The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court represented herein — legitimately recognised as the Sovereign Court of the Sovereign Dragon Nation by the relevant Government of a European Member State — is the continuation of an ancient lineage fraternity. It represents those who trace their ancestry and affiliations back to the old Grail and Dragon dynasts. It is not a “club,” not a subscription-based society, not a commercial enterprise, and certainly not a religious or political organisation. It is a closed hereditary fraternity whose origins predate every medieval reconstruction by centuries, if not millennia.

Long before King Sigismund of Luxembourg reconstituted the Societas Draconis in 1408, the Dragon Court existed as an inherited tradition among royal houses of Europe and the Near East. Sigismund merely revived and formalised a lineage he believed he held by right — a lineage he considered to descend through his alleged Egyptian and Scythian forebears, through the Pictish Dragon Princess Maelasanu of Northumbria, and ultimately through the original Angevin House of Vere, Imperial Dukes of Angiers.

This older tradition descended on one side from the Tuatha Dé Danann — the Dragon Kings of Anu — the pre-Milesian ruling caste of Ireland, whose lore and genealogies were Christianised into “mythology” for convenience but are rooted in early Irish social, legal, and dynastic structures. On the other side, the Dragon lineage extended from the Egyptian houses associated with the crocodile-god Sobek — the “Sobeckhites,” a priest-king tradition connected to elite military and ritual authority in the Middle Kingdom. This Egyptian strain merged into the Davidic line of Judah and through that into the Merovingian kings of the Franks.

Now, why on Earth is there supposed to be any particular significance in Jesus’ bloodline? How does descent from one provincial dynast of Judaea magically legitimise the endless parade of Merovingian Muppet-Show candidates who have recently emerged proclaiming themselves heirs to the throne of Europe?

The answer is painfully simple.

For two thousand years the Church has presented Jesus as the virginal, immaculate King of the Jews — so naturally, when someone claims descent from him, the public imagines they have tapped into some mystical, divine, world-shaping lineage. But this is merely a case of new propaganda piggy-backing on old propaganda.

In historical reality, Jesus was:

• a minor claimant from a minor cadet branch,
   
• in a marginal rural district,
   
• whose kingdom consisted of a few desert tribes
   
• whose geopolitical relevance at the time was negligible.
   

He lived and died as one of many political Messiahs of the Roman Near East, and his influence during his lifetime was non-existent beyond his immediate circle. Today we simply happen to have a Mediterranean copy-cat cult that succeeded in the PR department — and succeeded so thoroughly that Western civilisation cannot imagine him as anything other than a cosmic monarch.

Let us be honest:
If Jesus had been a sandal-maker whom history ignored, how many people today would be claiming their right to rule Europe on the basis of descent from him?

The answer is obvious:

Bugger all.

Strip away the Vatican’s spin-doctors and you are left with a man whose ancestry was part Egyptian, part Judaean, and yes — Draconian in the archaic sense — but whose contemporary political weight was essentially nil. Everything else is retrospective inflation by institutions with vested interests.

Nicholas de Vere was not just a writer of unusual ideas; he was a scholar in his own right. His work on the Imperial and Royal Dragon Court (IRDC) and the House of Vere drew on a wide range of sources: classical authors, medieval charters and monastic manuscripts, heraldic rolls, peerage records, parish and government documents, as well as standard authorities such as Burke’s Peerage, The Complete Peerage, Leland, Stow, Dalrymple, Anderson, and others. He combined this with modern genealogical research and genetic testing to document over a hundred imperial, royal, and noble descents.

Part of his later life was spent defending that work and his own sovereignty against people who tried to appropriate the Dragon Court name, his titles, and his research for their own purposes.

In The Dragon Cede, he explains that:

• He had already registered “The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court” in a British court of law and notified the Home Office, which recognised his titles and status in official documents in the 1990s.
   
• A separate “Dragon” body in Hungary was, in his view, a social club using similar language, not the historical IRDC, and not a noble or sovereign court with fons honorum.
   
• Individuals who were dismissed from his Court later attempted to present themselves as the “real” Dragon Court, to cast doubt on his identity and titles, and to use his name, research, and symbolism to sell titles and memberships he never authorised.
   

In response, Nicholas:

• Put the IRDC into abeyance (2002) and later formally closed public membership (2012).
   
• Rescinded and annulled all titles, honours, “memberships” and recognitions that had been loosely claimed around his name on social media.
   
