As soon as the spring plowing is over, the top priority of the entire East Frisian County is Marin's marriage. So, the whole country took action...
In fact, old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary were very dissatisfied with Marin's marriage to Angela, the "Daughter of the Knight". Because, in their view, Marin is now the earl of the earl country, the marriage partner, and the princess of the princes on horseback.
However, because Marin has not been generally recognized, it is difficult to marry a princess. However, Marin is only 20 years old now, so there is no need to get married so early. Many aristocrats only get married around the age of 30. With such conditions, Marin can wait for other countries to gradually recognize him, and then choose a princess from a vassal state to marry.
According to common sense, the idea of the old Hoffmans is very correct. However, Marin knew that although the Angela he had chosen now was inconspicuous, it would help him the most in the future. Because the king and princes have their own sons, they may not try their best to help their son-in-law. The future Pope Julius II was different. He has no illegitimate children, only two illegitimate daughters, Angela and Felice. Moreover, Felice was not liked by Julius II. But even so, when Julius II became the pope, he helped Felice remarry the son of a duke, and helped his son-in-law successfully become the new duke.
Of course, that's because in the original history, the first two daughters of Julius II died, and only Felice was left. If you don't like it, you have to help. However, Angela told Marin that her father liked her the most and didn't like her sister. Because her younger sister is not as good-looking, cute and obedient as she is.
Although Marin had heard Angela talk about the family affairs before, he didn't pay attention to the specific details. Thinking about it now, Angela's younger sister is the famous Felice. Julius II loved Angela the most, and he had no son. Then, after he became the pope, he would naturally spare no effort to help his son-in-law.
Therefore, the benefits of marrying Angela are very great. Besides, Angela herself is also a well-behaved, beautiful, and lovely little beauty, and Marin won't suffer a bit if she marries her.
However, because Julius II is still a villain wanted by the Holy See. In order not to provoke the Holy See, Marin did not tell his family about Angela's true identity, but insisted on marrying her.
Although the old Hoffmans were unhappy, there was nothing they could do. Who said that the son is much better than the father. Right now, Marin's control over East Frisia is very thorough. All opponents were killed. Therefore, Marin's words are the law in East Frisia. Others respect old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary only because they are Marin's parents. Therefore, Marin insisted on what he wanted to do, and the couple couldn't stop it.
Moreover, to be honest, Mrs. Mary actually likes Angela very much. What she objected to was only Angela's identity, not Angela.
Therefore, as soon as Marin insisted, the couple had no choice but to agree. Anyway, Angela was born in a knight family, not a commoner, and her marriage with Marin was not a marriage of nobles and commoners.
Of course, the origin of a knight family is sometimes regarded as a commoner in Europe. The marriage between a nobleman and a knight's daughter is sometimes regarded as a normal marriage, and many people think it is a marriage between nobles and commoners.
In order to eliminate this hidden danger, Marin simply awarded the old Knight Nelson the title of "Lifetime Baron". However, this is a special baronship because it is not hereditary... The so-called lifetime means a lifetime, there is no second generation...
As for Old Nelson's son Louis, he will become a hereditary knight in the future, and his descendants can also have the title of a hereditary knight. After all, in Europe, barons are very precious and are generally not granted lightly.
This time, Marin made an exception to grant the title of "Lifetime Baron" to Old Nelson just to increase Angela's worth, and stipulated in the document that after Old Nelson died, his son would be demoted to the rank of Baronet.
To be honest, if old Nelson is really Marin's father-in-law, Louis may not need to be degraded in the future. However, Old Nelson was just a fake father-in-law, not real. If he really gave a hereditary baron, Marin would be too bad. Therefore, the fake brother-in-law Louis can only be a hereditary knight.
But even so, the Nelsons made a lot of money. Old Nelson didn't have to do anything to be a Baron. Although Louis was downgraded to the rank of lord, he still made a lot of money. Because, although the title he inherited is only a knight, it can be hereditary, and the gold content is much higher than that of ordinary knights. Moreover, the title of a soldier is obtained through hard work. And their family, purely by luck, picked up a family fortune...
