Kemedal has been ruled by the House of Lowarch since 24 AP, when prince Ieuan IV Lowarch of Bala was appointed by the Emperor of Gronk to lead the Duchy of Kemedal, after the original Ducal dynasty had been wiped out by the Plague. Already in 51 AP the Duchy was elevated to Grand-Duchy, and in 173 AP it was once again elevated to Kingdom within the Empire. After the collapse of the Empire in 296, the Kemese Royal Family briefly went in exile until 302, when Kemedal became independent from Ansonia, which itself had become independent from Gronk only a few years earlier and had annexed Kemedal in the process.