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{{Territory|name=Kingdom of Meridies|device=[[Image:Meridies.gif]]|devicecaption=Argent, on a pale sable a crown of three points, above each point a mullet arent, overall a laurel wreath counterchanged.|founded=01/14/1978|modernlocation=USA: Alabama, almost all of Georgia, a bit of the panhandle of Florida, most of Tennessee, and parts of southern Kentucky (Allen, Barren, Calloway, Logan, Simpson, and Warren counties).}}
Meridies is the 5th Kingdom in the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]]. Meridian(s) is the proper spelling for members of the Kingdom. 

== Overview ==
* ''Meridies'' is said to be taken from the definition of the word Meridian -  Defined adj. [OFr meridien L meridianus] of noon, southern meridies, noon, the south.  
* Francois du Vent and Anne were created the first rulers of the Principality of Meridies in A.S. X.
* John Bearkiller and Kassandra NicKraken were crowned the first rulers of the Kingdom of Meridies in A.S. XII at the hand of King Koris and Queen Leah of Atenveldt.
* Established:  A.S. XI as a principality of [[Atenveldt]].	
* Kingdom:  14 January 78 A.S. XII.
* Current area:  The Southern states of North America including: Alabama, most of Georgia, most of Tennessee, some of the Florida Panhandle and a small portion of Kentucky.

== Caidans that are former Meridians ==
*[[Valdis Isbrandsdottir]]
*[[Beorn of the Northern Sea]]

== Meridians that are former Caidans ==
*[[Hákon olfúss Stígsson]]
*[[Zhelana Vovkivna]]

== More Information ==
*[http://www.kingdom.meridies.org/ Meridies Official Web Site]
*[http://stentorian.us/stentorian/Torch.nsf/xpViewPublicEvent.xsp?kingdom=Meridies Meridies Order of Precedence]
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