UN:
AnthonyRuler: His Serene Highness
Duke Alfons Ferdinand Lorenz Matthias Georg (47)
Consort: Her Serene Highness Duchess
Marie Catherine Louise (33)
-DDuchess:
Katharina Georgina Maria Elisabeth (18)
--DH: His Illustrious Highness Count Manfred Waldemar Josef Georg Maximilian von Waldentrap, Manfred Count of Waldentrap-Essen (24) -DDuchess:
Margarethe Wilhelmina Luise (16)
--DFiance: HRH Prince Pierre-Joseph Auguste Frederique Amedee, The Premier Prince of Francia (26) -DDuchess:
Dominika Josefina Johanna (14)
-DDuke/DDuchess: Helmut-Bernhard
Alfons Ruprecht Michael Franz Xaver / Nadja-Vera
Helena Bathilde (13)
-DDuke:
Siegfried Ferdinand Lorenz Wilhelm Georg Karl Eduard (8)
-DDuchess:
Zita Angelika Godeliva (5)
Of the
Royal House of Haasenbach, of the Duchy of Grenwald.
Duke Alfons & Duchess
Marie knew that one day their children would have to wed; they just didn't think it would be so soon and that just as one got married another surprised them with an engagement.
Alfons, as the Emperor's son-in-law, had begun undertaking diplomatic missions and often took his eldest two daughters,
Katharina and
Margarethe with him to broaden their education. While on one such mission
Alfons noticed that
Manfred, the new Count of Waldentrap-Essen had taken an interest in the beautiful
Katharina.
Manfred, much like
Alfons, had come to his title by favour moreso than birthright but also the lands under his sovereignty were much more vast and important than the mere title of Count would suggest.
Alfons saw an opportunity to set
Katharina up in a marriage that would bring material security and hopefully happiness.
Katharina wasn't at all interested in
Manfred, she found him to be too effeminate for her liking but out of love and respect for her father decided to accept the proposal.
Manfred was well connected by marriage and blood to several important sovereigns and heir to thrones. His best man was Pierre-Joseph, the Premier
Prince of Francia, heir to the esteemed Kingdom of Francia and
Manfred's cousin.
Katharina choose her sister
Margarethe as her maid of honour.
At the wedding
Margarethe and Pierre-Joseph flirted a lot, almost shamelessly in fact. During the ceremony they made shocked everyone when Pierre-Joseph stopped the priest and proposed to
Margarethe.
Margarethe instantly said yes and took all the attention off of her sister.
Manfred and
Katharina went off on their honeymoon, with
Katharina vowing not to speak to her sister or take part in her wedding because she took the attention off of her.
This message was edited 8/5/2011, 8:44 PM