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|align=center|<ref>Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition) p.8 & 11 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) p.59 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) p.10 & 31 - Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition) p.11 - the '''Tome of Salvation''' (and apparently most material for the roleplaying game) uses the name '''Heinrich''' instead.</ref>
 
|align=center|<ref>Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition) p.8 & 11 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) p.59 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) p.10 & 31 - Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition) p.11 - the '''Tome of Salvation''' (and apparently most material for the roleplaying game) uses the name '''Heinrich''' instead.</ref>

Revision as of 23:33, 31 January 2012

The Wolf Emperor, also called Ulric Emperor [1], was one the claimants for the imperial throne during the Age of Three Emperors, a centuries-long civil war of The Empire.

This line of pretenders began in 1547 IC as Siegfried, Count of Middenland, refused to obey any of the two other candidates, self-proclaiming himself as emperor instead.

Their main rivals were the Ottilian Emperors and the elected Emperors, joined later by the Elector Counts of Marienburg and the Reikland pretenders.

No Wolf Emperor is mentioned during the Wars of the Vampire Counts, and it is possible that the Counts of Middenland simply withdrew their candidacy (perhaps only temporally?). This is little more than idle speculation however.


known Wolf Emperors
name reign notes sources
Siegfried 1547 - ? [2]
Gerhardt Meister unclear, around 1707 rival of the elected Emperor Sigismund [3]
Mannfred Todbringer unclear, around 2000 [4]

See also

Notes & sources

  1. Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) p.59
  2. Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition) p.8 & 11 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition) p.59 - Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) p.10 & 31 - Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition) p.11 - the Tome of Salvation (and apparently most material for the roleplaying game) uses the name Heinrich instead.
  3. Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins (4th Edition) p.7
  4. background material of Mordheim: City of the Damned