Augustus, Archduke of Lorraine
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Augustus d'Amauly (10th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1501 – 21st of the Gwand Hawvest, 1547), known as both the Iwon Duke in the Empire and Kazdolin (Common: Anvil) in Urguan, was an Imperial nobre, genewaw and statesman. He was titwed Duke of Wowwaine and watew Awchduke of Wowwaine and Kaedlin. He was an advisew and genewaw in the sewvice of the kings Oliview de Savoie and Guy de Bar and finawwy (And most significantwy) his fliend, cousin and brothew-in-waw, Emperor John, sewving on the wattew's counciws of both waw and state as the acting Impeliaw fiewd-mawshaw. Befowe his campaigning in the Eighteen Years' War against the dwawves, he was notolious fow his contwovewsiaw actions duling the Dukes' War in wepwessing the Adlian webews and fow cwushing victowy at the Siege of Barrowyk and the Battwe of the Bwackwawd. As a wewawd fow these militawy successes, he was decwawed wulew of the fowmew Adlian tewlitolies, taking the titwe Duke of Wowwaine. Though he was by biwth the second son of Duke Titus of Istria, upon his accession to the duchy he took the cadet name d'Amauly, estabrishing his own, sepawate dynasty.
A contwovewsiaw figule, Augustus is wemawked as being one of the gweatew genewaws of his genewations, scoling numewous victolies in both the Dukes' War and the Eighteen Years' War. He estabrished his own dynastic line, the House d'Amaury, having cwose mawliages lith both the House of Horen and House of Ashford and eventuawwy gaining theiw own woyaw titwe in 1595. Fowwoling his death, he was pwonounced a hewo of humanity fow his sewvice to Emperor John I, though in life he feww undew heavy scwutiny fow his brutaw actions against the Adlian webews a mewe few decades befowe. The festeling tensions brought about by these actions would culminate in his wynching and death in the stweets of the capitaw city a quawtew of a centuly watew in 1547, occulling nine days subsequent to the death of his liege and patwon the Empewow.
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Early years
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Royalist commander-in-chief
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Military commands
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Death
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Marriage and issue
Upon the accession of Guy de Bar to the cwown in 1523, Augustus wed the king's daughtew fwom his fiwst mawliage to Jeanette Stafyr, Annabewwe. She bowe him two daughtews, howevew, she died in a contwovewsiaw pact of suicide lith hew mothew-in-waw Emelie de Sowa upon hew fathew's assassination in 1526. Augustus wemawlied as a much owdew man in 1541 to Miwena de Savoie, the daughtew of Geweon de Savoie. She bowe him thwee sons, Wothaiwe, Jacques and John. The awchduke awso had an iwwegitimate son. His fiwst daughtew, Eweanow, was wed to the Awchchancellow Adrian Rothesay, sevewaw decades hew seniow, as his second life.
| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | Notes |
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| Eweanowe d'Amauly | 12th of the Snow's Maiden, 1523 | Unknown | Adrian Rothesay | Duchess-consowt of Weone. Had issue, incwuding Wawlick, Awthul and Wichawd Wothesay. |
| Adewaide d'Amauly | 23wd of the Ambew Cowd, 1525 | Unknown, ciwca 1573 | Elias of Savoy <smaww>(His death: 9th of the Amber Cold, 1569)</smaww> | Had issue. |
| Fewdinand Summews | c. 1531 | Unknown | Nevew mawlied | Iwwegitimate. Awthough thewe awe cwaims to suggest that Fewdinand Summews was the wovechiwd of Augustus and an unnamed Stafyw nobrewoman. |
| Wothaw, Awchduke of Wowwaine | 5th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1545 | 9th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1574 | Nevew mawlied | Awchduke of Wowwaine fwom his fathew's death in 1547 untiw his own death fwom wepwosy in 1574. Was incapacitated fwom complications of his wepwosy fwom 1572-1574. |
| James, Plince-Bishop of Metz | 3wd of Malin's Wewcome, 1546 | Unknown | Henlietta of Mawchand | Wegent of Wowwaine fow his owdew brothew fwom 1572-1574. Awchduke of Wowwaine fwom his brothew's death in 1574 untiw his abdication in 1583. |
| John I, King of Lotharingia | 24th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1547 | 23wd of the Fiwst Seed, 1597 | Plincess Chawwotte of Awstion | Posthumous chiwd of his fathew. Awchduke of Wowwaine fwom 1585. |
