King of Lambert

**The King of Lambert** is a title which is given to the ruling monarch who has divine power to rule over the Kingdom of Lambert. The king, unlike in more religiously aligned countries, is not divinely selected and treated as some advisor to Garung, but rather, is a title given to the elected king whose lineage can be traced to the current King of Lambert. Although lineage is sometimes broken through rebellion as some of the duchies may believe that the rule of an heir is unfair or unjust.

Historically, the royal court is situated in the capital city of Stoneport where the Black Stone Fortress is situated. The fortress serves as the final keep of Stoneport in times of siege and the royal resides and lives within its slate walls. The reign of the King of Lambert has largely remained under the dynasty of the Garnot who many of the heirs that were produced and took the crown took the name of Graham.

There was as many as 30 monarch who claimed the title of Lambert throughout the history of the kingdom as well as many pretenders to the throne. Those with false claims will be listed at the bottom of the list.

## Kings of Lambert

### Kings

#### Cuarta Dynasty

* Mac Cuarta the Slave King (75-99) - Founder of the Kingdom of Lambert, slayer of the Wizard King Elfrog the Wise
* Percy Cuarta (99-128)
* Frank Cuarta the Green (128-189)
* Mac Cuarta II (189-238) - Overthrown by the Garnot Dynasty in the Cuarta Succession War

#### Garnot Dynasty

* James Garnot (238-240) - Slain by a rebel faction during the aftermath of the succession war
* James II Garnot (240-312) - First boy king
* Graham Garnot (312-402) - First warrior king to defend Lambert from barbarian invasion
* Placius Garnot (402-449) - First Non-Lambertian entrusted as king
* Barry Garnot (449-500)
* Barry II Garnot (500-509) - Slain by his brother, Graham II during a family struggle over the crown
* Graham II The Reaver (509-584)
* Graham III The Crusader (584-607) - Known for taking part in fighting alongside Wulfred V during the War for the Crown
* Graham IV (608-622) - Slain during the 1st Duke's War

#### Hobbes Dynasty

* Hobbie Hobbes (622-641) - First king to claim the title with a fabricated claim
* Crake Hobbes (641-677)
* Darius Hobbes (677-709)
* Kraig Hobbes (709-709) - Slain during his coronation in a plot to wipe out the Hobbes Dynasty

#### Garnot Dynasty

* Barry III Garnot (709-744)
* Graham V Garnot (744-781)
* Henri Garnot the Barbarian (781-818) - First king to sack the great barbarian city
* Henri II Garnot (818-844)
* Henri III Garnot (844-871)
* Graham VI the War Master (871-923) - First king to reform the feudal army system
* Oliver Garnot (923-959)
* Lictor Garnot the Heretic (959-1001) - First king to attempt to form an empire with Hartwig the Immortal during his long reign, executed
* Oliver II Garnot (1001-1040)
* Graham VII Garnot (1040-1087)
* Barry IV Garnot (1087-1107)
* Graham IIX Garnot (1107-1152)
* Graham IX Garnot (1152-1191)
* Fergus I Garnot the Clanling (1191-1219) - First clanling king born from a clanling mother.
* James III Garnot (1219-1275)
* Graham X The Powder King (1275-1299)
* Graham XI Garnot (1299-)

### Kings with False Claims

* John Taleman (200-240) - Fought against James Garnot in defense hopes of installing himself on the throne; a descendent of the Cuarta dynasty with limited claims.
* Damien Gerard (592-620) - Was a claimant to the throne during the 1st Duke's War with little to no justifiable reason aside from his valiant acts as a lord commander during a large barbarian invasion two years before he started fighting in the war when he was just 16. He was slain after he and his bodyguard was caught behind his army where he was ambushed and discarded in a ditch; with his army defecting and joining Duke Hobbie Hobbes.
* Arch-Bishop Cornwallis the Pious (900-977) - First Lord Bishop to claim the throne of the king during the reign of Lictor the Heretic with the reasoning of divine right. Cornwallis died in 977 from old age and disease from travelling around with his host during his campaign.
* Graham the Black (1165-1194) - A bastard born from Graham IX, Graham the Black fought for the throne shortly after the coronation of Fergus the Clanling. Although losing the war, he was granted exile in one of the Free States far away from the Kingdom of Lambert.
* Brunhilda Jadefoot (1199-1281) - Brunhilda was a translated name from the original dwarvish name of Ghrunhihilda Jadefoot. She was a warrior queen whose army was forced out of the Dwarf Kingdom's due to a rebellion which tried to have her placed in power. After failing, she set her eyes on the northern dwarven cities of Lambert before focusing entirely on trying to take the capital in 1280. Unfortunately, Brunhilda's armoured dwarves and spear armed mercenaries folded under the fledgling use of gunpowder handgunners who punched through the dwarven armour and demolished their crossbow reinforcements. Brunhilda was found dead with a musket ball lodged in her chest and head.