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'''Archon-Designate''' is the title granted to the designated heir of [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=MW3p171>''MechWarrior, Third Edition'', p. 171</ref> The ruling [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] typically names their own heir, but in the absence of a will, the [[Estates General]] can choose between competing claims.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 57: Estates General chooses Melissa Nin over Claudius Steiner</ref> The body can also refuse to ratify a candidate they feel is unqualified, though the act can be circumvented.<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 21: Estates General does not affirm Margaret Olsen's claim to the throne, but she still holds power</ref>

==List of Archon-Designate of the Lyran Commonwealth==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="200" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="150" style="background: #dedede;" | Reign
|-
| [[Alistair Steiner]]||[[2408]] – [[2445]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 15, 17</ref>
|-
| [[Tracial Steiner]]||[[2554]] – [[2555]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 23</ref>
|-
| [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]]||[[2559]] – [[2570]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 27: Viola is called Archon-Designate during her wedding</ref>
|-
| [[Kevin Steiner-Dinesen]]||2570 – [[2596]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 30</ref>
|-
| [[Melissa Nin]]||[[2844]] – [[2845]]<ref>''Second Succession War'', p. 81</ref><ref name=HB:HSp42>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 42</ref>
|-
| [[Elizabeth Steiner]]||[[2849]] – [[2859]]<ref name=HB:HSp42/>
|-
| [[Melissa Steiner (31st c.)|Melissa Steiner]]||[[3020]] – [[3039]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 53: Melissa was Archon-Designate when the F-C Alliance was signed</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 17</ref>
|-
| [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]||3039 – [[3055]]<ref>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 13</ref>
|-
| [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]]||3055<ref name=20YU14>''20 Year Update'', pp. 14–15</ref>
|-
| [[Andrew Steiner (32nd c.)|Andrew Steiner]]||[[3121]]<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 99</ref>
|-
| [[Melissa Steiner (32nd c.)|Melissa Steiner]]||3121 – [[3127]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 120</ref>
|}

==Notes==
While Katherine was heir-presumptive to the title of [[Archon-Prince]] during Victor's reign, her brother Peter was the Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth, a position directly below the Archon-Prince which served as his brother's regent on [[Tharkad]] while court was in session on [[New Avalon]].<ref name=20YU14/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

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