On June 15, Marin rushed back to Emden and was preparing to send a fleet to Cuba and Panama, Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary suddenly called Marin back to Orich. The reason was that Anne's 18th birthday was on June 18.
The 18th birthday is a very special day, and for a girl, it means adulthood. However, in this era, many noble ladies got married when they were under 18 years old. For example, the Queen of France, Anne of Brittany, was arranged to marry Maximilian I's agent at the age of 15. It is common for princesses to get married at the age of 16 or 17.
Anne is 18 years old when she is over 18 years old, and she is indeed at the age of marriage. As for Simon and Albert, I don’t know why, European aristocratic men are generally older. Many aristocrats get married in their thirties, and it is normal for them to get married in their twenties.
Moreover, there is no ordering tradition in Europe where older children need to get married before they get younger. Although Anne is the youngest, because she is a girl, she will be married first by Simon and Albert.
But the question now is - who does Anne marry?
You should know that Anne is Marin's only girl, a very favored princess. Unlike Simon and Albert. Although Simon and Albert are princes, they do not have any inheritance rights because of Caesar's birth. Therefore, when choosing a marriage partner, they are often passive and may be "low-equity". After all, they do not have inheritance rights and cannot reach the level of the princes. Therefore, except for good luck, it is difficult to marry a princess. Even if they can marry a princess, they are still the kind of princess who are difficult to marry. For example, they are ugly, flawed, or the princesses of the weak princes' family.
However, Anne is different. Generally, princesses will be "highly matched". Because, according to convention, the heirs of princes will definitely marry a princess, otherwise the entire family will be embarrassed.
Just like Marin, who married Angela (actually the daughter of the pope), was despised by many nobles. Because the princes and knights are several levels apart. Marin's marriage to a "daughter of the knight" is definitely a lower family level...
Of course, the Hoffman family was originally a nouveau riche in the aristocratic world and was looked down upon by many traditional old nobles. Although, due to Marin's great military power, no one dared to despise Marin in person. However, behind the scenes, many old nobles still discriminated against Marin's birth.
After all, although Marin is the blood of the Brock family, Marin's mother, Madam Mary, married an old Hoffman, and was a "low-fitting" one. Therefore, as the son of a knight, Marin was also a "low-fitting" in the eyes of those old nobles. Many people even believe that Marin marrying Angela, the "knight-like daughter" is a match for the same family...
Marin rushed back to Orich and specially asked Angela to hold a grand birthday party and birthday party for Anne in the palace, and grandly launched Princess Anne to everyone.
In addition to the nobles of East Friesland, according to the request of her mother-in-law, Madam Mary, Angela also invited many special envoys from the vassal states to attend the dance.
The reason for this is that Mrs. Mary wants to use this platform to recommend Anne to various countries...
After all, after seeing Anne's beauty, those special envoys from various countries are likely to recommend Anne to their prince. In this way, Anne can marry a foreign prince.
Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary were very enthusiastic. They believed that as the only sister of a powerful prince, and with such beauty and education, they should not marry a nobleman with low titles in the country, but a prince. It would be even better if it was a crown prince with inheritance.
Therefore, they asked Marin to arrange a grand birthday party and court dance to show the beautiful East Friesian princess Anne to the envoys of various countries...
In order to make Anne's appearance more amazing, Hoffman Old even asked Marin to act as a designer to design a beautiful evening dress and look for Anne. After all, the clothes designed by Marin for Angela look very good.
So, the hard-working Marin fought with the tailors all night, and finally, according to Marin's memory, he made Anne a perfect silk princess dress.
This princess dress is pink, revealing a little shoulder, but the corners of the skirt are dragged to the ground. After all, women's clothing in this era does not show their thighs, which is too frivolous. Even if they show off their shoulders, they only show off a little, and they dare not show them. After all, due to the pressure of Catholicism in this era, people were still relatively conservative.
The style of the whole skirt was a bit out of place by Marin. It looked a bit like a mixed version of the cheongsam and princess dress of the Republic of China...
However, this style shows off your figure...
When Anne appeared at the banquet in a pink princess dress and a garland, it caused a huge sensation...
I have long heard of Princess Anne's beauty, but because of Marin's relationship, it is not very popular for the East Friesian aristocratic community to hold dances and banquets. Therefore, Anne rarely appears in public, but it is rumored that she is as beautiful as a flower.
When the "Young Talents" in East Friesland saw the unparalleled beauty of Anne, saliva was about to flow down. In addition to hereditary beauty, Anne herself was also very beautiful. Because she inherited the beauty of Mrs. Mary, Anne was a young version of Mrs. Mary. Her delicate face, shy expression, and beautiful clothes and rose perfume sprayed on her body... She was unparalleled in both visually and visually.
Among the people present, Angela may only be able to compete with Anne. However, today's banquet and dance were held by the guard Anne. Therefore, in order not to steal the limelight from her sister-in-law Anne, Angela specially changed into old-fashioned clothes, which didn't look so bright.
Not only were the young East Friesians present amazed, but the foreign envoys were also amazed. As old politicians, they knew very well what the purpose of this banquet was.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, they had never seen Anne and didn't think anything. After all, the Hoffman family is not an old glory family. However, today, after seeing Princess Anne herself, they suddenly felt that even if they were not so prominent. But just by appearance, Princess Anne has already surpassed most of the princesses...
Of course, Marin felt that it was not enough to rely on the description of the envoys going back, so he called Leonardo da Vinci over:
"Ada, help Annie draw a few oil paintings, it's faster!"
"What are you doing? I'm still busy studying the steam engine!" Leonardo da Vinci was a little unhappy. Waferting the Newcomen steam engine was his main job at the moment. Moreover, it was already a critical moment.
"Let it go first, now, East Friesland's biggest task is to find a suitable husband for Princess Anne!"
"You mean, let me draw her a little more beautifully and then attract those princes?"
"Barring nonsense, Annie is already so beautiful, she needs to draw more beautifully? You just need to draw the real situation."
Leonardo da Vinci looked at Anne who was dancing on the dance floor and nodded:
"That's true, Princess Anne is indeed beautiful."
In this way, Leonardo da Vinci made an oil painting for Anne on the spot. Then, Marin asked him to repeat the paintings of more than a dozen copies...
So, it took Leonardo da Vinci three days...
Three days later, more than a dozen paintings of Anne were sent to envoys from various countries. Marin specially asked Jeffrey to ask them to bring Princess Anne's oil paintings back to their country and hand them over to their monarchs and princes to attract those princes...
Chapter completed!