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Prince: Michele Rinieri Lorenzo (d.)
Wife: Caterina Maria Annunziata
Michele's Son: Pietro Cristofano [Tancredi] "Perotto"
--SO?: Felipe Alejandro [Álves]
Daughter: Giovanna Maria Elisabetta "Vanozza"
--Husband: Valentino Ugo [Scierra]
---Son: Romolo Vieri Aldo
---Son: Niccolò Aquila Osvaldo
Prince: Leonardo Giancarlo Luca
--Wife: Ivette Ofelia Carmen [de la Rosa]
---Daughter: Agnella Maria Fiammetta
Daughter (twin): Lucrezia Ilaria Gabriella
--SO: Raphaël Jehan Maximilien François [de Saint-Just]
Son (twin): Ferrante Ludovic Cesare
--SO: Ileana [Bianchi]
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Manco
In the City-State of: Salvi
Leonardo married Ivette de la Rosa in a charming ceremony, surprisingly small and quiet considering his station; a year later, almost to the day, he was made Prince of Salvi, and Caterina stepped down from her regency to let her son take over the city. Leonardo still insisted that she and his uncle Vico remain as his personal advisors, but he understood that the responsibility was now his to bear.
Leonardo considered himself very fortunate, however, to have his family always on his side as his best and closest allies. Perotto and Felipe, always travelling from one place to another to keep their ears on the streets and occasionally put a well-chosen word or dagger in; Vanozza and Valentino Scierra, equally at ease in the ballroom as on the battlefield; the twins, Lucrezia and Ferrante, the charmer and the scholar, the one as apt as the other in their distinctive fields--every child of the Manco legacy was ever prepared to band together to support their brother, the Prince, and Leonardo was eternally grateful of this fact.
Therefore, when Vanozza bore her second son, Niccolò, a week after Ivette gave birth to her darling Agnella, Leonardo decided to throw a feast in the streets in celebration, not least because his wife's pregnancy had been a tumultous one. Ivette had spent the last two months of her pregnancy completely bed-ridden, while Caterina kept her company and comforted her; the shared experience of a difficult first pregnancy helped the two women bond to each other, and by the time Agnella was born, Caterina loved Ivette as if she was her own daughter by blood and not marriage, and vice versa.
The night of the celebrations proved especially festive for the twins, both of whom were seen traipsing around with certain special people. Lucrezia, famed for her charming wit and stunning beauty, had suddenly stopped flirting with the men as much as she used to, and was frequently observed enjoying the festivities with a certain Raphaël de Saint-Just, a poet and artist who was visiting Salvi to seek inspiration for his art. The Mancos approved of this match; Lucrezia's flirtations had alarmed them increasingly as of late, and they hoped the serious, almost saturnine Raphaël could bring balance to her more mercurial ways.
But on the other, more distressing hand, was her brother. Ferrante, finally agreeing to pry himself away from his alchemy to join the celebrations, found himself watching a troupe of actors as they stage a comedy of errors under the lanterns. But amongst these actors was a young woman, who played the part of the old doctor's daughter and sang a song in longing for her missing beloved. It took hardly a minute since Ferrante heard the girl's singing for him to fall madly in love with her. He sought her after the performance and begged for her name; she gave it as Ileana, but would not reveal to him her surname, saying instead that "in here", she was known as Ileana Bianchi. She instructed Ferrante on means to write to her after she and her troupe continued to other places, and indeed he wrote to her regularly, almost religiously, ever since. Caterina and Lucrezia both feared for him, suspecting this mysterious Ileana and her motives, but Perotto had agreed to seek her out and uncover more of her enshrouded identity, and this set the family slightly more at ease.
Mutatis mutandis. Si non confectus, non reficiat.
Wife: Caterina Maria Annunziata
Michele's Son: Pietro Cristofano [Tancredi] "Perotto"
--SO?: Felipe Alejandro [Álves]
Daughter: Giovanna Maria Elisabetta "Vanozza"
--Husband: Valentino Ugo [Scierra]
---Son: Romolo Vieri Aldo
---Son: Niccolò Aquila Osvaldo
Prince: Leonardo Giancarlo Luca
--Wife: Ivette Ofelia Carmen [de la Rosa]
---Daughter: Agnella Maria Fiammetta
Daughter (twin): Lucrezia Ilaria Gabriella
--SO: Raphaël Jehan Maximilien François [de Saint-Just]
Son (twin): Ferrante Ludovic Cesare
--SO: Ileana [Bianchi]
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Manco
In the City-State of: Salvi
Leonardo married Ivette de la Rosa in a charming ceremony, surprisingly small and quiet considering his station; a year later, almost to the day, he was made Prince of Salvi, and Caterina stepped down from her regency to let her son take over the city. Leonardo still insisted that she and his uncle Vico remain as his personal advisors, but he understood that the responsibility was now his to bear.
Leonardo considered himself very fortunate, however, to have his family always on his side as his best and closest allies. Perotto and Felipe, always travelling from one place to another to keep their ears on the streets and occasionally put a well-chosen word or dagger in; Vanozza and Valentino Scierra, equally at ease in the ballroom as on the battlefield; the twins, Lucrezia and Ferrante, the charmer and the scholar, the one as apt as the other in their distinctive fields--every child of the Manco legacy was ever prepared to band together to support their brother, the Prince, and Leonardo was eternally grateful of this fact.
Therefore, when Vanozza bore her second son, Niccolò, a week after Ivette gave birth to her darling Agnella, Leonardo decided to throw a feast in the streets in celebration, not least because his wife's pregnancy had been a tumultous one. Ivette had spent the last two months of her pregnancy completely bed-ridden, while Caterina kept her company and comforted her; the shared experience of a difficult first pregnancy helped the two women bond to each other, and by the time Agnella was born, Caterina loved Ivette as if she was her own daughter by blood and not marriage, and vice versa.
The night of the celebrations proved especially festive for the twins, both of whom were seen traipsing around with certain special people. Lucrezia, famed for her charming wit and stunning beauty, had suddenly stopped flirting with the men as much as she used to, and was frequently observed enjoying the festivities with a certain Raphaël de Saint-Just, a poet and artist who was visiting Salvi to seek inspiration for his art. The Mancos approved of this match; Lucrezia's flirtations had alarmed them increasingly as of late, and they hoped the serious, almost saturnine Raphaël could bring balance to her more mercurial ways.
But on the other, more distressing hand, was her brother. Ferrante, finally agreeing to pry himself away from his alchemy to join the celebrations, found himself watching a troupe of actors as they stage a comedy of errors under the lanterns. But amongst these actors was a young woman, who played the part of the old doctor's daughter and sang a song in longing for her missing beloved. It took hardly a minute since Ferrante heard the girl's singing for him to fall madly in love with her. He sought her after the performance and begged for her name; she gave it as Ileana, but would not reveal to him her surname, saying instead that "in here", she was known as Ileana Bianchi. She instructed Ferrante on means to write to her after she and her troupe continued to other places, and indeed he wrote to her regularly, almost religiously, ever since. Caterina and Lucrezia both feared for him, suspecting this mysterious Ileana and her motives, but Perotto had agreed to seek her out and uncover more of her enshrouded identity, and this set the family slightly more at ease.
Mutatis mutandis. Si non confectus, non reficiat.
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