Henri I

Kingdom of Silverspire

Guinevere (b. 2424)

Richard (b. 2428)

Morcant (b. 2430

Garnier (b. 2433)

Aymon (b. 2435)

**Henri I** was a King of Silverspire, reigning from 1E 2432 until 1E 2448. Though he did not himself use the name, he is recorded as the first ruler of the Galan dynasty.

His life is one clouded by the mystery of time and a number of claims concerning his exact origin exist.

## **Timeline**

**1E 2393 — Henri is born on 24th Second Seed.**

* He is the bastard son of King Morcant III and lady Guinevere Cante; the sister of Edmond, Master of Westgate.
* By either fortune or misfortune, he is born under the sign of the Serpent.
* In spite of the fact that he is not the King’s legitimate son, where another exists, he is raised in the royal court.

**1E 2414 — Henri leaves the Kingdom of Silverspire and begins to wander Tamriel *(aged 21)*.**

**1E 2417 — Henri marries Melisande Ohain *(aged 24)*.**

* She is the daughter of King Hardouin II

**1E 2418 — Prince Roger is born *(aged 25)*.**

* He is Henri’s first child and his eldest son, taking the name of his half-brother.

**1E 2420 — Prince Henri is born *(aged 27)*.**

* He is Henri’s second child, taking his own name.

**1E 2422 — Henri’s half-brother, Prince Roger, dies in battle *(aged 29)*.**

* He is killed by the chief of the Morrowmere tribe.
* His son, Prince Morcant, becomes heir to the Kingdom of Silverspire.

**1E 2424 — Princess Guinevere is born *(aged 31)*.**

She is Henri’s third child and his only daughter, taking the name of his mother.

**1E 2425 — Henri returns to the Kingdom of Silverspire following his father’s death *(aged 32)*.**

* His return comes at the request of the Silver nobility, whose lands begin to suffer from an increase in raids.
* He pledges himself to his nephew and is made commander of the King’s armies by Denis Castelner, the Regent ruling in Morcant IV’s childhood.

**1E 2426 — Henri leads the Silverspire war against the Morrowmere tribe *(aged 33)*.**

**1E 2427 — The Kingdom of Silverspire defeats the Morrowmere tribe *(aged 34)*.**

* Much of the tribe’s territory is absorbed by the Kingdom of Silverspire.

**1E 2428 — Prince Richard is born *(aged 35)*.**

* He is Henri’s fourth child.

**1E 2430 — Prince Morcant is born (aged 37).**

He is Henri’s fifth child, taking the name of his father.

**1E 2432 — Henri becomes King of Silverspire *(aged 39)*.**

* Increasingly impatient and outraged by the ceding of territory to the Mudman tribes, the noblemen of Silverspire force King Morcant IV’s abdication.
* Henri is elected to replace his nephew, becoming Henri I.

**1E 2433 — Prince Garnier is born *(aged 40)*.**

* He is Henri’s sixth child.

**1E 2435 — Prince Aymon is born *(aged 42)*.**

* He is Henri’s seventh and final child.

**1E 2447 — Henri’s nephew and niece, Prince Morcant and Princess Jeanne, revolt *(aged 54)*.**

* Seeking to restore Morcant the Green’s rule, the siblings revolt with the aid of the Mudman tribes.

**1E 2448 — Henri is killed by his nephew, Morcant the Green *(aged 55)*.**

* The two kill eachother in a bitter duel in the Battle of Kingsfell.
* Henri’s second son, Prince Henri ascends to the throne as Henri II.

## **Biography**

There exist a great number of accounts concerning the life of Henri I; though no biography that exists is contemporary, a common narrative can be found across all sources. Those writings that do survive from the period punctuate these later works, allowing them to be adopted as broadly legitimate.

Henri I was the bastard son of King Morcant III, who ruled over the Silverspire - the great mountain which remains the heart of the kingdom to this day - and the lands surrounding it. Though his exact mother is a thing lost to time, it is known that she was a noblewoman, and most historians believe her to have been Lady Guinevere of the House of Cante. Despite being considered by many a potential threat to his legitimate brother Prince Roger’s succession, Henri was to be raised in the royal court.

*Unfinished*