User:Dmon/Project House

Major Project house is an ongoing project to catalog the noble houses of the Inner Sphere as best I can. BattleTech is space feudalism but we do not actually see a lot of it going on beyond the five main houses. I am interested in the various Dukes, Counts and Barons.

Houses[edit]

House Aberscanby[edit]

House Burrill[edit]

House Cassidy[edit]

House Christifori[edit]

House Cosmidi[edit]

House de Gambier[edit]

  • add family tree

House de la Cruz[edit]

[1]

House De Varley[edit]

House DeVire[edit]

Add family tree.

House Gettle[edit]

  • Gettle, Baron[3]

House Isu[edit]

House Jalali[edit]

House Kell[edit]

  • Grandfather was Duke of Arc-Royal
  • Father was a Count.
  • Alister Luvon is an uncle.
  • an uncle to Morgan Kell named Seamus is mentioned as being alive in 3010.[5][6]
  • Arthur Luvon is a cousin.
  • The Kell Hounds p7 states - "When the media showed the brothers Kell as guests at an elegant social event, the public began to wonder whether the mercenaries were, in fact, overpaid. What the critics did not mention was that the party was the centennial birthday celebration for their and Arthur Luvon's grandmother." That's circa 3012.

House Kochbar[edit]

[7]

House Liao[edit]

House Lottimer[edit]

Shrap 9

House MacLeod[edit]

House Marsden[edit]

  • Run through the dates of birth etc.

House McBrin[edit]

[8]

House McCall[edit]

- Baron of McCall

House Mengitsu[edit]

House Nelson[edit]

House O'Leary[edit]

House Ortega[edit]

House Overton[edit]

[11]

House Ozawa[edit]

House Pinard[edit]

House Regis[edit]

House Reichart[edit]

House Romer[edit]

House Sefnes[edit]

House Steiner[edit]

  • Margrafin Kelya is described as Katrina Steiners cousin.[14]

House Stephenson[edit]

House Van Lou[edit]

House Wheeler[edit]

House Zahn[edit]

Naming traditions[edit]

Naming traditions for double barreled names.

Titles[edit]

Capellan Confederation[edit]

In 3025 Capellan Confederation has 12 major noble lines and 10 minor noble families in addition to House Liao.[17] The Confederation is divided up into 30 Duchies and 37 independent fiefdoms.[18]

  1. Duke of Capella
  2. Duke of Chesterton
  3. Duke of Exedor
  4. Duke of Larsha
  5. Duke of Liao
  6. Duke of Mitchel
  7. Duke of Sarna
  8. Duke of St. Ives
  9. Duke of Tikonov
  10. Duke of Thomas
  11. Duke of Tsitsang (Apocryphal)[19]
  12. Duke of Highspire
  13. Duke of Sax (Apocryphal)
  14. Duke of Westerhand

Capella Commonality in 3025 Sarna Commonality in 3025 Sian Commonality in 3025 St. Ives Commonality in 3025 Tikonov Commonality in 3025

Duchy Regional Training Centers[edit]

Each duchy is required to maintain at least one Duchy Regional Training Centers. 36 RTCs across the 30 duchies.

Federated Suns[edit]

The Five Principalities[edit]

Recognising that the size of the Federated Suns prevented a central government from being able to respond to localised issues, Simon Davion created five principalities in 2417 and their attendant nobility.[20]

The five principalities where dissolved in 2540s.

3010[edit]

3067[edit]

