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|family=Marius <small>(father)</small><br>[[Liza (Altea)|Liza]] <small>(wife)</small><br>[[Marth]] <small>(son)</small><br>[[Elice]] <small>(daughter)</small><br>[[Marcelus]] <small>(grandfather)</small><br>[[Anri]] <small>(grand uncle)</small><br>[[Founder of Ylisse]], [[Emmeryn]], [[Chrom]], [[Lissa]], [[Lucina]], [[Owain]],  [[Ophelia]] <small>(descendants)</small>

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'''Cornelius''' ({{hover|コーネリウス|Kōneriusu}} ''Cornelius'') was the fourth king of [[Altea]], the great-nephew of the nation's founder [[Anri]], and father of the legendary Hero-King [[Marth]].  At the onset of the [[War of Shadows]], he was killed at Fort Menedy following the betrayal of [[Gra]].

At some point before [[Timeline of Archanea, Valentia and Jugdral|the year 602]], Cornelius ascended to Altea's throne, succeeding his late father Marius;<ref>''"For those interested, Shiida's father is called Mostyn, which is also mentioned in Fire Emblem: The Complete, while Marth's grandfather was called Marius."'' - "[http://web.archive.org/web/20010502061832/http://www.intsys.co.jp/game/fireemblem/note/1.html Nations of Archanea]", as translated by [http://serenesforest.net/general/designer3_1.html Serenes Forest]</ref> he had no brothers.<ref>{{Cite|It fell upon the king of Altea, sole descendant of the dragon-slayer hero, to sally forth with the divine blade and fulfill his blood destiny.|Introduction|Shadow Dragon}}</ref> Little is known of his broader reign, beyond that he was considered a good king, and that he was a close friend of King [[Mostyn]] of [[Talys]].<ref>{{Cite|That is correct. The king there was a good friend to your father- and perhaps more importantly, a true friend. It was Princess Elice's wish that you seek refuge in Talys should things ever go awry.|[[Malledus]]|Shadow Dragon}}</ref>

In 602 at the dawn of the [[War of Shadows]], Cornelius responded to his obligation as the heir of the [[Falchion]] to set out to fight the revived [[Medeus]].  He led the Altean army to Fort Menedy, the border between [[Archanea (nation)|Archanea]] and [[Gra]], where it met with the Gra army and prepared to combat the encroaching forces of [[Grust]].  During the battle, Gra's King [[Jiol]] betrayed Altea and attacked its army; Cornelius related his last words to the Altean knight [[Cain]] and entrusted him with alerting [[Marth]], then died in the ensuing battle.

* The identity of Cornelius's killer in the game canon is unknown, with both [[Camus]] and [[Jiol]] claiming to be at least partially responsible.  In the OVA, [[Gharnef]] was his killer; while Gharnef did indeed take possession of the Falchion after Cornelius's death, any direct role he may have had in said death in the games goes unspecified.

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