Genealogy research for Darkage era (888 or 895 AD)

[herbsman]

TIMURIDS - Khazar Khaganate

By this point Khazars or at least their nobility converted to Judaism, so if it is possible it could be nice feature to give them Jewish religion etc.

There are no closer informations on Khazar rulers in that time. I have found that around 900 Aaron ben Nisi reigned. His predecessors were Nisi ben Menasseh, Menasseh ben Zebulun, Zevulun ben Isaac and Isaac ben Hanukkah about whom we know that they ruled in the mid to late 9th century. There are no concrete dates in which their reign began and ended so from those named everybody could rule in 888 or 895. So i picked Aaron cause I know who his son was etc. But he could be replaced if someone manage to find the exact dates.


1 - Aaron ben Nisi (??, ??) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Menahem ben Aaron (??,??) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Benjamin (??, ??)



VENICE - Serenìxima Repùblica Vèneta

1 - Pietro Tribuno (??, 912) + ?? (??, ??)

Pietro was succeeded by Orso Participazio who ruled until his death in 932.



SICILY - Thema Sikelikon

Emirate of Sicily is problematic because it was formed later in 948 and the whole island was conquered even later in 965. The two powers who fought over the island were Byzantium and Ifriqyia (Byzantium held Sicily prior to invasions, first invasion led by Caliph Uthman in 652 was unsuccessful - the second attempt of conquest began in 827 and ivading army was lead by Asad ibn al-Furat).

So I think that Thema Sikelikon should be replaced by Ifriqyia (Aghlabid dynasty) with strong holdings on Sicily. At this point Byzatine empire should control only city of Syracuse. Let me know what you think of it.

EDITED: I just noticed that Aghlabid dynasty is already in faction list (Amiraa al-Aghlabiyya to become Khalifah al-Fatimiyyun via event) so this could potentionally free you one faction slot.



PAPAL_STATES - Patrimonium Sancti Petri

for 888

1 - Stephanus V (??, 891)

for 895

1 - Formosus (816, 896)

[herbsman]

ANTIOCH - Principatus Beneventum
Principality of Benevento

FOR 888
1 - Aiulf II (??, 891) + ?? (??, ??)


For 895
1 - Guy IV of Spoleto (??, 897) + ?? (??, ??)

Guy IV (aka Guido or Wido) was murdered in 897 and he was a good commander and leader.

EDITED: Possible General/Governor: Atenulf I of Capua (??, 910) - he was prince of Capua from 887 - so if Benevento will control Capua he should be included as non family member. And also Atenulf I of Capua was even prince of Benevento from 899.



DENMARK - Regnum Daniæ

for 888

1 - Sigfred (??, 891) + ?? (??, ??)

for 895

1 - Olaf (??, ??) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Gnupa (??, ??) + Asfrid (??, ??)
3 --------- Sigtrygg (??, ??)
2 ---- Gyrd (??, ??)

Gnupa and Gyrd were both sons, Olaf was swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark.

After Olaf's death his sons ruled Denmark, until they were overthrown by Hardeknud (Harthacnut) sometime around 930. And that is also the date when Hardeknud become the king of Denmark. Hardeknud was born in 880.


BTW first king of Norway was Harald I ( 850, 933) he could be used as a reber norwegian character.



JERUSALEM - Velká Morava

1 - Svatopluk I (830, 894) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Mojimír II (??, 907) + ?? (??, ?)
2 ---- Svatopluk II (??, ??) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Predslav (??, ??)

After Svatopluk died Mojimír II become the ruler but as soon as 895 Mojimír II and his brother Svatopluk II had very serious disputes which weaken the political power of Great Moravia

After 907 the Great Moravia began to disintegrate, the former territory was divided between Bohemia and Kingdom of Hungary.



EGYPT - Amiraa al-Aghlabiyya
Aghlabids in Tunisia

1 - Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad (??, 902) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Abdullah II (??, 903) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Abu Muda Ziyadat (??, 916)

Ibrahim II Ibn Ahmad ruled from 875 to 902 and he should have lots of dread (he was forced to abdicate because of his tyranicall rule - by his son Abdullah) And his grandson Abu Muda Ziyadat was even bigger prick - he murdered his own father Abdullah and also all his brothers and uncles (to get rid of all the potentional rivals)
Btw check out this on Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_II_of_Aghlabids
There is written that in 878 conquest of Sicily was completed. So I think that Aghlabids should control Sicily.

