The Conté family was the Tortallan royal family. The Contés had been Kings of Tortall since at least the third century of the Human Era, but probably even earlier. It is unknown if Baird III of Tortall was also a member of this family or if Tortall was ruled by another line in the second century. Tortall experienced many wars under the Conté kings, including the conquests of Jasson I of Conté and the Immortals and Scanran Wars under Jonathan IV of Conté. But Tortall had also peaceful eras under the Contés, including the reign of Roald I of Conté, who was proud of his title "the Peacemaker", even though the Tusaine War took place under him--a relatively short war.

MembersEdit

Direct descendantsEdit

• Baird III of Conté
• Roger II of Conté
• Gareth of Conté (The Strong)
• Jasson I of Conté (the Empire-Builder)
• Roald I of Conté (the Peacemaker)
• Roald's brother
• Jonathan IV of Conté
• Roger of Conté
• Roald II of Conté
• Lianokami of Conté
• Kalasin of Conté (married into the Iliniat family)
• Liam of Conté
• Jasson II of Conté
• Lianne of Conté
• Vania of Conté

Married into the familyEdit

• Alysy of Conté
• Jessamine of Conté
• Jasson I's wife
• Duke Roger's mother
• Lianne of Naxen
• Thayet jian Wilima
• Shinkokami

Family treeEdit

  Alysy of Conté † - Roger II of Conté ┬ Jessamine of Conté
                                       │
                                Gareth of Conté
                                       │
                                  ? generations
                                       │
                               Jasson I of Conté ┬ Naxen third cousin
                                                 │
              Naxen           ┌——————————————————┴————————————————┐
               │              │                                   │
     Lianne of Naxen ┬ Roald I of Conté                 unnamed brother ┬ unnamed wife
                     │                                                  │
              Jonathan IV of Conté ┬ Thayet jian Wilima             Roger of Conté
                                   │
               ┌———————————————————┴———┬———————————————————————————————————┬———————————┬———————————————┬——————————————————┐
               │                       │                                   │           │               │                  │
               │                       │             Iliniat               │           │               │                  │
               │                       │                │                  │           │               │                  │
Shinkokami ┬ Roald II of Conté  Kalasin of Conté ┬ Kaddar Iliniat  Liam of Conté  Jasson II of Conté  Lianne of Conté  Vania of Conté
           │                                     │
       Lianokami of Conté                 Binur Iliniat

Relation to the Naxen familyEdit

Tortall's ruling family had a close relationship with the Naxen family. Although they tried not to intermarry too often, they had been working together off and on for "a couple of years" by the fifth century of the Human Era. One of King Jasson's best generals and his right hand had been a Naxen and he married a Naxen third cousin. King Roald married Lianne of Naxen and her brother, Gareth of Naxen the Elder, was the page's training master as well as Roald's Prime Minister. This close bond between the families continued on in the next generation, with King Jonathan, one of whose close friends was Duke Gareth's son Gary of Naxen, who also followed his father in being the King's Prime Minister.^[1]

Notes and referencesEdit

1. ↑ Random Buzz; "Random Tortall Questions..."; April 22, 2009