Ynyrus, Magnus I)
Kings of Armorica
Stephanus I 'the Brave', 1495-, king 1541- (Gamonus II, Gamonus I, Pyrus I, Thomos I, Tegius I, Ithelus II, Essyllt I, Arthfaelos II, Paulus I,Arthfaelus I, Eudocia, Maelrys, Maelrys, Tegonius I, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)
Kings of Alba
Cain I 'the Cruel', 1530-, king 1541- (Cedwyn, Nikodemos, Evangelos, Nikephoros, Loukas, Nikephoros, Eusebios, Gregoras, Megistos, Hippostratos, Sion, Julianus, Ffelis, Magnus II, Justin, Magnus I)

Kings of Sparta
Julianus I, 1158-1195, king 1181-1195 (Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Sion I, 1189-1230, king 1195-1230 (Julianus I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Hippostratos I, 1213-1266, king 1230-1266 (Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Megistos I 'the Fat', 1238-1300, king 1266-1300 (Hippostratos I, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Hippostratos II, 1264-1302, king 1300-1302 (Megistos I, Hippostratos I, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Gregoras I 'the Theologian', 1281-1315, king 1302-1315 (Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Eusebios I 'the Just', 1310-1348, king 1315-1348 (Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Iakobos I, 1331-1350, king 1348-1350 (Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Nikephoros I, 1333-1371, king 1350-1371 (Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Loukas I 'the Blessed', 1356-1409, king 1371-1409 (Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Nikephoros II, 1379-1441, king 1409-1441 (Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Evangelos I 'the Cruel', 1415-1467, king 1441-1467 (Nikephoros II, Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Ioustinianos I 'the Bewitched', 1438-1494, king 1467-1494 (Evangelos I, Nikephoros II, Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Antonios I 'the Pious', 1460-1521, king 1494-1521 (Ioustinianos I, Evangelos I, Nikephoros II, Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Ignatios I 'the Scarred', 1469-1539, king 1521-1539 (Ioustinianos I, Evangelos I, Nikephoros II, Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Orestes I 'the Pious', 1524-, king 1539- (Ignatios I, Ioustinianos I, Evangelos I, Nikephoros II, Loukas I, Nikephoros I, Eusebios I, Gregoras I, Antialcidas, Niketas, Sion I, Ffelis, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)

Kings of Magna Graecia
Aeddanus I 'the Great', 1433-1513, king 1511-1513 (Elisus, Elisus, Arthois, Stephanus, Meirion, Iorwerthus, Einion, Iorwerthus, Urbonas, Cadwalus, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Meurigus I 'the Bold', 1460-1536, king 1513-1536 (Aeddanus I, Elisus, Elisus, Arthois, Stephanus, Meirion, Iorwerthus, Einion, Iorwerthus, Urbonas, Cadwalus, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)
Aeddanus II 'the Fat', 1485-, king 1536-1547 (Meurigus I, Aeddanus I, Elisus, Elisus, Arthois, Stephanus, Meirion, Iorwerthus, Einion, Iorwerthus, Urbonas, Cadwalus, Magnus, Justin, Magnus)

Notes:
1) People in this color are women married matrilinearly or within their dynasty.
2) In cases where kings have multiple lines of descent from the dynasty founder, only the senior line is shown.
3) Ancestors without a regnal number were not monarchs. In the case of cadet branches, only monarchs of that realm are given regnal numbers. Splinter states of Brythonia are treated as sharing regnal numbers.
4) The kingdom of Brythonia was given to a non-Artorian vassal after the formation of Britannia; the crown of Cornovia, being titular, was retained by the emperor.
 
Soon after the Ravennan declaration of war, a call to arms from Gothia arrived... some war with Wasconia. Accepting the alliance call almost without thinking, Gerrenus sent all the realm's levies by ship to patrol the coasts of Italia, picking off small armies as he could. After landing in Salona and devastating the siege army that had been there, the fleet was ordered home for reinforcements.

"Sire, before we return home, I think you should know that there is a huge hostile Neustrian army in Jorvik."

"Jorvik? But that's my capital! Why was I not informed of this earlier?"

The aide pointed to the immense stack of unopened diplomatic envelopes.