Khalifah al-Fatimiyyun
Fatimids to replace Aghlabids via event.

1 - Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (??, 934) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Muhammad al-Qaim Amrillah (893, 946)



SCOTLAND - Regnum Scotiæ

1 - Donald II (??, 900) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Malcolm I (??, 954)

Donald II name in gaelic was Domnall mac Causantín, and Malcolm name in gaelic Máel Coluim mac Domnaill.
Donald II was succeeded by his cousin Constantine II (born before 879, 952), and Constantine was in 943 replaced by Malcolm I.



TURKS - Khalifah al-‘Abbasiyun
Abbasids

Calip al-Mu'tamid who "ruled" until 892 had no real power, he was weakned by internal struggles, so I choosed his successor al-Mu'tadid who was Abbasid Caliph from 892 and whose son succeeded the position of Caliph after him.


1 - al-Mu'tadid (857, 902) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- al-Muktafi (??, 908)

Al-Mu'tadid was brave and energetic. Al-Muktafi was very generous and brave. Next Abbasid Caliph was al-Mu'tazz (861, 908) he was cousin of Al-Muktafi and he could be used as a general or governor.

[SicilianVespers]

Looks great so far

Sicily wasn't completely conquered until 965

[herbsman]

Ducatus Neapolis - Duchy of Naples

You should kill of Gregory III and Sergius II via script.

1 - Gregory III (??, 870) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Sergius II (??, 877) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Gregory IV (??, 915) + (??, ??)
4 ------------- John II (??, 919)
2 ---- Athanasius (??, 898) + ?? (??, ??)

Athanasius was bishop and also duke of Naples from 877 till 898, when he was already a bishop he deposed and blinded his brother Sergius II in order to seize the throne. After his death in 898 his nephew Gregory IV succeeded him, and Gregory IV was succeeded by his sone John II in 915.



NORMANS - Comtat de Barcelona

1 - Guifré I (840, 897) + Guinedilda (??, ??)
2 ---- Guifré II (before 870, 911)
2 ---- Sunyer I (870, 950)
2 ---- Miró (??, ??)

Guifré I was succeeded by his son Guifré II (aka Wilfred II or Borrel I) and he then after his death was succeeded by his brother Sunyer I (aka Sunifred II)



SAXONS - Regnum Burgundiae or Regnum Burgundorum
Kingdom of Burgundy (btw maybe it should be changed into Duchy of Burgundy or County of Burgundy)

1 - Richard (850, 921) + Adelaide (849, 929)
2 ---- Raoul (890, 936)
2 ---- Ermengarde (??, 956)
2 ---- Hugues (?, 952)
2 ---- Adelaide (896, ??)

Ermengarde and Adelaide were daughters, Raoul (aka Rudolph) and Hugues (aka Hugh) were sons.



HUNGARY - Magyar Törzsek


1 - Álmos (820, 895) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Árpád (845, 907) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Tarhos (??, ??)
3 --------- Zoltán (??, 947)
3 --------- Jutocsa (??, ??)
3 --------- Levente (??, ??)

The title for the ruler could be a Grand Prince, otherwise Kende was title for spiritual leaders of Magyar tribes and Gyula was title for military leaders of Magyar tribes.



SPAIN - Regnum Asturorum
Kingdom of Asturias

1 - Alfonso III (848, 910) + Jimena of Navarre (??, ??)
2 ---- García (871, 914) + Amulina (??, ??)
2 ---- Ordoňo II (873, 924) + Sancha of Pamplona (??, ??)
2 ---- Fruela II (875, 925) + Nunila (??, ??)
3 --------- Alfonso (??, 933)
3 --------- Ordoňo (??, ??)
3 --------- Ramiro (??, ??)


In 910 after Alfonso III died - his kingdom was divided amongst his three sons - García recieved León, Ordoňo took Galicia and Fruela was king of Asturias.



MOORS - Khalifah Umayyah

Umayyad Emir of Cordoba

1 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844, 912) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- al-Mutarrif (??, ??)

