List of Pemblish monarchs (Lesser Kingdom)

The monarchs of the Lesser Kingdom of Pem were elected by the Mayors of Pem from amongst themselves during the existence of the Lesser Kingdom (970-710BGE). They can be considered to be "high kings" of the Centrelands. 
It is important to recognise that the notion of a 'Pemblish Lesser Kingdom' is a retroactive creation of later Greater Kingdom historians, as pro-Pemblish propaganda after the establishment of hereditary monarchy and a permanent capital in Pembleton. Contemporary sources refer to monarchs of the period as Rex Mediterrarum- that is, King of the Centrelanders, which was more accurate since for most of the kingdom's existence the capital was not Pembleton. Nevertheless, the term stuck, despite the obviously oppressive, supremacist undertones of the phrase.
During the Lesser Kingdom, eras were named according to the city-state which the elected king originated from, rather than according to any formal "royal house" system as in the later Greater Kingdom, with era themes being reused with each subsequent monarch originating from the nation. Notably, due to the lack of heredity in the Lesser Kingdom, it was common for many kings to abdicate following a period of rule if they felt that they had achieved all they needed to or if they felt that a better ruler was available to replace them. 
== Background ==
The first King was selected upon the formal declaration of alliance between Pembleton, Ruby City, Coltar and Woleseat in 970 BGE, when Fabius I, mayor of Ruby City, was elected as King of the Centrelanders and 'Bellidux', or war leader. Waysouth joined the alliance during the latter years of the era of Gold's Grace, following the semi-mythical 'Creeper War'. 
The position of King was abolished from 750-710 due to military demands from the city-state of Paramacca, and the title remained extinct during these years in the ensuing chaos and wholesale destruction of the War of the Banners.
The title was revived by the conqueror Tentavius I of Pembleton in 710 BGE, becoming a hereditary monarchy that ruled over the Greater Kingdom of Pem until its abolition in 401 BGE.
The Lesser Kingdom era is typically divided into three periods: the Early, Middle and Later Lesser Kingdoms.
== List of Kings ==
=== Early Lesser Kingdom ===
Monarch 	Monikers 	Regnal Era 	Modern Date	Freehold of Origin
Fabius I 	 	Ocean's Yearning	970-957 	Ruby City
Cuthred 	 	 	957-952 	Woleseat
Chlothar 	 	Gold's Gathering	952-938 	Coltar
Felixus I 	"The Pious" 	Oil's Seething 	938-927 	Paramacca
John (Iohnus)	"Brownshanks"	River's Promise 	927-911 	Pembleton
=== Middle Lesser Kingdom ===
Monarch 	Monikers	Regnal Era 	Modern Date	Freehold of Origin
Esbern I 	 	River's Flow 	905-890 	Pembleton
Felixus II	 	Fleece's Warmth	890 	Woleseat
Euclidius 	 	Gold's Grace 	890-873 	Coltar
Fabius II 	 	Ocean's Eleven 	873-849 	Ruby City
Esbern II 	 	River's Cooling	849-836 	Pembleton
=== Late Lesser Kingdom ===
Monarch 	Monikers 	Regnal Era 	Modern Date 	Freehold of Origin
Richard I (Ricardus)	"The Fervent" 	Mountain's Heights 	832-826 	Eparchia
Michael I 	 	Ocean's Foam 	826-820 	Ruby City
Varrus III 	"The Confessor"	River's Ebbing (12 years)	820-789 BGE 	Pembleton
Fabius III 	 	Fleece's Gold (8 years) 	789-781 	Woleseat
Ephelstern 	 	Oil's Rage (3 years) 	753-750 (abolished)	Paramacca
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