  • The three most senior dukes in the FS each command a march, each one including almost 40 lesser dukes.[22]
  • Crucis March
  1. Duke of New Avalon
  2. Duke of Augusta
  3. Duke of Argyle
  4. Duke of Bristol
  5. Duke of Dothan
  6. Duke of El Dorado
  7. Duke of Galax
  8. Duke of Grosvenor
  9. Duke of Gulkana
  10. Duke of Leipsic
  11. Duke of June
  12. Duke of Kestrel
  13. Duke of Marlette
  14. Duke of Okefenokee
  15. Duke of Panpour
  16. Duke of Parma
  17. Duke of Tsamma
  18. Duke of Zolfo
  1. Duke of New Syrtis
  2. Duke of Gurnet
  3. Duke of Hobbs
  4. Duke of Jaipur
  5. Duke of Kathil
  6. Duke of Kittery
  7. Duke of Lothair
  8. Duke of Redfield
  9. Duke of Wernke
  10. Duke of Victoria (Federated Suns)
  1. Duke of Robinson
  2. Duke of Abbeville
  3. Duke of Addicks
  4. Duke of Adrian
  5. Duke of Bremond
  6. Duke of Caph (under wob control in 3067)
  7. Duke of Caselton
  8. Duke of Elidere (under combine control in 3067)
  9. Duke of Hoff
  10. Duke of Kentares IV
  11. Duke of Kesai (under combine control in 3067)
  12. Duke of Mallory's World
  13. Duke of Marduk (under combine control in 3067)
  14. Duke of Ozawa
  15. Duke of Raman
  16. Duke of Rio (Apocryphal)
  17. Duke of Small
  18. Duke of Tancredi
  • Out of the 20 wealthiest FS families 15 are ducal and 2 claim lesser titles.[22]

3150[edit]

Mercenary-peerage program.[23]

Free Worlds League[edit]

At the founding of the League a College of Arms was established to standardize titles and register the pedigrees of noble families.[24]

Knights[edit]

Dame Carrie Ellison and Lady Lyla Nott.[28]

Lyran Commonwealth[edit]

Brandenberg Edicts issued by Archon Katherine Steiner in 2413 that firmly established LCAF ranks. The ranks in the LCAF wre adapted from those used by the Federal Republic of Germany in the 20th century. The edict also added the title of Duke. Those titles created are non-inheritable and there were used only to bolster her military's egos while leaving no real power behind them.[29]

Terran Hegemony[edit]

Director-General Michael Cameron introduces the Edict of 2351 reviving the concept of titles of nobility.[33]

31 one titles where granted in this year.[33]

  1. Marquess of Military Technology.[34]
  2. Countess of the Arts.[33]

Taurian Concordat[edit]

Republic of the Sphere[edit]

Senators and Prefectures[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Shrapnel Issue 16
  2. Piece by Piece
  3. Elements of Treason: Opportunity, ch. 2
  4. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine) p. 166
  5. Shrapnel Issue 1, p. 109
  6. Not the Way the Smart Money Bets
  7. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 165
  8. Shrapnel Issue 15: "Unit Digest: Blazing Aces"
  9. El Dorado
  10. 10.0 10.1 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 51, "Thala"
  11. 11.0 11.1 BattleTech: Legends II, pp. 78 - 79: "Talon Zahn profile"
  12. Technical Readout: 3025, p. 92: "ARC-2R Archer battle history"
  13. Flashpoint, Ch. 10
  14. 14.0 14.1 The Sword and the Dagger, ch. 22
  15. Warrior: Riposte, ch. 15
  16. A Race to the End
  17. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 117
  18. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 133
  19. "MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries", Uprising, Quelled
  20. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 99
  21. A Skein of Schemes
  22. 22.0 22.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 108
  23. ilClan, p. 121
  24. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 60
  25. House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 72: "Noble Titles"
  26. Handbook: House Marik, p. 12
  27. 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 Empire Alone, poster map
  28. Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 2, p. 10
  29. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 17 "The BattleMech Era"
  30. Warrior: Riposte, ch. 13
  31. 31.00 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09 31.10 31.11 31.12 Tamar Rising, poster map
  32. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 97
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 The Star League, p. 22
  34. The Star League, p. 101
  35. The Star League, p. 21
  36. The Periphery, pp. 85–86: planet profiles
  37. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 22
  38. Heretic's Faith, ch. 15
  39. 39.0 39.1 Wolf Hunters, ch. 8
  40. Shrapnel Issue 8
  41. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 17
  42. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 41
  43. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 32
  44. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 57
  45. The Scorpion Jar, ch. 42

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