Abdullah should have lot's of dread he ordered executions his two brothers, and he forced his son al-Mutarrif to kill his brothers (Abdullah's sons), and later he even executed al-Mutarrif for a treason.

Abdullah liked to hunt and he supported literature, as a leader he was very apathetic - and this had negative consequences for his emirate. At the end of his life he had little authority and local warlords took control of much of his kingdom.

Governor of Seville - Ibrahim ben al-Hajjaj (??, ??)



BULGARIA - Bulgar Kanasubigi

1 - Boris I (??, 907) + ?? (??, ??)
2 ---- Vladimir (??, probably some time after 893)
2 ---- Gabriel (??, ??)
2 ---- Simeon (865, 927) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Mihail (before900, after927)
3 --------- Peter I (??, 970)
3 --------- Ivan (??, ??)
3 --------- Benjamin (??, ??)
2 ---- Jacob (??, ??)


Vladimir reigned for a short period of time from 889 till 893, in 889 his father Boris decided to retire to a monastery. Vladimir was a pagan and he tried to undo his fathers christian efforts - Vladimir tried to eliminate christianity in Bulgaria and to reinterduce paganism. He destroyed christian temlples and persecuted the clergymen. This made his father really angry, so Boris left the monastery and he dispossessed Vladimir, then he blinded him and imprisoned him in a dungeon. Then Boris placed his third son Simeon on the Bulgarian throne. Simeon was devouted christian and very educated man, he recieved education on University of Constantinopole.



SERBIA - Županija Raška

Kill Vlastimir via script.

1 - Vlastimir (??, 850) + wife (bnnnn, dnnnn)
2 ---- Mutimir (??, 892) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Pribislav (867, ??)
3 --------- Bran (867, ??)
3 --------- Stefan (870, ??)
2 ---- Strojimir (??, ??)
2 ---- Gojnik (??, ??) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Petar Gojnikovič (870, 917)

Mutimir was supreme leader of Raška and his two brothers Strojimir and Gojnik served as a vassals to him. Later these two brothers rebelled against Mutamir, and Mutamir in order to punish them for their rebellion let Bulgar khan Boris to subjugate them.

After Mutamir died his son Pribislav took the throne and he ruled until 893, then his younger brother Bran succeeded him on throne, and Bran was succeded by Petar Gojnikovič who ruled till 917 when he was captured by Bulgarians. (and he died shortly aftewards in captivity)

[herbsman]

ARMENIA - Regnum Armeniæ or Metz Hayk (Greater Armenia)

Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia (estabilished in 885 by prince Ashot I Bagratuni)


1 - Ashot I (??, 890) + Katranide (??, ??)
2 ---- Smbat I (??, 912) + ?? (??, ??)
3 --------- Abas I (??, 951)
3 --------- Ashot III (??, 977)
2 ---- Ashot II (??, 928) + Marie of Kachum (??, ??)



BYZANTIUM - Basileia ton Romaion

1 - Basileios I (811, 886) + Eudokia Ingerina (840, 882)
2 ---- Leon VI (866, 912) + Zoe Karbonopsina (??, ??)
3 --------- Konstantinos VII (905, 959)
2 ---- Stephanos I (867, 893)
2 ---- Alexandros III (870, 913)


Stephanos I was Patriarch of Constantinopole (and he was castrated) so maybe you should not include him in this tree and you could make him a priest.



PORTUGAL - Regnum Navarrae

NOTE: Kingdom of Navarre should be renamed Kingdom of Pamplona it would be probably more accurate name for this period.

King of Pamplona was Fortún Garcés (reigned from 882 to 905) from House of Iňiguez but this lineage was replaced by house of Jiménez in 905 also Fortún Garcés was captured in 860 and he was held in Cordoba (for the next 20 years as a captive) and Garcia Jimenéz served as a regent during that time, and in 905 there was coup against Fortún Garcés led by Sancho (Sancho was son of Garcia Jimenéz, and after the coup in 905 he became the new king of Pamplona and he founded a new rulling dynasty) Fortún was then forced to retire as a monk to Leyra. So I think that it is better to go with house of Jimenéz but I will do both houses and you will have to pick the one you think is better suited.

