Monarchs of Dundorf

Until well within modern times, the landed gentry and nobility held great power within Dundorf. Their wealth and ownership of vast expanses of good land in tandem with their willingness to adapt to new economic forms gave them a great advantage in maintaining their power compared with the nobility of many other countries.

One unique feature of the nobility of Dundorf is the almost complete absence of women within its ranks. While noble women certainly existed they were traditionally not allowed to directly inherit titles or the lands and privileges the titles held. What historians find as they look through the records of the nobility then is a form of institutional sexism on the part of nobles. This is believed to be the main reason there have been no female monarchs of the nation.

While peerage and the nobility hold little to no power in the modern eras of Dundorf the titles can still be found but are often not flaunted nor greatly respected by common people.

Guide to Noble Titles and Territories of Dundorf
Guide to Nobility titles and territories of Dundorf:

Prince-Electors in the Peerage of Dundorf
Prince-Electors were honorary titles presented to nobles who had distinguished themselves in the name of the King, either through warfare or other service. These titles were given for the duration of the noble's life but were not heritable to their heirs.

A Prince-Elector was given jurisdiction over a geographic area and was inclined to maintain order over the Niederer Adel (lower nobility) of that area; often serving as a judge in various disputes. The Prince-Elector was also tasked with dabbling in politics with the various lower nobility in the region in order to "represent" them in the Imperialer Kurfürsten-Rat alongside the Uradel (Old Nobles) and Hochadel (High Nobles) from across the Dundorfreich. Often, the Prince-Elector cared little for the political wishes of the lower nobility under their jurisdiction and ignored them.

After the gradual colonization of Ichredön by ethnic Dundorfians a Prince-Elector postion was added in 1104 to represent the colonized areas; this position was subsequently eliminated with the loss of Ichredön in 1275.

First Confederation Era
The list of the Monarchs of Dundorf can be seen below: