Count Shishin

Count Shishin (Sangunese: 獅心伯爵, Shishin-no-hakushaku, literally "count of the lion heart", referring to the name Ayreon; Countess Shishin if held by a woman) is a title of nobility in the peerage of Sangun, originally created for Daniel Kalirion in 1582, for him "to have and to hold unto him and the heirs general of his body begotten and to be begotten".

Succession

Its rules of succession is governed by male-preference primogeniture, discounting any adopted children. As such, Nathaniel, and his descendants cannot inherit the title.

List of counts

O	Portrait	Count/Countess	Birth	Tenure	Death	Comment
1		Daniel bin Rashid Ayreon-Kalirion	1542 Nidaros	1582–1586	1586 Cape Farewell
2		Elijah Danielion Ayreon-Dariolin of Waffel-Paine (Kaiser Ayreon II)	1571	1586–1598	1598 Mandible Hill	Eldest son, youngest child of Daniel
3		Esther Maryam Amirdokhtar Ayreon-Kalirion	1565	1598–1618	1618 Haraldsborg	Eldest daughter of Daniel
4		Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion (Kaiser Ayreon III)	1603	1618–1629	1629 Licht	Eldest child of Esther
5		Thorstein Noah Hallbjörnsson af Ettlingum Freyu	1616 Haraldsborg	1629–1685	1685 Stormark (declared dead)	Second-eldest child of Esther Maryam Amirdokhtar; declared dead.
6		Fatima Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati	1638 Humility Mount	1685–1703	1 22.XI.1703 Tadmur, Arbor/Barikalus	Only surviving child of Noah; her elder brother was declared dead before their father by the Order of the Holy Lakes, why the succession in this title ought to have by-passed him.
7		Hakim bin Alsalam	1682 Hyfrost	–	–	Eldest son of Fatima
0		Farhan bin Alsalam	1686	–	–	Heir-presumptive; second-eldest son of Fatima

Family tree

• Daniel Kalirion (1542–1586), 1st Count Shishin (1582–1586)
  • Esther Ayreon-Kalirion (1565–1618) 3rd Countess Shishin (1586–1618)
    • Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion (1603–1629) 4th Count Shishin (1618–1629)
      • Benjamin Ayreon-Kalirion (1622–1625, adopted)
    • Noah Hallbjörnsson (1616–1685) 5th Count Shishin (1629–1685)
      • Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar (1635–1685)
      • Fatima of Arbor (1638– ) 6th Countess Shishin (1685–present)
        • Hakim bin Alsalam (1682– ) 7th Count Shishin
        • Atiya bint Alsalam (1682– )
        • Aisha bint Alsalam (1684– )
        • Nur bint Alsalam (1684– )
        • Farhan bin Alsalam (1686– ) heir-presumptive'
        • Astīr bint Alsalam (1686– )
    • Audun Joel (1616–1651) (aka Kaiser Hjalmar Redquill)
  • Elijah Ayreon (1571–1598): 2nd Count Shishin (1586–1698)
    • Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion (1586–1632, adopted)

See also

• Marquis Shishin