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Line 9: | title = | title = | position = [[President of the Federated Suns|President]] | position = [[President of the Federated Suns|President]] − | profession = Noble + | profession = | parents = [[Reynard Davion]] (father)<br/>[[Jeanne Remoix]] (mother) | parents = [[Reynard Davion]] (father)<br/>[[Jeanne Remoix]] (mother) | siblings = [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]<br/>[[Marie Davion (24th c.)|Marie Davion]] | siblings = [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]<br/>[[Marie Davion (24th c.)|Marie Davion]] | spouse = [[Marion Michaels]] | spouse = [[Marion Michaels]] − | children = [[Edmund Davion]]<br/>[[Edward Davion (24th c.)|Edward Davion]] + | children = [[Edmund Davion]]<br/>[[Edward Davion]] }} }} '''Etien Davion''' was the fourth President of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> '''Etien Davion''' was the fourth President of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> Line 20:
Line 19: ==History== ==History== === Early Life === === Early Life === − Etien Davion was the oldest son of [[Reynard Davion]], scion of [[House Davion]], President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]], and [[Jeanne Remoix]], the daughter of a landholder on the planet [[Lee]]. Etien's parents had met while Reynard was on Lee as part of [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] maneuvers in response to military actions being launched by the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and [[Chesterton Trade League]]. Initially unpopular with Reynard's father, [[Charles Davion]], Reynard and Jeanne's marriage proved a political boon for House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 28–29: "The Mad Davion"</ref> Reynard and Jeanne had two other children after Etien, another son, [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul]], born in [[2340]], and a daughter, [[Marie Davion (24th c.)|Marie]], born in [[2348]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name=HBHDp107/> + Etien Davion was the oldest son of [[Reynard Davion]], scion of [[House Davion]], President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]], and [[Jeanne Remoix]], the daughter of a landholder on the planet [[Lee]]. Etien's parents had met while Reynard was on Lee as part of [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] maneuvers in response to military actions being launched by the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and [[Chesterton Trade League]]. Initially unpopular with Reynard's father, [[Charles Davion]], Reynard and Jeanne's marriage proved a political boon for House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 2829, "The Mad Davion"</ref> Reynard and Jeanne had two other children after Etien, another son, [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul]], born in [[2340]], and a daughter, [[Marie Davion|Marie]], born in [[2348]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name=HBHDp107/> − Prone to melancholy in his youth, Etien followed the path established by Reynard and [[Lucien Davion (23rd c.)|Lucien Davion]] and joined the [[FPF]], serving in a line unit and seeing action against forces from the various Capellan Zone states. During battles in the Lee system Etien took serious wounds that saw him hospitalized for more than a year, but also saw him awarded with a Presidential Citation for Valor. It would also be discovered later that the injuries he suffered on Lee had also altered his personality in a profound and unfortunate fashion<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> + Prone to melancholy in his youth, Etien followed the path established by Reynard and [[Lucien Davion]] and joined the [[FPF]], serving in a line unit and seeing action against forces from the various Capellan Zone states. During battles in the Lee system Etien took serious wounds that saw him hospitalized for more than a year, but also saw him awarded with a Presidential Citation for Valor. It would also be discovered later that the injuries he suffered on Lee had also altered his personality in a profound and unfortunate fashion<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> === Marriage and Children === === Marriage and Children === − Etien married [[Marion Michaels]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> in [[2361]];<ref name=HBHDp107/> Marie was an ambitious woman and a good decision-maker - although also an uncompromising woman. The two had twin sons together, [[Edmund Davion|Edmund]] and [[Edward Davion (24th c.)|Edward]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 30–31: "Twin Tyrants"</ref> in [[2362]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> + Etien married [[Marion Michaels]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> in [[2361]];<ref name=HBHDp107/> Marie was an ambitious woman and a good decision-maker - although also an uncompromising woman. The two had twin sons together, [[Edmund Davion|Edmund]] and [[Edward Davion|Edward]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 30-31, "Twin Tyrants"</ref> in [[2362]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> === Presidency === === Presidency === − In [[2371]], Reynard suffered another bout of [[Black Marsh Fever]], an illness he'd contracted during his time in the FPF while serving on [[Gallitzin]]. This time, the Fever proved stronger than the man, and Reynard died.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27: "The War Leader"</ref> Jeanne had died a number of years before,<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> and Etien was the first Davion to be considered to have an unquestioned right to the titles of President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of New Avalon, as a result of the empire-building efforts of the previous few generations of House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> Etien inherited a strong nation and a military as loyal to the Davion name as it was to the nation. A week after Reynard's death, Etien was sworn in as Prime Minister of New Avalon; a month later, he was declared President of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 23: "Etien The Mad"</ref> + In [[2371]], Reynard suffered another bout of [[Black Marsh Fever]], an illness he'd contracted during his time in the FPF while serving on [[Gallitzin]]. This time, the Fever proved stronger than the man, and Reynard died.