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DQueen: Maddalena Ginevra Theodora Renata Rose, Her Royal Highness Queen Maddalena (24)
DConsort: Henry Luca Tomasso Edmund, His Royal Highness King Consort Henry (23)
-DPrincess: Rosalia Clarissa Maddalena Elizabeth Ginevra, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Rosalia "Rosie" (2)
-DPrince: Giacomo Felix Henry Dante Michael, His Royal Highness Prince Giacomo (nb)
Of the Royal House of Damrys, in the queendom of Camora.
Since before she took the throne, Maddalena has had the scheme to overhaul the system of orphan care in Camora. The idea came to her when she was seventeen after a series of events involving orphans, including a woman offering to sell her a baby she claimed she had found abandoned in the street and a band of orphans accosting her retinue as she rode through the city. As there were obviously problems with the system of orphanages as it stood, Maddalena determined to mend it. Her plan included a hospital for unwed mothers where they could have their babies and recover in peace, a foundling hospital for abandoned infants and small children, and a series of orphan schools where children without families could gain education.
She knew it would be a controversial project before even putting it before her councilors. She knew people would object to the cost and manpower, and that some would raise moral objections about her appealing to unwed mothers and bastard children. But she was determined to push through. Her council, including her mother, advised her to wait, to build her reputation before starting such a vast and potentially tarnishing project. So Maddalena put the project on hold, working out all the details without putting anything in motion. She spent her first years as queen making smaller changes, all geared toward making life better for the ordinary people. Henry's and her popularity skyrocketed. They spent a great deal of time with Rosie, whom the people affectionately called "The Little Councilor" as Maddalena and Henry were known to have her present at council meetings and during most public audiences. It was a well-known fact that Queen Maddalena and King Henry both hated to be without the little princess for more than a few hours. Her presence made taking her mind off her pet project easier for Maddalena. Times were good, the people prospered, and Maddalena found herself ruling over a happy and peaceful queendom with her beloved husband and adored child.
Only a few months after Rosie was weaned, Maddalena was delighted to find herself pregnant again. Henry was overjoyed, and so were both of their families. They wasted no time in making the announcement to the kingdom. The people were as happy as they had been for Maddalena's first pregnancy. Full of motherly feeling, Maddalena again presented her scheme to her councilors, who this time judged the time to be right. In her speech to the general assembly, which was written down verbatim and published about, she spoke of how she knew the joys of motherhood and understood how precious all children were. She said that as a mother she could no longer bear the thought of any child being abandoned, and that her fellow-feeling extended to all mothers, including those poor souls who had not had not been lucky enough to find as honorable and devoted a man as she had. Though her speech was universally acknowledged to be quite eloquent, the project did stir up all the dissent she had feared, especially the opening of Santa Margherita Hospital, the haven for unwed mothers. But as fate would have it, the completion of the hospital (housed in a converted abbey) coincided almost exactly with the birth of Queen Maddalena and King Consort Henry's second child--a beautiful and healthy baby boy was born just two days before the hospital was scheduled to open. Maddalena and Henry forgot all the controversy at the sight of their little son, whom they named Giacomo Felix Henry Dante Bernard. Giacomo was simply a name both loved, Felix was chosen to reflect the luck and prosperity the queendom had been enjoying, Henry Maddalena insisted upon, and Dante and Michael are after his grandfathers. Little Giacomo's birth distracted the people from the controversy too, enough so that the hospital opened without incident. Maddalena, who was up less than two days after giving birth, is now quietly arranging for the second orphan school, the first having opened some months before to acclaim, and looking for a new building for the foundling hospital, which is currently part of Saint Margherita's. The successful opening seems to have dissipated all the controversy, and Maddalena remains popular. For now, she is content to allow her councilors to do most of the work, allowing her time to adore her two children.
DQueen: Maddalena Ginevra Theodora Renata Rose, Her Royal Highness Queen Maddalena (24)
DConsort: Henry Luca Tomasso Edmund, His Royal Highness King Consort Henry (23)
-DPrincess: Rosalia Clarissa Maddalena Elizabeth Ginevra, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Rosalia "Rosie" (2)
-DPrince: Giacomo Felix Henry Dante Michael, His Royal Highness Prince Giacomo (nb)
Of the Royal House of Damrys, in the queendom of Camora.
Since before she took the throne, Maddalena has had the scheme to overhaul the system of orphan care in Camora. The idea came to her when she was seventeen after a series of events involving orphans, including a woman offering to sell her a baby she claimed she had found abandoned in the street and a band of orphans accosting her retinue as she rode through the city. As there were obviously problems with the system of orphanages as it stood, Maddalena determined to mend it. Her plan included a hospital for unwed mothers where they could have their babies and recover in peace, a foundling hospital for abandoned infants and small children, and a series of orphan schools where children without families could gain education.
She knew it would be a controversial project before even putting it before her councilors. She knew people would object to the cost and manpower, and that some would raise moral objections about her appealing to unwed mothers and bastard children. But she was determined to push through. Her council, including her mother, advised her to wait, to build her reputation before starting such a vast and potentially tarnishing project. So Maddalena put the project on hold, working out all the details without putting anything in motion. She spent her first years as queen making smaller changes, all geared toward making life better for the ordinary people. Henry's and her popularity skyrocketed. They spent a great deal of time with Rosie, whom the people affectionately called "The Little Councilor" as Maddalena and Henry were known to have her present at council meetings and during most public audiences. It was a well-known fact that Queen Maddalena and King Henry both hated to be without the little princess for more than a few hours. Her presence made taking her mind off her pet project easier for Maddalena. Times were good, the people prospered, and Maddalena found herself ruling over a happy and peaceful queendom with her beloved husband and adored child.
Only a few months after Rosie was weaned, Maddalena was delighted to find herself pregnant again. Henry was overjoyed, and so were both of their families. They wasted no time in making the announcement to the kingdom. The people were as happy as they had been for Maddalena's first pregnancy. Full of motherly feeling, Maddalena again presented her scheme to her councilors, who this time judged the time to be right. In her speech to the general assembly, which was written down verbatim and published about, she spoke of how she knew the joys of motherhood and understood how precious all children were. She said that as a mother she could no longer bear the thought of any child being abandoned, and that her fellow-feeling extended to all mothers, including those poor souls who had not had not been lucky enough to find as honorable and devoted a man as she had. Though her speech was universally acknowledged to be quite eloquent, the project did stir up all the dissent she had feared, especially the opening of Santa Margherita Hospital, the haven for unwed mothers. But as fate would have it, the completion of the hospital (housed in a converted abbey) coincided almost exactly with the birth of Queen Maddalena and King Consort Henry's second child--a beautiful and healthy baby boy was born just two days before the hospital was scheduled to open. Maddalena and Henry forgot all the controversy at the sight of their little son, whom they named Giacomo Felix Henry Dante Bernard. Giacomo was simply a name both loved, Felix was chosen to reflect the luck and prosperity the queendom had been enjoying, Henry Maddalena insisted upon, and Dante and Michael are after his grandfathers. Little Giacomo's birth distracted the people from the controversy too, enough so that the hospital opened without incident. Maddalena, who was up less than two days after giving birth, is now quietly arranging for the second orphan school, the first having opened some months before to acclaim, and looking for a new building for the foundling hospital, which is currently part of Saint Margherita's. The successful opening seems to have dissipated all the controversy, and Maddalena remains popular. For now, she is content to allow her councilors to do most of the work, allowing her time to adore her two children.
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