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Gera Gangolffin
 
Gera Gangolffin
 
Born 1485, Augsburg, Bavaria
 
Born 1485, Augsburg, Bavaria
Currently 1530, Augsburg, Bavaria (45 years old)
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Currently 1535, Augsburg, Bavaria
  
Parents: Valentin Gangolff and Lucia von Nordlingen
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Married to Christopher MacEveny, mercenary Captain and Wild Goose from Ireland.
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.
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Gera gave birth to two sons. First son Faris of Madrone, a wandering minstrel, was lost to the falling sickness. Second son, Zachariah of Moore, was born in 1507, is a mercenary soldier, and new father.
  
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 is literate and numerate, owns land and conducts business, and serves her family and community.
  
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 enjoys tailoring, pattern-making, embellishment, minor metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, and reading.
  
She remarried at 44, in 1529, to a mercenary Captain, Christopher MacEveny, a Wild Goose from Ireland.  No additional children came of this union.
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== '''Service''' ==
 
 
She manages the estate 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, sewing, embellishment, printing from type and plate, minor metalsmithing, and serving her family.
 
  
== '''Service''' ==
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Livestream Coordinator, Kingdom of An Tir, various events 2022
Kingdom Events Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2017 - Present
 
  
Contingency Seneschal & Social Media Officer, Barony of Madrone, 2018 - present
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Kingdom Seneschal Education Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2020-Present
  
Royal Liaison for Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2020
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Kingdom Events Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2017 - 2021
  
Event Steward, Emprise of the Black Lion XVI, 2017, 2019, 2019, 2020
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Variously contingency Seneschal, Social Media Officer, Webminister, Barony of Madrone
  
Webster, Barony of Madrone, 2017 - 2018
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Event Steward, Emprise of the Black Lion XVI, 2017, 2019, 2019, 2022
  
 
Awards Coordinator, Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2017
 
Awards Coordinator, Their Majesties Christian and Helene, 2017
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Courtier, Barony of Madrone, 2014-2020
 
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
 
TAM, supporting the Wyewood range regularly, 2013 - 2017
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Various gate head and listmistress roles, 2014 - present
 
Various gate head and listmistress roles, 2014 - present
  
Apprentice to Countess Aryana Silknfire, 2013 - present
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== '''Awards''' ==
  
== '''Awards''' ==
 
 
Order of the Pelican, King Morgan and Queen Livia, 2020
 
Order of the Pelican, King Morgan and Queen Livia, 2020
  
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Goutte de Sang, King Havordh and Queen Mary Grace, September Crown, 2015
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
AoA, King Ulfr and Queen Caoimhe, June Faire, 2013
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== '''Classes''' ==
 
== '''Classes''' ==
  
Event Steward Oversight for Seneschals - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
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Started the "Seneschal Boot Camp" in 2020 to provide ongoing virtual training to new seneschals
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Bullying, Harassment and Sanctions - 2021
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Reviewing and Negotiating Site Contracts - recurring - 2020-Present
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Seneschal Basics - recurring - 2019-Present
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Event Oversight for Seneschals - recurring - 2019-Present
  
 
Meetings that Don't Suck - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
 
Meetings that Don't Suck - Western Region Seneschal Training, 2019
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Kingdom Event Stewardship - Collegium, 2019
 
Kingdom Event Stewardship - Collegium, 2019
  
German Smallclothes: The Hemd -- Embers and Ambrosia, 2016
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German Smallclothes: The Hemd - Embers and Ambrosia, 2016
  
 
Printing Press and Protestant Reformation -- Madrone Baronial A&S, 2014
 
Printing Press and Protestant Reformation -- Madrone Baronial A&S, 2014
  
 
Period Favors -- An Tir West War, 2013
 
Period Favors -- An Tir West War, 2013

Revision as of 00:33, 22 March 2022


Gera and Christopher during the plague years

Profile

Gera Gangolffin Born 1485, Augsburg, Bavaria Currently 1535, Augsburg, Bavaria

Married to Christopher MacEveny, mercenary Captain and Wild Goose from Ireland.

Gera gave birth to two sons. First son Faris of Madrone, a wandering minstrel, was lost to the falling sickness. Second son, Zachariah of Moore, was born in 1507, is a mercenary soldier, and new father.

Gera is literate and numerate, owns land and conducts business, and serves her family and community.

She enjoys tailoring, pattern-making, embellishment, minor metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, and reading.

Service

Livestream Coordinator, Kingdom of An Tir, various events 2022

Kingdom Seneschal Education Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2020-Present

Kingdom Events Deputy, Kingdom of An Tir, 2017 - 2021

Variously contingency Seneschal, Social Media Officer, Webminister, Barony of Madrone

Event Steward, Emprise of the Black Lion XVI, 2017, 2019, 2019, 2022

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

TAM, supporting the Wyewood range regularly, 2013 - 2017

Various gate head and listmistress roles, 2014 - 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

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

AoA, King Ulfr and Queen Caoimhe, June Faire, 2013

Classes

Started the "Seneschal Boot Camp" in 2020 to provide ongoing virtual training to new seneschals

Bullying, Harassment and Sanctions - 2021

Reviewing and Negotiating Site Contracts - recurring - 2020-Present

Seneschal Basics - recurring - 2019-Present

Event Oversight for Seneschals - recurring - 2019-Present

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