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House of Mercia

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DW [51] Dowager Queen Eleanor Joan Elizabeth Alice Anne of England

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DS [31] King William Eric John of England
-DW [30] Queen Christina Marion Cecily of England
--DD [6] Princess Cecilia Ismay Elysande of England
--DD [3] Princess Julia Ester Mariana of England
--DS [2] Crown Prince Rupert Caspar Arnold of England
--DD [1] Princess Flora Elspeth Esme of England

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DS [30] Prince Christopher Ives Thomas of England
-DW [19] Princess Ida Marie Charlotta of England

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DS [28] Prince Nicholas Frederick James of England
-DW [18] Princess Francisca Eligia of England

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DD [27] Viscountess Margaret Isabel Anne of Arbuthnott
-DH [29] Viscount Florian Jacob Tobias of Arbuthnott
--DD [4] Viscountess Beatrice Eva Roberta of Arbuthnott
--DS [3] Viscount Davide Raul Achille of Arbuthnott
--DD [2] Viscountess Rhona Una Eileen of Arbuthnott

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DS [24] Prince Felix Constans Lucian of England
-DW [21] Princess Donella Mairead Catriona Beitris of England
--DD [3] Princess Valentina Luisa Florencia Adriana Pilar of England

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DS [20] Prince Oliver Alewyn Johannes of England

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So, her, too, was all the Dowager Queen thought when she received the letter from her son, Prince Oliver, telling her that his wife was dead. She had grown to like the Princess Adelina, but she was numb to death. She was only slightly more moved when her beautiful little grand daughter, Princess Mary, eldest daughter of King William, had passed away. Sickness came often and rarely left survivors. All of England was used to it, and so, of course, was the Dowager Queen. Poor Kitty had made up for Mary with three births - one, thank God, was a boy. Meg, too, had welcomed three children, and again, one was a little boy.

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At least Felix had married at last - of course, since it was Felix, it was along the lines of a whirlwind elopement, but she was a duchess (despite being an Irish one) which was the best any of her children had done by that point. The girl soon had a child, a very pretty little girl who looked much like Felix, and which they'd given some ridiculous continental name to - the Dowager just called her Tina. Christopher, too, had got himself married (to a very pretty and very young baroness whilst on a military training expedition) and even Nicholas had made his mother proud. In fact - Nicholas had done the best. He'd won himself an Italian princess. Apparently they had bonded over astronomy, which seemed rather modern and obscure to the Dowager, but she was pleased, anyhow. Clever Christopher; he'd broken Felix's record. Once again, the girl was very young, but that hardly mattered.

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"That cynicism you refer to I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys."