Chapter 3

The Duchal Line of Hildesberg

Dukes of Hildesberg and their Wives Dates of Reign

* Achievements/Significant Events

Sigurd I and Nora of Vyanisar 251-259 P. Z. (Daimyo)

* 251 P. Z.-Knighted and given the title of Daimyo for his courage and valor in battle in the service of Emperors Josef III and Alexander I

* 259 P. Z.- Brought about peace between Tazig-Lupiq and Emperor Alexander I

* 259 P. Z.- Given the title of Shahriq and the fiefdom of Hildesberg

259-278 P. Z. (Shahriq)

* 266 P. Z.- Created the Clan Thorismun from a offshoot of the Samuelson Family of Terra

* 268 P. Z.- Arrival and settlement of the Celtic mountain clans from Terra

* 272 P. Z.- Created the Clan Flynn-Samuelson through marriage alliance with House Flynn of the Viscountcy of Port Hildebrandt

* 273 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Ciaragain through marriage alliance with the O'Ciaragain Clan

* 276 P. Z.- Ozgard Samuelson inherits title of Viscount of Port Hildebrandt, becoming the Patriarch of the Flynn-Samuelson Clan

* 277 P. Z. -Created the Clan Igomer through marriage alliance with the Igomer Family of Ft. Tazig-Lupiq

Sven I and Moira Ostenliarguoni 278-309 P. Z.

* 285 P. Z.-Created the Clan Krieger through marriage alliance with House Krieger of the Viscountcy of House Raven

* 294 P. Z.-Created the Clan Eisenbaum through marriage alliance with the Eisenbaum family

* 296 P. Z.- Created the Clan Njorthmann at urging of his son, Viscount Ozgard Flynn-Samuelson

Ozgard I and Rebecca Jamessen 309-321 P. Z.

* 310 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Doibhilin through marriage alliance between the O'Doibhilin Clan and the MacCleary Clan and the Flynn-Samuelson Clan

* 312 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Seaghdha through marriage alliace between the O'Seaghdha Clan and the Samuelson Clan and the Krieger Clan

*312 P. Z.- Created the Clan MacMurchadha through marriage alliances with the Samuelson and O'Seaghdha Clans

* 315 P. Z.- Created the Clan MacCleary through marriage with the MacCleary Family of Port Zauberin

* 317 P. Z.- Alliance between House Raven and House Machiavelli concluded

Ozagard II and Jana Krieger 321-350 P. Z.

* 329-330 P. Z.- Samuelson Citadel besieged by Jizhuanese fanatics for six months

* 330 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Caiside through marriage alliance with the O'Caiside Clan

Sigurd II 350 P. Z.

* 350 P. Z.- Died off an illness which struck Jizhuan, Zauberin, and parts of South tariz and Benetone at the age of 21, three months after assuming the title of Shahriq of Hildesberg; his brother Ozgard was named his successor by the Samuelson Tribal Elders

Ozgard III and Michaela O'Niall 350-359 P. Z.

* 356 P. Z.- Created Clan Logan due to seduction of Brion Logan by Jane Samuelson (niece of Ozgard III) and the marriage of Halvorth to Xania Logan

Halvorth the Brute and Xania Logan 359-383 P. Z.

* 366 P. Z.- Created the O'Cadhla Clan through marriage alliance between the O'Cadhla Family and the MacCleary Clan and the Flynn-Samuelson Clan

*371 P. Z.- Destroyed the House of 'Al Fazir-Pasha in a border war between the Emirate of Andilaal Naaknaal and the Emirate of the Golden Sands

* 378 P. Z.- Formal declaration of the formation of the Tribe of Samuelson on the centennial of the death of Duke Sigurd Samuelson I

* 379 P. Z.- Acquired the Estate of the Bloody Mountain for his son Gorth in a border war with the Daimyo of the Holy Mount and the Daimyo of Blood Creek and Gorth was confirmed as the Daimyo of Bloody Mountain by Alexander II

* 382 P. Z.- Created the Clan Kerrigan as an offshoot of the Clan O'Ciaragain

Ozgard IV the Great and Fiona Murdoch 383-411 P. Z.

* 392 P. Z.- Migration of Joffa Samuelson and other members of the Samuelson Tribe to Jizhuan and the Emirate of Andilaal Naaknaal

* 394-396 P. Z.- Fought Caliph of Jizhuan during the pogroms of Caliph Ahkmed 'Al Vahhian

* 396 P. Z.- Gave Merlinsohn Family a place in the Duchal household and made Merlin the Elder the Lord Wizard of the Duchy of Hildesberg

* 397 P. Z.- Created the Clans 'Al Nassim and Xiongnu through marriage alliance between the heir to the Viscountcy of Port Hildebrandt and the sister of the headman of Gundric, the main village of the 'Al Nassim Family

* 399 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Amasa-Lyr through marriage alliance between his niece Jona Samuelson, Joffa's daughter, and the 'Al Amasa-Lyr Family

* 401 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Liebrandt through marriage alliance between the Southern Samuelson Clan and the House 'Al Liebrandt

* 402 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Samuelson-Laurentis through marriage alliance between the Southern Samuelson Clan and the House of Laurentis of Stahlmor and Odland

Sigurd III and Larra Flynn-Samuelson 411-436 P. Z. (Assassinated?)

