History of the Chartered Subdivisions

You may also locate a region in the alphabetical Charter section. The sources for this information are either the minutes of the Imperial Estates Meetings, or the charters themselves.

By Estates Meeting

July 2004

  • New Eisenwold - Shire - reactivate and name change from Isenwold
  • Glouchester - Shire - reactivate and name change from Fire and Ice
  • Valencia - Shire - new shire for the area around Pittsburgh, PA
  • Dunvegan - Duchy - relinquished claim to 7 counties in North Carolina
  • Albion - Kingdom - elevated to kingdom
  • Umbria - Kingdom - ceded some of its NW lands to the Imperium for the formation of a shire (exact borders not inlcuded at this posting)

March 2004

  • Kildare - Duchy - name change from "Dragon's Mist"
  • Nassau - Shire - Reactivated and name change from Nordraffn
  • Ablion - Duchy - creation of duchy with same borders as Aragon (all of Nevada)
  • Andorra - Duchy - elevated to duchy
  • Article VIII.D.4. revoked, duchy now subject to same rules as other duchies. Duchies affected: Dragon's Mist (Kildare), Sangrael, Chesapeake
  • Sangrael - Duchy - Imperial Civil Court resolved question of status (duchy or archduchy). They are a duchy.

November 2003

  • Galloway - Shire - Reactivated and name change from Mirkwood
  • Dunvegan - Duchy - Elevated to duchy, borders expanded "to include the western side of route 95 to the borders of West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee."

July 2003

  • Alhambra - Duchy - Name change from Caerleon (actual charter issued March 27, 2003)
  • Carolinga - Archduchy - Name change from Tierra del Fuego (actual charter not issued pending official description of borders)
  • Dunvegan - Shire - Expand borders "to include the counties of Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Camden, Currituck, Edgecombe, Halifax and Pasquotank." (Note: Some of these counties are in North Carolina)
  • Nordraffn - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership) by Imperial Crown, not noted in Estates Meeting

March 2003

  • Andorra - Shire - Extend borders "to include the mundane states of Iowa and Illinois (rather than the current very small area around the Quad Cities metropolitan area)."
  • Castilles - Kingdom - Elevated from Archduchy - no change in borders
  • Mirkwood - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Slivowitz - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Somerset - Duchy - Elevated from shire status - no change in borders

November 2002

  • Andorra - Shire - Extend borders (tabled pending more info from shire)
  • Aragon - Kingdom - Amend borders to include all of Nevada
  • Cambridge - Duchy - Elevated from shire
  • Castilles - Archduchy - Elevated from duchy
  • Dracos de Silva - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Fire and Ice - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Galanach Dragun - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Mirkwood - Shire - Placed on inactive status (zero membership)
  • Rathlin Isle - Shire - Reactivate Kansas City area and name change from Annelynnrose

July 2002

  • Cambridge - Shire - Name change from Crescent Moon
  • Nordraffn - Shire - Name change from Borealis
  • Brandenburg - Archduchy - Elevated from duchy (occurred between estates meetings, not noted in meeting minutes)

March 2002

  • Brandenburg - Duchy - Northern part of San Diego County
  • Castilles - Duchy - Southern tip of Florida
  • Crescent Moon - Shire - New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
  • Dunvegan - Shire - Eastern portion of Virginia
  • Slivowitz - Shire - South portion of Indiana, southwest portion of Ohio, north portion of Kentucky
  • Somerset - Shire - North portion of Indiana, north and east portions of Ohio
  • Terre Neuve - Kingdom - Amend to Imperial County and south part of San Diego County
  • York - Kingdom - Amend to be all of Florida except the southern tip

November 2001

  • Andorra - Shire - New shire
  • Terre Neuve - Kingdom - Alteration withdrawn

July 2001

  • Trinacria - Shire - Withdrawn

March 2001

  • Tierra del Fuego - Duchy - Enlarged, no mention of exact borders

November 2000

  • Borealis - Shire - New shire
  • Ekaterinegorod - Duchy - Expanded and granted duchy
  • Fire and Ice - Shire - Renamed from White Hooded Mountain, include all of Oregon
  • Thatuna - Duchy - Raised to Duchy of Caerleon

July 2000

  • Alba - Shire - Dead shire
  • Alloria - Shire - Dead shire
  • Dragon's Mist - Duchy - Raised to duchy
  • Isenwold - Shire - Dead shire
  • Midnight Sun - Shire - Dead shire
  • Thatuna - Shire - New shire

March 2000

November 1999

July 1999

  • Aragon - Kingdom - Raised to kingdom (was Desert Rose)

November 1998

  • Aloria - Shire - Siloam, Oklahoma and surround
  • Ekaterinegorod - Shire - Pueblo and Boulder Colorado
  • Galanche Dragun - Shire - Parts of Illinois
  • Gridia - Shire - Swainsboro, Georgia and surround
  • Midnight Sun - Shire - Southeastern Alaska

July 1998

  • No charter discussion listed in the minutes

November 1997

  • Alba - Shire - New Jersey, formed in a prior reign, but may have a report
  • Annelynnrose - Shire - Kansas City area
  • Avalon - Shire - San Antonio, Texas area
  • Blue Nose - Shire - Iceland
  • Chesapeake - Shire - Maryland
  • Desert Rose - Duchy - 100-mile radius from Las Vegas, but within Nevada
  • Umbria - Kingdom - Umbria cedes everything outside Arizona so canton of Desert Rose can become a duchy
  • Dragon's Mist - Duchy - Advance to Duchy
  • Drakul - Shire - Parts of Mississippi and Tennessee
  • Georgia - Shire -
  • Isenwold - Shire - Springfield, Missouri area
  • North Carolina - Shire
  • Tierra del Fuego - Duchy - As modified by agreement between the Duc and the Viceroy of Valley of Kings
  • Topeka - Shire - Withdrawn, but there may be a report
  • Valley of Kings - Shire - Fresno, CA area

July 20, 1997

  • Alba - Shire - New region
  • Mag Mor - Shire - Charter pending, no dues received
  • Pembroke - Kingdom - Name change to Umbria
  • Slivowitz - ??? - Government collapsed, request withdrawal of charter
  • Snowden - Duchy - No longer a duchy (charter lapsed, communication nonexistent)
  • Tierra del Fuego - Shire - Working on borders for duchy

November 1996

  • Pembroke - Kingdom - Name change to Umbria (proposed, don't know if it passed)

April 1996

  • No charter discussion listed in the minutes

March 1996

  • No charter discussion listed in the minutes

July 1994

  • No charter discussion listed in the minutes