"Oh. Right. How long until Jorvik falls?"

"Jorvik is in no danger. It seems that your neighbor, the baron de Conisbrough, whose family as you know have been vassals of the other Artorius family for longer than Jorvik has been part of our realm, is the leader of a plot to overthrow his liege. It is his castle that the Neustrians are besieging. Once it falls, which should be soon with the manpower Neustria has brought to bear against him, his war with Neustria, and by extension your brother-in-law's war with his co-conspirator in Wasconia, will end."

"Phew. You had me worried for a while there."

Returning to the Adriatic with fresh troops, Brittania was able to disrupt more of the Ravennan sieges and liberate the holdings in Senj that had fallen to Ravennan arms. Eventually Ravenna sought a white peace in 1563.

Returning home, Seisyllus embarked on a war that should have been shorter and easier, pressing a de jure claim on Ormund to gain a foothold on Hibernia, but his health had been damaged damaged by the frequent ocean voyages, he succumbed to illness on the 15th of May of the next year.

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Young Emperor Gerrenus' reign started off stormily, for the King of Northanhymbra in league with the King of Cambria, preferring an adult liege, attempted to install his uncle, Prince Rhunus, on the throne. This war dragged on for four years before the regency could bring King Rioualus and his puppet emperor Rhunus to heel.

Freed from domestic strife, the regency was able to bring the Ormund war to a successful conclusion in the summer of 1570.

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After some eight years of peace, Emperor Gerrenus attempted to put his own claimant on the Spartan throne. After enjoing great initial success, the enterprise was abandoned after Galatia unexpectedly intervened in 1581 and Gerrenus sought a white peace rather than needlessly prolong the conflict.

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The summer of 1583 saw the realm once more at war, as Emperor Gerrenus sought to wrest Desmond, the sole county in Hibernia under the control of neither the British nor Neustria, from the crown of Fortriu. However, on the 12th of July, 1584, before this plan could be brought to fruition, Gerrenus died childless at the youthful age of 23, leaving the throne to his sister Ragnell.

By 1585, Ragnell had subdued Desmond, and turning her attention further north to the sole remnant of the former independent kingdom of Alba, in 1587 she embarked on the conquest of Buchan, which, due principally to the large garrison and thick walls of the city of Aberdeen, and the relatively low supply limit of the county, would drag on to the year 1600.

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Struck by a fit of ambition in 1602, in 1603 Empress Ragnell embarked on an invasion of Neustria while that kingdom was endeavoring to wrest Navarra from the grasp of the Empire of Hispania. Avoiding fighting on the continent where Neustria might be tempted to divert some of its superior manpower to disrupt sieges, instead Neustria's de jure lands in Hibernia were targeted.

In the best tradition of British monarchs, Ragnell passed on on the 17th of August, 1608, less than a year before the end of the war, leaving her son Judicaelus to complete her ambitious scheme.

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Due to Judicaelus' father's descent in unbroken male line from Magnus I's second son Ynyrus, Judicaelus became the first holder of the crown of Cornovia to bear the true Blood of Artorius since Cadwallus I's death in 1268. Combined with the conquest of most of the lands formerly ruled by their great rivals, the Cambrian/Neustrian Artorii and their Alban cadet branch, the triumph of the Cornovian Artorii was nearly complete.
 
I turn my head for a few days and updates spring up like zombies clawing through cracked doors and broken windows. Wait, perhaps that analogy is not quite apt. :)

Anyway, I see that you continued and my, Britannia is growing large indeed. Almost all of Scotland, Ireland... Neustria appears to have been gutted (or perhaps 'drawn and quartered' works better)... Very impressive-looking.

Two things I want to note: first, you kind of snuck it in there, but I did read it - you were at peace for eight years at one time! ;) That must've been a change from the usual non-stop wars. Second, while Empress Ragnell left the throne to an underage heir (sterling tradition of House Artorius, I must say), she managed to live to the grand old age of 59, which sure beats all those kings and emperors who die in their twenties and early thirties.
 
Eh? Ragnell's father left his throne to an underage heir (her elder brother); she had an adult heir.