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27, "The War Leader"</ref> Jeanne had died a number of years before,<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> and Etien was the first Davion to be considered to have an unquestioned right to the titles of President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of New Avalon, as a result of the empire-building efforts of the previous few generations of House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> Etien inherited a strong nation and a military as loyal to the Davion name as it was to the nation. A week after Reynard's death, Etien was sworn in as Prime Minister of New Avalon; a month later, he was declared President of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 23, "Etien The Mad"</ref> Having come to power at the age of thirty-three, Etien's initial months in office were considered auspicious by many. He was considered more deferential to the Council than either Reynard or Charles had been, and more interested in the judicial work of the Presidency than both as well. During the initial three-month period a truce was declared within the Capellan March, emissaries were exchanged officially with the growing [[Draconis Combine]], and three new worlds were admitted to the Federated Suns. Etien's popularity was such that songs comparing him to Lucien Davion became common on the major worlds in the Federated Suns, and the twin causes of peace and prosperity seemed to be advancing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> Having come to power at the age of thirty-three, Etien's initial months in office were considered auspicious by many. He was considered more deferential to the Council than either Reynard or Charles had been, and more interested in the judicial work of the Presidency than both as well. During the initial three-month period a truce was declared within the Capellan March, emissaries were exchanged officially with the growing [[Draconis Combine]], and three new worlds were admitted to the Federated Suns. Etien's popularity was such that songs comparing him to Lucien Davion became common on the major worlds in the Federated Suns, and the twin causes of peace and prosperity seemed to be advancing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> Line 47:
Line 46: The final straw for Etien came in [[2378]], in the form of the second of the two assassination attempts against him.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> The perpetrator, [[Jeremiah Monroe]], was a childhood friend of Etien's, and someone who had fought alongside him in the campaign for Lee. Etien's guards killed Jeremiah just as he was about to plunge a knife into Etien's back, but as the guards watched, Etien looked at his friend's body for several minutes before taking up his former friend's weapon. With the declaration "If Jeremiah Monroe hates me that much, then no-one will hate me anymore", Etien turned the knife on himself. Stabbing himself in the heart before the guards could react, Etien died within seconds.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> The final straw for Etien came in [[2378]], in the form of the second of the two assassination attempts against him.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> The perpetrator, [[Jeremiah Monroe]], was a childhood friend of Etien's, and someone who had fought alongside him in the campaign for Lee. Etien's guards killed Jeremiah just as he was about to plunge a knife into Etien's back, but as the guards watched, Etien looked at his friend's body for several minutes before taking up his former friend's weapon. With the declaration "If Jeremiah Monroe hates me that much, then no-one will hate me anymore", Etien turned the knife on himself. Stabbing himself in the heart before the guards could react, Etien died within seconds.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> − Following Etien's death, both his brother and sister would rule the Federated Suns for a time, but Etien's sons would eventually come to power for a brief and dark period of Federated Suns history. Edmund and Edward's fratricidal reigns would ultimately remove Etien's direct descendants from the succession to the throne,<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> although the last legitimate member of Etien's direct bloodline, [[Arthur Davion]], would die in battle as a hero - and largely be forgotten in Federated Suns history.<ref name="HD(TFS)p33">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 33: "The Forgotten Davion"</ref> + Following Etien's death, both his brother and sister would rule the Federated Suns for a time, but Etien's sons would eventually come to power for a brief and dark period of Federated Suns history. Edmund and Edward's fratricidal reigns would ultimately remove Etien's direct descendants from the succession to the throne,<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> although the last legitimate member of Etien's direct bloodline, [[Arthur Davion]], would die in battle as a hero - and largely be forgotten in Federated Suns history.<ref name="HD(TFS)p33">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 33, "The Forgotten Davion"</ref> ==Positions== ==Positions== {{S-start}} {{S-start}} {{S-bef|before=[[Reynard Davion]]}} {{S-bef|before=[[Reynard Davion]]}} − {{S-title|title=Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]]|years=[[2371]]–[[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/><ref name=HDFS_27>''House Davion: The Federated Suns'', p. 27 (pdf): "The War Leader"</ref>}} + {{S-title|title=Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]]|years=[[2371]]–[[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/><ref name=HDFS_27>''House Davion: The Federated Suns'', p. 27 (pdf), "The War Leader"</ref>}} {{S-aft|after=}} {{S-aft|after=}} {{S-bef|before=Reynard Davion}} {{S-bef|before=Reynard Davion}} Line 58:
