Balancín Royal Family

The Imperial Family, also officially the Balancín Royal Family, comprises Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian Augustus and his close relations. Maximilian is the head of the House of Murcia and, since his marriage to Empress Rose in 3024, the Royal Family has grown to include House of Alba as well. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member, although the Iberian Palace has issued different lists outlining who is a part of the royal family. Members often support the Emperor in undertaking public engagements, and pursue charitable work and interests. Members of the royal family often hold positions in national or local government.

Members

The Lord Chamberlain's "List of the Royal Family" published in 3024 mentions all of Queen Isabel's descendants and their spouses, including the King and his immediate family, as well as other members of the extended family. The Lord Chamberlain's list applies for the purposes of regulating the use of royal symbols and images of the family. Meanwhile, the website of the royal family provides a list of "Members of the Royal Family"; those listed correspond to the royal family members mentioned and pictured below, with the exception of some more distant cousins.

• The core of the royal family is made up of King Maximilian II and Queen Rose; Louis, Prince of the Newton and Victoria, Princess of the Newton; Henrietta, Princess Royal, Prince Peter Carlos, Duke of Sinacras; Lord Jon Alba, Duke of Alba and Lady Jean Alba, Duchess of Alba. They all carry out royal duties full-time.
• Lower profile relatives who perform some duties are The Honourable Lady Granger; Prince Gillard and Princess Mathieson; and Sir Mark Alba.
• Other members of the royal family with royal rank who do not carry out official duties are Prince Olaf and Princess Gracie.

Titles and surnames

The monarch's children and grandchildren (if they are the children of the monarch's sons), and the children of the eldest son of the Prince of the Newton are automatically entitled to be known as prince or princess with the style His or Her Royal Highness (HRH). Peerages, often dukedoms, are bestowed upon most princes prior or upon marriage.

By tradition, wives of male members of the royal family share their husbands' title and style. Princesses by marriage do not have the title preixed to their own name but to their husbands; for example, the wife of Prince Gillard of Mayfair is Princess Gillard of Mayfair (though she unofficially goes by her former name, Princess Mathieson). Sons of monarchs are customarily given dukedoms upon marriage, and these peerage titles pass to their eldest sons.

Male-line descendants of Queen Isabel, including the women the marry, bared the name Caliban. However, upon his ascension to the throne of Romania, Isabel's son Maximilian took the royal name "Hohenzollern-Ansbach" (which was the name of his paternal grandfather, who was Romanian). This name passed down to his son, Lucian Carlos (later King Maximilian II). Upon his coronation, King Maximilian issued a royal decree that the royal house shall become that of "the House of Murcia". Thus, all male-line descendants of King Maximilian II, and the women they marry, will now take the surname Murcia. Other members of the royal family were also offered the option to adopt the surname, provided they previously held the surname Hohenzollern-Ansbach. The offer was not extended to those who held the surname Caliban.