Narnia (country)


In C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which the books revolve. It is one of several lands in the Narnian world.

Geography

Narnia is a land of rolling hills rising to low mountains in the south. It is predominantly forested except for marshlands in the north. The country is bordered on the east by the Eastern Ocean, on the west by a great mountain range, on the north by the River Shribble, and on the south by Archenland.
The economic heart of the country centres on the Great River of Narnia, which crosses the country from the northwest on an east-southeasterly course to the Eastern Ocean. The seat of government is Cair Paravel, at the mouth of the Great River. Other communities along the river include :

Inhabitants

The Kings and Queens of Narnia

Regnal history

While only some kings and queens are named in the book, the custom of Narnians to name sons after fathers, as well as a timeline that Lewis wrote outside of the series proper, helps create a fairly complete list of monarchs in the world of Narnia. This table gives the regnal years of the monarchs, as determined by the timeline and clues in the books themselves.
Regnal YearsMonarchNotes
1–?Frank I and HelenA working class couple from our world. King Frank had previously been a London cab driver.
Before 180Five descendants of Frank and HelenAll are named Frank.
Col, second son of Frank V, was the first King of Archenland, which he founded in 180.
Between 180 and 302Three unnamed descendants of Frank VIPresumed to have existed in order to make Gale the tenth King of Narnia
Before 302GaleFirst Emperor of the Lone Islands.
Before 900SwanwhiteDate mentioned in The Last Battle.
Contradicts Lewis's timeline, which says 1502.
900–1000Jadis, Empress of the Lone Islands Ruled during the Hundred-Year Winter.
1000–1015Peter the Magnificent
Susan the Gentle
Edmund the Just
Lucy the Valiant		Ruled concurrently as siblings until they left Narnia.
1998–?Caspian I the ConquerorFirst King after Telmarine invasion
?–2290Eight descendants of Caspian IAll named Caspian
2290–2303Miraz the Usurper and PrunaprismiaSon of Caspian VIII; murdered his brother Caspian IX and displaced his nephew.
2303–2356Caspian X the Seafarer and Ramandu's daughter.Son of Caspian IX.
2356–?Rilian the DisenchantedSon of Caspian X.
?Four descendants of Rilian-
?ErlianFather of Tirian
?–2555TirianLast King of Narnia before its destruction.

Titles

When monarchs are installed on the throne of Narnia, they receive the following titles:
They may also receive the following titles:
C. S. Lewis took the name from the Italian town of Narni, whose Latin name was in fact Narnia. Concerning Narnia and Narni Roger Lancelyn Green writes about C.S. Lewis and Walter Hooper: