Editing Highprince

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'''[[Highprince]]''' is the highest title of nobility in the [[Vorin]] kingdoms of [[Alethkar]] and [[Jah Keved]], being directly subordinate to their respective monarchs. Highprinces and their heirs are of the second [[dahn]], while their other children are of the third dahn.

== Alethkar ==

=== Origins ===
[[Alethkar]] has had ten highprinces throughout its history.{{book ref|sa1|18}} In the ancient past, when Alethkar was a united kingdom, the ten Alethi highprinces were specialized and each was charged with governing a certain aspect of the entire kingdom.{{book ref|sa1|18}} [[Gavilar Kholin]] believes that this system forced the ten highprinces to work together and accept each other's authority.{{book ref|sa1|18}} Only four of the ten ancient titles are known:

* The '''[[Highprince of Commerce]]''' had authority over all merchants and his troops would patrol the roads across all ten princedoms.{{book ref|sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa2|29}}

* The '''[[Highprince of Information]]''' had authority over criminal investigations and policing across the entire kingdom and appointed judges and magistrates.{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa2|29}} Of particular interest to the Highprince of Information were criminal investigations where the Crown's interest was at stake.{{book ref|sa1|22}} 

* The '''[[Highprince of War]]''' had control over the kingdom's combined military forces (implied to only hold this power in a time of actual war).{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa1|24}}

* The '''[[Highprince of Works]]''' had management of the kingdoms infrastructure, such as sewage disposal, civil services, and potentially [[Stormlight]] management; with the increase in uses for Stormlight since the [[Battle of Narak]].{{book ref|sa3|104}}

=== History ===
The modern highprince system dates back to the last monarch (prior to Gavilar Kholin) to unify Alethkar, [[Sadees]] the Sunmaker. Upon his death, his empire did not last long. He had never bothered to choose an heir, and his ten sons could not decide among themselves who they wished to support.{{book ref|sa3|19}} They quickly turned to infighting, and the empire collapsed in less than a generation. These ten sons founded the ten princedoms of Alethkar, crowning themselves the highprinces of a disunified kingdom, each being a ''de facto'' king in his own lands. During this time, Alethkar was effectively a loose coalition of ten separate states, being a unified kingdom in name only.

In approximately {{Rosharan date|1158}}, Highprince [[Gavilar Kholin]] went to war against the other princedoms, and by approximately {{Rosharan date|1163}}, he conquered and united them once again, establishing himself as the King. This reunified kingdom was not as strong as the ancient Alethkar, with the highprinces retaining large amount of authority and autonomy.{{book ref|sa1|12}}

After Gavilar's death, his son [[Elhokar Kholin|Elhokar]] became the King of Alethkar, while Gavilar's brother [[Dalinar Kholin|Dalinar]] became the Highprince of Kholin.{{book ref|sa1|12}} In the year {{Rosharan date|1173}}, King Elhokar, at the demand of Highprince Dalinar, reinstated two of the ancient specialized highprince titles—the Highprinces of Information and War—in an effort to once again create a truly unified kingdom of Alethkar.{{book ref|sa1|22}}

In the following year, Dalinar reinstated the titles of [[Highprince of Commerce]] and [[Highprince of Works]],{{book ref|sa3|2}}{{book ref|sa3|104}} presumably with Elhokar's blessing.

=== Members ===
Currently, the ten Alethi highprinces are:
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* [[Aladar]], [[Highprince of Information]]{{book ref|sa3|2}}
* [[Bethab]]{{book ref|sa4|27}}
* [[Hatham]], [[Highprince of Works]]{{book ref|sa3|104}}
* [[Adolin Kholin]]{{book ref|sa4|13}}
* [[Roion's son]]{{book ref|sa4|27}}
* [[Relis Ruthar]]{{book ref|sa4|50}}
* [[Turinad Sebarial]], [[Highprince of Commerce]]{{book ref|sa3|2}}
* Distant scions of [[Thanadal]], [[Loradar Vamah]], and [[Torol Sadeas]]{{book ref|sa4|27}}
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Former Alethi highprinces include:
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* [[Kalanor]] (succeeded by Loradar, deceased)
* [[Yenev]] (succeeded by Aladar, deceased)
* [[Roion]] (succeeded by his son, deceased)
* [[Torol Sadeas]], [[Highprince of Information]] (succeeded by Meridas, deceased)
* [[Meridas Amaram]] (as regent for the [[Sadeas princedom]]; succeeded by a distant scion, deceased)
* [[Dalinar Kholin]] (succeeded by Adolin, abdicated to become King of [[Urithiru]] and leader of the [[Knights Radiant]])
* [[Thanadal]] (succeeded by a distant scion, deceased)
* [[Loradar Vamah]] (succeeded by a distant scion, deceased)
* [[Ruthar]] (succeeded by Relis, stripped of his titles after losing a duel to Queen [[Jasnah Kholin]])
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== Jah Keved ==
The Veden highprinces include:
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* [[Abrial]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Boriar]]{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
* [[Evinor]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Jal Mala]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Valam]]
* [[Urian]]{{book ref|sa3|107}}
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== Notes ==
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