The Mede Dynasty was founded by Titus Mede, a Colovian warlord, when he assumed control of the Empire from the unpopular Nibenese battlemage, Thules the Gibbering in 4E 17. After the demise of the Septim Dynasty at the close of the Third Era, High Chancellor Ocato became Potentate and stewarded the Empire for nearly a decade before his assassination, which initiated a seven-year-long period of infighting over the Ruby Throne known as the Stormcrown Interregnum. Titus Mede brought an end to the Interregnum when he captured the Imperial City with a force of only one thousand men and was crowned Emperor of Tamriel.
As a consequence of the destruction and confusion wrought across Tamriel by the Oblivion Crisis, Imperial control over the provinces had waned and the Empire began to crumble despite Titus Mede's intervention. Between 4E 1 and 4E 29, Black Marsh, Elsweyr, and Summerset Isle (since renamed Alinor) seceded from the Empire, Morrowind was devastated by the twin catastrophes of the eruption of Red Mountain and an Argonian invasion, and Valenwood fell to a Thalmor-backed coup and was absorbed by Alinor to form the third Aldmeri Dominion.
Over a century later, the Empire was brought to its knees during the reign of Titus Mede II. In 4E 171, only three years after Titus II was crowned Emperor, the Aldmeri Dominion invaded the Empire and ushered in the Great War. When the conflict ended in 4E 175 under the White-Gold Concordat, Titus II was forced to renounce Hammerfell as a province because it refused to concede its territory to the Thalmor as the Concordat required. By 4E 201, the Empire was reduced to only Cyrodiil, High Rock, and Skyrim, with the latter embroiled in a civil war and on the verge of being lost as well.
Mede Bloodline
Name | Born | Crowned | Died |
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Titus Mede I | ? | 4E 17 | ? |
Attrebus Mede[nb 1] | 4E 18 | ? | ? |
Unknown[nb 2] | ? | ? | ? |
Unknown[nb 2] | ? | ? | 4E 168 |
Titus Mede II | ? | 4E 168 | 4E 201 |
The table to the left shows the birth and regnal dates of the emperors. The chart below details the lineage of the Mede family in the first-degree only. All unknown individuals and dates are noted with the inclusion of "???". A † symbol next to a date of death indicates that the death was not natural. Names in bold indicate ruling emperors.
References are given in the usual style, but notes are also provided for cases where calculation or inference are involved, or where contradictions exist.
??? 3E ??? - ?E ??? |
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??? ?E ??? - 4E ??? |
Titus Mede I 3E ??? - 4E ??? |
???[nb 3] ?E ??? - 4E ??? |
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Attrebus Mede 4E 18 - 4E ??? |
Annaïg Hoïnart[nb 4] 4E 23 - 4E ??? |
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???[nb 2] 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
??? 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
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??? 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
???[nb 2] 4E ??? - 4E 168 |
Alexia Vici 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
??? 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
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Titus Mede II 4E ??? - 4E 201† |
Vittoria Vici 4E ??? - 4E 201† |
Asgeir Snow-Shod 4E ??? - 4E ??? |
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