Line 57: {{S-aft|after=[[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]}} {{S-aft|after=[[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]}} {{S-end}} {{S-end}} + + {{First Prince Timeline + |began=2371 + |ended=2378 + |inherited=Reynard Davion + |title=President + }} ==References== ==References==
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| name = Etien Davion | | name = Etien Davion | ||
| − | | birthdate = [[2338]]<ref name=HBHDp107>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 107 | + | | birthdate = [[2338]]<ref name=HBHDp107>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 107, "Leaders of the Federated Suns"</ref> |
| died = [[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/> | | died = [[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/> | ||
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| title = | | title = | ||
| position = [[President of the Federated Suns|President]] | | position = [[President of the Federated Suns|President]] | ||
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| parents = [[Reynard Davion]] (father)<br/>[[Jeanne Remoix]] (mother) | | parents = [[Reynard Davion]] (father)<br/>[[Jeanne Remoix]] (mother) | ||
| siblings = [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]<br/>[[Marie Davion (24th c.)|Marie Davion]] | | siblings = [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]<br/>[[Marie Davion (24th c.)|Marie Davion]] | ||
| spouse = [[Marion Michaels]] | | spouse = [[Marion Michaels]] | ||
| − | | children = [[Edmund Davion]]<br/>[[ | + | | children = [[Edmund Davion]]<br/>[[Edward Davion]] |
}} | }} | ||
'''Etien Davion''' was the fourth President of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> | '''Etien Davion''' was the fourth President of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
=== Early Life === | === Early Life === | ||
| − | Etien Davion was the oldest son of [[Reynard Davion]], scion of [[House Davion]], President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]], and [[Jeanne Remoix]], the daughter of a landholder on the planet [[Lee]]. Etien's parents had met while Reynard was on Lee as part of [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] maneuvers in response to military actions being launched by the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and [[Chesterton Trade League]]. Initially unpopular with Reynard's father, [[Charles Davion]], Reynard and Jeanne's marriage proved a political boon for House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', | + | Etien Davion was the oldest son of [[Reynard Davion]], scion of [[House Davion]], President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]], and [[Jeanne Remoix]], the daughter of a landholder on the planet [[Lee]]. Etien's parents had met while Reynard was on Lee as part of [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] maneuvers in response to military actions being launched by the [[Tikonov Grand Union]] and [[Chesterton Trade League]]. Initially unpopular with Reynard's father, [[Charles Davion]], Reynard and Jeanne's marriage proved a political boon for House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 2829, "The Mad Davion"</ref> Reynard and Jeanne had two other children after Etien, another son, [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul]], born in [[2340]], and a daughter, [[Marie Davion|Marie]], born in [[2348]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name=HBHDp107/> |
| − | Prone to melancholy in his youth, Etien followed the path established by Reynard and [[ | + | Prone to melancholy in his youth, Etien followed the path established by Reynard and [[Lucien Davion]] and joined the [[FPF]], serving in a line unit and seeing action against forces from the various Capellan Zone states. During battles in the Lee system Etien took serious wounds that saw him hospitalized for more than a year, but also saw him awarded with a Presidential Citation for Valor. It would also be discovered later that the injuries he suffered on Lee had also altered his personality in a profound and unfortunate fashion<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> |
=== Marriage and Children === | === Marriage and Children === | ||
| − | Etien married [[Marion Michaels]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> in [[2361]];<ref name=HBHDp107/> Marie was an ambitious woman and a good decision-maker - although also an uncompromising woman. The two had twin sons together, [[Edmund Davion|Edmund]] and [[Edward Davion | + | Etien married [[Marion Michaels]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> in [[2361]];<ref name=HBHDp107/> Marie was an ambitious woman and a good decision-maker - although also an uncompromising woman. The two had twin sons together, [[Edmund Davion|Edmund]] and [[Edward Davion|Edward]],<ref name="HD(TFS)p30">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 30-31, "Twin Tyrants"</ref> in [[2362]].<ref name=HBHDp107/> |
=== Presidency === | === Presidency === | ||
| − | In [[2371]], Reynard suffered another bout of [[Black Marsh Fever]], an illness he'd contracted during his time in the FPF while serving on [[Gallitzin]]. This time, the Fever proved stronger than the man, and Reynard died.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27 | + | In [[2371]], Reynard suffered another bout of [[Black Marsh Fever]], an illness he'd contracted during his time in the FPF while serving on [[Gallitzin]]. This time, the Fever proved stronger than the man, and Reynard died.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 27, "The War Leader"</ref> Jeanne had died a number of years before,<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> and Etien was the first Davion to be considered to have an unquestioned right to the titles of President of the Federated Suns and Prime Minister of New Avalon, as a result of the empire-building efforts of the previous few generations of House Davion.<ref name="HD(TFS)p27"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> Etien inherited a strong nation and a military as loyal to the Davion name as it was to the nation. A week after Reynard's death, Etien was sworn in as Prime Minister of New Avalon; a month later, he was declared President of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 23, "Etien The Mad"</ref> |
