Velentz Royal Family

The Velentz Royal Family are the current ruling family of The Middle Kingdom. Succeeding the Velentz Ducal Family, the Royal Family came into existence in 3227 with the permission of the Casorian Empress, Joanna II. They are the first family to ever rule the rather new Kingdom and over all have been extraordinarily popular. As a consitutional monarchy very few of their faults ever surface.
==Kings of the Velentz Royal Line==
The Kings of the Velentz are the successors to the Dukes of Belsough, as with the Dukedom, there has never been a Queen-Regnant of the Middle Kingdoms, which is unfortunate as the law does state a woman can inherit on the same grounds as men.
Portraits	King 	Born	Ascended	Died
 	King Philip the Glorious	3203	3227 	3262
 	King Lucretzin I 	3245	3262 	3303
 	King Clement I 	3275	3303 	3311
 	King Philip II 	3303	3311 	3321
 	King Philip III 	3277	3321 	3343
 	King Petre I 	3314	3343 	3370
 	King Philip IV 	3343	3370 	3429
 	King Petre II 	3386	3429 	N/A
==Queen-Consorts of the Velentz Royal Line==
There has never been a Queen-Regnant of the Middle Kingdoms and therefore all those who carried the title, 'Queen' have been the wives of ruling Kings. Traditionally the consorts of the Velentz King are from outlying regions to make sure that no Imperial Sympathiser who would seek reconsiliation would come to the throne.
Portraits	Queen-Consort 	Born	Ascended	Died
 	Queen Isabelle the Merciful	3199	3227 	3263
 	Queen Dowager Shona 	3251	3263 	3308
 	Queen-Regent Juliana 	3286	3303 	3341
 	Queen Dowager Amelda 	3289	3321 	3349
 	Queen Charlotte 	3349	3370 	3393
 	Queen Antoinette 	3392	3429 	N/A
====Tradgic History of Queens====
The Queens of the Middle Kingdom have an odd history. The First Queen, Isabelle was offered the Crown when her husband died, to rule as Queen-Regnant. Disgusted that they would defy the rule of the Gods, Isabelle did not even aknowledge she was Dowager, demanding her successor, her daughter-in-law be known as Princess-Consort until her death. This was only a year later but it ensured history would remember her as a Queen, pure and simple.
Queen-Regent Juliana ruled as her infant son's protector for ten years until he himself died ironically on his eighteenth birthday, unsure of how to treat the once Queen-Regent her brother in-law the very surprised King Philip III let her keep her status as Queen-Regent yet with no political power.
King Petre I was Crown-Prince for twenty two years, the year of his ascension his wife gave birth and died, just two weeks later his father died, therefore Princess Holiana was never officially Queen and was denied to be recognised as so.
Queen Charlotte shared the fate of her mother-in-law, dying in labour giving birth to her daughter, however that daughter then went on to become Empress-Consort of the Casorian Empire, Maria-Charlotte.
==Line of Succession==
The Current Royal Line of Succession
Immediate Royal Family -> King Petre II -> Philip, Prince of Belslough
Incumbant 	HM King Petre II
Heir-Apparent	HRH Philip, Prince of Belslough
2nd in Line 	HRH Princess Holly
Should Princess Holly die childless, or the Prince have no more issue, then the line of succession will fall to his sister, Her Majesty, The Empress-Consort of the Casorian Empire, Maria Charlotte. She cannot ascend as she gave up her right to do so when marrying the Emperor, so it then passes to her children.
King Philip IV -> Maria Charlotte, The Princess Royal -> Crown-Prince Henry-Joseph
3rd in Line 	HIH Crown-Prince Henry-Joseph
4th in Line 	HIH Prince Octavius
5th/6th in Line	TIH Princesses Annabella & Joanna
The official line of succession ends here, but in the realization that the Middle Kingdom's crown may pass into the Imperial Family, the Government has considered that they may offer it to the only other legitimate claimants. The only surviving scions of the Velentz Royal Line are the desecendants of King Philip the Glorious (Philip I)'s daughter. The current ruling family of the Duchy of Jaros, a duchy that holds great political sway in the Middle Kingdom.
King Philip the Glorious -> Jennifer, Princess Royal -> Prince Russell, Duke of Jaros -> Karlof, Duke of Jaros -> Mark, Duke of Jaros -> Philip I, Duke of Jaros, -> Philip II, Duke of Jaros
7th in Line	HDH Philip II, Duke of Jaros
8th in Line	HDH Sir Lucretzin of Jaros
9th in Line	HDH Lady Juliette of Jaros
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