List of Mushroom Kingdom Monarchs

There have been many monarchs of the Mushroom Kingdom since it's founding in 1368 spanning multiple dynasties.
== Founding ==
The Mushroom Kingdom was founded in 1368 when the many divided chiefdoms of worlds 1 and 2 were united under the leadership of King Heteroecus Boletus of the Mycelia clan. Historians believe this was achieved by a mixture of strategically negotiated child marriage and full on invasion when deemed necessary.
== Boletus Dynasty ==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1368 - 1405	 	Heteroecious Boletus I 	Originally the chief of the Mycelia clan, he united the tribes of world 1 and 2 to become the first monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom and ruled until his death of natural causes.
1405 - 1421	 	Caeruleum Boletus 	Took the throne aged 34 after his father passed away, moved the capital to Boletusberg.
1421 - 1426	 	Heteroecious Boletus II	Died suddenly at the age of 31
1426 - 1458	 	Edulis Boletus 	Known as "the corpulent", Edulis was said to be jolly and friendly. Legend says he ended a war by inviting the enemy king to dinner and charming him into surrender, but he likely just had him killed red wedding style.
1458 - 1500	 	Ferrugineus Boletus I 	Known in his time as "The pious" or "The holy", King Ferrugineus The first famously introduced religiously motivated legislation forbidding the consumption of alcohol, sex work, homosexuality, and everything else he deemed too fun.
1500 - 1513	 	Infelicis Boletus 	Infelicis Boletus took the throne at the age of 24 but by the age of 30 was completely unable to walk or stand by himself. he was declared dead in 1513 at the age of 37 after 2 months in a comatose state.
1513 - 1550	 	Ferrugineus Boletus II 	Ferrugineus the Second lead the Mushroom Kingdom's first great expansion attempts in 1516, conquering Worlds 3, 4 and 5 during his reign.
1550 - 1568	 	Ferrugineus Boletus III	Continuing the work of his father, Ferrugineus the Third pushed hard for great military expansion, building forts and castles all across the border and expanding further into world 6.
1568 - 1570	 	Mensa Boletus 	In his short reign, Mensa Boletus championed knowledge over military might and founded the Kingdoms first university.
1570 -1578 	 	Ferrugineus Boletus IV 	Referred to[in secret] as "The Faithless" "The whore master" and "The Prince of debauchery" among other names, Ferrugineus the Fourth was infamous for his legalisation and frequent use of Alcohol and for the many mistresses he would take during his 8 year reign, siring many nameless bastards.
1578 - 1587	 	Interitus Boletus 	Interitus Boletus was said to be so repulsive in appearance that no one would marry him and thus he was left without an heir.
== Rogue dynasties ==
King Interitus Boletus died without issue in 1587. The resulting power vacuum lead to a crisis in the line of succession for the next 16 years, during which many claims to the throne were made by various family members and random strangers who happened to pass by the great hall. 
During this time none held power in the kingdom quite so decisively as Slime mold the great, who reigned for the a total of 9 years over the rogue dynasty period.
== Cap dynasty ==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1606 - 1633	 	Inky Cap I 	Inky Cap the First took the throne via a coup following the rogue dynasty era. It is said he cared little for the people of the kingdom and kept to himself often meeting in secret with his council of spies and business partners.
1633 - 1640	 	Inky Cap II 	Inky Cap the Second continued the Secretive ruling of his father, relegating all royal duties to his cousins and younger brothers. He was eventually killed under suspicious circumstances.
1633 - 1634	 	Milk Cap I 	Milk Cap the First died under suspicious circumstances shortly following his coronation. He was likely poisoned by his brother who following his death would be crowned King Inky Cap the Third.
1634 - 1670	 	Inky Cap III	Ascending to the throne at just age 16, Inky Cap the Third was macabre individual who surrounded himself with the imagery of death and decay.
1670 - 1673	 	Death Cap 	Despite his name he wasn't that bad of a bloke, really.
1673 - 1688	 	Field Cap 	Known as "the bearded" for is iconic facial hair, Field Cap was an adventurer who was obsessed with discovery and often lead expeditions to unexplored worlds, naming large portions of land after himself.
1688 - 1700	 	Inky Cap IV 	Known as "black heart", Inky Cap the fourth was a paranoid yet brilliant schemer who lead a ruthless secret campaign which saw the deaths of almost all legitimate contenders to the throne. Going so far as to have his own 5 year old son murdered in his sleep. 
As a consequence, Inky Cap the Fourth was left with no direct heir and upon his death the throne was passed on to his sickly nephew Milk Cap.
1700 - 1702	 	Milk Cap II 	Known as "the child king", Milk Cap the Second was just 9 when he was crowned king of the Mushroom Kingdom. He died at the age of 11 due to illness and the throne was passed to his 3rd cousin Jeff.
== Jeff Dynasty ==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1702 - 1703	 	Jeff I 	The first Jeff of the Jeff Dynasty.
1703 - 1704	 	Jeff II 	Jeff II, Son of Jeff I.
