House of Caestor

The House of Caestor is an ancient Hybretian House that ruled the Hybretian people from 500s BKOR to 318KOR, and ruled the Imperial Commonwealth from 333 to the abolition of the Monarchy in 336, and the Second Kingdom of Varsais from 263KOR to 315KOR. 
The House formerly ruled the Hybro-Gorathic Empire until 318, and the Second Kingdom of Varsais until 315. The leadership of the house passed through the male line by Cornis, Grand Prince of Kordowyn, who was married to Charlotte, Empress of the Imperial Commonwealth. It passed to their son, Llywellyn II, making it the Imperial Royal House. Previously, members of the House of Caestor served as Regent of the Empires. It descends from Caestoras. 
The House of Caestor was brought to prominence internationally by Emperor Daelin I, the first Duke, later King of Hybretia, and the founder of the Hybro-Gorathic Empire. The line is technically also passed through the male-line of former Emperor Basilean III & I's children, though they are removed from the line of succession. Previous generations of Caestors married into the Imperial family of Kygon and the House of Varsais. 
Emperor Daelin had wanted to marry off his children to tactical allies, but this only came to fruition with his son Cornis's marriage to Charlotte of Kordowyn. Empress Lenara initially married a Makriaudian, but was widowed and re-married to Bleddyn of the House of Cadigan, solidifying the alliance with Kordowyn, and incidentally causing them to swap royal families. 
In 242, the Gretians installed a man pretending to be Caelar VII on the Hybretian throne, who was killed when his first wife identified him as a fake. In 265, Hybretian Royal Intelligence discovered the real Caelar was in fact alive, and had been living quietly in the Empire of Terra de Areia and Iksis. This resulted in the creation of a cadet branch, the House of Caestor-Volinas. This branch has began to push the claim as true head of the House of Caestor, as opposed to what they label the House of Caestor-Kordowyn. 
Category:Houses
Category:Hybretia