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HelpRe: KUY Royal Congrats ▓▒░ Round 2 ░▒▓
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King William Johannes Friedrich Albert Augustus (20)
Queen Elizabeth Catherine Marguerite Victoria Eléonore (17)
Lord Alexander Wilhelm Heinrich Arthur (4), Duke of Solano
Princess Cecilia Catherine Johanna Mary Alberta (nb)
From the Royal House of: Valnor
In the Kingdom of: Arkavia
Elizabeth conceived shortly after she married William, and for nine months the people of Arkavia waited with bated breath for the arrival of the child. Some hoped for a boy, so that the Valnor royal line would continue. Others prayed for a girl, precisely so that William would not have an heir and the nobles could begin jockeying for power.
As it happens, both factions may have gotten their wish. The queen gave birth to a healthy daughter, and the proud father named her Cecilia after his mother. But since the crown could only pass to male heirs, the Valnor line of succession was still undecided.
No sooner had the Arkavian élite breathed a sigh of relief that whispers began echoing in the halls of the castle: the king had fathered a son before his marriage, and the boy's mother, a widow, had recently died of consumption. At a public event meant to celebrate the birth of the princess, William put an end to the rumors and confirmed that the boy, Alexander, was in fact his son, the unintended product of a youthful indiscretion with the wife of a knight.
The Arkavians did not know what to think. Would William legitimize Alexander? Was the boy now first in line to inherit the throne? Surely William would not sully the crown with such a scandal!
William recognized the position in which he now found himself. Alexander was his son, and to ignore him would have been inexcusably dishonorable. However, he could not install him as the crown prince, for that would mean an almost certain split with the powerful Andrasic Empire: Elizabeth's father Charles expected his grandson, not the son of an adulteress, to one day sit on the throne of Arkavia-Andras.
So instead, William proclaimed Alexander the Duke of Solano, a prosperous province just north of the capital. He installed him in his own household and took great care to ensure that he received an education befitting the son of a king. When the boy is older, he will be expected to join his father at court and will most likely receive a high-ranking ministerial appointment.
The crisis has not passed, however. In the years to come, should Queen Elizabeth bear the king a legitimate son, there is still the very real danger that rival factions will arise within Arkavian society -- one that supports the succession of the crown prince, one that supports Alexander as William's true heir.
Queen Elizabeth Catherine Marguerite Victoria Eléonore (17)
Lord Alexander Wilhelm Heinrich Arthur (4), Duke of Solano
Princess Cecilia Catherine Johanna Mary Alberta (nb)
From the Royal House of: Valnor
In the Kingdom of: Arkavia
Elizabeth conceived shortly after she married William, and for nine months the people of Arkavia waited with bated breath for the arrival of the child. Some hoped for a boy, so that the Valnor royal line would continue. Others prayed for a girl, precisely so that William would not have an heir and the nobles could begin jockeying for power.
As it happens, both factions may have gotten their wish. The queen gave birth to a healthy daughter, and the proud father named her Cecilia after his mother. But since the crown could only pass to male heirs, the Valnor line of succession was still undecided.
No sooner had the Arkavian élite breathed a sigh of relief that whispers began echoing in the halls of the castle: the king had fathered a son before his marriage, and the boy's mother, a widow, had recently died of consumption. At a public event meant to celebrate the birth of the princess, William put an end to the rumors and confirmed that the boy, Alexander, was in fact his son, the unintended product of a youthful indiscretion with the wife of a knight.
The Arkavians did not know what to think. Would William legitimize Alexander? Was the boy now first in line to inherit the throne? Surely William would not sully the crown with such a scandal!
William recognized the position in which he now found himself. Alexander was his son, and to ignore him would have been inexcusably dishonorable. However, he could not install him as the crown prince, for that would mean an almost certain split with the powerful Andrasic Empire: Elizabeth's father Charles expected his grandson, not the son of an adulteress, to one day sit on the throne of Arkavia-Andras.
So instead, William proclaimed Alexander the Duke of Solano, a prosperous province just north of the capital. He installed him in his own household and took great care to ensure that he received an education befitting the son of a king. When the boy is older, he will be expected to join his father at court and will most likely receive a high-ranking ministerial appointment.
The crisis has not passed, however. In the years to come, should Queen Elizabeth bear the king a legitimate son, there is still the very real danger that rival factions will arise within Arkavian society -- one that supports the succession of the crown prince, one that supports Alexander as William's true heir.
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