The Rebuilding--Chapter Three

[revanne]

Rereading this chapter again my heart went out to Camber.

[tmcd]

Are you certain you want me listening to that while I write?

O. K., O. K, no Warhammer 40k.  How about this?

Summoning of the Muse (Remastered)

[Evie]

Are you certain you want me listening to that while I write?

O. K., O. K, no Warhammer 40k.  How about this?

Summoning of the Muse (Remastered)

Ooh, Dead Can Dance! This brings back memories of an old friend. Sure, I can totally see myself writing to this soundtrack, if the scene is right for it.

Or maybe I should play it to, I dunno, summon my muse? 

[Demercia]

It has just occurred to me to wonder, where does Cynewyn fit into the Jouvian succession?

[Evie]

It has just occurred to me to wonder, where does Cynewyn fit into the Jouvian succession?

That's a good question, and one that gets settled in a legal contract later in the story, so I don't want to get into too much detail on it.  However, one consideration is that Cynewyn is a Haldane, born in Gwynedd to a father who was its King at the time, and by medieval laws, she would be considered part of the Haldane family even after her mother's remarriage and move to a different kingdom. By legal right, the Haldanes could insist on retaining custody of her (and in our world, it sometimes happened that the father's family would take custody of 'their' child away from a widowed mother, especially if they didn't get on well with her), though I can't see our Haldanes trying to deprive Alixa of her maternal rights. They love her too much. It seems more likely that Cynewyn Haldane will end up growing up in both Courts once she is old enough to travel back and forth between them, getting to know her father's homeland just as well as her mother's.

Alixa's children born in Joux, especially if she is sovereign of Joux already whenever that happens, would be fully considered to be of the Royal House of Joux, even if their father happened to be born a Haldane. There would likely be something written into the betrothal contract that lays out the rules of succession very plainly, both to ensure there is a clear line of succession spelled out, but also to ensure that the Haldanes of Gwynedd don't attempt any sort of power grab that results in the Kingdom of Joux getting absorbed into Gwynedd. (That might not go over too well with Alixa's people.) Alixa's heirs born in Joux would indisputably be her heirs because of her Buyenne-Furstán and Vésan birthrights, with her second husband (their father) having certain rights as her Consort, but not the right to inherit Joux after her if she dies first.

Now, in Cynewyn's case, she is also a child of Alixa's body and therefore also of the Buyenne-Furstán and Vésan bloodlines, so her situation is somewhat nebulous, but it seems likely that Cinhil would have provided some sort of inheritance for his own daughter in Gwynedd, regardless of whether or not she ends up in the line of succession in Joux and Vézaire.

(And also, don't forget Cécile's daughter Nadia is in an even more nebulous position in regards to the line of succession, since as far as the general public is aware, she was sired by King Haakon of Eistenmarcke, whose marriage to Cécile has since been declared illegitimate, but at the time of Nadia's conception Cécile had every reason to believe that it was a licit marriage, not that she had any choice in marrying Haakon either way. So in theory, Nadia's royal birth would be considered legitimate even though the marriage was not, in the same way the children of a marriage that ends in annulment are considered legitimate even if the marriage is later declared invalid...at least unless people start to suspect that her true father was Torval of Nördmarcke. But is Alixa going to be posting billboards throughout Joux proclaiming Nadia's true parentage? Hardly!)

So much for me not getting into too much detail! 

[DoctorM]

Are you certain you want me listening to that while I write?

O. K., O. K, no Warhammer 40k.  How about this?

Summoning of the Muse (Remastered)

Ooh, Dead Can Dance! This brings back memories of an old friend. Sure, I can totally see myself writing to this soundtrack, if the scene is right for it.

Or maybe I should play it to, I dunno, summon my muse? 

I do love Dead Can Dance. Cocteau Twins, too.

[Demercia]

Thank you, it's all very fascinating.
I look forward to a more detailed answer😅

[DerynifanK]

@Evie, who ties Gordian knots and leaves her characters to untie them. I feel so sorry for Saoirse In fact this story seems to have a lot of characters involved or in love with the wrong people. I can see why it will take so many chapters to untangle these knots.
I do have a question. Did Geoffrey return to bring Jourdain' son back to Rhemuth? I keep wondering about him.

[Evie]

@Evie, who ties Gordian knots and leaves her characters to untie them. I feel so sorry for Saorsha. In fact this story seems to have a lot of characters involved or in love with the wrong people. I can see why it will take so many chapters to untangle these knots.
I do have a question. Did Geoffrey return to bring Jourdain' son back to Rhemuth? I keep wondering about him.

Has he done so yet? No, because it is still January, and Geoffrey still has no idea he has a grandson in Horthánthy. The main events from Queen of Sorrows won't take place until June-September of this year, and The Rebuilding takes place over the 1465 calendar year, ending with New Year's Day of 1466. Will Geoffrey do so eventually? I guess you will have to keep reading.