Having come to power at the age of thirty-three, Etien's initial months in office were considered auspicious by many. He was considered more deferential to the Council than either Reynard or Charles had been, and more interested in the judicial work of the Presidency than both as well. During the initial three-month period a truce was declared within the Capellan March, emissaries were exchanged officially with the growing [[Draconis Combine]], and three new worlds were admitted to the Federated Suns. Etien's popularity was such that songs comparing him to Lucien Davion became common on the major worlds in the Federated Suns, and the twin causes of peace and prosperity seemed to be advancing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> | Having come to power at the age of thirty-three, Etien's initial months in office were considered auspicious by many. He was considered more deferential to the Council than either Reynard or Charles had been, and more interested in the judicial work of the Presidency than both as well. During the initial three-month period a truce was declared within the Capellan March, emissaries were exchanged officially with the growing [[Draconis Combine]], and three new worlds were admitted to the Federated Suns. Etien's popularity was such that songs comparing him to Lucien Davion became common on the major worlds in the Federated Suns, and the twin causes of peace and prosperity seemed to be advancing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> | ||
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The final straw for Etien came in [[2378]], in the form of the second of the two assassination attempts against him.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> The perpetrator, [[Jeremiah Monroe]], was a childhood friend of Etien's, and someone who had fought alongside him in the campaign for Lee. Etien's guards killed Jeremiah just as he was about to plunge a knife into Etien's back, but as the guards watched, Etien looked at his friend's body for several minutes before taking up his former friend's weapon. With the declaration "If Jeremiah Monroe hates me that much, then no-one will hate me anymore", Etien turned the knife on himself. Stabbing himself in the heart before the guards could react, Etien died within seconds.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> | The final straw for Etien came in [[2378]], in the form of the second of the two assassination attempts against him.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/><ref name="HB:HDp23"/> The perpetrator, [[Jeremiah Monroe]], was a childhood friend of Etien's, and someone who had fought alongside him in the campaign for Lee. Etien's guards killed Jeremiah just as he was about to plunge a knife into Etien's back, but as the guards watched, Etien looked at his friend's body for several minutes before taking up his former friend's weapon. With the declaration "If Jeremiah Monroe hates me that much, then no-one will hate me anymore", Etien turned the knife on himself. Stabbing himself in the heart before the guards could react, Etien died within seconds.<ref name="HD(TFS)p28"/> | ||
| − | Following Etien's death, both his brother and sister would rule the Federated Suns for a time, but Etien's sons would eventually come to power for a brief and dark period of Federated Suns history. Edmund and Edward's fratricidal reigns would ultimately remove Etien's direct descendants from the succession to the throne,<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> although the last legitimate member of Etien's direct bloodline, [[Arthur Davion]], would die in battle as a hero - and largely be forgotten in Federated Suns history.<ref name="HD(TFS)p33">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 33 | + | Following Etien's death, both his brother and sister would rule the Federated Suns for a time, but Etien's sons would eventually come to power for a brief and dark period of Federated Suns history. Edmund and Edward's fratricidal reigns would ultimately remove Etien's direct descendants from the succession to the throne,<ref name="HD(TFS)p30"/> although the last legitimate member of Etien's direct bloodline, [[Arthur Davion]], would die in battle as a hero - and largely be forgotten in Federated Suns history.<ref name="HD(TFS)p33">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 33, "The Forgotten Davion"</ref> |
==Positions== | ==Positions== | ||
{{S-start}} | {{S-start}} | ||
{{S-bef|before=[[Reynard Davion]]}} | {{S-bef|before=[[Reynard Davion]]}} | ||
| − | {{S-title|title=Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]]|years=[[2371]]–[[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/><ref name=HDFS_27>''House Davion: The Federated Suns'', p. 27 (pdf) | + | {{S-title|title=Prime Minister of [[New Avalon]]|years=[[2371]]–[[2378]]<ref name=HBHDp107/><ref name=HDFS_27>''House Davion: The Federated Suns'', p. 27 (pdf), "The War Leader"</ref>}} |
{{S-aft|after=}} | {{S-aft|after=}} | ||
{{S-bef|before=Reynard Davion}} | {{S-bef|before=Reynard Davion}} | ||
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{{S-aft|after=[[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]}} | {{S-aft|after=[[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]]}} | ||
{{S-end}} | {{S-end}} | ||
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| + | {{First Prince Timeline | ||
| + | |began=2371 | ||
| + | |ended=2378 | ||
| + | |inherited=Reynard Davion | ||
| + | |title=President | ||
| + | }} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||