Thorey III of Álengiamark (The Kalmar Union)

Thorey III would reign over Álengiamark for almost half the 16th century. Her reign would see a violent reaction against religious plurality as well as war against the Protestant nations of North-East Leifia. It would also the real beginnings of a concerted Álengsk trading operation which would reach across the Atlantic.

Earl Tobem of Moheganland had seen the moribund reigns of Brynhildur I and Yrsa II and began grooming his daughter Thorey as their antithesis. His earldom ran alongside the wealthy Royal Domains and Sudervik and his family had benefitted from the good trading links in the area. His father had developed the earldom's capital Qunnubbâgge from a sleepy village into a wealthy inland port and built up a small but profitable merchant fleet which made regular voyages to Mexica and the Taino islands. Flush with funds, Tobem ensured the political wheels were greased; he made sure to participate in Quiripiland's wars to the west, make significant donations to the church and bestowed gifts on his neighbours. And, perhaps most impressively, he secured an Iberian 'prince' for his daughter's hand, a feat no other earl of his era managed. Duke Duarte (Álengsk-ised to Eaduard) of Lencastre, though not exactly royal, had good family connections to the royal courts of both Portugal and Leon. Thorey was seen as a perfect successor when Yrsa died in 1529.

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