De Foxcourt family
The de Foxcourt family in 500wk
Fulk I of Foxcourt - (Count of Foxcourt from 440 to 480), (b420-d509) - (M-445) – Lizeth (nee de Sant-Michel) of Foxcourt (b422-d536). Their children were;
- Anya of Foxcourt (b446-d538)
- Elise of Foxcourt (b448-d528) married the Olivier de Chagny, the Count of Chagny in 468
- Fulk II of Foxcourt - (Count of Foxcourt, 480 to 499) (b450-d499)
- Damien of Foxcourt - (Count of Foxcourt, 499 to 501) (b451-d501)
- Alexandre of Foxcourt (b453-d497)
- Capucine of Foxcourt (b455-d542)
- Marc of Foxcourt (b456-d522)
Pre 805
The de Foxcourt family consisted of
Jolie de Foxcourt (nee de Saint-Michel), (b736-dTBA) – She appears to be around 45 due to her unique local heritage. She is a feisty jet black dark haired old lady who has little in the way of sense of humour.
Jolie has been the matriarch of the family for decades and the senior family member since the death of her husband Fulk VI de Foxcourt (Count of Foxcourt from 755 to 785), (b733-d799). Jolie had 5 children (inc a set of triplet girls) with only 1 son - Richard de Foxcourt (aka Tricky Dicky) who was dispossessed of his lands in 805 after being found guilty of crimes against the kingdom and tried in abstentia. The Foxcourt lands have subsequently been removed from the de Foxcourt family.
- Richard de Foxcourt (Count of, 785 to 805) (b760-dTBA )
- Elaine de Foxcourt (b761-dTBA) She is married to Selent la Forgette (b760, d) - see the la Forgette family
- Louisa de Foxcourt (b763-dTBA) Blonde hair, green eyes, 5ft 5. Divorced by Decree in 806 from Alfonse de Lafère
- Analise de Foxcourt (b763-dTBA) Blonde hair, green eyes, 5ft 5. Divorced by Decree in 806 from Jean de Vallière
- Corinna de Foxcourt (b763-797) Blonde hair, green eyes, 5ft 5. Never married. Died on a sea Voyage to the 5 sisters and she was survived by her young daughter Maryann de Foxcourt by an undeclared father.
805
In the Autumn of 805, in the aftermath of the assassination of Duke Frederick of Aquila a jury of his peers found Count Richard guilty in absentia on charges of sedition and passed sentence of exile (to be at least 1000 miles from the Western Kindom) upon pain of death. (Not that there was any evidence, or indeed any indication that Richard was involved in the assassination, rather that the political climate in the Kingdom in the weeks after the Duke's death was such that nobles needed to be seen to act, and Foxcourt made a convenient target... and he was no doubt guilty of many things, if not this).
The County of Foxcourt was left vacant and administered by William Fortbrass a cousin of the Marquessa of Bowcourt.
At Samhain 805 the Marquessa declared that Newcourt and Faircourt were to become her direct vassals.
Post 805
The now deposed de Foxcourt family have been allowed to retain their family manor 'Fulken's Rest' just outside of Foxcourt but have had all their other holdings stripped from them and returned to the Marquessa.
Fulken's Rest manor is a much smaller than the castle that the de Foxcourt family have enjoyed for the last 800 years but there is only a few of them now and most of the staff stayed at the castle. Only the immediate family, a footman named Giles and a maid/cook named Helga came down with them to 'Fulken's Rest'.
Fulken's Rest' is 16 miles north of Foxcourt and lies on the banks of the Reynar River and which runs at the feet of the Jarvet Hills (a collections of small hills based around a long extinct volcano which has left a caldera in the hills that has filled with water to become a highland lake named Lake Ellabell.
There is a small stream that flows down from the lake atop Mt Jarvet (2000ft) and it flows down to join with the Reynar River, along the way creating a waterfall named the Red Fox Falls as the rock behind the waterfall is a deep red Travertine stone.
On the flanks of Mt Jarvet and its near hills are a few buildings and several towers dating back many centuries as well as a few ruins.
Three of the remaining intact standing towers on Jarvet Hill are Damien's Folly which has a small telescope in the roof, Anya's retreat which was used in 650 by Lady Anya when some raiders came into the county over winter and tried to take hostages and valuables (she and her followers fled to here and lit a beacon fire to signal help), and Zubina's Roost which in the past used to house avians that flew here many years ago – avians like griffons of the elven royal guard etc.
Post Summer 817wk
After the revelations of The Fox vs The Marquessa the de Foxcourt has been pardoned of all previously assumed crimes, slights and rumours when King Ulric made his proclamation to the Kingdom (and beyond by way of his ambassadors) about the past errors in history. Count Richard has also been made Marquess of the Eastern Marches in recognition of the damage done to him and his family and all noble titles and lands they previously held have been restored along with a few minor additions.
