Narnia (country)

Land of Narnia
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Source	The Chronicles of Narnia
Creator	C. S. Lewis
Genre	Children's books
Capital	Cair Paravel
Language(s)	English
Ethnic groups	Telmarines, Dwarfs, Giants, Fauns, Centaurs, Nymphs, Marsh-wiggles, etc.
Government	Monarchy
- King	Frank I, Gale, Peter Pevensie, Caspian X, Rilian, Erlian, Tirian etc.
- Lord Regent	Trumpkin

In C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which the books revolve. It is one of several lands in the Narnian world.

Geography

Narnia is a land of rolling hills rising to low mountains in the south. It is predominantly forested except for marshlands in the north. The country is bordered on the east by the Eastern Ocean, on the west by a great mountain range, on the north by the River Shribble, and on the south by Archenland.

The economic heart of the country centres on the Great River of Narnia, which crosses the country from the northwest on an east-southeasterly course to the Eastern Ocean. The seat of government is Cair Paravel, at the mouth of the Great River. Other communities along the river include (from east to west) Beruna, Beaversdam, and Chippingford.

History

Further information: Narnia (world)#History and Narnian timeline

Inhabitants

Further information: List of Narnian creatures and List of The Chronicles of Narnia characters

The Kings and Queens of Narnia

Regnal history

While only some kings and queens are named in the book, the custom of Narnians to name sons after fathers, as well as a timeline that Lewis wrote outside of the series proper, helps create a fairly complete list of monarchs in the world of Narnia. This table gives the regnal years of the monarchs, as determined by the timeline and clues in the books themselves.

Regnal Years	Monarch	Notes
1–?	Frank I and Helen
Before 180	Five descendants of Frank and Helen	All named Frank. Their second son was the first King of Archenland.
Before 302	Gale	First Emperor of the Lone Islands.
Before 900	Swanwhite	Date mentioned in The Last Battle. Contradicts Lewis's timeline, which says 1502.
900–1000	Jadis, Empress of the Lone Islands (a.k.a. the White Witch)	Ruled during the Hundred-Year Winter.
1000–1015	Peter the Magnificent (High King) Susan the Gentle Edmund the Just Lucy the Valiant	Ruled concurrently as siblings until they left Narnia.
1998–?	Caspian I the Conqueror	First King after Telmarine invasion.
?–2290	Eight descendants of Caspian I	All named Caspian.
2290–2303	Miraz the Usurper and Prunaprismia	Son of Caspian VIII; murdered his brother Caspian IX and displaced his nephew (who succeeded him as Caspian X).
2303–2356	Caspian X the Seafarer (or, the Navigator) and Ramandu's daughter.	Son of Caspian IX.
2356–?	Rilian the Disenchanted	Son of Caspian X.
?	Five descendants of Rilian
?	Erlian	Father of Tirian.
?–2555	Tirian	Last King of Narnia before its destruction.

Titles

When monarchs are installed on the throne of Narnia, they receive the following titles:

• King/Queen of Narnia
• Emperor/Empress of the Lone Islands (first acquired by Gale of Narnia) & Dragon Island
• Lord/Lady of Cair Paravel
• Lord/Lady of Telmar (from Caspian I to Tirian)

They may also receive the following titles:

• Knighthood of the Order of the Lion
• Knighthood of the Order of the Table
• Duke/Duchess of the Lantern Waste
• Duke/Duchess of Galma and the Seven Isles
• Baron/Baroness of Ettinsmoor (acquired by Caspian X)
• Count/Countess of the Western Marches