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| − | + | Gera Gangolffin | |
| + | Born 1485, Augsburg, Bavaria | ||
| + | Currently 1530, Augsburg, Bavaria (45 years old) | ||
| − | I | + | Parents: Valentin Gangolff and Lucia von Nordlingen |
| + | Brother Georg Gangolff, on whose estate my sons and I live. | ||
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| + | Married at 19, in 1504, to a minor nobleman, Klaes Eberhardt, who was an officer in the landsknecht. He was killed in the Battle of Marignano outside Milan in 1515. Gera did not follow the army, but rather stayed on her family's estate and raised her children. | ||
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| + | Gera gave birth to two sons. First son Faris of Madrone, a wandering minstrel, born in 1505 (25 years old) and Zachariah of Moore, born in 1507 (22 years old), a cavalry soldier, journeyman printer, and new father. | ||
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| + | Gera, like most women, is legally dependent upon her father and brother. She is literate and numerate, owns land and conducts business, but her brother retained guardianship of her (now adult) sons and her first husband’s inheritance. | ||
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| + | She remarried at 34, in 1519, to a mercenary Captain, Christopher MacEveny, a Wild Goose from Ireland. No additional children came of this union. | ||
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| + | She manages the household for her family, since her mother is infirm and her brother’s wife consumptive. To support her brother with the printing business, Gera has travelled north to Nuremburg, west to Ulm, and south to Venice on one extended trip. | ||
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| + | She enjoys tailoring, embellishment, printing from type and plate, minor metalsmithing, and serving her family. | ||
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Revision as of 04:18, 15 February 2020
Profile
Gera Gangolffin Born 1485, Augsburg, Bavaria Currently 1530, Augsburg, Bavaria (45 years old)
Parents: Valentin Gangolff and Lucia von Nordlingen Brother Georg Gangolff, on whose estate my sons and I live.
Married at 19, in 1504, to a minor nobleman, Klaes Eberhardt, who was an officer in the landsknecht. He was killed in the Battle of Marignano outside Milan in 1515. Gera did not follow the army, but rather stayed on her family's estate and raised her children.
Gera gave birth to two sons. First son Faris of Madrone, a wandering minstrel, born in 1505 (25 years old) and Zachariah of Moore, born in 1507 (22 years old), a cavalry soldier, journeyman printer, and new father.
Gera, like most women, is legally dependent upon her father and brother. She is literate and numerate, owns land and conducts business, but her brother retained guardianship of her (now adult) sons and her first husband’s inheritance.
She remarried at 34, in 1519, to a mercenary Captain, Christopher MacEveny, a Wild Goose from Ireland. No additional children came of this union.
She manages the household for her family, since her mother is infirm and her brother’s wife consumptive. To support her brother with the printing business, Gera has travelled north to Nuremburg, west to Ulm, and south to Venice on one extended trip.
She enjoys tailoring, embellishment, printing from type and plate, minor metalsmithing, and serving her family.
Service
Kingdom Events Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2017 - Present
Contingency Seneschal & Social Media Officer, Barony of Madrone, 2018 - present
Royal Liaison for Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2020
Event Steward, Emprise of the Black Lion XVI, 2017, 2019, 2019, 2020
Webster, Barony of Madrone, 2017 - 2018
Awards Coordinator, Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2017
Event Steward, Kingdom of An Tir, May Crown 2017
Seneschale, Barony of Madrone, 2015-2017
Courtier, Barony of Madrone, 2014-2020
Deputy Chatelaine, Gold Key, Barony of Madrone, 2013 - 2017
Royal Retinue to Their Majesties UlfR and Caoimhe, 2013
Royal Retinue to Their Majesties Ieuan and Gwyneth, 2013
TAM, supporting the Wyewood range regularly, 2013 - 2017
Various gate head and listmistress roles, 2014 - present
Apprentice to Countess Aryana Silknfire, 2013 - present
Awards
Order of the Pelican, King Morgan and Queen Livia, 2020
Mantle of Madrone, Baron Enzio and Baroness Spike, 2018
Lion's Mane, King Styrkarr and Queen Stjarna, May Crown 2017
Goutte de Sang, King Havordh and Queen Mary Grace, September Crown, 2015
Forget-me-not, Queen Mary Grace, Kingdom Feast, 2015
Green Leaf, Baron Stefan and Baroness Emmelina, Bards and Blades, 2014
Courtier of Madrone, Baron Stefan and Baroness Emmelina, Emprise of the Black Lion, 2014
Forget-me-not, Queen Gwyneth, Twelfth Night 2014
AoA, King Ulfr and Queen Caoimhe, June Faire, 2013
Classes
Event Steward Oversight for Seneschals - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
Meetings that Don't Suck - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
Kingdom Event Stewardship - Collegium, 2019
German Smallclothes: The Hemd -- Embers and Ambrosia, 2016
Printing Press and Protestant Reformation -- Madrone Baronial A&S, 2014
Period Favors -- An Tir West War, 2013