Frans Van Buren

Frans Van Buren (Dutch: Frans van Buren) (French: Francois Van Buren) (Icelandic: Frans Vanbjorn) (German: Frans von Buren) (Frisia, September 23rd, 1756, Newfoundland, December 1st, 1809) was the leader of the Mapping Tribe, a small tribe in Frisia. Van Buren united all Cartogorian tribes into one nation, the Cartogorian Guild.

Youth
Frans, son of Kaltech, an elder of the Mapping Tribe, was born on September 23rd, 1756 in Frisia. Not much is known about the youth of Frans. By the age of 15, he was send into the Mapping Militia. After serving 3 years in the Militia, participating in 4 wars, Frans returned to the Mapping Tribe.

Leader of the Mapping Tribe
In 1769, when Frans' father died, Frans became an elder of the Van Buren dynasty. In the following years, Frans showed his big political skill. Eventually, in March 1775, after the death of Tribe Leader Paracian of the Van Kahalt dynasty, Frans was elected the Tribe Leader. In 1776, Frans united with the Marvaean Tribe, creating a small tribe union in the east of the Netherlands.

​Unification
In Summer 1778, the union decided to declare war on another tribes along the North Sea Coast in order to unite those tribes. After a campaign in 1778-1779, the tribes were united. In 1780, the united tribes started the campaign to unite other tribes in Germany.

Cartogor Meeting
In February 1782, the leaders of all tribes came to a meeting in a small village named ​​Cartogor​, near the current town of Almelo. The tribes decided to unite into one nation, the ​Cartogorian Union, later named the ​Cartogorian Guild. Frans van Buren became the Great Leader (​Germanic: Grossleiter)​.

​Grossleiter
The Grossleiter moved to the city of Utrecht in March 1782. His reign lasted from February 1782 till December 1809. The leaders Aen and Obscurium were promoted to ​Brothers of the Leader (Germanic: Leiterbruder)​.

​American Campaign
In January 1809, Frans left Utrecht to help Leiterbruder Aen conquer America. He was killed on December 1st, 1809 in a fight in Newfoundland. He was burried in his birthplace in Frisia on January 19th, 1810.

The elders elected his son, Arnold Van Buren, as the new Grossleiter.