Elector Count of Middenland
The Elector Count of Middenland is the ruler of Middenland, a powerful province of The Empire. This noble title is usually passed on in a hereditary fashion. [5]
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History
Being one of the fifteen Electors, the counts of Middenland cast one of the votes in the election of a new Emperor. Being Elector Counts makes them one of the major candidates for the throne; indeed, some Middenland counts were elected by their peers. [5]
After the Count of Middenland declared himself Emperor in 1547 IC [4] and began the Age of Three Emperors, a centuries-long civil war, they were known as the Wolf Emperors, leaders of a major faction.
Middenland was separated from Middenheim in 1550[1a]. A marriage between the Countess von Bildhofen of Middenland with Boris Todbringer of Middenheim reunified the two states under a single ruler in 2371 IC. [2]
Since then the Elector Counts of Middenland have resided in the semi-independent city-state of Middenheim, Middenland's capital. The current Elector Count of Middenland is Boris Todbringer II[3][1b]
Known Counts
| known rulers of Middenland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | reign | notes | sources |
| Artur | unclear, around - 50 IC | chief of the Teutogens, founded Middenheim | Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition) p.30 |
| Sigmar | unclear, before 1 IC | Defeated Artur in single combat, king of the Unberogens and of the Teutogens | The Life of Sigmar, Needs Citation The Empire at War, chapter Unity of Forces - The Battle of Black Fire Pass |
| Pendrag | 1 IC | Pendrag appointed as first Count of Middenheim, safeguarding the northern lands. | Legend of Sigmar (anthology): Empire (Novel), Chapter Three: Reckonings, pg. 363 |
| Myrsa | ? | Warrior Eternal, named as successor by Pendrag | Legend of Sigmar (anthology): Empire (Novel), Chapter Twenty Two: The Doom of Men, pg. 638 |
| Gunthar von Zelt | unclear, around 1111 | Helped Middenheim avoid the Black Plague by enforcing isolationism. Father of Mandred. | Sigmar's Heirs, pg. 21 Dead Winter'' (Novel) pg.67 |
| Mandred Skavenslayer von Zelt | ? - 1152 | Defeated the Skaven invasion, elected as Emperor, after a long reign slain by a Skaven assassin. | Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition), pgs. 7, 8, 11 Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition), pgs. 10, 30 Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th Edition), pg. 11 Warhammer: The Old World Rulebook, pgs. 28, 42 |
| Reinhart | 1152 | Baron of Carroburg. Claimed to be Madreds's heir. Killed by Erich. | Warhammer Chronicles (2004), pg 4 |
| Erich | 1152 - ? | Baron of Middenheim. Conquered Carrobug, slew Reinhart and took the title. | Warhammer Chronicles (2004), pg 4 |
| Lothar Metternich | unclear, around 1244 | Fought in the Battle of Beeckerhoven | Warhammer Armies: Undead (4th Edition), pgs. 31, 55 |
| Faulk | unclear, around 1265 | Suffered a major defeat at the hand of Beastmen | Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th Edition), pg. 11 |
| Heinrich | unclear, around 1360 | Enmity between Heinrich and the Ar-Ulric Krieger influences the latter's decision to move to Talabheim and support the Ottilian Empress. | Warhammer City pg. 7, Warhammer Chronicles (2004), pg 4 |
| Siegfried [Conflicting Sources] | ? - 1550 | First Wolf Emperor. In 1550, Middenland rebelled against Middenheim with the Drakwald Runefang. However, the Wolf Emperors retained Middenheim. | Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition), pgs. 8, 11 Warhammer Armies: The Empire (6th Edition), pg. 59 Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition), pgs. 10, 31 Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th Edition), pg. 11 Sigmar's Heirs, pg. 17 Warhammer: The Old World Rulebook, pg. 42 |
| Gerhardt Meister | unclear, around 1710 | Wolf Emperor during Waaagh! Gorbad. Opponent of Sigismund IV and had been defeated several times by Erich Adolphus the Elector Count of Wissenland. | Warhammer Armies: Orcs & Goblins (4th Edition), pg 7 |
| Karl-Heinz | unclear, around 1812 | nearly conquered Middenheim | Warhammer City pg. 9 |
| Luitprand II | unclear, around 2111 | Hanged the entire town of Rotebach for "Chaotic Allegiance." | Sigmar's Heirs, pg. 21 |
| position vacant | unclear, around 2304 | The Great War against Chaos slew all heirs of the title. | Liber Mutatis, pg. 12 |
| Gunthar von Bildhofen | unclear, around 2304 to 2369 | Brother of Magnus the Pious. Created Grand Duke after the Great War Against Chaos | Sigmar's Heirs, pg. 22 Liber Mutatis, pg. 12 |
| ? von Bildhofen | unclear, around 2371 | Gunthar von Bildhofen's granddaughter, a marriage with Boris Todbringer of Middenheim re-unified Middenland and Middenheim under a single ruler | Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition), pg. 11 Sigmar's Heirs, pg. 22 |
| Berthold Todbringer | unclear | son of the Countess von Bildhofen and Boris Todbringer | Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition), pg. 11 |
| Boris Todbringer II | 2506 - present | great-grandson of Berthold Todbringer, current ruler of Middenland | Uniforms & Heraldry of The Empire, pgs. 9, 23, 26 Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition), pg. 22 Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th edition), pg. 11 Ashes of Middenheim, pg 7 |
See also
Notes
Conflicting Sources: the Tome of Salvation (and apparently most RPG material) uses the name Heinrich instead.
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (7th Edition)
- 2: Warhammer Armies: Beasts of Chaos (6th Edition), pg. 11
- 3: Uniforms & Heraldry of The Empire, pgs. 9, 23, 26
- 4: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition): The History of the Empire, pg. 8
- 5: Warhammer Armies: The Empire (8th Edition): The Elector Counts, pg. 13
