House Umbridge

== History ==
=== Pre-Demon Wars ( - 143 AE) ===
* Thalcyn Huperbrigge (59 BE - 17 AE) > Seith Huperbrigge (29 BE - 40 AE) > Reese Huperbrigge (4 BE - 82 AE) > Thalycn Huperbrigge II (26 AE - 104 AE) > James Huperbrigge (52 AE - 144 AE) > Lord Chrysanthos Umbridge (99 AE - 172) 
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=== The Demon Wars (144 AE - 280 AE) ===
* Thalcyn Umbridge (149 AE - 206 AE) > Chrysanthos Umbridge II (184 AE - 270 AE)* > Rodrook Umbridge (205 AE - 291 AE) > Anargyros Umbridge (247 AE - 297 AE) > Jason Umbridge (276 AE - 340 AE)
* Chrysanthos II was fifth-in-line, but the deaths of his brother and nephews made him Lord. Several years after the death of his wife Zephora, he married his brother's widow Ricarda Holmes. His younger twin brother Gavin Umbridge was married to Ricarda's younger half-sister, Imelda Holdenhome.
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=== Post-Demon Wars (281 AE - 912 AE) ===
* Gryphon Umbridge (299 AE - 363) > Jason Umbridge II (332 AE - 421 AE) > Geraint Umbridge (364 AE - 466 AE) > Kassandra Umbridge (426 AE - 494 AE)* > Geraint Umbridge II (451 AE - 497 AE) > Geraint Umbridge III (489 AE - 586 AE) > Jason Umbridge III (569 AE - 622 AE) > Adam Umbridge (617 AE - 670 AE) > Argyris Umbridge (650 AE - 698 AE) > Anargyros Umbridge II (696 AE - 767 AE) > Cadell Umbridge (718 AE - 767 AE) > Jasper Umbridge (742 AE - 774 AE) > Garth Umbridge (770 AE - 859 AE)** > Chrysanthos Umbridge III (857 AE - 875 AE) > Dante Umbridge (876 AE - 925 AE)
* * = Kassandra was the only legitimate daughter of Geraint and after the death of Kassandra's younger brother Geraint had no sons nor brothers. Her husband took her name.
*** = Garth Umbridge's fourth younger brother Geraint Umbridge IV married Jacqueline Rodin in 810 AE and took her name. 
The half-sister of Jason Umbridge III, daughter of Geraint Umbridge III and Wisteria Thormund, was Astoria Umbridge who married Edward Blackthorne. All three of her sons with 'Blackshanks' at some point were Lord Blackthorne, but her youngest Edwin 'Tenwives' Blackthorne was the one through which the Blackthorne line was meant to continue. He died without issue, and a pretender was poised to be his son: Orion West, a cousin.
=== Unlucky Umbridge Era (913 AE - 1016 AE) ===
* Myran Umbridge (913 AE - 1017 AE)* > Harold Umbridge (940 AE - 1015 AE) > Arthur Umbridge (976 AE - 999 AE)** > James Umbridge (998 AE - 1052 AE)
* * = Myran was third-in-line, but the deaths of his father (Dante) and brothers (Aeron, Nilus, and Cadell II) made him Lord.
* ** = Arthur died before he could become Lord, but his bastard son James did so he is included in the succession.
Myran's sister Rhoslyn went on to have her own family line. They would not be recognized as Umbridges until 1018 when they reunited the two branches. (See The Woven Lies of Umbridge)
=== The Sins of the Father (1017 AE - Current) ===
* Dante Umbridge II (1028 AE - ) > Caoimhe Umbridge (1066 AE - )
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== Holdings ==
=== Huperbriggestad (Golden Mile Estate in Everglow City) ===
Thalcyn Huperbrigge was a well-known architect who helped establish much of the future city's infrastructure. With all his wealth, he bought a portion of land (which would become part of The Golden Mile in 104 AE) to build his estate on in 24 BE, anticipating the high value of the area in the future. 
Huperbriggstad was mostly decimated during the Demon Wars in 208 AE. Its owner at the time was Lord Thalcyn Umbridge II, who died there with most of his family (including his five sons). His brother Chrysanthos Umbridge II, Steward of Huperbrigge, became the new Lord. Thalcyn's wife at the time of his death was the bastard daughter of Aster Holdenhome, Ricarda Holmes. She would later marry Chrysanthos and bear him a daughter, Acacia Umbridge. At Chrysanthos' death, the lordship passed to Chrysanthos' son from his first marriage, Rodrook Umbridge. 
After Everglow was retaken in 267, the estate was rebuilt between 274 AE and 278 AE. 
From 929 AE - 964 AE, Huperbriggstad was the only property of House Umbridge, and where Myran Umbridge lived. From 1017 AE - 1050 AE, it was used as little more than a vacation home or brief stop by James Umbridge and his family. During the Pirate War, in 1050, Casim Umbridge moved his new bride Agatha Canis there with him. 
=== Huperbrigge (Mainland) ===
Circa 128AE, lands to the south-west of Everglow City were bought by the extremely wealthy Chrysanthos Huperbrigge. With his own land holdings, he was granted a title and founded House Umbridge. In changing his family name, he chose to keep the memory of it alive by naming the fiefdom upon his land Huperbrigge. He became known as Lord Chrysanthos Umbridge. 
In 144 AE when the Demon Wars began, Huperbrigge increased agricultural production to feed the armies that were popping up to take down demons. 
The former steward of Huperbrigge became Lord Chysanthos Umbridge II when his older brother and family died at Huperbriggestad in 208 AE. Huperbrigge withstood the Demon Wars between 208 AE - 267 AE, serving as a staging ground during that time. 
House Umbridge helped retake Everglow City in 267 AE. With the city won back and no need for a place to house and feed soldiers, Huperbrigge returned to an agricultural fiefdom.
In 929 AE, Myran Umbridge sold off the land to House Dalman from nearby Kiradene, making him hideously wealthy in coin rather than assets. Despite no longer having land holdings, he kept the Lord title. 
=== Westgate (Island) ===
Circa 962AE, Harold Umbridge claimed an island off the coast of Aradia near Briochi and non-creatively named it Westgate. Over the next fifty or so years, he turned the land into the new seat of House Umbridge - the lordship was willingly passed to him by his father Myran in 964 AE. 
In 1015 AE, James Umbridge became lord with his grandfather Harold's death. He ruled from Westgate until his death in 1052 AE, when his son Dante Umbridge II inherited the title and land. The heir as of 1066 AE is Caoimhe Umbridge, Dante's daughter. 
== Notes ==
* Naming conventions in the Umbridge family are typically Greek-Welsh.
* There are several mentions of an 'Umbridge Curse'. The earliest mention so far is of Myran being 'Unlucky Umbridge' with the deaths of his family. 
* Post-1020 AE, after the publishing of The Woven Lies of Umbridge, the world believes this 'curse' to be an unfavorable trait of deceit and murderous intent that runs through the Umbridge line. Although the benevolent rules of both James Umbridge and his son Dante Umbridge II changed this widespread public opinion, there are still some who believe their bloodline undesirable. 
* Post-1075 AE, the 'Umbridge Curse' is considered to be leftover demonic influence from The Lilin. Rhoslyn Ludlow's (nee Umbridge, aka Rhoslyn Umbridge II) insanity, her son Mason Bay's infirmity, and Lucienne Rodin's (revealed in 1085 to be Casim Umbridge's bastard) hallucinations are attributed to this curse. Some suspect Harold Umbridge's bastard Temperance Heartstone and her son Asgarth Heartstone to be susceptible to it also. 
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