The Story
At the first rapier championship of the Principality of Northshield, HSH Gwyneth Felton presented the victor (Isaac de Hugo) with one of
the sleeves from the gown she was wearing at the time. At the next tournament, Isaac passed along this favor to the new champion, Adrien de Troyes, thus
beginning the tradition of the Princess' Sleeve as a "hereditary" favor. The idea of a Princess' Sleeve tournament (independent of the rapier champion
tournament) was presented during the third reign of the Principality Northshield. "I proposed this new tradition during TSH's Therica &
Sigfried's reign because many rapier fighters felt that the selection process of a champion was too selective and that we should have an honor conferred by
prowess alone - Julio."
Counting the initial two champions as joint sleeveholders/champions, the rapier community has provided a Princess' Sleeveholder to each and every
princess Northshield has been graced with (as both a principality and now as a kingdom) {note, Countess Bridei, aka Queen Mum, was never the
Princess of Northshield and did not host a Princess' Sleeve tournament}.
Each princess chooses her own format for the tournament and the conditions for deciding the winner (for example, valuing virtues beyond prowess - such as
chivalry, honor, joy, courtesy; and deciding if the tournament victor will automatically become the Sleeveholder or if Her Highness will choose a
Sleeveholder from the combattants on the field). Winning also comes with additional responsibilities, also determined by Her Highness' desires -
Sleeveholders often become part of Their retinue, and sometimes play a dual role as both Sleeveholder and Rapier Champion.
During the reign of Sigfried III and Elizabeth von Kulmbach, a King's Rapier Champion was chosen by tournament prowess.
The list of King's Rapier Champions of the Kingdom of Northshield can be found
here.
The Princesses and Their Sleeveholders
Princess
Sleeveholder
Champion
HSH Gwyneth Felton
Isaac de Hugo
Isaac de Hugo
HSH Kassandra Tenebrosa
Adrien de Troyes
Adrien de Troyes/Issac de Hugo
HSH Therica Pembrose of Stonegate Manor
Michael Sinclair
Domhnull na Carraige/Elijah Cameron
HSH Nina Mirovna Korsakova
Simon Morcar
Michael Sinclair
HSH Prism of Blue Rose
Lloyd of Penrose
Guillaume le Fort
HSH Fiona nic Aoidh
Alexander of Manchester
Duroc MacMillan
HSH Isabelle de la Montana
Dorian of the Blue Moon
Simon Morcar
HSH Kelinda Garret
Kristoff Fuegger von Augsburg
Kristoff Fuegger von Augsburg
HSH Eilika von Lutzen
Lazarus Gauge
Doctour Jock McKee
HSH Yasamin al-Hadiyya
Pedro de Carrion del los Condes Ramirez
Roland the Mad
HSH Leyla ibnat ash-Shamaal
Cyveliog McKinley
Roisin ingen Ailill
HSH Aramanthra the Vicious
Doctour Jock McKee
Rodrigo de Montoya
HSH Elashava bas Riva
Roisin ingen Ailill
Roisin ingen Ailill
HSH Isabella Falcão da Galinha
Kristoff Fuegger von Augsburg
Kou no Toshikage
HSH Astrid of the Yellow Rose
Michael St. Christian
Rosa de la Mer
HSH Anne Geoffries of Warwick
Kristoff Fuegger von Augsburg
Kristoff Fuegger von Augsburg
HSH Giulia Isabella de Venezia
Rodrigo de Montoya
Rodrigo de Montoya
HRH Fina ingen Aeda
Lazarus Gauge
[no champion]
HRH Æsa Gilsdottir
Robert Talbot
[no champion]
HRH Mary of Carrigart I
Cyveliog McKinley
Ambrose von Pasau
HRH Gwyneth Felton
Nicholas of Rockhaven
[no champion]
HRH Giulia Isabella de Venezia
Ambrose von Pasau
Rodrigo de Montoya
(captain of the Queen's guard)
HRH Eilis mac Maurice
Martin MacKeegan
[no champion]
HRH Mary of Carrigart II
Michael St. Christian
Rodrigo de Montoya
HRH Æsa Gilsdottir
Vincent Palmer
Kevin O'Shaughnesssy
HRH Ailleanne ingen Faelin
Charimmos Lakedaimonios
Charimmos Lakedaimonios
HRH Elizabeth of Bright Sands
Edward of Kent
Edward of Kent
HRH Sigrid de la Mare
Michael St. Christian
Sibyl Sevenoke
HRH Anne Geoffreies of Warwick
Margalit Medicus and Marcus Valerius
Margalit Medicus
(Queen's rapier champion)
HRH Lusche della Cassiago I
Robert Talbot
Niccolo Falconetto
HRH Petranella Fitzallen of Weston
Jean-Robert LeMarchand
[no champion]
HRH Devon Ffrench
Ambrose von Pasau
Charimmos Lakedaimonios
HRH Luce Tolle
Leona Talbot
[no champion]
HRH Lusche della Cassiago II
Adele von Pasau
tbd
This page created and maintained by Baroness Teffan Koerwent
Last updated
12/08/2012