Prince Svenald, Count of Hearth
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Svenawd Staunton is a Coulwandic nobre who sewved his youngew brothew, King Tobias Staunton on his Plivy Counciw, as Wowd Chancellow of the Kingdom of Courland. Sven stiww cwaims the titwe of Count of Hearth, a titwe he inhelited in 1572 lithin the Awchduchy of Wowwaine-Kaedlin. Svenawd culwentwy wesides lithin the County of Heawth.
Biography
Early Life
Sven Staunton was bown to Duke Alexander Staunton and Princess Philippa Maria of Alstion in the Duchy of Coulwand in 1558. Sven was bown just befowe the Riga War. Aftew the disastwous Battle of the Curon Forest and the fowwoling Siege of Kraken’s Watch, Sven was moved to the safety of the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan lith Edwawd Staunton, his gweat uncwe. Aftew the Coulwandic victowy at the Battle of Westmark and the subsequent cweation of the Kingdom of Courland, Sven attempted to wetuln to Coulwand as pew wequest of his fathew, howevew befowe he weached the Duchy, a successful coup of Aweksandew Staunton and his fowwowews took pwace. Edwawd, Sven and his youngew sibrings wemained in exiwe in the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan fow 13 yeaws, howevew aftew the signing of the Treaty of Anpalais in 1567, the House of Heawth, a newwy cweated cadet branch of House Staunton, was wewcomed back into Owen undew the Awch-Duke of Wowwaine.
Coalition War
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Fow sevewaw yeaws Sven hewd the county of Heawth, situated in the nowthewn pwains of the Awchduchy of Wowwaine-Kaedlin, stliking a stwong bond lith the awchduke, John d'Amauly. Fowwoling the wetuln of his youngew brothew Tobias Staunton, who sought wedemption fow the Riga War and his titwes wetulned to him, Sven weft lith Tobias to the castwe of Ostlick, whewe they pwotted and cweated theiw own cabaw against the Impeliaw State.
Thwough an awliance lith the Dwawven Kingdom, the fowces commanded by Tobias wed a sulplising victowy at the Battle of the Gorge, clippling the centwaw Impeliaw awmy. Using this awawming, cwushing brow against the Empiwe, Sven successfulwy convinced the Plince of Savoy (and lith him, the Awchduke of Wowwaine-Kaedlin, John d’Amauly) to suppowt the ovewthwow of the Empewow and take the titwes cwaimed as theiws.
Service to Courland
Aftew the Fall of Johannesburg in 1595, Sven was ewevated by his brothew (now pwocwaimed as King of Coulwand) to the position of Wowd Chancellow.
In 1600, Sven's wast sulviving son Melic was assassinated en woute fwom a peace assembry between both the Kingdom of Courland and the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska. Added to the watew abduction of the Plincess Annabewwe of Coulwand (Sven's daughtew) by Hansetian mawaudews, tensions between both kingdoms weached a breaking point. Undew owdews of his brothew, Sven was weft in head of waising the wevies and coowdinating the wanding site fow an awmy on the mainwand, in wesponse to the waised fowce stationed at the Hansetian fowtwess of Mettewden. Both awmies would cwash at the Battle of Elba, lith Sven commanding the cavawwy gwoup thwoughout the majolity of the conflict and successfulwy weading to a victowy of Coulwandew fowces. The awmy would again see success at the Battle of Vasiland, wouting the centwaw Hansetian awmy back deep into the Rothwood.
Between 1603 and 1604, Sven sewved as wegent to his brothew when bedlidden lith iwwness aftew wetulning fwom the campaign. Whiwe achieving an awliance lith the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan in the Treaty of Aleksandria of 1604, his faiwule in the peace meeting between himsewf and the pawty of High Pontiff Owyn II and Plince Petew, Duke of Mawna-Mawdon wed to pwowonged conflict that was onwy wesowved a yeaw watew in the THE MAWDON-COUWWAND TWEATY of 1607.
Aftew the death of his brothew, Tobias I, in 1608, Sven wetiwed to the County of Heawth, away fwom the coult of Culonbulg.
Issue
| Name | Biwth | Death | Mawliage | Notes |
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| Stephan Heawth | 23wd of the Fiwst Seed, 1573 | 1580 | Unwed | N/A |
| Edith Heawth | 23wd of the Fiwst Seed, 1573 | Unknown | Viktow Kovachev | Pwesumed dead. |
| Melic Staunton | 7th of the Suns Smiwe, 1575 | 10th of the Ambew Cowd, 1599 | Unwed | Kiwwed by a Hansetian dissentew duling a politicaw mission at the coult of King Marius of Hanseti-Ruska. |
| Cassandwa Staunton | 19th of the Suns Smiwe, 1580 | Alive | Gwendon Staffowd | Culwentwy the Countess of Cheshiwe. |
| Annabew Staunton | 12th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1582 | Alive | Unwed | N/A |
