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'''House Ricol'''<ref>"House Ricol" is expressly mentioned as such in ''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 14</ref> was an influential noble house from the [[Draconis Combine]], holding the title of [[Duke of Chekaar]]<ref>''Decision at Thunder Rift'', ch. 27</ref> (though apocryphally, the principal duchy was that of [[Rodigo]]; see below) and implicitly that of (a) Duke of the [[Rasalhague Military District]].<ref name=CMK47>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47: Duke Hassid Ricol sidebar</ref> '''House Ricol'''<ref>"House Ricol" is expressly mentioned as such in ''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 14</ref> was an influential noble house from the [[Draconis Combine]], holding the title of [[Duke of Chekaar]]<ref>''Decision at Thunder Rift'', ch. 27</ref> (though apocryphally, the principal duchy was that of [[Rodigo]]; see below) and implicitly that of (a) Duke of the [[Rasalhague Military District]].<ref name=CMK47>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47: Duke Hassid Ricol sidebar</ref>
− Having several other worlds in the Rasalhague Military District placed under the duchy's administrative jurisdiction gave the ruling duke the actual power of an archduke (whereas dukes generally had responsibility for only a single world).<ref>''The Price of Glory'', ch. 22</ref> As of [[3018]] Duke [[Hassid Ricol]] had petitioned to be elevated to the position of Archduke over the five worlds he governed at the time, and his enemies at the court in [[Luthien]] had almost, but not quite, the power to deny his petition.<ref>''Heir to the Dragon'', ch. 3</ref> Ricol was elevated to Archduke at some point.<ref name=CMK47/> + Having several other worlds in the Rasalhague Military District placed under the duchy's administrative jurisdiction gave the ruling duke the actual power of an archduke (whereas dukes generally had responsibility for only a single world).<ref>''The Price of Glory'', ch. 22</ref> As of [[3018]] Duke [[Hassid Ricol]] had petitioned to be elevated to the position of Archduke over the five worlds he governed at the time, and his enemies at the court in [[Luthien]] had almost, but not quite, the power to deny his petition.<ref>''Heir to the Dragon'', ch. 3</ref> Ricol was formally elevated to Archduke at some point.<ref name=CMK47/>
House Ricol essentially lost their holdings in the [[Fourth Succession War]], and Hassid Ricol, the last ruling Duke, apparently dismissed his title in [[3072]], shortly before his death as "Not even a title, but a mockery of one. A flimsy shell from decades ago, when my name brought fear to many."<ref name=JHS72>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 77: "Passing the Gem"</ref> House Ricol essentially lost their holdings in the [[Fourth Succession War]], and Hassid Ricol, the last ruling Duke, apparently dismissed his title in [[3072]], shortly before his death as "Not even a title, but a mockery of one. A flimsy shell from decades ago, when my name brought fear to many."<ref name=JHS72>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 77: "Passing the Gem"</ref>
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'''House Ricol'''<ref>"House Ricol" is expressly mentioned as such in ''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 14</ref> was an influential noble house from the [[Draconis Combine]], holding the title of [[Duke of Chekaar]]<ref>''Decision at Thunder Rift'', ch. 27</ref> (though apocryphally, the principal duchy was that of [[Rodigo]]; see below) and implicitly that of (a) Duke of the [[Rasalhague Military District]].<ref name=CMK47>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47: Duke Hassid Ricol sidebar</ref> | '''House Ricol'''<ref>"House Ricol" is expressly mentioned as such in ''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 14</ref> was an influential noble house from the [[Draconis Combine]], holding the title of [[Duke of Chekaar]]<ref>''Decision at Thunder Rift'', ch. 27</ref> (though apocryphally, the principal duchy was that of [[Rodigo]]; see below) and implicitly that of (a) Duke of the [[Rasalhague Military District]].<ref name=CMK47>''Combat Manual: Kurita'', p. 47: Duke Hassid Ricol sidebar</ref> | ||
− | Having several other worlds in the Rasalhague Military District placed under the duchy's administrative jurisdiction gave the ruling duke the actual power of an archduke (whereas dukes generally had responsibility for only a single world).<ref>''The Price of Glory'', ch. 22</ref> As of [[3018]] Duke [[Hassid Ricol]] had petitioned to be elevated to the position of Archduke over the five worlds he governed at the time, and his enemies at the court in [[Luthien]] had almost, but not quite, the power to deny his petition.<ref>''Heir to the Dragon'', ch. 3</ref> Ricol was elevated to Archduke at some point.<ref name=CMK47/> | + | Having several other worlds in the Rasalhague Military District placed under the duchy's administrative jurisdiction gave the ruling duke the actual power of an archduke (whereas dukes generally had responsibility for only a single world).<ref>''The Price of Glory'', ch. 22</ref> As of [[3018]] Duke [[Hassid Ricol]] had petitioned to be elevated to the position of Archduke over the five worlds he governed at the time, and his enemies at the court in [[Luthien]] had almost, but not quite, the power to deny his petition.<ref>''Heir to the Dragon'', ch. 3</ref> Ricol was formally elevated to Archduke at some point.<ref name=CMK47/> |
House Ricol essentially lost their holdings in the [[Fourth Succession War]], and Hassid Ricol, the last ruling Duke, apparently dismissed his title in [[3072]], shortly before his death as "Not even a title, but a mockery of one. A flimsy shell from decades ago, when my name brought fear to many."<ref name=JHS72>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 77: "Passing the Gem"</ref> | House Ricol essentially lost their holdings in the [[Fourth Succession War]], and Hassid Ricol, the last ruling Duke, apparently dismissed his title in [[3072]], shortly before his death as "Not even a title, but a mockery of one. A flimsy shell from decades ago, when my name brought fear to many."<ref name=JHS72>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', p. 77: "Passing the Gem"</ref> |