• Clarified that the IRDC and the Sovereign Grand Duchy of Drakenberg were his family’s property, registered internationally as such, and not transferable to anyone without explicit, sealed authority from him or his senior line.
   
• Re-stated that he did not sell titles, that any “Dragon Court” selling certificates and nobility packs was not his, and that sovereignty could not be seized by popularity contests, websites, or Facebook votes.
   

He also set out, in detail, the historical argument that:

• The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court had been associated with the House of Vere for over 1,300 years, moving from Caledonia to Anjou with Melusine de Vere, through Angevin and Luxembourg lines, and returning to Scotland and Ireland with later branches of the family.
   
• His own claim rested not on fantasy, but on documented genealogy, heraldry, and recognised legal registrations, along with family archives and long-established sources.
   

Whatever one makes of his conclusions, the record is clear: Nicholas de Vere saw himself as the hereditary custodian of the IRDC, and spent years defending that position against usurpation, plagiarism, and misuse of his name. He did so with evidence, documentation, and a stubborn refusal to let other people cash in on what he regarded as his family’s work.

Today, that legacy, the IRDC name, and the archival material pass through his daughter, Abbe de Vere, who continues the scholarly side of the work: genealogy, history, and the study of lineage and tradition—without title-selling, fantasy memberships, or pay-to-enter “courts”.

 THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION. THE LONGER DAD RANT IS HERE:

I AM NOT ACCOUTABLE FOR WHAT PEOPLE SAID OR DID 10 YEARS AGO, I AM NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT MY FATHER WROTE, I AM MERELY PRESERVING THE HISTORYS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES AND TO STOP THIS HAPPENING AGAIN , IONA MILLER AND NICHOLAS DE VERE ARE BOTH DEAD AND I CANNOT CONTROL WHAT IS ON A WEBSITE OUT OF MY CONTROL

 IRDC - Jungian Genealogy, by Iona Miller 

If you wish to verify anything written here, you are welcome to do so — I have already done the work myself. Regardless of how much flowery language or ‘word-salad’ others may use, no organisation, club, or group anywhere in the world claiming the name Royal Dragon Court holds any association, authority, or entitlement that surpasses my own.

As the legal heir to Nicholas de Vere and the sole custodian of his intellectual property, archives, and published legacy, my position is both documented and verifiable. Any modern “Dragon Court” offshoots or club-style groups have no jurisdiction, authority, or standing above me, and no historical or legal basis for doing so.

Over the years we’ve grown into something I’m genuinely proud of. We run forums, record podcasts, write books, help new authors get published, teach practical life skills like website building and platform development, and—best of all—we have built a real community.
A proper one.
Full of people who found each other through shared history, shared purpose, and, in many cases, shared blood.

Most of us first connected because of our association with my father, Nicholas de Vere, and our commitment to preserving the traditions, history, and research he cared so deeply about. This has never been a hobby. For many of us, it has been our lifelong calling.

As each of us worked independently on our family histories, something extraordinary happened:
we discovered that we are all related.
Not just metaphorically, but genetically, genealogically, and through documented lines.

Together we can trace our ancestry to:

• Alfred the Great
   
• Kings and Queens of England, Scotland, and Wales
   
• The Ten High Kings of Ireland
   
• The royal houses of France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Romania
   
• And even the Kings of Jerusalem
   

Personally, I have spent more than a decade building my own genealogy. In February 2020, I uncovered my descent from Robert the Bruce, which opened the doors to other royal lines—connections my father had always suspected in our own de Vere ancestry. In time, the full picture will become even clearer.

We visit sacred ancestral sites, castles, battlefields, monasteries, and places of historical significance to deepen our understanding of who we are and where we come from. Many of our cousins live overseas, so I often film and document my journeys—to share what they cannot experience firsthand. From the Highlands, to Malta’s Knights of St John, to ancient pilgrimage routes, this work has allowed me to see cultures that echo our past.
You can follow all of it on my blog—writing it all out helps me preserve it for everyone.

I love meeting new people, exchanging knowledge, and teaching about history, genealogy, reality (lol), and spirituality. This community thrives on shared learning, shared evidence, and shared exploration.

Each member of our group is self-employed with their own business or creative path. Together, under the umbrella of the Royal Dragon Court, we offer unity, support, and a safe environment for anyone who genuinely wants to learn the traditions, history, and heritage connected to the Dragon lineage.

Along the way, we have made meaningful associations. We have also said goodbye to a few.
We honour Iona Miller and Tracy Twyman for their dedication to their fields and for the contributions they made to my father’s work, whatever the differences or distances that later emerged.