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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.
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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}}
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