House of McCloud

The House of McCloud is the reigning royal house of Mobius. An Anglo-American family of Scottish origin, the McClouds are a branch of the MacLeod dynasty, the ducal house of Leod, and a branch of Clan MacLeod. Unlike the more senior branches which were more affiliated with France, the McClouds were more associated with England and would wind up going to the New World in 1620.

The Plymouth MacLeods originated in 1173 when the youngest son of John I, Viscount of Scilly was put in charge of the English village of Sutton. The house continued for nearly seven centuries as a cadet branch, serving as nobles under the Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, and Hanover monarchs before becoming a prominent American family in the late 17th Century.

The senior English lines of the House of MacLeod became extinct in the male line in 1687 with the death of Charles II, Duke of Limerick. This made the junior MacLeod-Plymouth branch the genealogically senior English branch of the House of MacLeod. In 1836, at the death of Louis VI, Duke of Leod, the House of MacLeod-Lyon became extinct in the male line. Because there were no other living members of the branches of the House of MacLeod-Foix, the head of the house of McCloud-Plymouth, as the senior representative of the senior-surviving branch of the MacLeod dynasty and Clan MacLeod, became Duke of Leod as Peter, Duke of Leod as well as the MacLeod clan chief.

In 1976, the heir to the head of the MacLeod dynasty, Myles, was unexpectedly made King of the Mobians after a couple of referendums in 1975 and 1976, and has reigned since then.

All legitimate, living members of the House of McCloud, including its cadet branches, are direct agnatic descendants of Peter, Duke of Leod through his son Edward, Duke of Leod.

MacLeod related branches

 * Fergus MacLeod
 * St. Stephen of the Isles
 * Oliver, Duke of Leod
 * Philip I, Duke of Leod
 * Barry, Duke of Leod
 * David, Duke of Leod
 * Arms of MacLeod-Foix.svg MacLeod-Foix
 * Arms of MacLeod-Limousin.svg MacLeod-Limousin
 * Arms of MacLeod-Lyon.svg MacLeod-Lyon
 * Arms of MacLeod-Scilly.svg MacLeod-Scilly
 * Arms of MacLeod-Wight.svg MacLeod-Wight
 * Arms of MacLeod-Plymouth.svg MacLeod-Plymouth
 * Arms_of_McCloud.svg House of McCloud
 * Arms of McCloud-Akishino.svg McCloud-Akishino
 * Cathal MacLeod
 * Clan member crest badge - Clan Macleod.svg Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan and Harris
 * Clan member crest badge - Clan Macleod of the Lewes.svg Clan MacLeod of The Lewes
 * Clan_MacLeod_of_Raasay_Crest.png Clan MacLeod of Raasay