House of Moët-Hennessy

The House of Moët-Hennessy, french: Maison du Moët-Hennessy, is a powerful and wealthy noble family based in Cognac, Radilo. It has holdings and titles in Montelimar, Arendaal, Fraken, and Wiese. According to various European dynastic laws, it is considered its own family, or it is a cadet branch of the House of Nareath. It is the only major European dynasty that is based in a republic. The family is best known for its active role in politics and its various capital enterprises, including; JHMC, the Hennessy Bank, the West Himyar Trade Company, and others. It is the wealthiest non-monarch family in the world, with an estimated net worth of 500 billion euros.

Before Jas Richard
The House of Hennessy was formed in 1632, when King ___ of Montelimer knighted Claude Hennessy, then a soldier in his army, and awarded him a small fiefdom outside of Valmy. Claude used his fiefdom to fund a small bank in Valmy which was based out of his mansion, the Palace Rousseau-Hennessy. This bank made the Hennessy family fairly wealthy, though they didn’t have a particularly high noble rank.

Coat of Arms
The elaborate Moët-Hennessy Coat of Arms consists of seventeen quarters, representing the family's numerous titles and holdings. The first and fourth quarters of the whole arms are the arms of Jas Lyon: 1st and 4th quarters chequy glues and or, 2nd and 3rd quarters a filed azure flurry of fleur-de-lis or. The red and gold checkers was the arms of the Hennessy Faimily, and the fleur-de-lis was added to the blue field of the Moët Family to signify the marriage of Jas Lyon to Klarissa of Arendaal, daughter of King Karl V of Arendaal. The second quarter of the whole arms represent holdings in Himyar and Europa: 1st quarter a field or with two lions passant glues for Nouvelle Champagne in Radilo, 2nd quarter a field azure a stag or for holdings in Franken (the Earldom of St. Jacob), 3rd quarter a field glues a Lion of St. Mark argent for holdings in Montelimar, 4th quarter a field argent a dragon glues for other holdings in Himyar.