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−	With the collapse of the Star League in the [[Amaris Civil War]] and [[Kerensky's Exodus]], the Star League's peacekeeping efforts for the contentious Andurien worlds ended and tensions immediately flared up again. The Free Worlds League quickly retook Andurien.<ref name=H:BWp42/>	+	With the collapse of the Star League in the [[Amaris civil war]] and [[Kerensky's Exodus]], the Star League's peacekeeping efforts for the contentious Andurien worlds ended and tensions immediately flared up again. The Free Worlds League quickly retook Andurien.<ref name=H:BWp42/>
	Having reclaimed Andurien, the family seat of House Humphreys was moved to [[Xanthe III]] after the [[First Succession War]] (which ended in [[2821]]).<ref name=H:BWp42/>		Having reclaimed Andurien, the family seat of House Humphreys was moved to [[Xanthe III]] after the [[First Succession War]] (which ended in [[2821]]).<ref name=H:BWp42/>
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{{Update Needed|[[Empire Alone]]}} {{InfoBoxHouse | image = Crest of House Humphreys.jpg | name = House Humphreys | titles = [[Duke of Andurien]] ---- [[Duke of Xanthe]] ---- [[Baron of Delburton]] ---- [[Baron of Shiro III]] | founded = ennobled ca. late 2200s | died out = | affiliation = [[Duchy of Andurien]],<br/>[[Free Worlds League]] | cadet lines = }} '''House Humphreys''' is one of the oldest interstellar families, with relatives on the [[Pathfinder (Vessel)|TAS ''Pathfinder]] (the first manned vessel to use a jump drive to reach a world beyond the [[Terra]]n solar system, jumping to [[New Earth]] in [[2108]] with a crew of fourteen).<ref name=BW40>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 40</ref> Although they played an important part in the formation of the [[Free Worlds League]], House Humphreys have since become associated mostly with the [[Duchy of Andurien]], known for their opposition to Free Worlds League rule. ==History== ===Origins=== Sir [[George Humphreys]] served several terms in the Alliance Senate as a representative for [[New Delos]], where he came to know [[Tomás Allison]] and [[Charles Marik (23rd c.)|Charles Marik]], and played a key role in the establishment of the [[Federation of Oriente]]. It would be his diplomatic skills that brokered a settlement between Marik and [[House Selaj]] that would result in the formation of the Free Worlds League where George Humphreys served as Speaker of Parliament until [[2276]].<ref name=H:BWp42>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 42</ref> George's son [[Richard Humphreys (23rd c.)|Richard]] was an equally skilled diplomat. His successful endeavors to incorporate neighboring realms into the Free Worlds League saw the family ennobled and granted estates on [[Kanata]].<ref name=H:BWp42/> When the contentious Andurien worlds were incorporated into the Free Worlds League, House Humphreys were appointed governors and later dukes of the new province.<ref name=H:BWp42/> ===Star League era=== The cordial relationship between [[House Marik]] and House Humphreys soured when, following the [[Third Andurien War]] between the Free Worlds League and the [[Capellan Confederation]] in the mid-[[twenty-sixth century]], [[Albert Marik]] ceded the Andurien worlds to [[Terrence Liao]] as an incentive for [[House Liao]] to join the [[Star League]]; House Humphreys was left to rule a remnant of the Duchy of Andurien, centered on Kanata.<ref name=H:BWp42/> In the late twenty-sixth and early [[twenty-seventh century|twenty-seventh centuries]], [[Melissa Humphreys]], Duchess of Xanthe and Andurien, governed the occupied [[Magistracy of Canopus]] for the Star League. She became a highly respected diplomat and administrator, and her good treatment of the Magistracy laid the groundwork for good relations between House Humphreys and [[House Centrella]] forthwith.<ref name=H:BWp42/> ===Early Succession Wars era=== With the collapse of the Star League in the [[Amaris civil war]] and [[Kerensky's Exodus]], the Star League's peacekeeping efforts for the contentious Andurien worlds ended and tensions immediately flared up again. The Free Worlds League quickly retook Andurien.<ref name=H:BWp42/> Having reclaimed Andurien, the family seat of House Humphreys was moved to [[Xanthe III]] after the [[First Succession War]] (which ended in [[2821]]).<ref name=H:BWp42/> ===Late Succession Wars era=== A military coup in [[2988]] sought to unseat House Humphreys, and Duchess [[Morgaine Humphreys]] was killed. The coup failed because of the defiant resistance of [[Catherine Humphreys]], her niece and heir.