Isaac V Capet

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Emperor Isaac V
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Birth
25 July 1930
Accession
30 June 1953
Death
3 December 1973
Titles
By the Grace of God, Emperor of Pantocratoria, Autocrator of the Romans, Caesar Augustus, King of France and Navarre, Equal of the Apostles, God's Vicegerent on Earth, the Very Christian, the Most Pious, Sebastocrator, King of Kings Ruling over those who Rule, Porphyrogenitus, Grand Master of the Order of the Pantocrator

His Most Catholic and Imperial Majesty Emperor Isaac V (full name: Isaac Constantine Manuel Louis Capet) was the only son of the Emperor Constantine XXIII Capet and Empress Marie Capet. He had one sibling, a younger sister, Princess Rosaline Capet. Both Isaac and his sister were regarded as miracle children - Isaac was born in his mother's 50th year, which would be rare today, let alone in 1930. Doctors had thought that the Imperial couple were infertile or genetically incompatible as a result of their close relations (and the history of such marriages in the line of the House of Bourbon-Comnenus-Palaeologus), and were left dumbstruck by the birth. His father had just become Emperor, and thus the birth of the young heir and the subsequent birth of a princess after eight miscarriages were regarded as miracles bestowed thanks to the majesty of the Imperial coronation. Unlike all previous and subsequent Despots of New Constantinople, Isaac was made Despot of New Constantinople at the time of his baptism instead of when he reached the age of 21.

The Miracle Prince was a sickly child and lived a life of pleasure throughout his youth in the Imperial Court of Christ Pantocrator and the Palace of Chantouillet in the Pantocratorian countryside. At the age of 19 in 1949 he was married to Isabelle de Montmanuel, a pretty (if not quite beautiful) young noblewoman who was the daughter of the wealthy Duc de Montmanuel. In 1950 the couple gave birth to a son, the future Emperor Andreus I Capet.

He succeeded his father as Emperor in 1953, shortly after which date his favourite child, Princess Irene Capet was born, followed in 1956 by his last child, Prince Basil Capet. His reign was uneventful as a result of the Emperor's unwillingness to confront the Pantocratorian Imperial Parliament, which had, in the absence of any constitution clearly delimiting its authority, assumed most of the responsibilities of government. Isaac V was always disparaging and critical of the parliamentary process, but never had the resolve to confront the body. His private disdain for the parliament would translate into public disdain in the early reign of his much more assertive son.

The Emperor Isaac V died of a stroke in the gardens of the Imperial Court of Christ Pantocrator in 1973, leaving his diadem to his son Andreus, who had been crowned Despot of New Constantinople two years previously, nominating him as the heir apparent.

Preceded by:
Constantine XXIII Capet
Emperor of Pantocratoria
1953-1973
Succeeded by:
Andreus I Capet
Preceded by:
Constantine II
King of France (titular)
1953-1973
Succeeded by:
André Ier