House of Iňiguez

1 - Fortún Garcés (??, 925) + Oria (??, ??)
2 ---- Iňigo Fortúnez (??, ??)
2 ---- Aznar Fortúnez (??, ??)
2 ---- Blasco Fortúnez (??, ??)
2 ---- Oneca Fortúnez (??, ??) + Aznar Sánchez of Larraun (??, ??)
3 --------- Toda Aznárez (885, 970)

Toda Aznárez later married Sancho (That Sancho from house of Jimenéz who in 905 after that coup become new King of Pamplona) and they together had son García Sánchez I (born in 919) who later became king.


House of Jiménez

1 - Garcia Jiménez (??, 882) + Dadildis of Pallars (??, ??)
2 ---- Sancho I Garcés (860, 925)
2 ---- Jimeno II Garcés (??, 931)

Garcia Jiménez should be killed via script - I have included him in order to make it possible for Sancho's brother (Jimeno) to be in the tree also.

General/Governor: Count Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza (??, 920) he helped to Sancho in that coup against Fortún Garcés. Also Sancho's mother Dadildis was a sister of Raymond.

[herbsman]

QUESTION: Who were the Peçenek Hanligi?

And what do you think about renaming Regnum Angliæ into Kingdom of Wessex. (Kingdom of England was formed little later in about 924)

[herbsman]

ENGLAND - Regnum Angliæ

Kingdom of Wessex

1 - Alfred the Great (849, 899) + Ealhswith (??, ??)
2 ---- Ethelfleda (872, 918) + Aethelred ruler of Mercia (??, 911)
3 --------- Ælfwynn (888, 919)
2 ---- Edward I (870, 924) + Ecgwynn (??, ??)
3 --------- Athelstan (895, 939)
2 ---- Elfrida (??, 929) + Baldwin II count of Flanders (865, 918)
3 --------- Arnulf I count of Flanders (890, 965)
3 --------- Adalulf count of Boulogne(890, 933)
2 ---- Æthelwærd (??, 922)


Æthelwærd was youngest son of Alfred the Great - I could not find his name in moderne english so it is in the old english. And also Ælfwynn was daughter of Ethelfleda, and her name is in old english I could not find it in moderne.
Athelstan was king of England from 924 to 939.




HRE - Regnum Teutonicum or Regnum Francia Orientalis

East Francia (Francia Orientalis)

1 - Arnulf of Carinthia (850, 899) + Ota (874, 903)
2 ---- Louis the Child (893, 911)
2 ---- Glismut (??, ??) + Conrad Duke of Thuringia (??, 906)
3 --------- Conrad I of Germany (890, 918)
3 --------- Eberhard III (885, 939)
3 --------- Otto (??, ??)

Arnulf was succeded by his son Louis the Child and Louis was succeded by Conrad I of Germany who was son of a daughter (Glismut) of Arnulf. After Conrad's I short reigned - the new king (from a new dynasty - Ottonian dynasty) was Heinrich the Flower (876, 936)

General/Governors

Otto I Duke of Saxony (851, 912) he was father of a later king Heinrich the Flower.

Zwentibold (870, 900) he was illegitimate son of Arnulf of Carinthia. And his father granted him Kingdom of Lotharingia which he ruled until his death in 900.

Ratold (889, 929) he was also illegitimate son of Arnulf of Carinthia (his mother may have been the same mother as Zwentibold) Ratold was a king of Italy for a month or so in 896.



FRANCE - Regnum Francorum or Regnum Francia Occidentalis

West Francia (Francia Occidentalis)

for 895

1 - Charles III (879, 929) + Frédérune (887, 917)

Charles III married Frédérune in 907 and she bore him only girls. Charles III ruled as a king of Western Francia from 893 to 922.

General/Governor: FOR BOTH 895 and 888 - Robert I of France (866, 923) - he was king of West Francia from (922 to 923) and he was son of Robert the strong count of Anjou (who died in 866) and he also was brother of Odo.

for 888

1 - Odo (860, 898) + Théodrate of Troyes (868, 903)
2 ---- Arnulf (885, before900)
2 ---- Guy (888, before900)

Odo was choosed as a king of western Franks for his military skill and bravery (which he proved against the Normans at the Siege of Paris) He was crowned in 888, after his predecessor Charles the Fat was deposed in 887.
Odo then had to face a struggle with powerful nobles, who supported claims of Charles III. Then there probably was even civil war between these two, and then some time after 894 after struggle which lasted for three years, Odo had to surrender to his rival Charles III.




