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===== Persona ===== | ===== Persona ===== | ||
- | The Honourable Lady Gwendolyn of Aldburg is a Saxon woman, originally from Portloc in the mid 10th century. | + | The Honourable Lady Gwendolyn of Aldburg |
- | Strong willed and stubborn, Gwendolyn refused all offers of marriage until her father gave her an ultimatum: choose or he would choose for her. It was Ælfwine who arranged for her passage on a ship to Aldburg, to stay with his son on the east coast of England. Gwendolyn stayed in Aldburg for a couple of years, and learned to wield a sword from her uncle. | + | Strong willed and stubborn, Gwendolyn refused all offers of marriage until her father gave her an ultimatum: choose or he would choose for her. It was Ælfwine who arranged for her passage on a ship to Aldburg, to stay with his son (Gwendolyn' |
Eventually she left Aldburg as well, taking ship with the Danes away from England and eventually ending up in Kievan Rus' by way of the Swedes. | Eventually she left Aldburg as well, taking ship with the Danes away from England and eventually ending up in Kievan Rus' by way of the Swedes. | ||
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===== Whereabouts ===== | ===== Whereabouts ===== | ||
- | Gwendolyn currently resides in the Canton of [[branches: | + | Gwendolyn currently resides in the Canton of [[branches: |
===== Heraldry ===== | ===== Heraldry ===== | ||
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==== Current Offices ==== | ==== Current Offices ==== | ||
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==== Current Appointments ==== | ==== Current Appointments ==== | ||
- | * **Order Secretary**, [[awards:Order of Thorbjorn' | + | * **Head Retainer** - [[history:territorial_barons_baronesses: |
- | * **Head Retainer** - [[history:territorial_barons_baronesses: | + | * **Order Secretary**, [[awards:Order of Thorbjorn' |
==== Past Offices ==== | ==== Past Offices ==== | ||
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===== SCA History ===== | ===== SCA History ===== | ||
- | Gwendolyn was introduced to the SCA by her best friend in the fall of AS 44, while in grad school in the Barony March of the Debatable Lands in the Kingdom of Æthelmearc. Although she enjoyed this taste of the current Middle Ages, she did not join herself | + | Gwendolyn was introduced to the SCA by her best friend in the fall of AS 44, while in grad school in the Barony March of the Debatable Lands in the Kingdom of Æthelmearc. Although she enjoyed this taste of the current Middle Ages, she did not actually |
- | Gwendolyn can easily be found at camping events by locating the 12' oar which her knight gave her as part of her [[scaism: | + | Gwendolyn can easily be found at camping events by locating the 11.5' oar which her knight gave her as part of her [[scaism: |
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- | Despite the propensity of the Kingdom to confuse her with [[Yngvildr Ádísardóttir]], | + | |
==== Affiliations ==== | ==== Affiliations ==== | ||
- | * Gwendolyn is a [[history: | + | * Gwendolyn is a [[history: |
- | * Gwendolyn is a [[history: | + | * Gwendolyn is a [[history: |
* Although tied to her in no formal manner, Gwendolyn served as champion to Queen [[history: | * Although tied to her in no formal manner, Gwendolyn served as champion to Queen [[history: | ||
* Gwendolyn fights in Crown Tourney for Master [[Jamie FitzMordain Blackcloak]]. | * Gwendolyn fights in Crown Tourney for Master [[Jamie FitzMordain Blackcloak]]. | ||
- | * Gwendolyn is an honourary out-of-kingdom member of the East Kingdom running team, [[eastwiki> | + | * Gwendolyn is an honourary out-of-kingdom member of the East Kingdom running team, [[eastwiki> |
* Gwendolyn is a founding member of the [[groups: | * Gwendolyn is a founding member of the [[groups: | ||
- | * Gwendolyn was part of [[groups: | ||
===== Interests ===== | ===== Interests ===== | ||
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* [[history: | * [[history: | ||
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- | *Primarily | + | ==== Reluctant participation |
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===== Activities ===== | ===== Activities ===== | ||
* Gwendolyn was the only Ealdormerian to have completed either the 2018 or the 2019 Chiv Hunt challenge, fighting at least three bouts each with 50 different members of the Order of Chivalry from across the Knowne World. | * Gwendolyn was the only Ealdormerian to have completed either the 2018 or the 2019 Chiv Hunt challenge, fighting at least three bouts each with 50 different members of the Order of Chivalry from across the Knowne World. | ||
- | * Gwendolyn is particularly | + | * Gwendolyn is particularly |
* Gwendolyn is one of the Administrators of the EaldoWiki, and in particular enjoys maintaining the lineage trees. | * Gwendolyn is one of the Administrators of the EaldoWiki, and in particular enjoys maintaining the lineage trees. | ||
- | * Gwendolyn ran the token challenge tourney for King [[history: | + | * Gwendolyn ran the token challenge tourney for King [[history: |
* Gwendolyn has an ongoing project of painting heraldry of Ealdormere fighters on LEGO minifigure shields. | * Gwendolyn has an ongoing project of painting heraldry of Ealdormere fighters on LEGO minifigure shields. | ||
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