Simon Davion

This article is about the First Prince. For the ship in his name, see Simon Davion (Individual Avalon-class WarShip).

Simon Davion
Personal
Born	2378
Died	2457
Affiliation	House Davion
Career
Title(s)	First Prince
Profession	Noble
Family
Parents	Paul Davion (father) Margethe Svensdatter (mother)
Spouse	Elizabeth Caldwell
Children	James Davion Ellen Davion Roger Davion

Simon Davion was the first First Prince of the Federated Suns.

History

Signing of the Ares Conventions

On 13 June 2412, Simon would represent the Federated Suns at the signing of the Ares Conventions.

The Five Principalities

Recognizing that the size of the Federated Suns prevented a central government from being able to respond to localized issues, Simon created five principalities in 2417.

Quotes

“	No one man can govern so vast a realm, even if that man is a genius, saint, and hero at once. And when a man inferior or even ordinary abilities tries to exercise power of so many worlds and so many billions of people, the result is the tyranny, chaos, ignorance, greed, or hatred that we have already seen too often. Some like to hark back to the creed of the 20th century, proclaiming that all democracies are inherently good and all aristocratic oligarchies inherently evil. It is my belief, however, that only a stable aristocracy exercising authority over manageable areas of our Federated Suns can hope to blend the decisiveness of central rule with flexibility and freedom. It is not the system of government that will be good or bad, but rather the people who wield power within it. Did not my late, unlamented cousins take supreme power on the basis of a system that grew out of a democratic form of government?	”
	— Simon Davion, from a speech to the High Council, 2417

Gallery

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  Simon from House Davion

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  Simon from House Davion

Bibliography

• Handbook: House Davion
• House Davion (The Federated Suns)
• Nothing Ventured (Proliferation, Part III) (short story)