Marcellus Raphael Angelo d'Alighieri Castiglione

High Admiral, Baron of Londinium

Group: The Company of the Black Boar
Race: Human
Barony of residence: Londinium (in the County of Warwick and the Duchy of York)

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Name: Marcellus Raphael Angelo d'Alighieri Castiglione
Birth: the 15th Day of January, Year of our Lords 1065, at Firenze in the country of Italija.

Father: Don Marco d'Brevari Castiglione
Mother: Donna Lydia Deodati d'Alighieri
Paternal Uncle: Don Nicholas Castiglione, Don d'Castiglione (deceased)
Maternal Uncle: Don Allesandro d'Alighieri, Don d'Alighieri

Additional Notes:

Presumed a casualty of the Molinari d’Alighieri War that saw the near complete annihilation of the Castiglione Line in the summer of 1080, a man claiming to be Marcellus Castiglione appeared in Albion in 1102.

• Claim to the name and title of d’Alighieri Castiglione Cadet line was upheld by the College of Names in the Spring of 1102.
• D’Alighieri Castiglione Cadet line adopted as the Line of Castiglione Lineage in the Summer of 1102. Don Marcellus granted the title Don d’Castiglione.
• The Don d’Castiglione recognizes Josephina Lydia Francesca (b. 20th July 1095), daughter of Lady Vanessa of Tewkesbury as his Natural daughter and Heir in the Spring of 1103.

Since his return, the Don d’Castiglione has continued to involve himself in matters of Commerce and Politics. Holder of a condottieri commission within the Company of the Black Boar the Don initially served as Master Alchemist to the Albion Court. He has maintained an outspoken position on the Island Council’s Neutral Stance and involvement with the Empire, and it has been noted that his colours have been flown on vessels acting in defense of Albion.

The Island Council has recently been informed that Don Marcellus currently commands the Albion Navy and has been conferred the Albione titles of Baron Londinium and High Admiral of the Fleets.

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