Augustus, Archduke of Lorraine
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Augustus d'Amaury (10th of the Grand Harvest, 1501 – 21st of the Grand Harvest, 1547), known as both the Iron Duke in the Empire and Kazdorin (Common: Anvil) in Urguan, was an Imperial noble, general and statesman. He was titled Duke of Lorraine and later Archduke of Lorraine and Kaedrin.
He was an adviser and general in the service of the kings Olivier de Savoie and Guy de Bar and finally (And most significantly) his friend, cousin and brother-in-law, John I, Holy Orenian Emperor, serving on the latter's councils of both war and state as the acting Imperial field-marshal. Before his campaigning in the Eighteen Years' War against the dwarves, he was notorious for his controversial actions during the Dukes' War in repressing the Adrian rebels. The festering tensions brought about by these actions would culminate in his lynching and death a quarter of a century later in 1547, occurring nine days subsequent to the death of his liege and patron the Emperor.
He is considered the best general of his generation by some historians, and one of the best generals ever. Although a tough leader, he was respected by his troops. The Iron Duke especially distinguished himself in the conquest of Avar during the Eighteen Years' War. He also distinguished himself in the Battle of Marnadal (1546), where he singlehandedly led the Imperial troops to victory over Dunamis raiders upon the plains of Vandoria.
He is best known for his actions against the revolt of Adria in the service of Olivier de Savoie, where he repeatedly defeated the troops of Hugues Sarkozic and later rebel leaders. He is also known for the brutalities during the capture of Brelus and Barrowyk. As a reward for these military successes, he was declared ruler of the former Adrian territories, taking the title Duke of Lorraine. Though he was by birth the second son of Titus de Sola, upon his accession to the duchy he took the cadet name of d'Amaury, establishing his own, separate dynasty. Despite his estrangement from his sister Empress Adelheid, Augustus would maintain a lifelong friendship with his brother-in-law, John I.
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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 crown in 1523, Augustus wed the king's daughter from his first marriage to Jeanette Stafyr, Annabelle. She bore him two daughters, however, she died in a controversial pact of suicide with her mother-in-law Emelie de Sola upon her father's assassination in 1526.
His first daughter, Eleanor, was wed to the Archchancellor Adrian Rothesay, several decades her senior, as his second wife.
Augustus remarried as a much older man in 1541 to Milena de Savoie, the daughter of Gereon de Savoie. She bore him three sons, Lothaire, Jacques and John. The archduke also had an illegitimate son.
| Name | Birth | Death | Marriage | Notes |
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| Eleanor d'Amaury | 12th of the Snow's Maiden, 1523 | Unknown | Adrian Rothesay | Duchess-consort of Leone. Had issue, including Warwick, Arthur and Richard Rothesay. |
| Adelaide d'Amaury | 23rd of the Amber Cold, 1525 | Unknown, circa 1573 | Elias of Savoy (His death: 9th of the Amber Cold, 1569) | Had issue. |
| Ferdinand Summers | c. 1531 | Unknown | Never married | Illegitimate. |
| Lothaire d'Amaury | 5th of the Grand Harvest, 1545 | 9th of the Grand Harvest, 1574 | Never married | Archduke of Lorraine from his father's death in 1547 until his own death from leprosy in 1574. Was incapacitated from complications of his leprosy from 1572-1574. |
| Jacques d'Amaury | 3rd of Malin's Welcome, 1546 | Alive | Unwed | Regent of Lorraine for his older brother from 1572-1574. Archduke of Lorraine from his brother's death in 1574 until his abdication in 1583. |
| John d'Amaury | 24th of the Grand Harvest, 1547 | Alive | Unwed | Posthumous child of his father. Archduke of Lorraine from 1585. |
