Northern Duchy

The "Northern Duchy" (also known by various other names - Northern Reaches, Terra Regina, Drottningsmark) refers to the SCA groups in the north eastern region of the Kingdom of Lochac

Background

When King Alfar succeed to the throne of Lochac in A.S. 41, his predecessor - Draco, accused him of usurping the throne ( this was all done in fun to give a premise for war at Rowany Festival that year). As Draco was from the Northern Region of Lochac, the Baronies of the North joined him in revolt (Bacchus Wood, the only northern shire at the time, didn't formally declare for either side as far as the author is aware).

Creation of the "Duchy"

At the final court of Rowany Festival, peace was declared and Alfar proclaimed Draco and Asa "Duke and Duchess of the North". Using the precept of "the Crown's word is Law" some people (though not very seriously) took this proclamation as the creation of "The Duchy of the North".

Validitiy of the "Duchy"

While the creation of the "Duchy" was proclaimed by Alfar as King of Lochac, its creation was never made law following the procedure laid out in Kingdom Law so therefore the "Duchy" does not officially exist.

Some argue it is valid using the precedent of Crown Principalities. Even though Crown Principalities physically exist within the SCA, the group type of Crown Principality is not mentioned in the SCA Corpora. So using this line of argument some people say that the group type of "Duchy" is valid even though it does not appear in Corpora.