Kingdom of Escoffier

* Inspired on the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland

## ***The Kingdom***

### Creation:

In 1039 Henry The Conqueror from the House of Bloua rose as King of Escoffier, he had help with the Kingdom of Brandsen and, since then, they shared a close relationship between the kingdoms.

### Religion:

At the first centuries of existence catholicism was the official religion, but, after problems with the church because of them refusing to help the king with expansionism, they went apart and in 1520 the official religion became protestantism.

### House of the Royal Family:

Since the first king, Henry I, the house changed a few times. They always used male-preference primogeniture, and when a Queen rose in power her heir would assume their father’s name and the House would change. The **Houses** were **Bloua** (1039 - 1301), **House of Djurhuss**, from the Principality of Lesunburg, Brandsen (1301 - 1456), **House of Thys**, from the Duchy of Thys, anexed with Escoffier after the marriage with both heirs (1456 - 1549), **House of Buchinger**, from the Principality of Lettner, Haimsner (1549 - 1813), **House of Willems**, from the , Saxenburg (1813 - 1953) and **House of Smet**, from the, Toussaint (1953 -. The Houses are from different kingdoms.

### Order of succession:

Escoffier has male-preference primogeniture for their succession to the throne, with quite a few Queens and a handful of Kings.

## ***The Royal Family***

### Names for royal children:

#### Boys:

Edward, Henry, Louis, Alexander, Charles, James, Matthew/Matthias, George, William, Arthur, John, Victor, Edmund, Richard, Alfred, Edgar, Phillip, Anthony, Bernard, Benedict, Thomas, Andrew, Nathaniel, Patrick, Nicholas, Eugene, Augustus, Samuel, Francis,

#### Girls:

Mary/Maria/Marie, Anne/Anna, Elizabeth, Margaret/Margot, Isabel/Isobel, Henrietta/Harriet, Louisa/Louise, Cecilia/Celia, Joan/Jane/Joanna, Carolina, Charlotte, Katherine/Catherine, Barbara, Victoria, Helena, Beatrix/Beatrice, Sophia, Sarah, Theresa, Edwina, Alexandra/Alexandrina, Augusta, Amelia, Frances, Maud

## ***Titles***

### Royal Titles:

In Escoffier male royals who will not inherit the throne get a royal title that can be passed down to their sons, but not daughters. When a title becomes extinct the monarch can give it to one of their younger sons, but they cannot take the title from a royal. Their kids have the title “Prince/Princess of (Name of the Dukedom)” as a courtesy, while the Prines who carry the title are called "Prince X, Duke of Y" and their consorts "Princess X, Duchess of Y". Those royal dukedoms are:

* Duke of Cowen;
* Duke of Sheringham;
* Duke of Gravesend;
* Duke of Attenborough;
* Duke of Corden.

### Noble Titles:

Nobles can marry between each other and, after the bourgeoisie ascended, they also began to marry with the rich ones. There are 10 Dukedoms, 18 Marquessates, 31 Earldoms, 67 Viscounties, 98 Baronies and 134 Baronetcies. Nobles are not allowed to marry royals as the matches are considered morganatically.

### Courtesy Titles:

The children of most nobles and the nobles themselves had the courtesy titles of Lord and Lady (Surname/Peerage), but Baronets are called “Sir + First Name” and their wives “Lady + Last Name”, while the children did not got to be called anything but Mr. and Miss.