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Line 1: == History == == History == − The title of Earl of Sherwood is a noble title granted to the nominal ruler of the planet [[Sherwood]]. The title was created during the [[First Succession War]], when the [[First Prince]] of the [[Federated Suns]] formally recognized the title of "earl", which had been granted to [[Major General]] [[Jonas Tyler]], Commanding Officer of the [[Star League Defense Force]]s [[132nd Royal Jump Infantry Division]], by the ruling body of Sherwood in [[2765]].<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> + The title of Earl of Sherwood is a noble title granted to the nominal ruler of the planet [[Sherwood]]. The title was created during the [[First Succession War]], when the [[First Prince]] of the [[Federated Suns]] formally recognised the title of "earl", which had been granted to [[Major General]] [[Jonas Tyler]], Commanding Officer of the [[Star League Defense Force]]s [[132nd Royal Jump Infantry Division]], by the ruling body of Sherwood in [[2765]].<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> Jonas and his command had become popular heroes on Sherwood after their successful defeat in [[2763]] of a [[Taurian Concordat]]-backed pirate unit known as the [[Titanium Blade]], which had been plaguing Sherwood for almost a century; when Jonas married [[Yulia Flyntham]] - daughter of one of the local barons - in [[2765]] the Court of Elders named Jonas an "earl" of the Court. Sherwood was a representative democracy at the time, with each major settlement appointing a baron to the Court of Elders, and the Court ruled Sherwood. When the 132nd was disbanded following heavy losses and brutal combat inside the Taurian Concordat during the [[Periphery Uprising]], Jonas and some of the other survivors of the [[division]] returned to Sherwood and settled there, passing their equipment to the local militia and founding a new militia unit. The formal recognition of the title of Earl by the First Prince and the subsequent enrolment of Jonas and Yulia's children in military academies on [[New Avalon]] and [[New Syrtis]] led to the virtual certainty that those children would be named to the Court of Elders. However, the Court chose to preempt this by amending the planetary constitution; Sherwood became a crowned republic, with the Tyler family representing Sherwood abroad and performing ceremonial duties, but holding just a single vote on the Court of Elders.<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> Jonas and his command had become popular heroes on Sherwood after their successful defeat in [[2763]] of a [[Taurian Concordat]]-backed pirate unit known as the [[Titanium Blade]], which had been plaguing Sherwood for almost a century; when Jonas married [[Yulia Flyntham]] - daughter of one of the local barons - in [[2765]] the Court of Elders named Jonas an "earl" of the Court. Sherwood was a representative democracy at the time, with each major settlement appointing a baron to the Court of Elders, and the Court ruled Sherwood. When the 132nd was disbanded following heavy losses and brutal combat inside the Taurian Concordat during the [[Periphery Uprising]], Jonas and some of the other survivors of the [[division]] returned to Sherwood and settled there, passing their equipment to the local militia and founding a new militia unit. The formal recognition of the title of Earl by the First Prince and the subsequent enrolment of Jonas and Yulia's children in military academies on [[New Avalon]] and [[New Syrtis]] led to the virtual certainty that those children would be named to the Court of Elders. However, the Court chose to preempt this by amending the planetary constitution; Sherwood became a crowned republic, with the Tyler family representing Sherwood abroad and performing ceremonial duties, but holding just a single vote on the Court of Elders.<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/>
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== History == | == History == | ||
| − | The title of Earl of Sherwood is a noble title granted to the nominal ruler of the planet [[Sherwood]]. The title was created during the [[First Succession War]], when the [[First Prince]] of the [[Federated Suns]] formally | + | The title of Earl of Sherwood is a noble title granted to the nominal ruler of the planet [[Sherwood]]. The title was created during the [[First Succession War]], when the [[First Prince]] of the [[Federated Suns]] formally recognised the title of "earl", which had been granted to [[Major General]] [[Jonas Tyler]], Commanding Officer of the [[Star League Defense Force]]s [[132nd Royal Jump Infantry Division]], by the ruling body of Sherwood in [[2765]].<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> |
Jonas and his command had become popular heroes on Sherwood after their successful defeat in [[2763]] of a [[Taurian Concordat]]-backed pirate unit known as the [[Titanium Blade]], which had been plaguing Sherwood for almost a century; when Jonas married [[Yulia Flyntham]] - daughter of one of the local barons - in [[2765]] the Court of Elders named Jonas an "earl" of the Court. Sherwood was a representative democracy at the time, with each major settlement appointing a baron to the Court of Elders, and the Court ruled Sherwood. When the 132nd was disbanded following heavy losses and brutal combat inside the Taurian Concordat during the [[Periphery Uprising]], Jonas and some of the other survivors of the [[division]] returned to Sherwood and settled there, passing their equipment to the local militia and founding a new militia unit. The formal recognition of the title of Earl by the First Prince and the subsequent enrolment of Jonas and Yulia's children in military academies on [[New Avalon]] and [[New Syrtis]] led to the virtual certainty that those children would be named to the Court of Elders. However, the Court chose to preempt this by amending the planetary constitution; Sherwood became a crowned republic, with the Tyler family representing Sherwood abroad and performing ceremonial duties, but holding just a single vote on the Court of Elders.<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> | Jonas and his command had become popular heroes on Sherwood after their successful defeat in [[2763]] of a [[Taurian Concordat]]-backed pirate unit known as the [[Titanium Blade]], which had been plaguing Sherwood for almost a century; when Jonas married [[Yulia Flyntham]] - daughter of one of the local barons - in [[2765]] the Court of Elders named Jonas an "earl" of the Court. Sherwood was a representative democracy at the time, with each major settlement appointing a baron to the Court of Elders, and the Court ruled Sherwood. When the 132nd was disbanded following heavy losses and brutal combat inside the Taurian Concordat during the [[Periphery Uprising]], Jonas and some of the other survivors of the [[division]] returned to Sherwood and settled there, passing their equipment to the local militia and founding a new militia unit. The formal recognition of the title of Earl by the First Prince and the subsequent enrolment of Jonas and Yulia's children in military academies on [[New Avalon]] and [[New Syrtis]] led to the virtual certainty that those children would be named to the Court of Elders. However, the Court chose to preempt this by amending the planetary constitution; Sherwood became a crowned republic, with the Tyler family representing Sherwood abroad and performing ceremonial duties, but holding just a single vote on the Court of Elders.<ref name="TTS:Sp5"/> | ||