AnthonyLN: von Saxewald
DH:
Adelmar Emmerich Vulferam (37)
DW:
Swanahilda Godeliva (17)
-DD:
Rosmunda Godeliva (2)
-DD: Hadewig LisbethRank: Count & Countess (Nobility)
Count
Adelmar, in his role as an officer of the highest rank and distinction was charged by
King Walter to accompany his mother, Dowager
Queen Elizabeth on her trip home to England. While in England
Adelmar indulged himself in the traditional military fashion, drinking and womanizing. He took a particular fancy to a young English lady of rank,
Mary James. She played hard to get, but once she had been able to secure a position in the Dowager's personal court thru
Adelmar's influence, she gave in to him.
Meanwhile, back at home in the family seat of Saxewald,
Swanahilda, now a much more confident woman and mother found herself pregnant once more. She knew that she needed to bear a son for her husband to help secure the succession of the family's holdings, least some unscrupulous noble's try wed her daughter
Rosmunda, or
Rosa as she is affectionately called, at a young age, much as her cousin-husband had done to her.
Much to her dismay she would have to write to
Adelmar and tell him of the birth of their second daughter,
Hadewig Lisbeth, named for the current
Queen,
Hedwig, and her Dowager Mother-in-law.
Swanahilda explained in the letter to
Adelmar that she felt it would help endear the family even more so to the
Royal Family, especially since
Adelmar has often voiced his opposition to the marital alliance with the hated French.
Upon bringing the Dowager
Queen safely home,
Adelmar tried to pursue his dalliance with
Mary James. She even suggested a nice young officer,
Ralf von Schwarz for her to wed, knowing full well that
Ralf had no interest in women but if he wished his career to advance he needed to appear to be a strong masculine figure.
Elizabeth eventually discovered that
Mary was having an affair with
Adelmar and that she was indeed pregnant... However to spare
Swanahilda the embarrassment of finding out her husband was cheating on her,
Charlotte concocted the story of the young servant as a way to shame
Mary James and to save face of Countess
Swanahilda.
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