Not being able to lead troops into battle probably helped her longevity. A lot (but not all) of those early deaths have been battlefield injury related.
 
richvh said:
Eh? Ragnell's father left his throne to an underage heir (her elder brother); she had an adult heir.
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Um, yeah. I don't know how I got that so wrong. For some reason, I could've sworn that the picture of her death showed the generic under-age boy picture of her successor. Clearly not the case. So half of my comment makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Sorry.

Still, Ragnell did have a pretty long reign - Not being in battles clearly worked out for her.
 
First register your game so you have access, then go to the User Modifications sub-forum and look for the thread about it. And thanks.
 
After Emperor Judicaelus usurped the kingdom of Neustria from Helie Artorius in December of 1610, the county of Ossory on Hibernia became independent, and Judicaelus embarked on what he thought would be a short war to absorb it in 1611. However, the count called on his kinsman and former overlord (now once more a king, having been able to create the kingdom of Aquitaine from his remaining lands in southeast Gallia), and the war expanded from Hibernia to the continent. Not until 1618 would Count Gelduin concede defeat.

In 1620, Judicaelus' brother-in-law, the Princeps of the Senate and People of Rome (for that is what the ruling family of Ravenna now styled themselves, having revived that long dormant imperial title in 1605) called Britannia into a war with the Ahriman worshiping Avars, for Rome was trying to expand into those heathen's lands, specifically the county of Vas to their east.

Britannia invaded Avaria from their common border in the west. After many successes and some reverses, Judicaelus died of natural causes on December 16, 1625, ending British involvement in the Roman-Avar war and leaving the British throne to his son, Iforus.

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After some six years of peace, Iforus embarked on absorbing the county of Caithness, one of the last remnants of the former kingdom of Fortriu to maintain its independence, in early 1631. (His grandmother Ragnell had usurped that crown in 1602.) This war was on a much smaller scale than the preceding ones; Iforus was able to wage it with just his personal demesne troops plus the levies of Alba, and would be brought to a successful conclusion in 1636.

I'd expected Alba to go after Caithness, as they had earlier gone after Moray, but they seemed more concerned with their southern border with Northanhymbra.

While Iforus was in general a content man, his natural leadership ability prompted him to plan and execute an invasion of Aquitaine in 1637, which came to a successful conclusion in 1640, amazingly quickly in this age of thick walls and large garrisons. Iforus added insult to injury by usurping the kingdom and duchy of Aquitaine from Helie, furthering the fall from power of the rival branch of the Artorii clan. While Helie retained two ducal titles, his scattered lands were a far cry from what they were when his family had lorded over much of Gallia and Hibernia.

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OO matr you had made such a progress .At your achevements I am only a humble ant :p please keep up uploading all this stuff
 
Don't forget to vote in the AARLand Choice Awards! You have until the 1st of November, so make your voice heard.
 
I have already mad emy voiceheard mate :p take a look at this competition form to be sure :eek:o
 
Hello everyone,
Hope I'm not digging up graves here.
I recently read your AAR however and would like to comment on it. I liked it, it was fun to read and really entertaining. Especially the style and presentation of the first 200 years hooked me up.
You repeatedly changed, how the story is presented, and that is confusing. At around 1240 you begun to write in third person, like in a history book or a novel. Before that you mostly wrote lots and lots of short scenes and some in-universe prose (letters and such). I liked the first method way more, mostly because it was not that much of a summary.
I don't really know how to explain, but just writing "in the year 1620 that happened, in the year 1621 that happened and that and that" kinda reads like list of dates and names...Maybe it's just personal taste, but I sure hate that kind of history book.
Great AAR though, got me thinking and playing Lux Invicta (really great mod!). Hope I may get to write something like this soon, too. :)
Best regards.
 
Thanks. I played a couple generations further and have lots of screenshots, but got bogged down and never wrote anything more up (also have an archive of 1.06b + LI 0.6a squirreled away so I can continue this again if I ever decide to.) I switched from the vignettes to history book largely to speed things along so hopefully it would be more useful to Shaytana; unfortunately he disappeared off the forum suddenly partway through, and I've taken over maintenance of the mod since the 1.07 patch so it's doubtful I'll have time anytime soon.
 
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A little bird told me you might want to read this.
 
Thanks.
 
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