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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
== Alethkar ==
* 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
=== 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|
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,
=== Members ===
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* [[Bethab]]{{book ref|sa4|27}}
* [[Adolin Kholin]]{{book ref|sa4|13}}▼
* [[Roion's son]]{{book ref|sa4|27}}
▲* [[Adolin Kholin]]
* [[Relis Ruthar]]{{book ref|sa4|50}}
* 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)
* [[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]])
▲* [[Aladar]]- Current [[Highprince of Information]]
▲* [[Hatham]]- [[Highprince of Works]]
▲* [[Torol Sadeas]]- ex-[[Highprince of Information]]
▲* [[Turinad Sebarial]]- [[Highprince of Commerce]]
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* [[Jal Mala]]{{book ref|sa2|31}}
* [[Valam]]
* [[Urian]]{{book ref|sa3|107}}
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