1704 - 1705	 	Jeff III 	Jeff III, Son of Jeff II.
1705 - 1706	 	Jeff IV 	Jeff IV, Son of Jeff III.
1706 - 1707	 	Jeff V 	Jeff V, Son of Jeff IV.
1707 - 1708	 	Jeff VI 	Jeff VI, Son of Jeff V.
1708 - 1709	 	Jeff VII 	Jeff VII, Son of Jeff VI.
1709 - 1710	 	Jeff VIII	Jeff VIII, Son of Jeff VII.
1710 - 1711	 	Jeff IX 	Jeff IX, Son of Jeff VIII.
1711 - 1712	 	Jeff X 	Jeff X, Son of Jeff IX.
1712 - 1713	 	Jeff XI 	Jeff XI, Son of Jeff X.
1713 - 1737	 	Jeff XII 	Known as "The blood-bringer" Jeff the Twelfth was notorious for his warmongering and use of torture. Modern historians estimate his death toll to be upwards of 40 thousand, making Jeff XII one of the worst and most bloodthirsty monarchs in history right after Mario.
1737 - 1738	 	Jeff XIII	Jeff XIII, Son of Jeff XII.
1738 - 1739	 	Jeff XIV 	Jeff XIV, Son of Jeff XIII.
1739 - 1746	 	Geoff 	The last of the Jeff Dynasty, legitimacy disputed.
==The Three Kings Period==
Following the ascension of King Geoff I (proclaimed King Jeff XV) the authority of the crown was disputed by several high born and powerful families leading multiple individuals to lay claim to the throne. The most notable of these were Augustus of house Mycelius and Nameko of house Pholiota.
The ensuing 7 years became known as "Aetas trium regum" or the "Time of three kings" or the "Three Kings period" where the Mushroom Kingdom was split politically between the King Geoff I and the 2 largest claimants to the throne.
Nameko Pholiota was the first of the three kings to fall in 1744, leaving his much less experience younger brother Aeger to rule what remained of his lands. Being young and unfamiliar with either war or rule, Aeger soon withdrew his claim to the throne and swore allegiance to King Geoff I (whom he called King Jeff XV). 
In 1746, Augustus Mycelius had defeated the forces of King Geoff I, and stormed Boletusberg castle. Geoff was killed in the ensuing battle and Augustus Mycelius was declared King of the Mushroom Kingdom by way of conquest and partial blood claim. Lord Aeger Pholiota was executed for treason the following year.
==Mycelius Dynasty==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1746 - 1759	 	Augustus Mycelius I 	Laid claim to the throne in 1739, tracing his ancestry to one of the many bastards of King Ferrugineus Boletus IV. Following the 'Three Kings Period' civil war, Augustus laid siege to Boletusberg Castle and killed Geoff I (proclaimed Jeff XV) to take the throne in 1746.
1759 - 1764	 	Augustus Mycelius II 	
1764 - 1770	 	Quintus Mycelius 	Upon being crowned king, Quintus Mycelius immediately banned public Executions, eventually making all forms of capital punishment illegal by 1768.
1770 - 1782	 	Capillum Mycelius 	
1782 - 1823	 	Hydnellum Peckii Mycelius	Began the practice of Goomba and Koopa slavery by passing the "Racial servitude act" in 1802. Reinstated both the death penalty and public executions.
1823 - 1825	 	Jackson Mycelius 	Died in battle just 2 years after taking the throne and left behind no male heir. His daughter Thedwyn Mycelius was wed to Ludwig of house Toadstool, causing a change in the ruling house of the Mushroom Kingdom.
==Toadstool Dynasty==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1825 - 1850	 	Ludwig Toadstool 	Married Princess Thedwyn Mycelius to become King. Smiled a lot.
1850 - 1855	 	Wilfred Handcock Toadstool	Abdicated the throne after a scandal involving 2 lobsters, a naked postman, 17 loaves of stale bread, and a bicycle.
1855 - 1867	 	Nicholas Toadstool I 	
1867 - 1890	 	Alexander Toadstool 	Officially legalised the practice of homosexuality, proclaiming "We're all a little fungay, in the end".
1890 - 1896	 	Peter-James Toadstool I 	Abdicated the throne due to illness, passing away 3 weeks later.
1896 - 1917	 	Nicholas Toadstool II 	Assassinated in 1917 by Boletshevik revolutionaries at the age of 50.
1917 - 1939	 	Peter-James Toadstool II 	Crowned after his brother Nicholas II was killed, Peter-James II brought stability to the troubled Kingdom by opening trade with many foreign nations to bring concessions to the angry masses.
1939 - 1977	 	Toadsworth Toadstool 	Known as "the good" Toadsworth famously married a human woman who fell through an open warp pipe into the mushroom Kingdom. In 1945 he released all Koopas from their bonds of slavery upon the formation of the Koopa Kingdom. He died just a few days after rectifying the law so that women could ascend to the throne.
