Leopold I of Velen

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Leopold I 1st Margrave of Velen Tenure: 1890-Present Predecessor: Titles Created Successor: Guinevere Lucia von Reuss Race: Human Born: 1859, Ulmsbottom, Aeldin Spouse: Ravenna Valentina von Reuss House: House of Reuss Father: Rocco von Reuss Mother: Hilde von Reuss Military Service Allegiance: Velen Years of service: 1870-Present

Biography

Early Life

Born in 1859 as Leopold Ulrich von Reuss to Rocco and Hilde von Reuss, he was the first and oldest child and heir to mantle of patriarch of his house. Within his youth, Leopold would grow to be fascinated with hunting with his father. It would be this relationship with his father that would set him on the path to succeed him in ownership of his merry band of brigands. These men would be hired out to the highest bidder of local lords to fight in their name. Leopold would find himself in the midst of these skirmishes and minor conflicts as a young teen serving under his father.

Until the death of his father amidst one of these jobs serving under the ruler of Ulmsbottom, Leopold would be ushered in as the new leader of the company. One of his rewards for his service to Ulmsbottom and in homage to his father, Leopold would be knighted at the age of seventeen, c. 1876. Leopold now knighted and the new leader of the company would go on to reward his men in gold and further earn their respect through a series of missions to protect and escort clergymen across Aeldin.

Upon his return to his manor later that year in 1876, he entered to see his aging mother with a fellow lord along with a young woman named Ravenna Valentina Cantal, little did Leopold know, this young woman was to be his bride. Through a couple of awkward months of courtship, the two would be married the following year in 1877 and bear their first child, August Lucien. They would go on to have three more children before Leopold would find his calling while encountering men who claimed to be from across the far and perilous seas.

Amongst these talks and trading of information, Leopold would have his mind made up about taking this journey to the continent these men hailed from in hopes for a better future for him and his kin.

Arrival to Almaris

The Velenic People landed on the western shores of Almaris in the year 1884 after a long and perilous journey from Aeldin. Leopold alongside his companion, Ser Fynn von Wexler and brothers Ser Gustaf and Ser Henry wasted no time in carving out a small area of land to call their own. Within a few months they established the small township of Velen, this would be the first iteration of Velen in the lands of Almaris, as families began to settle, crops began to grow, life was already looking up for these wayward colonists.

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Establishment of Velen

Velen's exodus and establishment in the Human Heartlands of Almaris. WIP

Titles and Styles

• 1876 - 1884: Ser Leopold Ulrich von Reuss, Proprietor of the Eisenwald Company
• 1884 - 1889: His Lordship, Leopold Ulrich von Reuss, Baron of Velen, Lord of the Eisenwald, Proprietor of the Velen Company
• 1890 - Present: The Most Honorable, Leopold Ulrich von Reuss, Margrave of Velen, Count of Cantal, Baron of the Aschenwald, Commander of the Household Guard, Patriarch of the House of Reuss, Elector of Velen, defender of Velenic Peoples

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage	Notes
August Lucien	1877	Missing	Unwed	1st born son of Leopold & Ravenna
Robert Lothar	1878	Alive	Unwed	2nd born son of Leopold & Ravenna
Guinevere Lucia	1879	Alive	Widowed	Her father's successor as Margravine of Velen
Voron Arminius	1893	Alive	Unwed	3rd born son of Leopold & Ravenna
Sylvia Louise	1878	Dead	Unwed	1st born daughter of Leopold & Ravenna
Elena Henrietta	1879	Alive	Unwed	2nd born daughter of Leopold & Ravenna
Ada Eloise	1888	Alive	Unwed	3rd born daughter of Leopold & Ravenna