Royal family of Vittmark
The royal family of Vittmark is the dynastic Av Kulla family of the monarch of Vittmark. All members of the royal family (except the monarch) hold the title of Prince/Princess of Vittmark. Children of the monarch and of the heir apparent are usually included in the royal family, but the exact extend of the family is proposed by the ruling monarch and then approved by the federal parliament of Vittmark. The King, his descendant and the siblings of the late King Eilert belong to the House of Kulla at the moment. The royal family receives remarkably high approval ratings in Vittmark, ranging between 82% and 92%.
History
After the fall of the Greater Stoldavic Empire, the imperial crown prince XX retreated to Kulla and focused on governing the rather small territory of Kulla in 7214. Following Mellanhand Orkanan principles, governance stayed within the line marriage of the prince until the 7530's. It was usually the head of the line marriage that was the ruler of Kulla, safeguarding the common knowledge and culture of Mellanhand Orkanan away from the political turbulence of Stoldavia after the fall of the empire.
Founding father of the current House of Kulla is the late King Karl of Vittmark. When he took over as först of Kulla, he separated from the line marriage and remarried in a conventional marriage instead. At first, the House of Kulla only consisted of him and his two sons from the line marriage: Thomas and Anton. When Prince Anton died in an incident on a minesweeper in 7554, Karl included his second wife Queen Anneli into the House of Kulla as well, followed their daughter Princess Anna in 7556 when she turned 16.
When King Karl and Crown Prince Thomas were assassinated in 7566, the royal family only consisted of two members, of which only Anna was eligible for the throne. She married a local nobleman Palne Kristersson and they are also the only linkage for the House of Kulla through this generation. However, Palne Kristersson never was included in the House of Kulla but became Lord of Blåkulla instead. In 7574 Queen Anna removed the late Crown Prince Thomas' children from the line of succession and as such the House of Kulla in the future. Instead she appointed her step daughter Tovemor av Blåkulla as Crown Princess. But even Anna's own children Iduna, Asvard and Kolgard were included when they became 16 years old in 7588, 7590 and 7594 respectively.
This started a tradition where the ruling monarch appointed a successor, to be approved by federal parliament. In two or three cases, the title of Crown Prince(ss) went to a placeholder, often a brother (like Prince Kolgard), sister (like Princess Annika) or cousin (like Prince Rudin) and it might have been the plan of Queen Anna to use Princess Tovemor as placeholder as well. So far, no successor has ever been denied by federal parliament.
Queen Tovemor, crowned in 7604, is the only monarch of Vittmark not belonging to the House of Kulla, but still being a member of the royal family. When Iduna became Queen in 7611, the title returned to the House of Kulla. The House of Kulla and the royal family of Vittmark don't have to correspond one on one, but it does today. For example, Tovemor's second son Rudin became Crown Prince in 7611 and as such a member of the royal family, while Tovemors older sister Sanna and Rudin's older brother Finnved were not. When Crown Prince Kolgard was replaced by Crown Prince Eilert in 7632, he left the royal family but kept the Av Kulla name. His children however became lord and lady of Åtvidskulla instead.
It has become tradition that the ruling monarch reduces the size of the extended royal family to her siblings and offspring. So when Eilert was king, his mother Iduna, his wife Sofia, his sisters Nilla and Annika as well as his children Iduna junior and Palne formed the royal family. When Nilla's son Asgard became crown prince he also got included. But when Asgard became king, his aunt Annika and her children left the royal family and formed the House of Rumskulla instead.
Apart from Palne Kristersson's children, all of the children of the royal family were named after the prince or princess, so Prince Eilert got the matronym Idunasson instead of the usual patronym which would have been Vilmersson.
Kings and Queens of Vittmark
- Karl Gustavsson av Kulla: 7564-7566
- Anna Karlsdotter av Kulla: 7567-7604
- Tovemor Palnesdotter av Blåkulla: 7604-7611
- Iduna Palnesdotter av Kulla: 7611-7641
- Eilert Idunasson av Kulla: 7641-7688
- Asgard Nillasson av Kulla: 7678-present
Crown Princes and Princesses of Vittmark
- Thomas Karlsson av Kulla: 7564-7566
- vacant: 7566-7574
- Tovemor Palnesdotter av Blåkulla: 7574-7604
- Iduna Palnesdotter av Kulla: 7604-7611
- Kolgard Palnesson av Kulla: 7611-7632 - House of Åtvidskulla
- Eilert Idunasson av Kulla: 7632-7641
- Rudin Tovemorsson av Blåkulla: 7641-7657 - House of Blåkulla
- Annika Idunasdotter av Kulla: 7657-7670 - House of Rumskulla
- Asgard Nillasson av Kulla: 7570-7588
- Frida Asgardsdotter av Kulla: 7588-present
(Crown Princes and Princesses not succeeding as the King or Queen are stated in italics)