* 412 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Tighearnaigh through marriage alliance

* 414 P. Z.- Arrival of Terran refugees, including several families who would later join the Samuelson Tribe

* 426 P. Z.- The Samuelson Citadel was completed

* 434 P. Z.- Created the Clan Izyaslav through marriage alliance between several Samuelson Clans and the House of Izyaslav of Gondusburg

* 435 P. Z.- Created the Clan O'Dubhshlaine through marriage alliance with the O'Dubhshlaine Clan

* 436 P. Z.- Believed to have been assassinated by agents of the Caliph of Jizhuan and/or the Guild of the Dark

Ozgard V 436-439 P. Z. (Regent Duke)

* 436 P. Z.- Created the Clan Merlinsohn and granted Merlin Merlinsohn the Elder title to the Merlinsohn Estate

* 437 P. Z.- Created the Clan Hoth through marriage alliance between Oleg Samuelson and Lykor Hoth's eldest daughter

*438 P. Z._ Created the Clan Konstantinoff through marriage alliance between several Samuelson Clans and the House of Konstantinoff of New Kiev

*439 P. Z.- Created the Clan Noxian through marriage alliance with his eloped niece and Jorus Silent Death of the Noxians

* 439 P. Z.-Title of Shahriq of Hildesberg and responsibilities for the Samuelson Tribe passed to Ozgard V's nephew Olav I, the eldest son of Sigurd III

Olav I and Alicia MacCleary 439-501 P. Z.

* 452 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Farrad through marriage alliance between the Southern Samuelson Clan and the House 'Al Farrad

* 462 P. Z.- Created the Clan Tyrsohn through marriage alliance between Commander Sir Valtan Tyrsohn and the O'Seaghdha Clan

* 463 P. Z.- Created the Clan MacAllister through marriage alliance between Allister of MacOg and Alia Samuelson, Olav I's youngest daughter

* 489 P. Z.- Created the Clan Muireadhaigh through marriage alliance between the South Samuelson Clan and the Muireadhaigh Clan

* 497 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Menutsi through marriage alliance between the 'Al Liebrandt Clan and the 'Al Mentusi Family

* 499-501 P. Z.- Jizhuanese Uprising during which Emir Joffa II of Andilaal Naaknaal, his wife, and four of his six children were assassinated, causing the Samuelson Tribe to decend on Jizhuan in search of vengeace, leading to the alliance between the Samuelson Tribe and the Antes and Serboi people

* 501 P. Z.-Dies of heart attack upon hearing of the assassination of Emir Joffa II and his family

Bjorn I the Ruthless and Olga Petrovanova 501-527 P. Z.

* 501 P. Z.- Completed his father's defeat of the Jizhuanese and avenged the murder of Emir Joffa II with the death of the Caliph of Jizhuan in the Battle of the River of the Lord

* 502 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Gedros through marriage alliance between the Southern Samuelson Clan and the House 'Al Gedros

* 513 P. Z.- Created the Clan Stahlbrandt through marriage alliance between several Samuelson Clans, including the daughter of the Merlinsohn Patriarch, and the House of Stahlbrandt of Gottsheimr

* 516 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Khepera through marriage alliance between the 'Al Gedros Clan and the House 'Al Khepera

* 521 P. Z.- Created the Clan MacNiall through marriage alliance between the heir of the Emirate of Andilaal Naaknaal and Jennifer MacNiall of the MacNiall Clan

* 521 P. Z.- Unknowingly brought the ibn-Seth Clan into the Samuelson Tribe with the creation of the MacNiall Clan

* 526 P. Z.- Created the Clans Antes and Serboi through military alliaces which led to several marriages between various Samuelson Clans and the Antes and Serboi peoples, including between the Samuelson Clans' elders' children and grandchildren and the two new Samuelson Clans

*527 P. Z.- Died of wounds recieved in the first battles of the Jizhunese Uprising of 527-532 P. Z.

Peter and Olivia Goodenauer 527-555 P. Z.

* 532 P. Z.- Created the Clan ibn-Rishasahr through marriage alliance between the Krieger Clan and House of ibn-Rishasahr

* 533- Created the Clan Ottoker through marriage alliance with the House of Ottoker of New Bohemia

* 546 P. Z.- Gave sanctuary to the Cult of Hecate through the Merlinsohn Clan

* 554 P. Z.- Created the Clan Hammarstahl through marriage alliance between Erich Hammarstahl and the Kriegers of House Raven

Alaric and Eva Mendalara 555-572 P. Z.

* 558 P. Z.- Helped put down the Jizhuanese Uprising of 558 P. Z.

*558-568 P. Z.-Famine of 558 and the resultant economic hardships pushed the entire southern Empire into the Black Depression

* 570 P. Z.- Created the Clan 'Al Sudislav through marriage alliances with the Sudislav Family

Kevan and Zora Briacheslava 572-599 P. Z.

* 578 P. Z.- Created the Clan Verthandisen through marriage alliance between the Verthandisen Family of Port Zauberin and Port Hildebrandt and the Njorthmann and Northern Samuelson Clans

* 591 P. Z.- Created the Clan Hecatean through marriage alliance between the Hecateans and the Merlinsohn Clan

Vladomir and Kaela of Zauber 599-633 P. Z.

* 603 P. Z- Agreed to the binding of the House of ibn-Hazael to the Samuelson Tribe through the marriage of Emir Seth I to Felicia ibn-Hazael

* 609 P. Z.- Created the Clan ibn-Dhouti through marriage alliance between the Southern Samuelson Clan and the House of Dhouti

Sigurd IV and Helga Gertastochter 633-661 P. Z.

* 660 P. Z.- Heir of Visocuntcy of House Raven (Clan Krieger) recieves Lord Generalship of the 9th Imperial District from the Royal House of Hildebrand as a result of the Armaconi Exile