After everyone knew about Marin's promotion of old Nelson's title, they had nothing to say. After all, Marin is now the earl, and it is really outrageous to marry a knight's daughter. And marrying a baron's daughter sounds much better. Moreover, the old Nelson's baronship cannot be hereditary, but everyone recognizes it very much, and feels that Marin is very particular about his work. As for Louis's hereditary knight, everyone has nothing to say. Who made him have a beautiful "sister" who fascinated the Earl...
I heard that Marin set the wedding on April 18th (Khan, Marin is a number control person, he likes the number 18 very much...), all the subjects started to prepare gifts. Those who wanted to be born as servants like Schwartz even took the initiative to send their family members into the palace to help. He is now a baron, and his family has also lived in his baronial residence in Aurich, and the whole family is proud. But for the protagonist Marin, not only Schwartz, but also his family are very grateful. So, for Marin's wedding, Schwartz simply asked his family to help.
Marin's five attendants—Schwartz, Kahn, Sauer, Garland, and Tara, as well as Kohler, who was in charge of the accounts—are all wealthy now. Schwartz and Kahn, one because of their ability and culture, and the other because of their bravery and great achievements in battle, were both made barons. Kohler also became a court baron because he was a quartermaster, made military achievements, and helped Marin do a lot of shady things. For the other three, Sauer became a hereditary knight, only one step away from becoming a baron. Next time, as long as there is credit, a baron will be stable.
As for Garland and Tara, due to their limited abilities, they are currently only three generations of knights. This is also something that can't be helped. In the previous siege battle, the two guarded by Marin's side and had no chance to perform. Although they are all their own people, Marin also trusts them. However, Marin needs to be fair. Therefore, only three generations of knights canonize them. We can only wait until later to find an opportunity to confer them as hereditary knights. But as far as the abilities of the two of them are concerned, a hereditary knight is considered the best. If you want to become a baron, you must have great military exploits in exchange. But these two are okay as bodyguards, but not good at commanding the army.
Just as the Counties of East Frisia were decorating with lights and festoons, preparing to usher in Marin's wedding, a group of people came from the southwest by land...
This team came from Paris, France, and the leader was the legendary Archbishop Rovere, the future Pope Julius II. And the team that followed him were mainly the clansman of Archbishop Rovere and his cronies who had been in the Holy See...
Since the last reply to his daughter Angela, Archbishop Rovere has been waiting for her daughter to write again. As long as his daughter responds, he plans to bring her to Paris and arrange for her to marry the son of the earl he is optimistic about.
However, for more than two months, he did not receive any letter from his daughter. So, he decided not to wait any longer, and planned to bring someone to East Frisia to ask for his daughter. Anyway, even if my daughter wrote back and agreed, I would have to pick it up.
However, in order to force Marin to bow his head, Archbishop Rovere specially found the earl, obtained official French diplomatic documents, and planned to use the name of France to suppress Marin and force him to surrender.
At first, Archbishop Rovere led his men straight to Emden. It's a pity that Marin moved the capital early. So Archbishop Rovere hurried to Aurich. He heard on the way that Marin was going to marry a girl named Hannah on April 18th. Archbishop Rovere concluded that this Hannah might be his daughter. In order to get back his daughter, Archbishop Rovere and his team rushed on non-stop. They arrived in Aurich on the afternoon of the 17th, took out the French diplomatic documents, and arrogantly broke into Marin's palace, with a look of hostility...
Fortunately, Angela was not suitable to live in the palace because she was going to get married, so she temporarily moved to a small castle outside the city to wait for Marin to greet her. Otherwise, he might be bumped into by Archbishop Rovere.
Marin also changed his face when he learned that Archbishop Rovere came to the door in person and had a bad attitude. Although Archbishop Rovere did not reveal his identity, Marin learned that his name was Juliano, who was still from Paris, holding a French diplomatic document, and guessed that this was his future father-in-law.
But what makes Marin depressed is that the future father-in-law is not kind, as if he wants to prevent him from marrying Angela...
"It's really unlucky... I'm about to get married, but my future father-in-law came to the door..."
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