House of Donahue

The **House of Donahue** is the royal household that reigned in Brindleton Bay from 1002- (BLANK). The founder, King Jungkook was born as a nobleman who's family was known to be kings before they were overthrown by the current King of Brindleton Bay. Jungkook with help of many supporters started a conspiracy to overthrow the king and reinstate himself as the rightful king of Brindleton Bay and starting the Donahue Dynasty.

The legitimate line is still intact as every generation had a son to inherit the throne.

## Official Members

To be considered an official member of the House of Donahue, the person has to be born with the surname Donahue, being bestowed with it, or marrying into the House. As surnames are passed through males in marriage and birth, if the female is the title holder that outranks her husband, the child will be given the surname Donahue. If the female does not outrank the male than the child will take his father's name unless there is an outside agreement.

### The Royal Family

The Royal Family of Brindleton Bay is included in the House of Donahue. The current King, King Shane and his heir Crown Prince Malachi are both members of the House of Donahue. Other members of the Royal Household are Princess Maeve, Princess Brianna, Queen-Consort Betty-Faye.

### Non-immediate Members

Non-immediate members include the King's family outside of his children and wife. Those include:

* Parents:
	+ Dowager-Queen Mariam
* Siblings:
	+ Duke Collin
	+ Duchess Aminah (Duke Collin's Wife)
	+ Prince Devin
* Nieces/Nephews
	+ Lord Bandon

Women whose husband's outrank them in title that are born members of The House of Donahue remain as members of the house but their husband's are not. The children are members of the house just recognized as non-immediate members of the House.

Other non-immediate members are not mentioned. For example cousins and Uncles/Aunts are not mentioned.

## Other Members

Deceased members are not removed from the House after death. All deceased members of the House of Donahue remain within the house. Children of members that are recognized as non-immediate members have children that are recognized as other members. Other members are not often recognized as true members of the House of Donahue.

For example, Duchess Kiara Hsu is the daughter of Duke Jack Donahue of Brindleton Bay, a non-immediate member of the House of Donahue. While Duchess Kiara was considered a member of the House of Donahue as an other member while she was unmarried. However, once she moved to Oasis Springs with her husband she was then considered a member of the House of Hsu.

## Agnatic Members

The true members of the House of Donahue is passed through father to son. Belonging to a Royal House is defined by agnatic-descent; this means a person belongs to their father's House, and he belongs to his father's House and so on. While there are no female monarch's by birthright as they are not included in the line of inheritance except for when it is imperative, If a female monarch takes the throne as regent her son will take his father's house and not her's.

There are 24 Agnatic Members of the House of Donahue, 10 of which are living. The Agnatic Members of the House of Donahue are:

* King Jungkook of Brindleton Bay
	+ Baroness Elizabeth Miccio of Sulani
	+ King Isaac of Brindleton Bay
		- King Julian of Brindleton Bay
			* Princess Catherine Carter of Brindleton Bay, Lady of Windenburg
			* Duchess Margot of Windenburg, Princess of Brindleton Bay
			* King Joseph of Brindleton Bay
				+ King Isaac II of Brindleton Bay
					- King Rowan of Brindleton Bay
						* **King Shane of Brindleton Bay**
							+ **Princess Maeve of Brindleton Bay**
							+ **Princess Brianna of Brindleton Bay**
							+ **Crown Prince Malachi of Brindleton Bay**
						* **Duke Collin of Brindleton Bay**
							+ **Lord Bandon of Brindleton Bay**
						* **Prince Devin of Brindleton Bay**
					- Sultana Colleen of Oasis Springs,Princess of Brindleton Bay
				+ Duke Conor of Brindleton Bay
					- Duke Jack Donahue of Brindleton Bay
						* **Duchess Kiara Hsu of Oasis Springs, Lady of Brindleton Bay**
					- **Lord Alex of Brindleton Bay, Lord of Windenburg**
						* **Lord Andrew Carter of Windenburg**
		- Queen-Consort Brooklyn of Sulani
		- Duchess Elaine of Sulani

## Notable Members

Some Notable Members of the House of Donahue are:

King Jungkook: The founder of the current Donahue dynasty and the first king after the coup.

Baroness Elizabeth of Sulani: The first member to do a wide scale Philanthropic trip to a neighboring territory in Brindleton Bay.

## Appearance

The average appearance of a member of the House of Donahue has red hair, light skin, freckles, and grey eyes. This appearance came from someone who married into the House of Donahue, not a regular member, Queen-Consort Alondra of Brindleton Bay. Queen-Consort Alondra was the wife of King Jungkook. Since then most of the member of House Donahue share her ginger appearance. Princess Catherine, King Jungkook, Duke Conor, Duke Jack, and Duchess Kiara are the only members that don't look this way.