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The Royal House of Stollberg-Stolberg


The Royal Logo [I wait till I finally have an Monarchie Issue]

How it came to be. [1450-1650]

The Royal Bloodline of Gerk Zu Stollberg-Stolberg came to be as the two Royal Families Stollberg and Stolberg combined around 1496 and created an early form of Stollberg-Stolberg.

This combination of these two Bloodlines was important for the better co-existing and making a powerful nation. Through the integration of the Royal Family Stolberg the Territories of Helgoland, Fischland, Oberharz, and Klieschenberg came into the Duchy. But the modern Form of this Royal line was created in 1635 after the historical marriage of The Duke Garl von Stollberg-Stolberg with the Duchess Frederike Zu Gerk this soured relations between The Grand Duchy of Stollberg-Stolberg and the Stem Duchy of Swinemünde-Rügen because they had sour relations with Zu Gerk. The marriage happened between the 17th to the 19th of May 1635 which is now the period of the national Sunflower festival.
These were some of the most important events from 1450-1670.
(an depiction of Duke Garl von Stollberg-Stolberg)

An Disaster Strikes. [1650-1715]

The Royal House of Stollberg-Stolberg was a big one no doubt, but because of the War with Swinemünde-Rügen which was a war to defend itself, and the Whooping Cough Epidemic of the 1680s, a lot of Royals died. Even the Queen Duchess Margret von Gerk Zu Stollberg-Stolberg got Whooping Cough and died. Her oldest son Prince Harold von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg should have been the next on the Throne but the majority of the public wanted to see the daughter Marie von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg on the Throne. What followed was a civil war where the Family needed to go into exile. This Civil War used the younger brother Richard von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg to get onto the Throne, but he was quickly dethroned because he hadn't very much support from the people. So to decide Next Throne Heir a coin was thrown, which miraculously landed on the side which meant quote: "Wehr ach immar am meesten Menschen füer siech geniesse koan wird der Pott Nachfolscher.", which is translated: Whoever can get the most people to vote for you, shall be Throne Heir. This meant that there were prototype elections for this specific moment, the elections were won by Marie von Gerk Zu Stollberg-Stolberg, her brother was made the Governor of Stollberg-Niederwürschtnitz and her main advisor.
(an old Goldweiler now worth around 750 Goldweilers in an 3 piece box)

An Return and a Going. [1715-1915]
After the time of Disaster everything went back up and seemed perfect, But then something shocking happened the Nord-Deutscher Bund formed and quickly had a war with France in this time all former members of the HRE had to join even Stollberg-Stolberg. Stollberg-Stolberg was the center of Bayonet and Mauser Manufacturing and had some power after the ending of the war and became a kind of "Freistaat" in the Kaiserreich. In the Peaceful times Stollberg-Stolberg had to give a colony through a private investor to the Kaiser, Stollberg-Stolberg chose the Island of Nauru and the Kaiserreich has seen it as a potential Phosphor mining Station and granted Stollberg-Stolberg the use of Goldweilers in shops again. But as the First World War started Stollberg-Stolberg didn't want to participate but this Freistaat was Peer pressured into joining and had 5 regiments ready for war on the North Trench in Denmark.

The Return of the King and the Neutral Land. [1916-1950]

As the first World War went on the Manpower went down in Stollberg-Stolberg not because all men died, but no one wanted to participate in a war they thought was not needed. So in the last year of the First World War, the Englisch decided to bomb some Key Portcitys even Stringerhafen was bombed but anti Aircraft cannons had left the Aircraft to retreat back to England.
As the Treaty was created an Arrangement was made if the Kaiserreich would give Stollberg-Stolberg and Saxony independence The Weimar Republic could keep Eupen and Danzig the diplomats agreed on this Arrangement and the first Duke after the integration was put on the Throne, Christoph von Gerk Zu Stollberg-Stolberg was with his brother the only survivors which could be directly Throne Heirs because his older brother died in a miscalculated attack on the Danish. He was the one who kept the economy afloat through the Great Depression and had a lot of jobs for people who wanted one that's too the Reason why many people from the Thuringia and Bavaria of the Weimarer Republic emigrated here. As the Second World War began Stollberg-Stolberg just copied Switzerland so that they could be still on the map. When he died on the date of 17.8.1950 the entire Nation mourned his Death and he still is the most popular Leader in Stollberg-Stolberg.

( Duke Christoph von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg)

An Time of Boringness [1950-Today]

After Germany has split in two the powers of the Soviet Union and the USA Canada gone into the Cold War and Stollberg-Stolberg was right in between it was the favorite exchange spot for Spys in Middle Europe. But nothing happened until Germany reunified and the Soviet Union gave back Kaliningrad Stollberg-Stolberg made a vote whether to join Germany or not 67,9% voted not to and this was the most known activity on any Vote since 1900. On the 13.3.1990 The Father of Daniel von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg, Jakob Christopher Martin von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg was put on the Throne but abdicated in 2015 due to old age and a slight lack of interest. Since 2015 Daniel Johann Ludwig von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg rules the country and established a good Education and Healthcare System.
(Jakob Christopherr Martin von Gerk zu Stollberg-Stolberg)

All Branches of Serf Royal Families:

von Schmachenberg zu Stollberg-Niederwürschtnitz
von Beeren zu Jeten
von Ingwell zu Schmaachen
von Golubev zu Stringerhafen-Arstokas
von Löthinger zu Klingenthal
von Rio zu Vogtland
von Kiez zu Fischland und Helgoland
van Kaaz zu Oberharz
von Huulz zu Teelningshof
von Sellonen zu Treuflingen-Rosenthal
von Nhikl zu Rosenstein-Königsstadt
von Beez-Kammerich zu Frühbergerheide
von Katterich zu Frühberg
von Galler zu Inngelburg
von Schecherich zu Teufelshöhl-Ölheiden
von Kliesch zu Gütersloh
von Klüsh zu Hainenburg
von McBeeun zu Shereen
von Onsl zu Heeresfeld-Gaggenheim
von Jokyan zu Kuhdorf-Halblingen
wan Harellan zu Harellan
von Jek zu Kluningen-Eupaan
von Saffel zu Brillingen-Repün
von Malternativ zu Treufung
von Pilzing zu Nauru
von Illengard zu Traafen-Kohlenberg
von Jesisik zu Forellenbach
von Schieching zu Kaafingen

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