House of Quinta
The House of Quinta had long been in service to the HOUSE OF AACHEN. They had remained in direct service after Baldwin I founded the Kingdom of Aachen. The Quinta's were with the Aachen's as they fought through the end of the wars of independence, and through the early years of the Kingdom. When the HOUSE OF MARNER attempted a coup, the immediate choice of Baldwin III was his old general PASCO QUINTA.
Pasco as the first Count of his family line had little time to make a mark on HARZ as the Kingdom was involved in the CIVIL WAR OF AACHEN. He was succeeded by his Grandson JORI QUINTA. Jori was an active and able commander and was with Baldwin when he fell in battle in 1209. He became a chief ally of ARTHUR AACHEN Baldwin's brother, who stepped in as regent for the infant King Reginald, and was able to broker the peace with the Vul's that restored peace to the Kingdom. His aid in those times of trouble allowed him to work with Arthur when he was again regent for Baldwin IV. He was able to advance his Great-Granddaughter Ellena Quinta to be the bride of the young King. And her son would reign from his birth as Baldwin V.
Jori was not interested in the regency due to his age, so he put forward the boys Grandfather (Jori's Grandson) MORDECAI QUINTA. Unfortunately Mordecai was did not have the strength of his ancestors and proved to be a weak regent. Yielding to other opinions and afraid to commit when major issues arose. This lead to a restart of the migration of Vul into the north of the Kingdom. Mordecai could not stop it, and was able to slow it only by making an arrangement for young Baldwin to wed CORA MAELDITTOR the daughter of the Vul Jarl MAEL IGORSON. When his regency ended in with his death in 1260 the hope was that Baldwin V would be able to unite the Kingdom. Unfortunately it was not to be Baldwin's task, as he then died in 1261 in a hunting accident.
His infant son Igor I became King and the regency was given to his maternal grandfather Mael Igorson the JARL OF NORTHBERG. BRANOK QUINTA became the 8th Count of Harz. Branok was again a man more dedicated to his family and lands. He was jealous of the wealth the Brat's were accumulating with their adventures into the Kotsuj Valley. Determined to beat them He turned his eye south and west, and began to enlarge the families activity in the woolen trade, and shipping cloth to the lands of Ethrum. He established strong ties with Avignon, the KINGDOM OF MAINE, the Kingdom of Kayomar, Brindisium. In these lands the rich cloth was highly prized and Edenberg began to show the effects of the money flowing into its coffers. He was seldom at court, but when the time came for a bride for Igor I to be selected he went and took his young daughter LOWENNA QUINTA. Although at 14 one of the younger candidates, her charms and Branok's connections and wealth won through and she was selected. In 1279 Branok was pleased to see his grandson Igor II born. He would live to see the young man crowned King in 1291.
Igor II would need a regent, but the old Count did not feel the desire to go to court at his age. However, his son and heir BELDIN QUINTA was prepared for the challenge and as his uncle he was a great candidate. His still being the heir himself it left him free to apply himself to the needs of the Kingdom. Beldin had a major impact when he kept the pressure on the HANSE CITIES and was able to gain their recognition of Aachen's rights to the eastern half of the STRAIGHTS OF URSAL. Then in what he thought would be a blow against the Brat, he lead a force north to take the town of Eickjolf. Thus compromising the Brat base of operations in the North. He left his nephew with a Kingdom richer and better off than his Father had left him. In 1197 he withdrew to Edenberg and to take up his office as Count of Harz with the death of his father that same year.
Beldin's gambit to take Eickjolf had limited the growth of the Brat's power, but in 1320 when his nephew died while breaking the siege of that town, Igor III relinquished all control to the Brat. This was further compromised when he married Lonida Bratvag the daughter of Sturla Brat. Having lost out in his gamble in the North, Beldin turned the same energies into growing his own lands in the South. He has established trade posts on the Southern coast West of the RHODOPE MOUNTAINS.
WURCON QUINTA (1141 - 1191)
JORI QUINTA (1161 - 1251)
BRANOK QUINTA (1185 - 1218)
MORDECAI QUINTA (1209 - 1260 (Regent 1242 - 1260))
BRANOK QUINTA, THE YOUNGER (1242 - 1297)
BELDIN QUINTA (1262 - 1349) (Regent 1291 - 1297))
Talan Quina (1288 - Present)
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