Hejnrik II

Lord of the Jehnidy (498-413VC)
 Predecessor: Mattheas the Magnificent
 Successor: Ulrich of Jehnidy
INTRODUCTION
Hejnrik II of Jehnidy (374-416VC) was the self-proclaimed 'duke' of Jehnidy lands in Joraje between 398 and 413. His conflict with Jan the Wise of Joraje over Jehnidy influence in Joraje started in 412 when his wife, second cousin of Jan the Wise, Emma of Korchenoy, annulled her marriage and fled to Jan the Wise for refuge. His capture at the Battle of Eshkonitze marked the beginning of a reduction in Jehnidy power which was completed by the Hetzbukarn of 459 when Johazlos Tajep decreed that the custom of crowning Jehnidy nobles was to be banned. 
EARLY LIFE
Hejnrik was son of Jehnidy nobleman Mattheas the Magnificent and his wife Tereza the Fair and was born in 374. Hejnrik grew up in Mibram, the bustling Jehnidy capital which during the late 300s had one of the largest and most elaborate cathedrals in all of Werrandom. Hejnrik became good friends with his older cousin, Ulrich of Jehnidy. Hejnrik would join his Father's campaigns against Jindrich Loren of Joraje in 389, 393 and 395 becoming a well-respected knight.
REALM
Hejnrik II inherited a vast Jehnidy fief including a number of crucial silver mines, metropolitan cities, productive agricultural land and hundreds of castles and vassals. By 398 the Jehnidy lands had expanded to their largest size largely thanks to the weakness of the Loren family under Jindrich and his predecessors, however the military and diplomatic victories Mattheas had achieved significantly benefited the family. Some important possessions included:
- Okhrana (largest silver mine until the founding of Stribna Sczerin)
- Mibram (A well fortified market city with a cathedral, theatre and guild hall)
- Hrad Ishtar (One of the largest castles in Joraje and located on a strategically important hill.)
- Stribny Yrvanik (A large spa and silver mining town in the Silver Hills)
MURDER OF EDUARD AND MARKUS JEHNIDY
Mattheas's 1st son, Jakebo of Chrazim died before he could inherit the Jehnidy lands from his father Mattheas. His young sons, Eduard and Markus were but 2 and 1 years old respectively when Mattheas died. Hejnrik, not keen on his nephew's potential to seize the throne murdered the young Eduard and Markus after only half a year of co-rule. Hejnrik justified his actions by claiming that his nephews were possessed by demons which a peasant had brought in to corrupt the family blood with evil. Nobody bought it, but luckily Hejnrik had filled his court with loyalists during the co-rule and the populace of Jehnidy soon subscribed to his lies. 
CLASHES WITH JINDRICH LOREN
Jindrich hoped his failure to stop Mattheas in his feudal campaigns would end with the latter's death in 398, however Hejnrik's hasty murder of the Jehnidy princes meant the young Lord could re-initiate attacks against Loren authority. In 399, in the Battle of the Red Bog, the Loren army was defeated and Zavan Komas of Jehnidy was killed. Jindrich's heir was dead which destabilized the Loren family substantially. Many Joran nobles were not convinced in the competence of Jan his brother and so protested against Jindrich. In 399 Jindrich was forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Mordibau where Jindrich admitted defeat, ceded fiefs in Karred, ceded a fleet of river galleys, an extortionate amount of silver coins and confirmed Hejnrik's right to be seated on the Golden Seat of Mibram.
RISE OF JAN THE WISE
The Treaty of Mordibau lasted until 404VC when Jindrich Loren's reign of loss and failure ended. Upon Jindrich's death many Joran nobles declared their support for the Golden Seat of Mibram. As a result, in 405 when Jan tried to raise an army to put Hejnrik's defiance in line, insufficient forces were levied for a successful campaign to be lead against Mibram. Hejnrik continued to pressure the Loren position by seizing the castles of Hrad Resenberk and Hrad Barenvijek. In 407 Jan ended the First Crisis of the Golden Seat by simply buying it off Hejnrik for a sum of money the Loren treasury could not afford. In an attempt to heal the rift between the Loren and Jehnidy, Jan married off his 2nd cousin, Emma of Korchenoy to Hejnrik II. 
ANNULMENT AND 2ND CRISIS 
Hejnrik's marriage to Emma was a tumultous one, as Emma was not keen on sex or any intimacy with Hejnrik. In fact, she disliked him so much in 411 she escaped Mibram and sought refuge in Jan the Wise's court at Lorenvald. Hejnrik saw this as Jan directly opposing the Treaty of Mordibau and the marriaged Jan organised and demanded Emma be returned. Instead, Jan gave his approval to annul the marriage. In response, Hejnrik constructed a second extravagant golden chair to deny Jan who once again called upon his vassals to levy.
WAR OF THE GOLDEN SEAT
Jan the Wise's call for an army was responded to by many lords around Joraje as Jan had worked tirelessly sinced 407 to organise marriages and treaties between feuding lords to ensure that when the time came, his vassals would not choose to sceptre and instead would join him. On such marriage was between Janik the Blonde of Eruda and Hildegar of Erndek. With help from the Šternberk and Brehša families, Jan marched on Mibram in 412. The War of the Golden Seat (412-413) began here. Jan soon was repelled from the city and focused on the nearby market town of Mettl, capturing it in Summer 412. By Autumn, Jan the Wise had also captured Glostok, Kradow and Niza. Hejnrik's response would be a large attack on the cities of Neubrach, Dobrel and Savahoff in central-western Karred. In spring 413, Hejnrik had captured Dobrel and the surrounding hinterland, but had failed to take the major cities he intended to capture. Hejnrik's brother, Lephold z Ustyn had been captured at the Battle of Ustyn near Glostok. Hejnrik was forced to return to the west bank of the Orat where in 413 he was defeated at the Battle of Eshkonitze and imprisoned at Lorenvald.
SEIZURE OF JEHNIDY POSSESSIONS
In 413, Jan the Wise seized possessions given to the Jehnidy by the Treaty of Mordibau and the fleet of river galleys was returned to Loren hands. Also as a result of the war, anyone who commissions, produces, manufactures, or supplies goods for a chair made of, or inlaid with, gold, is to be executed on charges of high treason. This however did not stop the Jehnidy from crowning their nobles until the Hetzbukarn of 459 when it was made illegal.
DEATH AND SUCCESSION
After being imprisoned in 413, Hejnrik would spend the rest of his life as a prisoner in Jan's court till his death of a stomach illness in 416. Due to his bad relations with Emma of Korchenoy, Hejnrik never bore a son or daughter and died heirless and without power. Meanwhile, his older cousin Ulrich of Jehnidy ruled as regent and eventually inherited the realm upon his death in 416. Ulrich was forced to sell numerous silver mines to the Horak family, however the Jehnidy remained strong enough to contest the reign of Jan's sons between 417-446.