Alyce's will

[Braniana]

Does anyone have thoughts on what the condition might have been in Alyce's will that would have been a hinderance to Bronwyn marrying Kevin?  It's something that Alaric says in DC or HD, but doesn't explain, and CM didn't enlighten me either.  Maybe #3 will explain?

[tenworld]

perhaps Alyce required that her daughter marry a deryni and it had to be determined that Kevin is descnded from one of the hidden branches.

Morgan either would not know that was the actual condition, or he knew and then had the memory suppressed

[morgan]

I have this trilogy but haven't read it yet.
Morgan says about this "condition" in DC, but I seem that was lady Vera that gave this condition, not Alyce, but maybe I'm wrong

[tangie]

My theory is that since Alyce and Vera were going to such great lengths to keep their Deryni connections hidden that they wouldn't have wanted a known Deryni to marry into the family and draw attention to them as a possible Deryni threat.

[JulianneTK]

I always thought that it was because Kevin was too closely kin to Bronwyn for them to marry...  But, wait. Was Vera Kevin's mother?  If she wasn't, then I probably never paid enough attention to whom what related to whom.  Sigh.
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blessed be, Julianne

[derynifanatic64]

Vera was not Kevin's mother.  His mother was named Elaine and was Jared's first wife.  Elaine died giving birth to Kevin.  Jared then married Vera.  Jared married a third time after Vera died of a wasting disease.

[morgan]

I didn't know about the 3rd wife of Jared 

[Braniana]

Her name was Margaret.  I think she was a widow before marrying Jared.  She appears near the end of Deryni Checkmate, and that's it.

[Shiral]

Her name was Margaret.  I think she was a widow before marrying Jared.  She appears near the end of Deryni Checkmate, and that's it.

Yup, you got it right. Elaine was first  and had less than a year's marriage I think, although Kevin was born from it. Then Vera, who lasted 26 years, and produced Duncan and an infant daughter who died.  Then Duchess Margaret who was a forty year old widow and a late in life  "I can marry for love, since I've got an heir and a spare" wife for Jared. I always wondered what became of her.  I'm sure Duncan would never be so heartless as to turn his father's widow out of her home.  Perhaps she even kept on the duties of a Chatelaine housekeeper for him, since Duncan ruled Cassan as an absentee Duke.

Melissa

[derynifanatic64]

As Duncan's step-mother and Dhugal's step-grandmother, I am sure she is still living in Cassan.  It is not in Duncan's nature to leave his step-mother without a home.  I am sure that she will always be a part of Duncan's and Dhugal's life.

[georgiaj3]

I think I remember Morgan saying Alyce's will contained a clause that Bronwyn's inheritance would be forfeit if she married before the age of 25.  I've always though she did that to protect Bronwyn from being married off before she was old enough to do anything about it.  At 25, she can choose for herself, as opposed to being forced into marriage at an early age for her guardian's political advantage.

[JulianneTK]

But who was Bronwyn's guardian?

[Shiral]

But who was Bronwyn's guardian?

Ummmm.. I always thought she was Jared and Vera's ward after Sir Kenneth's death.

Melissa

[the Bee]

But who was Bronwyn's guardian?

I've always assumed it was Duke Jared McLean.

[Milo]

Sir Kenneth Morgan fosters his now motherless children, Alaric and Bronwyn, to his wife's "cousin," Vera Countess of Kierney and her husband, Jared Hereditary Duke of Cassan and Earl of Kierney.

Alaric and Bronwyn appear only to have been "fostered" to Vera & Jared.  Isn't an orphaned noble who is underage the ward of the King unless he transfers such responsibility to someone else?