Ragnfred the Holy

Garund Ragnfred the Holy was a prolific monarch who ruled over the Duchy of Generen as well as the Holy Empire of Visimar as a sovereign monarch from 510 to his death in 569. Ragnfred would be the seventh Emperor of Visimar. He was a prolific member is Visimarian history as he fought during the Paragon Rebellions on the side of the Holy Empire as he supported the establishment of the Arch-Confessory as well as other conflicts with kingdom which threatened the stability of the Empire.
Ragnfred has been canonized as a officially recognized Paragon Saint due to his actions to establish the Arch-Confessory during the Paragon Rebellions which has led to many commoners within the Holy Empire to worship the Sovereign Saint. For this reason alone he is considered to be one of the Empire's most popular Emperors.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Garund would live a normal life during his early years as a son of the Duke of Generen who called himself Parteclese Ragnfred. Garund would receive his name as his mother believed his likeness was more akin to Garung than his own father. Garund would receive tutoring as any other noble courtier would in many subjects but his fondness towards the religious aspects of Visimarian culture would lead him to become close friends with the Grand Confessor of Generen who took him as a tutor for his further development.
By the time Ragnfred was fully developed, he fought in the Dortmund Border War as a captain of a battle who was able to win the Battle of Totar Marsh as he led Visimarian knights into the flank of Dortmundian levies. After this feat, he would be given the title of Duke as his father passed away shortly after the border war's success, giving Garund the sovereign rule over the city of Generen and the surrounding countryside.
=== Duke of Generen ===
Ragnfred would gain the title of Duke in the year 505 shortly after the death of his father. The city of Generen would be the location of his court for many years until the year 509 when Emperor Robert the Outsider would groom the duke to become his heir and force Ragnfred to move to the capital of Midheim. 
=== Emperor of Visimar ===
Upon Ragnfred's ascension to the throne of Emperor in 510, he would elect a trusted councilor to become the regent who was known as Chancellor Gregos. Regent Gregos would rule over the duchy for many years in Ragnfred's absence. Gregos would serve as regent until Ragnfred's death in 569 where he would depart from administrating to become a hacendado, leaving the title of Duke to Ragnfred's cousin Bernard Stern.
=== Paragon Rebellions ===
By the time of the Paragon Rebellions in 539, Emperor Ragnfred would have announced his positions on the matter, taking claims to assert the rule of the Arch-Confessor in Visimarian politics to the disappointment of non-religious aligned vassals across the empire, splitting the empire into two. Ragnfred would involve himself in many major battles throughout the rebellion, taking the stance of a headstrong general among his incompetent nobility who were thrusted into command. Ragnfred would cast himself into canonization by the second Visimarian war after the destruction of Midheim following the 1st Battle of Midheim when he would march with a fanatically devoted army hellbent on taking back the holy capital from the Western Empire with over two hundred thousand men in a crusade never seen in Clamund. Despite having a large portion of his army simply consisting of armed peasants, he outnumbered the smaller Western army by almost ten to one.
By the end of the battle in 549, Ragnfred would have claimed to have personally slain the Western Emperor Lazlo in a frantic charge of his household knights, taking out the last vestige of hope remaining for the survival of the Western Visimarian Empire, and Ragnfred would be recognized as a Paragon Saint for saving the future of Paragonism in spite of overwhelming odds.
The rest of the years of the Paragon Rebellion would be seen travelling the region in order to put an end to the chaos and factions that risen due to the power vacuum left behind by the dissolution of the Western Empire. Another noteworthy battle would emerge in the Western regions of the Empire against the League of Razvan who wished nothing more than to cede from the empire with their important hold over the city of Ebinfurt. The battle of Ebinfurt fields would begin in 555, leading to the destruction and ultimate taming of more important regions within the Empire.
=== Holy Empire of Visimar ===
Ragnfred's position as Holy Emperor would be coronated by the Empire's first Arch-Confessor in 561, leading to the widespread acceptance of Paragonism across the empire. However, his reign as Holy Emperor would be short-lived as by 565, his life of campaigning and fighting would take a toll on his health, forcing the Emperor to take permanent residence in Midheim, addressing his courts from the Imperial Palace until his death in 569.
=== Death ===
Emperor Ragnfred's death would result in a year of mourning among the Theocracy of Midheim, leading to a month long procedure of burying the Emperor in the Hall of Emperors which involved keeping the corpse out in natural conditions for weeks so that people from around the continent could go and visit Ragnfred before he is entombed. This process would be known as Lomos' Coronation, preparing him to meet God in the afterlife.
Category:Emperor of Visimar
Category:Monarch
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