Grand Duchess Melisande Valmont was the youngest child of Emperor Judicael I and Duchess Catrin of Hossberg. She was a member of House Valmont.
Background[]
Melisande was the youngest child and only daughter born to Emperor Judicael I and Duchess Catrin of Hossberg. She married Duke Theodore of Chalons and had two children: Gaspard de Chalons, born in 8:74 Blessed, and Florianne de Chalons, born in 8:87.[2] Melisande chose to name her daughter after her brother, Emperor Florian, hoping it would evoke some curiosity from him so that he would make an exception for her children and allow them to live in the imperial palace. Melisande's gambit worked and her children were permitted to stay in the palace on the condition that they be kept out of the emperor's sight after their first and only audience. Melisande herself became one of her brother's advisors.[3]
Melisande wanted her son to inherit her brother's throne and trained her daughter in etiquette, protocol, and the Game so she could act as her brother's shadow and assist him in that goal. Every night, Melisande would quiz her daughter to repeat back everything she had heard the servants say.
When Gaspard was nineteen and became a chevalier, he returned to the Palace. After pressure from Melisande, Emperor Florian eventually agreed to allow his nephew to become part of his cabinet and advise him.[4]
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Trivia[]
- Although primarily referred to as Princess, Melisande is named as Grand Duchess in Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2. Based on Cullen's explanation of the distinction between the Prince and Grand Duke[5], Melisande should have become Grand Duchess once her eldest brother, Judicael II, became Emperor.
References[]
- ↑ Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, pp. 66
- ↑ Note: Halamshiral Investigation - Clues (Grand Library)
- ↑ Codex entry: Emperor Florian
- ↑
Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 280
- ↑ At the war table when starting Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts