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NOTE: Thanks for taking on the game for me. I will continue playing; it was just getting to be a lot for me to manage. Also, as a note, luvmonkeezz had informed me that her computer was broken and she therefore could not complete some rounds, so she should not be dropped from the game.

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Squint

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King: William Augustus James Leopold Henry VI (44)

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--Queen: Aurelia Seraphina Octavia (deceased)
----Princess: Sofia Katharina Leonore (23)
------DH: Thaddeus Baldassare Fidelis Maksim Illarion, Prince of Ceylaria (24)
--------Princess: Eleonora Fidelia Serafina (1)
----Crown Prince: James Algernon Leopold Alexander Henry (20)
--------DFiancée: Alessandra Cosima Valentina, Princess of Rodalia (17)
----Prince: Gabriel Edmond Horatio William Octavian (18)
--------DFiancée: Amandine Lovise, seamstress (18)

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--Queen: Philippa Hannelore Kreszentia (33)
----Prince: David Moritz Sebastian George Augustus (15)
----Princess/Princess: Isabel Rosalind Evelina / Matilda Éliane Leocadia (13)
----Prince: Pascal Magnus Leonid Dimitri Cassian (6)

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Royal House: Courfeyrac

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Kingdom: Umbresey

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A year after his first grandchild was born, William was successful in arranging marriages for his eldest sons, Princes James and Gabriel. James, as the future king of Umbresey, fulfilled his duty and married Alessandra, the youngest daughter of King Cicero of Rodalia. The match proved to be a good one, as James and Alessandra got along perfectly and genuinely seemed to love one another.

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Gabriel, on the other hand, was another story entirely. His father had arranged for him to marry Princess Delphine of Gardonne, which would have been a very advantageous union indeed. But Gabriel was in love with Amandine Charron, a common seamstress in his father's household staff. Amandine's father Armand worked as a cartwright for the royal family. When William discovered the affair, he was furious and threatened to disown Gabriel. But this was an empty and ultimately futile threat, as Gabriel did not care about rank and title. In the end, he abdicated in order to marry Amandine, giving up his place in line for the Umbresian throne.

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As if this weren't already enough to worry about, one of the twins, Matilda -- who had been sickly since birth -- fell deathly ill with consumption. The doctors were not optimistic at all about her survival. The whole kingdom gave itself over to a period of fasting and praying for the princess. Miraculously, Matilda lived through her illness, but she has been left in an even weaker state than before. There is no guarantee that she will live to see her fourteenth birthday.