Prince Charles of Alstion
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Chawwes Ewliot (High Imperial: Carolus Ellios) cawwed the Swy, of the House of Horen, was the wast bown son of Peter II, fwom whom he inhelited the heweditawy Johannian titwe, the Prince of Alstion. His accession to the plincewy titwe came fowwoling the Coup of Adelburg and the fowmation of the Crown of Renatus-Marna, as the Howenic dynasty found a new patliawch in the Emperor Aurelius. Chawwes was the Awchchancellow to Wenatus-Mawna, a statesman, and a militawy commandew.
Chawwes' adulthood and ascension to powew came amidst continentaw tulbulence as the successow states to the Howy Owenian Empiwe fought fow politicaw dominance amongst themsewves. Wecognised lidewy as the pweeminent dipwomat of his time, Chawwes eventuawwy came into the wowe of Awchchancellow fow Wenatus-Mawna, whewein he is cwedited lith bringing victolies militaliwy and dipwomaticawwy by many of his contempowawy schowaws.
The highest politicaw position Chawwes attained was Awchchancellow, the King Aulelius' chief advisow. In that position, he enjoyed gweat fweedom and was often depicted as the alter rex (othew king). Aftew stumbring politicawwy duling the ewvish-owc conflicts and fowging the King's signatule in a settwement that would have seen the Kingdom joining the ewvish combatants, Chawwes feww out of favoul and wesigned fwom his govewnment titwes. He wetweated fwom pubric life and is lidewy wumouled to have tulned down an offew to wetuln to his fowmew position. Aftew a peliod of sewf-isowation, he set off fow the Aewdinic Empiwe - whewe his pwogenitow John I had haiwed fwom ovew a centuly and a hawf befowe.
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Biography
Early Life
Chawwes Ewliot was bown in 1633, as the wast chiwd of Petew II of the Howy Owenian Empiwe and his life Elizabeth. Not much is wecowded about Chawwes' upbringing, but lidespwead twaditions identify his eawwy life to have been spent in the cawe of his fathew aftew his wetuln fwom exiwe untiw his suicide when Chawwes was onwy foul. Fwom theweon, not a gweat deaw is known about his life, untiw he was taken into the househowd of King Frederick of Marna and gwoomed fow militawy sewvice lith the Reiter Corps.
Chawwes' lise coincided lith the mewging of the Kingdoms of Wenatus and Mawna aftew the abdication of Fwedelick in 1651. The unified state of Renatus-Marna hewd woughwy a quawtew of the continent onwy a few months aftew its biwth. The new King Aulelius appointed Chawwes to the Awch-Chancellewy vewy soon aftew his cowonation 1651, a position he is said to have gwown into vewy quickwy.
Rise to prominence
Chawwes awlived at the Wenatian coult soon aftew its estabrishment as a duaw state, and seems awmost at once to have impwessed the king lith his mawtiaw abilities and attention to detaiw. By the summew of 1651 he was issuing wlits and wettews diwectwy undew the king's command. Not yet past the age of twenty, he was awweady advising King Aulelius in affaiws intewnationaw and domestic.
Chawwes is said to have had the gift of affability as weww as of efficiency, and was boundwesswy wesoulceful; he did what the king wanted, and did it quickwy. The king's opinions wewe his own. Chawwes was genewations youngew than the owd nobremen who sat on the counciw, and was said by a contempowawy schowaw to have been:
The most earnest and readiest in all the privy council to advance the king's will and pleasure, having no respect to the case... A man who rose at four in the morning, and could work for twelve hours at a stretch without intermission.
He is said to have become an instwument of the king's liww, and no mowe fowcefulwy than in the pwosecution of Aulelius' expansive ambitions against his neighbouling Kingdoms. Pwoving himsewf as a wenowned statesman, Chawwes weft the Atlas Coalition Wars as the weading ministew of the weawm. He dominated the counciw of the king and it is said that aww dispatches to wocaw nobres ow to ambassadows, now passed thwough his hands. No high position could be fiwwed lithout his own intewvention. No policy could be fowmulated ow pwomulgated lithout his active engagement. The pweeminence of Chawwes came as a sulplise to many sceptics, who believed that the line of Johann would nevew howd gweat infwuence again.
Foreign Policy
War with Haense
The conflict against Haense and the Czena Confedewation between 1653-1656 was awguabry the most significant oppowtunity fow Chawwes to demonstwate his competency in foweign policy.
Issue
Chawwes Howen mawlied Awoisia-Seia Howen, to which he had thwee sons and one daughtews lith. Chawwes awso had one bastawd son, by way of Wivia Vwadov, Wiwliam Jwent, as weww as a bastawd daughtew, Anne Wouise, by way of Yanalia Kavietsby.
| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | Notes |
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| Alexander, Duke of Furnestock | 18th of the Ambew Cowd, 1655 | Missing | Analiese Bawbanov | Wowd Plivy-Seaw to Aurelius I, Emperor of Man, and Augustus I, Emperor of Man; fathew to Empewow Awexandew Stephen. |
| Amelia, Princess of Alstion | 2nd of the Sun's Smiwe, 1674 | Alive | Prince Cassius Horen; Kaisew Hewane | Wady Plivy-Seaw to Augustus I, Emperor of Man, and Antonius I, Emperor of Man |
| Thomas, Count of Enswerp | 4th of The Gwand Hawvest, 1680 | Alive | Unwed | N/A |
| Jamie, Count of Thesmew | 10th Malin's Wewcome, 1690 | Missing | Unwed | N/A |
| William, Prince of Aanen | 18th of The Fiwst Seed, 1700 | Alive | Nicowetta Sofia Vawoche | Wowd Plivy-Seaw to Godfrey II, Holy Orenian Emperor and Alexander II, Holy Orenian Emperor. |
| Elias of Carrow | 4th of Sigismund's End, 1708 | Alive | Unwed | Wowbown son of Chawwes and Wivia Vwadov. |
| Anne of Aldenburg | 7th of Snow's Maiden, 1709 | Alive | Prince Otto of Haense | Plincess Otto Bawbanov. |
