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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
---Son (twin): Michele Girolamo Domenico "Michelotto"
---Son (twin): Gabriele Bartolomeo Alvise
Daughter (twin): Lucrezia Ilaria Gabriella
--Betrothed: Raphaël Jehan Maximilien François [de Saint-Just]
Son (twin): Ferrante Ludovic Cesare
--xSO: Ileana [Bianchi]
---Daughter: Lisa Simona Magdalena "Simonetta"
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Manco
In the City-State of: Salvi
The next year, the house of Manco welcomed four new additions to their family. Ivette had found herself pregnant again, and her second pregnancy proved even more taxing than her first. While she was not bed-ridden this time, she was constantly plagued with light-headedness and fatigue throughout the first few months, and frequently complained of back aches. As it turned out, Ivette was carrying not one child, but twins! The elder, by half an hour, was named Michele after Leonardo's late father, although in the household he was known as Michelotto; his brother was named Gabriele, both after Ivette's brother and to maintain an archangel theme. The twins' birth was welcomed with much rejoicing.
But not long after Ivette gave birth, Ferrante approached Leonardo and insisted upon an audience in private. It turned out that his lover, Ileana, was pregnant, and claimed the child to be his. While a marriage would settle the matter quickly, there was the problem of Ileana's mysterious background and lowly station. Furthermore, Ferrante confessed to his brother, he was not even entirely certain the child in her womb was truly his. In the past month, he had begun to suspect Ileana of infidelity, and had himself espied a man leave her quarters more than once. But as she remained adamant that the child was his, Ferrante had no idea what to do, and went to his brother for advice.
By Leonardo's suggestion, Ileana was given a suite in the Palazzo Manco, ostensibly as a sort of welcome for her while they sort out the matter of her marriage with Ferrante. But what Leonardo failed to inform her was that the bedchamber next to hers was Felipe's, and that he would discreetly keep a close eye on her throughout her stay. And unhappily, barely a week into Ileana's stay at the palazzo, Felipe saw a mysterious man visit her bedchamber at night, only to leave again in the morning. He reported immediately to Leonardo and Ferrante, and together they confronted Ileana about the situation. She insisted that the man was her brother, that he was worried for her and was overly tired, and that she had let him sleep on her couch, but by that point, Ferrante's trust in her had severed completely. He still let her stay, but there was no more proposition of marriage; he promised her only a place to live until her child is born and she is ready to return to her acting troupe.
Several months later, Ileana gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Lisa. But less than a week after the child was born, Ileana left in the dark of night, likely with help from her illicit beau--leaving the infant Lisa in her cradle with a note. She remained insistent to the end that Lisa was indeed Ferrante's daughter as much as hers, and explained that she felt neither prepared nor capable of raising the child alone in her station, and that she begged Ferrante to take the girl and raise her as his own in her stead. It was both a surprise, and yet, somehow, it was not. Ferrante took to the task with grim seriousness, and while he never truly forgave Ileana for her betrayal, his love for young Lisa--or Simonetta, as the family preferred to call her by, as Lisa was the name of Agnella's nursemaid--was true and sincere.
Meanwhile, Lucrezia and Raphaël de Saint-Just were officially engaged in a public ceremony, a feast large enough to take the public mind off the hushed scandal surrounding Ferrante and his illegitimate daughter. Lucrezia was surprised that, for all her flirtatious reputation, it was her brother who had a child out of wedlock; she appropriated this fact to Raphaël's severe, chaste disposition that made him unusually resistant to her charms even as he appreciated them.
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
---Son (twin): Michele Girolamo Domenico "Michelotto"
---Son (twin): Gabriele Bartolomeo Alvise
Daughter (twin): Lucrezia Ilaria Gabriella
--Betrothed: Raphaël Jehan Maximilien François [de Saint-Just]
Son (twin): Ferrante Ludovic Cesare
--xSO: Ileana [Bianchi]
---Daughter: Lisa Simona Magdalena "Simonetta"
Of the illustrious Royal House of: Manco
In the City-State of: Salvi
The next year, the house of Manco welcomed four new additions to their family. Ivette had found herself pregnant again, and her second pregnancy proved even more taxing than her first. While she was not bed-ridden this time, she was constantly plagued with light-headedness and fatigue throughout the first few months, and frequently complained of back aches. As it turned out, Ivette was carrying not one child, but twins! The elder, by half an hour, was named Michele after Leonardo's late father, although in the household he was known as Michelotto; his brother was named Gabriele, both after Ivette's brother and to maintain an archangel theme. The twins' birth was welcomed with much rejoicing.
But not long after Ivette gave birth, Ferrante approached Leonardo and insisted upon an audience in private. It turned out that his lover, Ileana, was pregnant, and claimed the child to be his. While a marriage would settle the matter quickly, there was the problem of Ileana's mysterious background and lowly station. Furthermore, Ferrante confessed to his brother, he was not even entirely certain the child in her womb was truly his. In the past month, he had begun to suspect Ileana of infidelity, and had himself espied a man leave her quarters more than once. But as she remained adamant that the child was his, Ferrante had no idea what to do, and went to his brother for advice.
By Leonardo's suggestion, Ileana was given a suite in the Palazzo Manco, ostensibly as a sort of welcome for her while they sort out the matter of her marriage with Ferrante. But what Leonardo failed to inform her was that the bedchamber next to hers was Felipe's, and that he would discreetly keep a close eye on her throughout her stay. And unhappily, barely a week into Ileana's stay at the palazzo, Felipe saw a mysterious man visit her bedchamber at night, only to leave again in the morning. He reported immediately to Leonardo and Ferrante, and together they confronted Ileana about the situation. She insisted that the man was her brother, that he was worried for her and was overly tired, and that she had let him sleep on her couch, but by that point, Ferrante's trust in her had severed completely. He still let her stay, but there was no more proposition of marriage; he promised her only a place to live until her child is born and she is ready to return to her acting troupe.
Several months later, Ileana gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Lisa. But less than a week after the child was born, Ileana left in the dark of night, likely with help from her illicit beau--leaving the infant Lisa in her cradle with a note. She remained insistent to the end that Lisa was indeed Ferrante's daughter as much as hers, and explained that she felt neither prepared nor capable of raising the child alone in her station, and that she begged Ferrante to take the girl and raise her as his own in her stead. It was both a surprise, and yet, somehow, it was not. Ferrante took to the task with grim seriousness, and while he never truly forgave Ileana for her betrayal, his love for young Lisa--or Simonetta, as the family preferred to call her by, as Lisa was the name of Agnella's nursemaid--was true and sincere.
Meanwhile, Lucrezia and Raphaël de Saint-Just were officially engaged in a public ceremony, a feast large enough to take the public mind off the hushed scandal surrounding Ferrante and his illegitimate daughter. Lucrezia was surprised that, for all her flirtatious reputation, it was her brother who had a child out of wedlock; she appropriated this fact to Raphaël's severe, chaste disposition that made him unusually resistant to her charms even as he appreciated them.
Mutatis mutandis. Si non confectus, non reficiat.
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