1977 - 1991	 	Peach Toadstool 	Queen Peach was the first female leader of the Mushroom Kingdom. While she was secretly seeing her true love Supreme Leader Bowser of the Koopa Kingdom in secret, even having a daughter with him named Scarlet, she was arrested by her forced love Mario's private military, much to her daughter Juniper's dismay. She was kept in a jail cell until she committed suicide upon hearing news that Bowser and Scarlet have been found and killed in his castle in the Mushroom-Koopa war in 1996.
==Toadman Dynasty==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes 				
1991-1993	 	William Toadman	Toadman was the leader of the loyalists in the Revolutionary War and the most short-reigned leader outside of the Jeff Dynasty of the Mushroom Kingdom, he was the most prestigious noble in the Kingdom and assumed the throne because Peach had no available successors due to her only daughter in her marriage Juniper not being of age. He was captured by revolutionaries in Twinsy Tropics and was shortly imprisoned then released after just 2 weeks.				
==Mario Dynasty==
Reign 	Portrait	Name 	Notes
1993-2005 	 	Mario Mario 	Mario received news that Queen Peach was seeing Supreme Leader Bowser of the Koopa Kingdom in secret and had a daughter named Scarlet with him, which he mistook for an affair. Enraged by this news he needed a form of revenge because he had done so much for his wife and this is how she paid him. 
Mario came up with a plan to initiate a civil war in the Mushroom Kingdom to overthrow Peach's position of power. He forced Luigi, Daisy, and Toad to hop on with his plan despite them not wanting to. He raised a private military disguised as a royal guard army, met with Peach in her castle at Vista to discuss issues of taxation and national budget, to instead confront Peach about her affairs, which their own young daughter Juniper overheard. Peach tried to tell Mario that her marriage with him was loveless and that she just wanted to be happy, and refused to abdicate when he demanded her to, resulting in him arresting Peach and permanently harming his relationship with Juniper. A clash between Mario's soldiers and the loyalists broke out and Mario received support from nearby divisions, resulting in the capture of Vista. 
The west side of the country defected to Mario's revolutionary side, and the east remained loyal to the Queen. This war, nicknamed the Revolutionary War by locals, was won by Mario through decisive military operations and minimal casualties. Mario moved the capital back to Toadtown, and held his coronation followed by a grand military parade in June 1993, officially making him the first emperor of the new Mushroom Empire, ruling said empire with an iron fist.
After a period of rebuilding and preparation for another war, Mario declared war on the Koopa Kingdom in December 1995, winning shortly after Bowser's death in October 1996 in an operation focused on air superiority and paratroopers. They were unable to find Scarlet due to her running away and not being seen since.
The Mushroom Empire would soon realize the mistake they made by putting Mario in charge after he killed off an entire kingdom all because of an argument. They decided enough is enough and in 2006, decided to overthrow Mario with help from Luigi, Daisy, Toad, and Mario's own daughter, Juniper. They successfully did so in The Second Revolution, overthrowing and arresting Mario and putting Juniper in charge.
Mario would be publicly executed in 2006 on the day Peach committed suicide via beheading, and when asked why she went with the guillotine for her dad's execution, Juniper only said "It looks cool." In present day, Mario became notorious for his acts, and is considered the worst and most bloodthirsty monarch in history, dethroning Jeff XII from the title.
2005-Present	 	Juniper Mario	The second female ruler of the Mushroom Empire, and the product of a loveless marriage between Mario and Peach, born in 1987. While she resembled her father in appearance, she was more close to her mother. When Peach went to see Supreme Leader Bowser of the Koopa Kingdom in secret, she would often bring Juniper along so that she could bond with her half-sister Scarlet. Unfortunately, she was only 6 when she saw Mario arrest Peach only for trying to be happy, and began to resent Mario.
Between 1991 and 1996, Juniper would constantly offer to be the one to do daily check-ups on Peach as an excuse to see and bond with her. Surprisingly, this would always work, and she was never caught. Right before Peach's death day, Peach gave Juniper her pendant she got from Bowser, and Juniper promised to keep it. As soon as she heard the news of Bowser's death and Scarlet's escape and subsequent disappearance, she went to check up on Peach to see if she was alright, only to see a horrifying sight of her mother's corpse.
She immediately began to blame Mario for causing her mother's suicide and told herself that in 10 years if she's empress by then that she will publicly execute Mario on the very day she saw her mother's corpse. She eventually met up with Luigi, Daisy and Toad, who Mario previously forced onto his side, and William, the previous leader of the Peach loyalists, to begin planning to overthrow Mario. They just needed the perfect time to convince the empire citizens to follow their lead.
Eventually that day came in 2005 when after an argument with the ruler of a neighboring kingdom, Mario sent his military to kill off everyone in that kingdom, leaving his empire residents in shock and terror. Juniper, Luigi, Daisy and Toad took this opportunity to rally up a rebellion against Mario and begin another revolution, called The Second Revolution. Due to the military being tired from just finishing a massacre, the revolters easily won. The revolution ended with the arrest of Mario and the coronation of Juniper, making her the first female ruler from the Mario Dynasty and the first empress of the Mushroom Empire, with her spending her first years righting all of Mario's wrongs.
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