From: emma@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Emma Pease)
Subject: Miles Vorkosigan
Keywords: bujold
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 00:20:50 GMT

With all the discussion of Miles, I decided to pin some things down.
Following is a tentative family tree for Miles and a rough time line.


     
Dorca Vorbarra = ?
(Emperor)      |
----------------------------------------------------------------
|                 |     		|	               |
Yuri (1)        Xav (Aral?) =? (2)      ?(7)          Ezar Vorbarra = ?
(Emperor)       (Prince)    |                          (Emperor)    |
           	            |                                     Serg = Kareen
               ---------------------------------               (Prince)|
	       |       |                       |                     Gregor
Piotr Pierre = ?       ?M(5)                   ?F = ?M (6)          (Emperor)
Vorkosigan   |                                   |
--------------                                   |
|            |                                   |
?M(3)Aral Vorkosigan = Cordelia Naismith  Padma Xav Vorpatril = Alys
                        |                                        |
	-------------------                                      |
        |                 &                                      |
   Miles Vorkosigan    Mark Pierre (4)                        Ivan Vorpatril
	 

(?M indicates male and ?F indicates female when that might be in doubt)

Some of the names above are reconstructions.  From Brother in Arms and
Barrayar it is known that the eldest son takes the paternal and
maternal grandfathers' first names (Miles is an exception since his
paternal grandfather refused to allow his name to be given).  Also the
second son takes the maternal and paternal grandfathers' second names
(in that order).   Question: Why isn't Gregor called Ezar then? 

Inheritance: The line for the throne (allowing for inheritance through
women) is Aral -> Miles -> Ivan.  The line for Count Vorkosigan is
also Aral -> Miles -> Ivan; however, one would think the inheritance
would go to blood relations of Piotr Vorkosigan not to the grandson of
his wife's youngest sister.

Also in "Shards of Honor" Ezar mentions there are 5 people with a
better right to the throne by blood and law than him.  Aral Vorkosigan
and Padma Vorpatril are two, but, who are the other three.  In "Vor
Game" it is mentioned that there are 6 potential heirs to the throne.  

An aside: Mayhew, the pilot that Miles succors in "Warrior
Apprentice", shows up in "Shards of Honor" in a very small part.
Question: where is Mayhew in "Brothers in Arms"?  It is mentioned that
there are three people in the fleet, Elena Bothari-Jesek, Elli Quinn,
and Baz Jesek, who know both of Miles' identities, but, Mayhew also
knows them.

1. It is not mentioned if Yuri had any children.

2. Prince Xav's wife is Betan.  I am guessing that Prince Xav's second
name is Aral on the grounds that the second sons of his daughters would
have it as their first name and Aral Vorkosigan is the second son of
his eldest daughter.

3. Eldest son killed in Yuri's massacre of Prince Xav's descendants.

4. See Brothers in Arms.

5. Prince Xav had at least two daughters and a son killed by Yuri.

6. Prince Xav's youngest daughter marries Lord Vorpatril. Name
reconstructed as Ivan Vorpatril, and, his father was probably called
Padma.

7. I suspect though cannot prove that there are other children between
Xav and Ezar. 

Time line.  I'm taking the death of Emperor Ezar as point 0.

-80 - Recontact with the rest of humanity
    - Piotr born.  Ezar mentions that he was Piotr's apprentice in the
      Cetagandean invasion.  Elsewhere it is stated that they were
      contemporaries.  Conclusion: they are near in age but Piotr is a
      bit older.
-77 - Ezar born (he mentions in Shards to Aral that he was the same
      age as Aral now is when Yuri's massacre took place.  Aral is 44
      and was 11 when the massacre took place. (44-11)+44=77.
    - Cetagandean invasion and first war with the Cetagandean Empire.
      Probably took place between 10 and 20 years after recontact.
    - Dorca's death and Yuri comes to throne
-44 - Aral Vorkosigan born.
-34 - Cordelia Naismith born
-33 - Yuri's Massacre
-31 - Yuri's execution; Ezar comes to throne
-24 - Approximately.  Aral marries for the first time, within a few
      years his wife dies.
    - Komarr invasion
-16mo-Cordelia meets Aral
-12mo-Invasion of Escobar
-10mo-Invasion defeated; death of Prince Serg
-8mo- Cordelia and the other prisoners returned
    - Cordelia and Aral marry
-2mo- Elena born
0   - Death of Ezar (late summer); Gregor comes to throne
4mo - Gas attack on Aral and Cordelia
    - Vordarian pretendership
    - Birth of Miles.
4   - Komaar Revolt
    - 3rd Cetagandan War (When was the 2nd?)
16  - Regency of Lord Vorkosigan ends.
17  - Warrior's Apprentice (rest of the events fairly well laid out in books)



Emma
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