Prince Leopold I

Leopold I (3384) is the current Ruler of the Principality of Osylpha, he rules absolutely over the century old state. As Prince he has revolutionized the way that the Royal families of Northern Casoria interacted by showing favour to the new Southern and Middle Republics. This caused his income from The Casorian Empire to be removed and his imperial status to vanish.. The popularity of the Prince and his family has since plummeted.
==Early Life==
Leopold Henry David Van Haven was born in 3384 in Davidscastle. As the first born child of Princess Cherie I he was declared a Baron of the Royal Family and Heir Apparent. As a rather pathetically supported nation the young prince's life was not as glamorous as it could have been in the old Empire. He was taught by tutors the art of statecraft, however they were Casorian and were teaching the Prince to be sub-serviant to the Empire that created it.
==Ascension==
In 3409 the Reigning Princess Cherie passed away in her sleep, this thrust the young prince into the limelight of the continent. Already married and with a child of his own the near thirty year old wished to test just how far he could thrust his power. This created rifts in the aristocracy and the establishment. Government under the Principality was largely self-governing. The Royal Family was left to run ceremonial duties while the Ministers governed the nation. This changed under Leopold who demanded to appoint his own cabinet like his second cousin, Emperor Henry-Joseph VIII.
==Southern Civil War and Protests==
During the Southern Civil War the Prince took the drastic step of refusing to send Osylphic troops to aid in the retaking of Valiana, the Emperor demanded in 3424 that he either join the conflict or send supplies. Refusing to do so the Prince signed his families own excommunication from Lockvalar. The money owed to the Van Haven family by the Imperial Treasurey was cut off and the Imperial Titles withdrawn. With no real natural resources poverty was assured until the new Middlian Republic sent their own supplies to Osylpha. This led to massive state-wide protests across Osylpha. Now in 3452 the Imperial army is poised to retake the small nation back into the fold, the Prince's family has abandoned him, his son the heir to Osylpha has denounced his father and returned to Lockvalar to serve his third cousin, the Emperor.
==Titles and Issue==
====Titles====
3384 - 3409: His Serene Highness, Baron Leopold Henry David Van Haven
3409 - 3424: His Imperial Highness, Prince-Regnant Leopold I
3424 - present: His Royal Highness, Prince-Regnant Leopold I
Issue 	Born	Married
Baron Leopold Van Haven 	3411	Carlotta of Athorna
Baroness Helga Van Haven	3414	N/A
Category:Monarch
Category:Head of State
Category:Osylphic
Category:Male
Category:Disputed Leader
Category:Royal
Category:Casilian Dynasty
Category:Revolutionary