MILAN - Regnum Italicum or Regnum Langobardorum

1 - Berengar I of Italy (845, 924) + Bertila of Spoleto (860, 915)
2 ---- Bertha (??, ??)
2 ---- Gisela (882, 910) + Adalbert I of Ivrea (??, 923)
3 --------- Berenger II of Italy (c900, 966)
3 --------- Bertha (??, ??)

Berengar (or Berengarius or Berengario) was Margrave of Friuli (from 874) and King of Italy probably from 887 until his death.

[The King Of Peasants]

{RUSSIA}Rhos Khaganate - I can't find who was the leader of Russian Khaganate

The leader of the Rhos Khaganate was Oleg. They were actually pretty powerful in 911 they besieged Constantinople. The dark era will be interesting with a lot more pagans.

[SicilianVespers]

I am about 1/3 of the way thru the Darkage family trees.

I am thinking of using the Sicily slot as the Ducatus Neapolis, rather than the Principatus Beneventum.

I already have the tree coded as Benevento with Aiulfo as Prince, and Guido of Spoleto (king Berengario's rival) as heir. I am just not quite sure of it, the Duchy of Naples seems like a much better fit since Naples is on the map.

I will have to think about it.

[herbsman]

Is there any way to have them both? (Ducatus Neapolis and Principatus Beneventum).

Maybe it could be a solution to rename Capua to Benevento for Darkage era. Or you could split Campania province on two with Capua in "Northern" Campania province and Benevento in "Southern" Campania.

Or simple solution could be to add a permanent fort into Campania to represent Benevento?

EDITED:

Now I realized that Naples are really near to Capua. So I checked the map in SV mod and I saw that Naples are in the same province as would Capua or Benevento be. (and also previously I thought that Capua is on the map of SV) So I think that it would be probably better to go with Ducatus Neapolis and to get rid of Principatus Beneventum.

[SicilianVespers]

I am really conflicted about this. On one hand, Naples is the natural choice based on the map, but based on game play Spoleto-Benevento fits perfectly with the overall strategic situation.

We have a three struggle between Berengar of Friuli Arnulf of Carinthia, and Guido of Spoleto perfectly depicted.

I think I will leave it the way it is for now, and add some stone forts to represent the other smaller states.

[SicilianVespers]

I am just about done with the darkage family trees, but I am unable to find anything on any Pecheneg rulers around 888. If anyone has any leads on this, it would be very helpful.

For now, I just used random names.

[Odovacar]

Wait, im working on it!

Edit:
Okay. Constantinos Porphyrogenitus says (DAI, 37th capita) the pechenegs had 8 territories
with leaders on each territory.
The leaders: (in latin form)
1, Maitzan
2, Cuel
3, Curcutan
4, Ipaon
5, Caidum
6, Costan
7, Giaze
8, Batan

I think these names are for AD 893.

[SicilianVespers]

Wait, im working on it!

Edit:
Okay. Constantinos Porphyrogenitus says (DAI, 37th capita) the pechenegs had 8 territories
with leaders on each territory.
The leaders: (in latin form)
1, Maitzan
2, Cuel
3, Curcutan
4, Ipaon
5, Caidum
6, Costan
7, Giaze
8, Batan

I think these names are for AD 893.

Wow, great work finding the Pecheneg names Information is very hard to find for them.

Yes,a permanent stone fort is a great and simply idea,the south of Italia isn't ruled or influenced under one politic power.The latins,longobards,greeks,franq and arabs are concurrents.It must focalised to the anarchy,with arabs rebels/pirates and Byzance's supporters.

Exactly, permanent stone forts will fit very well.

[Prince Vinc]

Yes,a permanent stone fort is a great and simply idea,the south of Italia isn't ruled or influenced under one politic power.The latins,longobards,greeks,franq and arabs are concurrents.It must focalised to the anarchy,with arabs rebels/pirates and Byzance's supporters.

[Prince Vinc]

But a fort with a "beneficium",like a garrison of recruitables knights,a feudal title or some monney of the corruption.