<ref name=H:BWp42/> Catherine Humphreys had been critical of House Marik and their leadership of the Free Worlds League for a long time. Their underperformance in the [[Fourth Succession War]] was the final straw and in [[3030]] the Duchy of Andurien under Catherine Humphreys famously [[Andurien Secession|seceded]] from the Free Worlds League, allied with the Magistracy of Canopus, and launched a joint assault on the Capellan Confederation that she wrongly perceived to be in its death throes. However, the Confederation proved too strong and the attack eventually faltered, while at the same time the secession galvanized the Free Worlds League into action. Having lost all their gains on the Capellan front, the Duchy of Andurien was itself attacked by the League in [[3035]]. In [[3039]] Catherine was captured and the Duchy surrendered. The elderly duchess died in captivity before she could be put on trial. While Catherine's son [[Richard Humphreys (31st c.)|Richard Humphreys]] technically stood to inherit the title and rule over the Duchy of Andurien from his mother, the Duchy was ruled by a federally appointed governor following its reconquest by the Free Worlds League. House Humphreys kept a low profile in the following years. In [[3048]], Dame Catherine's granddaughter, Richard Humphreys' daughter [[Dalma Humphreys]], resumed House Humphreys' authority over the Duchy of Andurien.<ref name=H:BWp82>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 82</ref> ==Marian Hegemony Branch== As of [[3051]], [[Gordon Humphreys]] was the planetary governor of [[Islington]] in the [[Marian Hegemony]]. His daughter [[Lydia Humphreys]], explicitly described as a "distant cousin" to House Humphreys of the Free Worlds League, was one of several mistresses to ''Caesar'' [[Sean O'Reilly]]. She gave birth to his son Trajan in 3051. Mother and son were subsequently installed in a sumptuously furnished wing of the Imperial Palace on [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]], alongside at least two other mothers of the ''Imperator''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s other children. When Gordon Humphreys objected to his daughter being made a concubine, he was summoned to Alphard and executed.<ref>''The Periphery, Second Edition'', p. 56</ref> (Being a planetary governor suggests Gordon Humphreys and his family would have been of the ''patrician'' class in Hegemony society.) ==Humphreys Family Tree== {{familytree/start}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |GH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |GH=[[George Humphreys|George]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |RH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |RH=[[Richard Humphreys (23rd c.)|Richard]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |JH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |JH=[[James Humphreys (23rd c.)|James]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | 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|MH1=[[Michael Humphreys|Michael]]|JH=[[James Humphreys (31st c.)|James]]|MH2=[[Mildred Humphreys|Mildred]]|CH=[[Conrad Humphreys|Conrad]]|LH1=[[Laurence Humphreys|Laurence]]|RH=[[Richard Humphreys (31st c.)|Richard]]|LH2=[[Louise Humphreys|Louise]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DH | |SH | | | | | | | | | | | | |DH=[[Dalma Humphreys|Dalma]]|SH=[[Steven Humphreys|Steven]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DS |v|EH | | | | | | | | | | | | |DS=[[Darryl Samuelssen]]|EH=[[Evelyn Humphreys|Evelyn]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |AH | |Eun|v|EH | | | | | | | | | | | |AH=[[Ari Humphreys|Ari]]|Eun=''Edmund''|EH=[[Esaya Humphreys|Esaya]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HH | | | | | | | | | | | |HH=[[Hector Humphreys|Hector]]}} {{familytree/end}} ===Known Members of the Family=== * [[Arthur Humphreys]]<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 40: "Third Succession War"</ref> * [[Gordon Humphreys]] * [[Helena Humphreys]], Catherine's cousin<ref name=H:BWp58>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 58: "The Devil's Brood"</ref> * [[Ilona Humphreys]], [[Captain]] and OTL-9M ''[[Ostsol]]'' pilot<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 248: "Notable MechWarriors"</ref> * [[Innocents Humphreys]], Duke<ref name=HMp101>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 101: "The Defenders of Andurien"</ref> * [[James Humphreys (23rd c.)|James Humphreys]], Grandson of George.<ref name=HB:HMp13>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 13</ref> * [[Jenny Humphreys]], Director of Training at the [[Humphreys Training Academy]]<ref>''Shrapnel'', Issue #8, p. 24</ref> * [[Jonathan Humphreys]], Duke<ref name="FSWp121">''First Succession War'', p. 121: "Peace Overtures"</ref><ref name=HB:HMp33>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 33</ref> * [[Lydia Humphreys]] and her son [[Trajan O'Reilly|Trajan]] (only first name known) * [[Martin Humphreys]], Duke from at least 2729<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 32: "Civil War, Again"</ref> to at least 2734<ref name=HB:HMp29>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 29</ref> * [[Radford Humphreys]],<ref name=FR:2765FWLMp5>''Field Report 2765: FWLM'', p. 5</ref> ==Family Heirlooms and Holdings== ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'' * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]'' [[Category:Noble Houses|Humphreys]]

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